Charles G. Clarke (1899 – 1983) may not have been present for the settling of the American West, but he sure was present for the building of its mythology. In the course of his life he went from living on the street to being a celebrated cinematographer, as well as an esteemed Lewis and Clark […]
Originally published in Points West in Winter 1999 Directed by John Ford By Lillian TurnerFormer Director of Public Programs Ed. note: This is the third of three posts tracing the evolution of the public’s perception of the cavalry in the West from novelist Charles King to short story and script writer James Warner Bellah whose […]