Zephyr

User avatar
rischka
Posts: 6555
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:43 am
Location: desert usa
Contact:

Re: Zephyr

Post by rischka »

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

ANTIFA 4-EVA

CAUTION: woman having opinions
User avatar
greennui
Posts: 2209
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 5:00 pm
Location: Sweden

Post by 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.
User avatar
rischka
Posts: 6555
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:43 am
Location: desert usa
Contact:

Post by 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

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image
:lboxd: + ICM + :imdb:

ANTIFA 4-EVA

CAUTION: woman having opinions
User avatar
greennui
Posts: 2209
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 5:00 pm
Location: Sweden

Post by 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...
User avatar
greennui
Posts: 2209
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 5:00 pm
Location: Sweden

Post by 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
User avatar
rischka
Posts: 6555
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:43 am
Location: desert usa
Contact:

Post by 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
:lboxd: + ICM + :imdb:

ANTIFA 4-EVA

CAUTION: woman having opinions
User avatar
Silga
Posts: 986
Joined: Sat Dec 15, 2018 3:28 pm
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania

Post by 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.
User avatar
greennui
Posts: 2209
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 5:00 pm
Location: Sweden

Post by 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??
User avatar
rischka
Posts: 6555
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:43 am
Location: desert usa
Contact:

Post by 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 8-)

Image

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

Image
:lboxd: + ICM + :imdb:

ANTIFA 4-EVA

CAUTION: woman having opinions
User avatar
rischka
Posts: 6555
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:43 am
Location: desert usa
Contact:

Post by rischka »

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

the original john wayne in hell bent (1918)

i wonder should i watch those kelly reichardt westerns for my weird list
:lboxd: + ICM + :imdb:

ANTIFA 4-EVA

CAUTION: woman having opinions
User avatar
greennui
Posts: 2209
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 5:00 pm
Location: Sweden

Post by greennui »

the Hired Hand was really good.
User avatar
rischka
Posts: 6555
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:43 am
Location: desert usa
Contact:

Post by rischka »

never liked the hired hand :P

Image

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
:lboxd: + ICM + :imdb:

ANTIFA 4-EVA

CAUTION: woman having opinions
User avatar
rischka
Posts: 6555
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:43 am
Location: desert usa
Contact:

Post by rischka »

Image

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

Image

Image

i recognize the view from the dow hotel :D

Image

Image

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

ANTIFA 4-EVA

CAUTION: woman having opinions
User avatar
rischka
Posts: 6555
Joined: Tue Dec 11, 2018 3:43 am
Location: desert usa
Contact:

Post by 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)

Image

Image

Image

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!
:lboxd: + ICM + :imdb:

ANTIFA 4-EVA

CAUTION: woman having opinions
Post Reply