Posts from Gorch in thread „What Was The Last Western You Watched?“

  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    Lieutenant, I salute you. Not only were you correct, you were a gentleman. Any time I shoot from the hip like that, please feel free to set me on the straight and narrow.
    I too am always learning about old movies and actors. If I learn any more about Duke and his films, my address and phone number will be pushed out my ears.
    Maybe we can ask for a stream of consciousness thread to volley trivia about.



    We deal in lead, friend.

  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    AAAUUGHHH! Of course it's Monte, not Marty. I recall him from the TV series "The Second Hundred Years" where he played his own grandfather who had been frozen and defrosted (sort of like Walt Disney is/was hoping for).


    Thanks for the correction, Lieutenant, and next time, I won't post from memory. Sorry if I wasted your time.



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  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    After the recent posting, I threw on "Hour of the Gun". Wonderful wide screen compositions by director John Sturges, world class Goldsmith, fine acting from Garner and outstanding supporting cast - whatever happened to Marty Markham?
    Robards took the flashiest western role ever - Doc - and turned him into a zombie.



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  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    "Drum Beat", a 1954 cavalry movie starring Alan Ladd. Slow, but Charles Bronson makes a great impression as Captain Jack, but no way Ladd could beat him in a fistfight. Also seen are Willis Bouchey, Strother Martin, Denver Pyle and other character actors that worked with Duke.




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  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    That's the one, Ringo. The scene on top of the mesa when Ward Bond and Jeff Chandler share a canteen full of homemade with the wounded Marvin waiting for the Indian attack is classic.
    It was on Encorewestern channel but, to my knowledge, has never made it to DVD.



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  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    "Pillars of the Sky", a great 1956 cavalry vs. Indians film, full of outstanding stunt work. Only drawback is one lousy music score. As I was watching it, I noticed how many of Duke's former and future co-stars were present - Ward Bond, Terry Wilson, Walter Coy, Willis Bouchey, Olive Carey, Michael Ansara and, best of all, Lee Marvin, in a star making performance.
    Good show.



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  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    Happy birthday, Carl. Hope you have many more.


    The MGM HD movie channel ran a pristine print of "War Paint", a cavalry film that I had seen in re-release back in the '50s. Slower than I remembered, but I had thought it to be lost forever, so it was good that it resurfaced.. Starred Robert Stack, Charles McGraw and Robert J. Wilke.




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  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    Of course, you're right. It's my hangup about MacMurray that colors my enjoyment. I just can't picture him without Uncle Bub or dithering around a lab making Flubber. Oddly, I find him an effective actor in film noir or "The Apartment", but he seems out of place in a western.



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  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    One of the HBO stations aired "The Magnificent Seven" today and although I can recite the dialogue along with the actors, I sat through it again.


    I do usually notice something new. This time it was while they were digging the trench and they had their handguns off beside them and they were lying on mats to keep the dirt from them. Very professional.



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