HF Westerns

[TallTallMan]

Will watch again tonight "The woman they almost lynched"...I own the dvd but haven't seen it for a while, I may have forgotten many things about that film (that's an advantage with B movies), it's related with the USCW, Quantrill, etc...

Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) - Once Upon a Time in a Western

Joan Leslie is Sally Maris, a young lady who heads West to the town of Border City to visit a brother she hasn't seen in more than 10 years.

onceuponatimeinawestern.com

You had me at the poster...

 

[Auth1443]

 

[TallTallMan]

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What, and not Rocky and Bullwinkle?

 

[Auth1443]

What, and not Rocky and Bullwinkle?

Oh, that was Billy Wilder, not me! Who didn't love Rocky & Bullwinkle!? It was brilliant!

 

[WALTER]

I am going to nominate "The Big Country," starring Gregory Peck.

 

[TallTallMan]

Oh, that was Billy Wilder, not me! Who didn't love Rocky & Bullwinkle!? It was brilliant!

I'm a cartoonist (aspiring, at least) so Moose and Squirrel get my respect!

 

[Kurtlg]

I'm a cartoonist (aspiring, at least) so Moose and Squirrel get my respect!

Don't forget fractured fairy tales

 

[TallTallMan]

Don't forget fractured fairy tales

I prefer Aesop and Son.

 

[RedRover]

I am going to nominate "The Big Country," starring Gregory Peck.

Evidently President Eisenhower really liked that one, and watched it alot. It was said he screened it four nights in a row in the late 1950s.

British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan was less impressed when Ike screened it for him during a state visit...

 

[Kurtlg]

Evidently President Eisenhower really liked that one, and watched it alot. It was said he screened it four nights in a row in the late 1950s.

British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan was less impressed when Ike screened it for him during a state visit...

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It has great theme music. It runs for 166 minutes. That surprised me though I haven't watched it in years.

 

[MAJOR DUNDEE]

It's interesting to note that Chuck Heston and Chuck Connors met twice on screen (as I know) , for that movie, and for "Soylent Green", in both films, Chuck Connors plays the ultimate *******...

 

[Auth1443]

It has great theme music. It runs for 166 minutes. That surprised me though I haven't watched it in years.

I think music was by Jerome Morross, who once wrote a musical about Davy Crockett that never got produced.

 

[Auth1443]

I'm a cartoonist (aspiring, at least) so Moose and Squirrel get my respect!

William Conrad, who was Matt Dillon on the radio version of Gunsmoke, did loads of voices and narration on R&B. I think it was one of his favorites. I met him once, shook hands, and said I was happy to meet the original Matt Dillon, but he didn't seem pleased to hear that- like he didn't want to be reminded of it. I think the radio cast was angry or disappointed that none of them were chosen for the TV series.

 

[Kurtlg]

William Conrad, who was Matt Dillon on the radio version of Gunsmoke, did loads of voices and narration on R&B. I think it was one of his favorites. I met him once, shook hands, and said I was happy to meet the original Matt Dillon, but he didn't seem pleased to hear that- like he didn't want to be reminded of it. I think the radio cast was angry or disappointed that none of them were chosen for the TV series.

Howard McNear ,best known as Floyd the barber on Andy Griffith , was the original voice of Doc Adams on the radio version.

 

[Sivart]

Howard McNear ,best known as Floyd the barber on Andy Griffith , was the original voice of Doc Adams on the radio version.

Great actor he was. One of the funniest guys on the show (besides Barney of course).

 

[TallTallMan]

William Conrad, who was Matt Dillon on the radio version of Gunsmoke, did loads of voices and narration on R&B. I think it was one of his favorites. I met him once, shook hands, and said I was happy to meet the original Matt Dillon, but he didn't seem pleased to hear that- like he didn't want to be reminded of it. I think the radio cast was angry or disappointed that none of them were chosen for the TV series.

Cool! Wish I could have met him.

I can understand his disappointment, but Conrad running around with a gun would've looked odd in a Western, But it worked fine in Cannon.

Despite that I weigh a measly 140 lbs. I hated the constant fat jokes; it gets old fast.

 

[TallTallMan]

I recently got the James Stewart Western collection (with a whole bunch of Anthony Mann!), and rewatched Winchester '73. I forgot what a masterpiece it was. Very McMurtry-esque. Only problems: the Indian agent being so dumb as to bring a fancy gun to a trade and list it as "not for sale"; and Rock Hudson supplying the most wooden NA portrayal in cinema history.

 

[Kurtlg]

I recently got the James Stewart Western collection (with a whole bunch of Anthony Mann!), and rewatched Winchester '73. I forgot what a masterpiece it was. Very McMurtry-esque. Only problems: the Indian agent being so dumb as to bring a fancy gun to a trade and list it as "not for sale"; and Rock Hudson supplying the most wooden NA portrayal in cinema history.

Native Americans being portrayed by Italians , Germans ,etc. was common back in the day. Today we have many NA actors , many Canadian. . Back then they were primarily in the background

 

[TallTallMan]

Native Americans being portrayed by Italians , Germans ,etc. was common back in the day. Today we have many NA actors , many Canadian. . Back then they were primarily in the background

That wasn't so much my problem (I never minded Henry Brandon's many chiefs) as just Hudson's inability to act (he never could IMHO).

 

[Kurtlg]

That wasn't so much my problem (I never minded Henry Brandon's many chiefs) as just Hudson's inability to act (he never could IMHO).

Not a western , but have you ever seen Black Robe?