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    Hi Senta, Arthur.


    Senta, thanks and glad you enjoyed reading it. I can find more if you wish. ;-))
    John Ford is one of my favorite directors but so are Lewis Milestone and Michael Curtiz. And of course, a modern director in the name of Clint Eastwood is also a favorite of mine.

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    Hi Keith, I too truely enjoyed this film. What's funny is that the first time I watched it, (which was about 17 years ago) I did not like the film. I watched it twice over the past few years and decided I truely liked this movie. Last night as a matter of fact, I watched the extra things they put into it like the Newsreel footage and trailer etc. I know a little about The Dust Bowl Days, but not much. Just from seeing the few minutes of footage made me learn more than I had known.


    Best regards--C.

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    Originally posted by Senta@Nov 5 2005, 01:03 AM
    Oh, Carl, Thanks. It is a lot of information that I didn't know before. I always was interested how it all happens in real life not in the movie. And it is also a lot of questions about the leaders decisions. I had one book about Custer, it contains letters between Custer and his wife Libby.
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    Senta

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    Hi Senta, i'm glad this info helped you. I wish you had access to one of our cable TV stations called: the History Channel. They have 2-3 great documentaries about Custer and the battle of The Little Big Horn. One I particularly liked was one Documentary called: Unsolved History. This one was done from a scientific point of view. I they used an expert from the FBI who is an expert on Forensics. They used satilite technology to show us how the Custer fight took place, developed and pretty much ended. All this was done by the scientific research team who were allowed to hunt for artefacts from the massacre site because a prarie fire had recently occurred and had burnt down most of the grass and it was thus easy for the team to search for things without disturbing the site.


    They found dozens and dozens of spent and also unfired cartridges that Custers men had fired. They did the same with cartridges they found from where the Indains should have been. Then they took a reading of where each cartridge was found, took a reading and then entered it into the computer which fed it through the satilite. They then got a print out of where the exact fighting took place.


    I know of the book about the letters from George & Libby. I skimmed through it once but that was sometime ago. I wanted to buy a copy of the book but never got around to it.


    Take care Senta. C.

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    Hi Patrick, even if hollywood did take the liberties they did on TDWTBO, I love this film as well. I remember the 1st time I saw it. It was payed on a Saturday evening on TBS. It was part of a 3 day Flynn movie marathon that they did back about 1986 or so. This was the first one I saw, then they played Sea Hawk & Adventures of Robin Hood. The next night they played Objective Burma, Captain Blood and Edge of Darkness. The last night they played Dawn Patrol, Charge of the Light Brigade & something else. The reason why I remember this is because I taped all three nights of his movies. I remember this was also about a month before Thanksgiving.


    The next marathon I remember they did was a James Bond marathon. I taped several of those as well. Then starting sometime before Christmas, they had a 10 day John Wayne marathon -- which lasted the morning of Jan 1. I taped every John Wayne movie played. Luckily we had two VCRs at that time and on two different TVs in seperate rooms. At that time, WGN (Chicago station) was a great station to watch and they always played great movies. While the John Wayne marathon was going on at TBS, WGN had a Gary Cooper marathon that I had to get as well as these three movies in order, that I wanted: Boy's Town, Mutiny on the Bounty and Sergeant York. Got them all on the same tape and for years afterwards, on Christmas day, we would watch all three of these movies back-to-back.


    Thanks for making me remember these memories and for helping me to bring them back from the dust bin that is known as my brain. :-))


    Carl.

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    Hi Arthur, thank you for your excellent posts. I learned more about Flynn from them than I had earlier known.

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    Hi Emmanuel, I highly suggest as soon as you can get it, the Errol Flynn Signature Collection. As a bonus part of the collection, you get the Flynn documentary disk. Also, as a matter of fact, as I type this I am watching Sea Hawk on my portable DvD player. I can't get enough of that great movie.


    Also, just yesterday I bought a copy of: The Grapes of Wrath which stars Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Charley grapewin & Ward Bond (who is not credited) This movie is also directed by John Ford and the book was written by John Steinbeck.


    This movie tells the story of the Joad family and of their trek to find some work by migrating from oklahoma to California. They are full of hope only to have all hopes dashed. If you have not seen it, I highly recommend watching this movie.


    Best regards--Carl.

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    Originally posted by Senta@Nov 3 2005, 01:08 AM
    After this film I became very interested in Custor story and about his last stand. It was a suisida action. Why he did it this way. Is he somehow related with the hero of Fort Apache?
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    Senta

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    I don't think anyone knows Custer's real reason for attacking the Sioux camp by himself. It's all merely people's opinions why he did it.


    One of the first things Custer did was to leave his wagon trains behind as well as his cannons and Gatlin guns. Custer was of the mind that he needed to be able to move very fast and not to have things to slow him down. Also, IMO, I think Custer wanted more glory for himself whinch in turn caused him not to make very good decisions and also causing him to lose all the troopers under his direct command. At this point of course, he had split his command into three colums.


    Col 1 under his command.
    Col 2 under the command of Major Reno.
    Col 3 under the command of Captain Benteen.


    Major Reno and Captain Benteens comands quickly came under attack by enough Indian Warriors to give them a brutal beating and almost a total defeat. Custer was the Indians main "prize." Custer soon came under attack and was surrounded. It took approximately 30 to 45 minutes for Custer's command to be wiped out to the last man. Reno & Beenteen each lost about half their commands but managed to breakout and escape.


    If I had been Custer, I never would have left my wagon trains behind as well as I would have had my artillery and Gatlin guns with me. The indians hated cannon as well as the gatlin guns. Chances are, if Custer had had even just the gatlin guns with him, the Indians would have lost many more men than they would have been willing to lose and they most likely would have withdrawn.


    Also, I would not have split up my command and I would not have put myself in the situation of being too far from General Terry's columns.


    The film got it wrong about Terry's infantry being slaughtered as they were not very close to the Little Big Horn. Custer was close to the main Indian village and wanted to be the first to attack and IMO that was why he did not wait for General Terry to arrive. Also, I don't think Custer wanted to have someone in overall command of these combined Infantry and Cavalry forces.


    By all means, Custer was not a coward but, I think his pride overloaded his braines when his braines were needed the most.


    Hope this helps you Senta.

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    Originally posted by William T Brooks@Nov 1 2005, 06:26 PM
    Do any of you know where to get "They Died With their Boot on" and the "Flynn's Robin Hood" on D.V.D. ? :rolleyes:


    Chilibill :cowboy:

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    Hello bill, i'd be glad to see if i can get someone to make you copies of mine if I can find a place to do it.


    Oh and next review is: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, followed by Sea Hawk and then Captain Blood.

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    Hi Keith, I fully agree with you on Flynn being the one who carried this film.


    I watched The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex last night. I think Flynn was the one who carried this film as well. this one was made just after he made The Adventures of Robin Hood. I felt that Flynn alone made this movie watchable and interesting though, I did like the performances of all the others especially Donald Crisp, Olivia de Havilland and Alan Hale. I'm not a fan of Bette Davis but she was likable in this film. I thought that the lady who played Queen Elizabeth in Sea Hawk, made a much better and likable Queen.

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    They Died With Their Boots On which was directed by Raoul Walsh.


    Errol Flynn as General George Armstrong Custer.
    Olivia de Havilland as Libby Custer.
    Sydney Greenstreet as General Winfield Scott.
    Charley Grapewin as California Joe.
    Anthony Quinn as the Sioux Indian Chief "Crazy Horse"
    Arthur Kennedy as "Sharpe"


    This was a movie that was well made and was easy to hold my interest throught the entire film. This film is definately one that took liberties with the actual events and is only to be taken with a grain of salt historically. That aside, as awork of Fiction-it was a great movie from beginning to ending.


    The cast was a well chosen cast and IMO all fit perfectly together. Sydney Greenstreet was perfect for the robust General Winfield Scott and was a very likable character in the film. Arthur Kennedy was perfect as one of "Custer's" main antagonists throught the movie. Olivia de Havilland was IMO, at her most beautiful, in this movie.


    Errol Flynn as usual was in one of his finest roles. Anthony Quinn was an excellent choice for portraying the Indian who defeated Custer at The Little Big Horn.


    If we had a rating system I would give this a Nr 10 rating for a great entertaining movie.