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

  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    The Shootist. What can I say. I think he acted better in this movie than any other he was in. The more I see it, the more I love it. I am so glad he was able to finish it as sick as he was. Really wish he could have lasted until he and Ronnie Howard made the new movie Duke was so excited about. He told Ron only "you and me could play it", or something of the sort. Sure would like to know what it was about. KEITH

  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    Pillars of the Sky
    By the way, this little movie has some incredible posters, etc. associated with it. I was just looking for the one with Ward in the foreground and found instances of the touting of the artwork. Still can't find the Ward one, though, LOL!
    Here is an article by Toby about some of them:
    http://fiftieswesterns.wordpre…/pillars-of-the-sky-1956/
    Well, I will keep looking.....I KNOW it is out there, LOL. I didn't see him until I scrolled down, and there he was, kneeling in the very foreground with the "stars" in the back. Check out the artwork PMD......this is a keeper! LH

  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    Pillars of the Sky
    Haven't seen this in over a year P and Carl, but it is very interesting, slightly different from the movies of its time. Also called "The Tomahawk and the Cross"....that name seems more appropriate to me. Some reviews actually list Ward as first in the cast. All turn in good performances, but Lee Marvin particularly impressed me although his part was not a large one, and his Irish accent was not like the type you expect from Ward....I think it may have been rather early in his career or this type of a film. I would love to see it again and will put it on My LIST. If you haven't seen it Dooley, I suggest you do before you sell it. I believe you would want to keep it in your collection, unless you have a newer version. Ward turns in a performance of a character quite different from his already amazing plethora of roles. Also it shows a different approach to the treatment of Indians. Michael Ansara puts in a super performance, also.
    And, if I remember correctly, you won't see any saddles or saddle pads on the Indians horses.....things like that interest me. They ride and mount bareback or simply on a blanket. That separates the REAL stuntmen from the everyday run of the mill kind. Another little something that interests me, I know I saw at least one poster that had Ward in the foreground, LOL! Watch it first P. LH


    Quote from Dooley

    I haven't watched it, just trying to get Carl to buy more dvds, lol!


  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    Quote from The Ringo Kid

    Many thanks. I think the 2 episodes I saw were on DvDs made by one of those ultra cheapskate companies like Alpha Video--but it wasnt Alpha Video. I cant remember the name of the company but--they were also the ones who put out the Audie Murphy TV series: Whispering Smith--and the quality was bad most of the episodes. I gave those away too. I picked them up at WM for $18.00.


    PMD, remind me to talk to you about screen grabs. We were going to go through them in detail, I only told you a little bit. I don't have all the wonderful Blue Ray, countless movies, NO posters and such, but I am decent at working computers, LOL..even if yours IS a Mac. LOL, LH

  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    Albuquerque with Randolph Scott. First time I had seen on film 12 mules pulling a wagon. And the teamster, rode on one of the mules controlling them with reins in one hand and a rope over his shoulder to the brake on the other.....that Gabby Hayes...always great, full white beard and all. TP
    KEITH

  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    The Cowboys. (CONTAINS SPOILERS) Such a great movie. Almost every boy's character is developed and finally helped along by Wil Anderson, (Duke) and Mr. Nightlinger, (Roscoe Lee Brown). Nightlinger helps Anderson to realize the boys could take the place of his two he lost 20 years before.


    The drive sounds and feels like a real one, (I participated in a short 4 day one in Louisianna once). The fight between Wil and Long Hair is brutal but realistic. Wil's dying scene was so touching, most of the boys said in an interview that they really cried.....even tough Cimarron.


    The killing of the evil gang done by Mr. Nightlinger and the boys is nothing more that what would probably have happened if the circumstances had been true, (however, they probably would have just shot them in an ambush). Mr. Nightlinger set it up.....the boys had not learned anything like that on the drive...in fact all their pistols and rifles were locked up the whole time. And the demise of Long Hair was perfect for what he had done to Wil. No, there was no trial....just didn't seem appropriate.


    When the boys drove the cattle into Balfoushe, (sp), they were no longer just boys, they had gained some important lessons along the way and were well on the way to becoming MEN. And like The Sands of Iwo Jima, a once disliked commander of men was killed, but he was still carried on with them when one gave his normal ready signal of "Saddle up". In the Cowboys, it was "We're burning daylight".


    Some of Wil's dying words with all gathered around were, "I'm proud of you....everyone of you".....there is more, but best left for when you see the movie. They all stick in your mind long after you've seen it.


    Duke really chose a great one when he did The Cowboys. And, as most of us know, the tiniest boy on the drive ended up to be a World Class rodeo champ.


    If you haven't watched this movie because you just can't stand the thought of Duke dying or because you have heard about the boys killing men, do yourself a favor. Watch it. Duke chose it for us, and he had a good reason...it was a great film. The score was super also. I find The Overture going through my head at the most unusual times.


    KEITH

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    Yes, indeed, Russ. I always do an article on the anniversary of Ward's Death. This time I was a guest on Speakeasy. It just went out if you care to read it:
    http://hqofk.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/wagon-master/


    Hope things are getting a little better there. Keith


    Quote from The Tennesseean

    Tha Outlaw Josey Wales (last 2/3, anyway).


    Also, today is the 52nd anniversay of the deaths of both our good friend Ward Bond, and also Johnny Horton...

  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    Re-release of Dakota. Loved seeing Duke and Ward with so much interaction. Even though antogonists, there are those special glimpses that I cherish so much of their unique friendship.
    And I don't think I have ever seen Walter Brennan perform without liking it....special dude he was.


    TP, KEITH

  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    I saw this documentary before I saw the movie.......couldn't wait to see the movie after it. Had known Plimpton from Paper Lion, with Alan Alda. After that, I read ALL I could of his exploits, and his books. Seemed a cool thing for a journalist to do. Yes, very much enjoyed the documentary. I totally agree with Ethan on this one. IF you can find it...you have to see it. When he said "Hilarious", we wasn't kidding. You willl come away from this one very glad you took the time to find it! If I remember it correctly, the shotgun "rig up" was just great.


    Excuse my ignorance, but what is "mickey-taking"? Feel as if I am missing something here.....all I can think of is "mickey" meaning Irish in some form, therefore "putting one over on an Irishman", and that doesn't seem to fit here.


    Keith


  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    Great Pics RK. I, like Peter, don't know this one. Thanks, Keith


  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    Hi Bill....nursing taught me my chemical symbols, LOL. Speaking of tree rats....shoot them with my .45ML also. In 20 years, only messed up the meat once....just a little of the shoulder on the way to the head.....not much there anyway.
    In fact, here is a pic of an American Mountain Man friend of mine and me after a quick run to get some tree rats to go with the dove we would shoot that afternoon, (ever shoot a smooth bore muzzleloader.....Lordy!). Tree rat blood does not come out of buckskins,LOL!
    I am an unofficial member of the AMM as women can't officially join. But, I am invited to all the primitives! Here is the pic! HAGO KEITH (Hawk)


  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    True Grit. Love the movie..........seems Rooster and Kate's was better though. She grew to "love" that old codger. And BOTH of them insisted on doing a lot of their own stunts.


    Lots of folks say that Mattie was miscast. I thought she was "on the money" for the character. You might not LIKE her character, but she played it to a T! Keith

  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    Hi there Bill,
    Welcome to our little family as one of our other Bills put it! Nice to have you here.


    Like the Latin...wonder if it was a prerequisite for school like my 3 years of it were?


    Now....little help here, please. I hunt solely with a .45 caliber muzzleloader.....yes, deer also....it is an old CVA caplock. Although I can reload in about 20 seconds with the balls already patched.....it isn't fast enough in case I do not score an immediate knock down.......don't care to chase a wounded animal....hurts my soul....also makes the meat "gamey" from the hormones! SO, I have a holstered .357 Magnum 4 inch barrel S&W Model#19 that I always carry just in case. I am accurate with it to 35 yards.....after that.....well, I could miss the deer entirely, LOL. This is the thing. (I normally thoroughly scout the woods behind the house......there is a regular trail back there from the deer....stay downwind and hide....usually never have to shoot further then 20 yards!) Currently pour my own lead rifle balls, (get the lead wherever I can "scrounge" it), into my molds. Bill says he deals in lead....his quote. You say you use PB.....just joking about casting bullets twice a week, right? Anyway, I thought PB was 90% lead.....?


    Haven't seen that movie. Will have to add it to my list. Thanks!


    And Please check out The Group Watch. It is my pick this month, and there are some good screen catches and discussion on it already. Would love to have your "take" on it.


    Again, welcome.....Keith2



  • What Was The Last Western You Watched?

    Decor, what decor you say......correct. That is why the American Bald Eagle directly behind JB, (DUKE), was a very deliberate piece of symbolism.


    Agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of RB as best villain! Even Gillom had been afraid of him and told JB to watch him......Man could play anything!...wished he were with Duke more also......just as I wished Ward hadn't died at 57 when Duke was only 53 or so. Man, they could have made some GREAT older guy movies. KP


    QUOTE=Peridot;118950]Whyever not?


    Yesterday I screened The Shootist for the umpteenth time, planning to look only at the saloon decor...from the beginning I was once again drawn into the story and found myself watching every single second. Decor? What decor?


    JB Books was a wonderful character, full of dignity and grace. He was a man determined to live and die on his own terms. As he went out he took with him some men who needed killing. I like that about him.


    From my bias I must say that I believe Richard Boone (Mike Sweeney) was the best villain of the three. He projected extreme ill-will and menace for the brief time he was on screen. Lauren Bacall (Bond Rogers) seemed to shudder internally after meeting his character. The two other men were coral snakes, deadly when picked up, but Boone was a 4 meter rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike with venom dripping from both fangs. We knew that Mike Sweeney had an agenda. Remember that Boone's line about retribution was improvised on the spot.


    Oh, that John Wayne and Richard Boone had made more films together. Three wasn't enough for me. Then again, they did excel...


    John Carradine's another favourite as the undertaker, Hezekiah Beckum. In his cameo he fleshes out an entire character of a sleazy man who will wrest every penny of profit he can from a man's corpse. Carradine went on to make 30 more appearances in film and television but this character stands out. It was perfect casting.[/QUOTE]