Wow! 
Do you suppose he had any idea how handsome and charming he was? 
Somehow I doubt it. What a lovely man. Woof!
Posts from Peridot in thread „Randolph Scott“
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So Peridot I take it you're not fond of his hat, lol!
What is so bad about? I'm intrigued.Imagine Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Raquel Welch, Olivia Wilde or some other stunningly beautiful woman of your choice. Once you have her in your mind in all her delightful glory, now imagine her with a flower pot turned upside down on her head.
Ridiculous, isn't it?
Trust me. Randolph Scott would have looked better with a different hat. It's a style thing.
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Great photo and it does him justice.
The gals must have thought him a handsome fella!We still do...but what was up with that the ridiculous cowboy hat?
What a devastatingly handsome man in such a silly hat. 
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Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
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I have been watching all the Randolph Scott - Budd Boetticher Westerns and have to say they are very good indeed. I must admit that I never really rated Randolph Scott and found him a bit 'weak' on screen but these westerns when he was older are superb.
Great scripts and an excellent director make a difference, don't they? Then again Budd Boetticher can spin gold out of straw.
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Dooley, it sounds like something John Wayne himself may have said.
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Another great Scott (pun intended) is "Ride the High Country". It's his last film so having seen some of his priors lends it more gravitas. Besides Randy, there's Joel McCrea, Warren Oates, Edgar Buchannan, L.Q. Jones, John Anderson and R.G. Armstrong.
We deal in lead, friend.
That was funny even if unintended. I've added Ride the High Country to my Netflix queue. I don't know how I did not know who Randolph Scott was in my childhood. All my heroes were cowboys, of course...
I still love horses. Thanks for the recommendation.
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The Tall T is outstanding...but I'll be accused of being a Richard Boone fan for supporting that one.
As I wrote above, Randolph Scott made a previous film with Richard Boone which was absolutely dreadful.
I believed the horse more. About Boone's performance a critic wrote, 'there was too much Method in his madness.' It went downhill from there. That one was Ten Wanted Men. Painful to watch those performances.I've decided to blame the script from now on.
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If one uses the tool Google one can find a Randolph Scott board. This writer is evidently not allowed to post links.
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Chester, I know that you weren't addressing me; nevertheless, I Googled and discovered this link:
http://www.apunkachoice.com/na…scott/cid_21930/messages/
I haven't used it myself, due to time constraints, but perhaps they're friendly folk.
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Scott made films with John Wayne?
'You'd do it for Randolph Scott.' Blazing Saddles
I didn't have a have a clue who Randolph Scott was. Really. Why didn't they say John Wayne? Everyone knows John Wayne!
The first film I saw with Randolph Scott was Ten Wanted Men, and I was not impressed. I am not making this up. This film was made by Scott's own production company, and the director was apparently a nitwit. Of Richard Boone's performance one critic said, 'There was too much Method in his madness,' and I (dear Lord, here I am criticising Richard Boone) find that I must agree. The director made him far too loony than was necessary. Boone was a scenery-chewing, Snidely Whiplash, sniveling, humourless villain. He was no fun at all.
I blame the director entirely. Richard Boone was capable of being a greater villain than Wick Campbell any day of the week. Campbell was one-dimensional and dull. Boring, even.
Randolph Scott didn't come off remotely interesting in this film, either. His acting was as flat as the screen. The director should have been shot in the first scene and Scott or Boone would have directed, or even one of the saguaro cactuses could have done a better job. It couldn't have done any worse. Randolph Scott's horse, Stardust, came off better onscreen than he did. Plunging through the river several times and then racing up to the cabin, I believed the horse more than anyone else in the film. Stardust should have gotten the nod for an award compared to everyone else. At least he knew something was going on and didn't walk through his part.
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Yesterday I watched The Tall T again. Truly a wonderful performance from Randolph Scott and Richard Boone. This time I went through all the commentaries, even the ones from Quentin Tarantino and Clint Eastwood (not a fan of the former). Most edifying. The film historian pointed out how Boone's character instantly knew the only person to be concerned about on the stage was Randolph Scott's Brennan.
