HF Westerns

[TallTallMan]

I finally found the worst ever. I'm sure @Sivart will be amused.

 

[FZ11]

Just watched 'The Outlaw Trail' narrated by Robert Redford. Fascinating stuff such as the actual location of the Hole in the wall gang hideout and how they were able to avoid capture.

Them boots gotta go!

 

[gary]

Those old Western flicks were sure conscious about sanitation. No horseapples in sight in any town!

BTW, If you're a Zane Grey fan and read them all (I haven't read a single one), you might notice that the writing style changed slightly in the newer titles. Per Andy Rooney, Grey died and his agent wanted to keep the brand alive. So he hired a ghost writer to write the later novels.

 

[RetiredCanuck]

Just started watching The Abandons on Netflix. Should be good for a few more goofs, based on what I've seen thus far. Most of the men's and women's clothing is not 1850s appropriate.
I was impressed however with the Dragoons uniforms at first glance. They seem a little sloppy on how they wear them though.

 

[Pollaco]

Oops Sorry, I somehow got on the wrong forum

 

[Trooper "D"]

Are we considering Ulzana's Raid with Burt Lancaster as a Western? No Cowboys, but Cavalry, Apaches, and frontier settlers are in it.

Hallelulia Trail!
Speaking of Burt Lancaster. Cavalry and Indians in this one also. Not quite the same movie.

Actually this one is technically a Western since it takes place in Kansas and Missouri. West of the Mississippi River. RIDE WITH THE DEVIL. Spiderman and Jewel star with Jim Cavaisal as Bloody Bill. I mayy have already responded to this thread but I don't remember. If you want to see Partisan Rangers fighting and Yankee Cavalry in force. The fighting scenes are done very well. Really good. Watch for the wounded guy drink some whiskey after the wounded is made. What really drives men to treat each other so badly? It is much more than politics. It is Evil at work.

Blazing Saddles!
"Do what he say! Do what he say!"

Others will come to mind.I'll post those with the original question. I just wanted to razz bayouace about Burt Lancaster.
Cheers!

 

[Pollaco]

Speaking of Burt Lancaster, wasn't it his production company (Lancaster/Hecht) that produced "Vera Cruz" with Gary Cooper? It was a good movie in spite of the characters all using guns that weren't developed yet. The scenario for this movie had to be around 1865 or 1866.

 

[RetiredCanuck]

So a little deeper into the Abandons, I think the thing that I find the most unlikely is both the size of their town and the size and extravagance of some of the more elaborate buildings. IIRC the territory had only about 5000 residents in the mid-1850s.

 

[Mint Julep]

I'm a fan of:

Tombstone
Little Big Man
Bad Company
No Country For Old Men

 

[Trooper "D"]

Have you ever noticed that some Western Heros were tossing Dynamite several years before it was even invented? . Certainly before it ever became commonplace in America

And ignite it with a lit fuse.

 

[Trooper "D"]

I'm surprised you gents haven't noticed that all of the saloon "waitresses" were really good looking and many had a heart of gold.

I don't think it was their heart that they were judged by.

 

[Trooper "D"]

I started watching Jerimiah Johnson. I like shooting and stuff, but the calm, snowy atmosphere is a nice change.

Have you lived in snowy atmosphere?

 

[damYankee]

Have you lived in snowy atmosphere?

When they were filming Jerimiah Johnson a car load of us drove up Cottonwood Canyon because we heard they were paying $15.00 per hour for people to rake the snow between takes.
That was good pay back then. Unfortunately the jobs were taken.
We parked along the road and watched from 100 yards away.

 

[Trooper "D"]

When they were filming Jerimiah Johnson a car load of us drove up Cottonwood Canyon because we heard they were paying $15.00 per hour for people to rake the snow between takes.
That was good pay back then. Unfortunately the jobs were taken.
We parked along the road and watched from 100 yards away.

At least you have a memory of trying to get work and then watching the filming.

 

[Trooper "D"]

I finally found the worst ever. I'm sure @Sivart will be amused.

Johnny Crawford?! How could it be bad?

 

[archieclement]

There's a new western series on Netflix called the the abandons.

The first episode was so-so.....but then slowed into snoozefest and isn't holding my interest.......Hope others enjoy it more then i did.

 

[Dusty]

I liked Appaloosa

 

[RetiredCanuck]

There's a new western series on Netflix called the the abandons.

The first episode was so-so.....but then slowed into snoozefest and isn't holding my interest.......Hope others enjoy it more then i did.

See my earlier posts above and I think we are on the same wavelength re this show. The director quit before shooting was finished and the "ending" is not even a cliff hanger. It's like they ran out of film and just sent what they had done already.

 

[RetiredCanuck]

So...I started watching Escape From Fort Bravo on TCM just now.
I could live with the fort having more stone work than Buckingham Palace. And the JC Penny "confederate" shirts and pants.
Not to mention the preponderance of post-Civil War weapons and uniforms.

But I switched off because I was getting a stomach cramp from laughing; when then 61-year-old William Demarest appeared as a Cav corporal.

 

[Andersonh1]

In my years-long attempt to listen to all 2500 existing episodes of the Lone Ranger radio series, I have run across a 1953 radio episode that is relevant on a Civil War message board, "Conference With General Lee". A group of ex-Confederates are not ready to stop fighting and attempt to collect weapons and recruit a new army. The President doesn't want to solve this with the military so soon after the bloody war, he wants genuine reconciliation. The Lone Ranger knows of one man who can convince these men to accept the old flag again: General Robert E. Lee. They ride all the way from Texas to Lexington, Virginia to meet with the general, who the Lone Ranger describes to an incredulous Texas governor as a "great American." Man, I love the optimism of this show.

I used to say there was no Lone Ranger other than Clayton Moore, but I've long since retracted that. Earl Graser and Brace Beemer are also great in the role.