Posts from Senta in thread „Legend of the Lost (1957)“

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Originally posted by DukePilgrim@Sep 3 2006, 08:24 PM

Starting my 20 years on a chain gang very soon.
Mike

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Don't worry, we shall send you something there.

Hi Mike and Popol Vuh,
Thanks for information. I prefee it free. 40 ponds seems too much for a couple of music tracks.
Regards,
Vera

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Originally posted by DukePilgrim@Sep 3 2006, 02:21 AM
Hi Ringo
I managed to download the theme song from Horse Soldiers today from Frostwire

Other gems were El Dorado theme and Chisum althrough it doesnt have William Conrad's narration plus a version of Rio Bravo.

Burned a nice little CD with those others bit there were parts of John Wayne America Why I Love Her
Mike

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Hi Mike,
What is Frostwire?
Regards,
Vera

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Originally posted by DukePilgrim@Sep 1 2006, 11:21 PM
Hello
but the film I would NOT recommend to watch and in my opinion is absolute stinker is

SHOCK a John Ford movie

HORROR The Long Voyage Home

I have watched it painfully ONCE and it is like watching paint dry. I know John Wayne went to great efforts to master a Swedish accent but trust me it doesn't help!!!!

Nothing to recommend it but as a possible cure for insomnia
Bring on the hot coals now
Mike

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Hello Mike,
I feel that you are absolutly wrong about The Long Voyage Home (of course it is your opinion and you have the right to have it). Only I feel that I must defend one of the finest Ford's films.
It is quite different from his other ones which we like so much as Cavalry Trilogy and Quiet Man.
We expecting from Ford some heroic person and very often more then one in his movies, but here is no heroic. All sailors have their weaknesses and a great ones, and they often fight each other and they are some kind of hostages during the war and for their captain who is the only one who makes desisions. And you hardly can run away from the ship, one tryed and failed - it is one of the most impressive scenes for me. And OLe (Dukes hero) is the only one who has hope and future, but for this one man must sucrifice his life. It is rather dark movie not for watching every weak for relaksation or for runaway from life, but it is truly masterpiece. It is more look like European movies.
May be you will try it again, I like it much more when I watched it second time.
And casting Duke was very right desisuion of Ford. You know, Duke always had a honest face and he create this image brilliantly.
As for Jet Pilot, I myself enjoy it very much, becouse is seems very funny to me for the one hand, and for the other it is beautiful movie not because the suite, but because air flights which was shoot exellent.
Regards,
Vera

Hi Carl,
I agree with you about Horse Soldiers - it is one of my favorites. As for Winds of Eagles it is also good movie. Of course amoung Ford's it is considered not amoung the best, but it is Fords anyway and it always means something.
Regards,
Vera
BTW I read some reviews at Amazon about Legend of the Lost and there are many favorable ones. They mention the athmosphere of the film and very good cinematography. So it is worth watching. Planning to purchase it myself soon.

I've read all interesting posts with great interest. They were full of a lot of new for me information. Unfortunatly I haven't seen Legend of the Lost yet, but your post sure ispired me to harry in that direction.
My opinion about the Duke movies considered bad: I always happy that he was in so many movies, even if some of them much weaker then others. I never wish myself that he haven't make any of them.
Regards,
Vera