Zephyr

[rischka]

across the wide missouri (wellman 1951) furtrapping adventure w/clark gable, adolph menjou, ricardo montalban (as an indian)



watched for the rocky mountain views, the film is a mess and wellman disowned it but it's very pretty



the voiceover added to cover the studio's hatchet job doesn't work at all



that's about it for my summer of westerns i'm already figuring how i can make a short trip this fall to see the aspens ..

[greennui]

The Magnificent Seven 1960 Directed by John Sturges - I'm glad Hollywood realized that Horst Buchholz isn't it.

Heller in Pink Tights 1960 Directed by George Cukor - Snooze. Is there a famous classic actor with a more mediocre filmography than Sophia Loren?

Bend of the River 1952 Directed by Anthony Mann - First time that a Mann-Stewart Western clicked for me.

The Outlaw 1943 Directed by Howard Hughes - Think this one's unfairly shunned and maligned. An enjoyable weird western. Lots of homoerotic flourishes, a goofy melodramatic score reminiscent of Tulio at times.

[rischka]

ha well on my bday i rewatched oklahoma for nostalgia reasons. love the songs and especially agnes demille's dance sequences including the nightmare ballet

[greennui]

Union Pacific 1939 Directed by Cecil B. DeMille - Too overstuffed. Stanwyck was cute af in it though. She spoke with an accent now and then which I initially thought was her character being facetious but no she was actually playing an Irish character, with an accent that came and went...

[greennui]

Always in the mood for some Western in june.

Added to my fav Westerns list:

Devil’s Doorway 1950 Directed by Anthony Mann
Tall in the Saddle 1944 Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Joe Dakota 1957 Directed by Richard Bartlett

Also watched Face of a Fugitive 1959 Directed by Paul Wendkos, should have know better. Fred MacMurray zzzzzzzz

[rischka]

hello i did watch paint your wagon. the singing was godawful. i forgot to add it to weird westerns, thx for bumping this greennui

[Silga]

I was pleasantly surprised by Buck and the Preacher (Sidney Poitier, 1972) that I watched last month. A very cool western featuring the great Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee as well.

Some clear inspirations for Tarantino's Django Unchained.

[greennui]

Added to my list

Gunman’s Walk 1958 Directed by Phil Karlson
Broken Arrow 1950 Directed by Delmer Daves
Hell’s Heroes 1929 Directed by William Wyler
The Hanging Tree 1959 Directed by Delmer Daves
The Secret of Convict Lake 1951 Directed by Michael Gordon

Glenn Ford looks good with a beard and how come I only now found out that John Wayne wore a toupee for a large portion of his career??

[rischka]

i started watching the valley of gwangi (1969) but it's so stupid! how long before the dinos show up

also how is it in no official lists lol

also also i've passed mario g and i'm coming for you greennui



why are they so mean to him. he doesn't want to be in the circus

[rischka]

the original john wayne in hell bent (1918)

i wonder should i watch those kelly reichardt westerns for my weird list

[greennui]

the Hired Hand was really good.

[rischka]

never liked the hired hand



viggo's western the dead don't hurt (?) is very pretty. he's not only star, writer, director and producer but he also composed the music. it's not bad

[rischka]

some brief notes on hathaway's rawhide (1951) -- filmed in the alabama hills!! it's a siege western in one location





i recognize the view from the dow hotel





a terrific lean script by dudley nichols w/great parts for susan hayward and tyrone power. not at all what i was expecting

[rischka]

one more western for the year. dark command (raoul walsh 1940) -- pretty good re-telling of some events from the pre-civil war between kansas and missouri -featuring guerilla warfare on both sides by bands like the southern sympathizers later known as quantrill's raiders (here called cantrell and played by walter pidgeon).
the only film john wayne and roy rogers made together and one of two the duke made with walsh (the other being his breakout the big trail)







wayne and claire trevor at the height of their respective beauty. some of the romantic drama makes little sense but the climactic sacking of lawrence, kansas is pretty impressive. the last of quantrill's raiders died in 1940. could've used a stronger villain i think... not a classic but quite decent!