Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

2000 · 95 min · ★ 10.0 · Documentary, Western

This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its demise in the early 1950s. The film contains a large number of scenes from early silents and seldom seen films, as well as old photographs of the stars and one-sheet advertisements for lost films.

Directed by Robert J. Emery · Written by James MacEachern

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