I really like this publicity still from Grayeagle.

In case anyone wants to see photos from my Oklahoma trip, here is the link: https://benjohnsonfanpage.shutterfly.com/photogallery/940 Also, posted today: 13 new prints from slides, of Ben with Willie Nelson at the Sixth Annual Golden Boot Awards, held August 19, 1988. Here are five of the prints. Yo...

I just got back from a trip to Ben's home town, Pawhuska, and while there I learned they're working on the "Ben Johnson Memorial Project," a large bronze statue from a design by the late sculptor John D. Free. You can visit the work in progress, which of course I did. I'll be posting pics ...

The Warner Archive Collection has officially announced the forthcoming Blu-ray of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. No release date yet, but it shouldn't be too far off. Here is the information and the cover art. WARNER BROS.’ NEW 2016 MASTER - DIRECT FROM ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT THE TCM FILM FESTIVAL 103:00 ...

Here's a third picture from the Laramie episode "Hour After Dawn."

Back from the TCM fest! ;) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon looks gorgeous in the new transfer. WAC has not made an official announcement yet but it will be coming out on Blu-ray. Keith Carradine introduced and he said that Ben was the best horseman in Hollywood, and mentioned the scene where Ben rides his ...

I think was the first person in the theater for All the President's Men! ;) So I didn't see who else was on the red carpet. I spent most of my time at the festival with the Theater 4 groupies, and after that in Theater 1. I did see King of Kings at the Egyptian, though, and went back to the Chinese ...

Well, it's off to the TCM festival. Can't wait for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon on Sunday! Ben's 1977 western Grayeagle (directed by Charles B. Pierce, who also directed The Town That Dreaded Sundown), is now out on Blu-ray on a double disc with another western directed by Pierce, Winterhawk. This is a ...

This is a double fold-out of pics from Ben's movies, from a Japanese magazine called Cine Study, dated November 11, 1972. The pages are too long to scan -- I had to take photos. :) http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx61/pvitari/Ben%20Pics%202016/Cine%20Story-1S_zpsdwkhmgjk.jpg http://i742.photobuck...

On the set of The Wild Bunch.

Thursday early afternoon, in time for the gala screening, though now that the schedule's been released, I'm kind of tempted to go to One Potato,Two Potato, as I've never seen that and I LOVE Barbara Barrie (the ever-patiently-suffering mom in Breaking Away). Plus -- Bernie Hamilton. I used to see hi...

Slightly Scarlet is in my top-ten list of movies that should be restored and released on Blu-ray. John Payne and TWO redheads. :) Movie heaven. :) So... they will be screening She Wore a Yellow Ribbon on Sunday. I will SO be there. I wonder if this is a restoration? WB polled people at Home Theater ...

I should have posted this on Friday but it's the busiest time of the year for me and some things have to slip. ;( But here it is, finally. The 20th anniversary of Ben's death was this past Friday, April 8. Here are some pages from the August 1996 issue of American Cowboy, including a tribute ad from...

Dear Mongo, yup, he was a real mean SOB in that episode -- and all three of his Gunsmoke episodes. :) I made a bunch of screencaps from an "unofficial copy" of "Quaker Girl" (it hasn't been released on DVD yet) but I'm going to have to look for them. I just checked my fanpage and...

Anyone here or near NYC? (Theresa? Wendy?) Starting today, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is holding a Sam Peckinpah retrospective with screenings of all his feature films. The retrosopective lasts through April 7. The line-up of course includes four films with Ben: Major Dundee, The Wild Bunch,...