Western films were some of the first movies ever made. The ruggedness of the characters, the trick riding and shooting, and the lonely plains of the American frontier were romantic places that American audiences rapidly fell in love with. The American cowboy is iconic. He is a symbol synonymous with American individualism, tenacity, and morality. But it all had to start somewhere. Someone has to make the films, distribute them, and get them to the people. So, just who was this person? With an impressive 800 films under his belt, Thomas H. Ince is considered “The Father of Westerns.” Ince would revolutionize the entire film industry and made more Western films than anyone else probably ever will. They even made a movie about his life, The Cat’s Meow, starring Kirsten Dunst.

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