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A funny thing happened on May 26. I sat down for my first-ever viewing of The Searchers, the 1956 John Ford classic starring John Wayne and a very young Natalie Wood. Unbeknownst to me at the time was ...

TheWrap: Restoration of John Wayne’s ‘The Searchers’ to Premiere at 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival

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John Wayne’s 1956 Western “The Searchers” will debut a new restoration as part of the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival in April. This marks the second Wayne film to receive a premiere of a restored ...

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Restoration of John Wayne’s ‘The Searchers’ to Premiere at 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival

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The Cheat Sheet: John Wayne Thought These 2 Classic Westerns Were Better Than ‘The Searchers’

Wayne starred as the lead character, Ethan Edwards, in The Searchers. After the end of the Civil War, he returns back to Texas to see his family. However, he’s thrown into another kind of war when ...

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John Wayne Thought These 2 Classic Westerns Were Better Than ‘The Searchers’

The Cheat Sheet: ‘The Searchers’: John Wayne Did a Kind Deed for the Navajos That Earned Him the Name ‘The Man With the Big Eagle’

The Searchers became one of the most notable collaborations between Wayne and his longtime mentor, John Ford. The movie star played Ethan Edwards, a Civil War soldier, who returns back to Texas after ...

‘The Searchers’: John Wayne Did a Kind Deed for the Navajos That Earned Him the Name ‘The Man With the Big Eagle’

The Searchers ranks as one of the best Westerns ever made, even with many people pointing out problems with the movie concerning accuracy issues. Directed by John Ford, the classic Western masterpiece ...

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