Elvis westerns
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stuart.uk »
July 30th, 2009, 11:33 am
IMO Elvis Presley had the potential to be a great western hero
I was surprised after not seeing the film in many yrs at how good Love Me Tender was....
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July 30th, 2009, 5:53 pm
Vaughn Monroe
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mrsl »
April 11th, 2009, 12:29 am
This month and last month The Western Channel has run several Vaughn Monroe movies. I have thought of him mainly as only a singer, that's him singing...
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July 27th, 2009, 6:40 pm
The White Dawn
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MikeBSG »
March 5th, 2009, 9:57 am
This 1974 movie isn't exactly a Western, but that is the closest genre fit for it.
It is about three shipwrecked whalers (Warren Oates, Lou Gossett...
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Last post by CineMaven
July 25th, 2009, 11:58 am
Arness' other great western role
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stuart.uk »
July 23rd, 2009, 12:49 pm
Inbetween the hugely successful Gunsmoke tv series and the outstanding tv movies where James Arness reprised the role of Matt Dillion in the late 80s...
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July 23rd, 2009, 1:36 pm
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Last post by Mr. Arkadin
July 19th, 2009, 10:15 pm
Heaven's Gate
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Lzcutter »
June 19th, 2009, 3:34 am
This film may be the best shot biggest mess of a film ever produced. The cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond is just incredible. Every scene, it seems,...
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Last post by movieman1957
June 19th, 2009, 9:32 am
Alex Cox/Italian Westerns
by
Mr. Arkadin »
June 3rd, 2009, 11:01 pm
Here's some interesting youtube videos I found with Alex Cox giving short critiques of Italian western films.
Django (1966)
Django Kill (1967)...
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Last post by Mr. Arkadin
June 3rd, 2009, 11:01 pm
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Last post by JackFavell
May 22nd, 2009, 7:50 am
The Hanging Tree
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rohanaka »
May 20th, 2009, 12:38 pm
The Hanging Tree , in a word: Wow.
I have to say I really enjoyed this film a lot. I have wanted to see it for like... FOREVER. And thanks to a...
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Last post by knitwit45
May 21st, 2009, 2:22 pm
Rating Ford's Cavalry Trilogy
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by
ken123 »
February 17th, 2008, 11:15 pm
John Ford has been getting quite a few postings at the other site , so I felt that I should post something over here.
Fort Apache, Rio Grande, and...
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Last post by rohanaka
May 2nd, 2009, 9:25 pm
THREE MORE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED
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mrsl »
February 3rd, 2009, 6:10 pm
Dakota: (1945)
During the night and early this morning, I started out with either Gene Autry or Roy Rogers and I should have stayed with them but I...
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Last post by klondike
April 30th, 2009, 7:26 pm
The Big Land
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mrsl »
April 4th, 2009, 2:24 pm
This okay western is playing on the Western Channel this month. Alan Ladd, Edmond O'Brien, and Virginia Mayo star as people focused on building a...
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Last post by MissGoddess
April 4th, 2009, 2:43 pm
The Alamo may get restored
by
Lzcutter »
March 20th, 2009, 7:49 pm
There's news from Digitalbits regarding Robert Harris' attempts to restore The Alamo . See link below along with the article.
Here's my thoughts:
I...
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Last post by Lzcutter
March 20th, 2009, 7:49 pm
The Proud Sheriff - Gary Cooper
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coopsgirl »
March 2nd, 2009, 10:39 am
John Mulholland (film historian) recently sent me a copy of an extended treatment that Gary Cooper purchased for his Baroda production company in the...
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Last post by coopsgirl
March 2nd, 2009, 2:31 pm
WHO THE HELL IS CLINT WALKER?
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by
Guest »
April 21st, 2007, 8:42 pm
Last night I watched a Western titled: SAM WHISKEY (1969). The movie had four main stars: Ossie Davis, Angie Dickinson, Burt Reynolds and an actor...
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Last post by cmvgor
February 28th, 2009, 3:03 pm
Song of the Prairie
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MikeBSG »
February 28th, 2009, 2:33 pm
I recently rented a DVD of films by Jiri Trnka, a Czech master of puppet animation.
One very funny short film was Song of the Prairie, a parody of...
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Last post by MikeBSG
February 28th, 2009, 2:33 pm
THE WORST
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mrsl »
February 2nd, 2009, 2:36 pm
I woke up at around 2:00 a.m. and checked out the Western Channel. At that time of the morning they usually have an old Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, or...
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Last post by mrsl
February 3rd, 2009, 5:11 pm
Should tv western characters married
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stuart.uk »
January 31st, 2009, 12:38 pm
It was the tradition of 50s/60S westerns that they're characters never married, usually killing off any romantic relationships at the end of a...
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Last post by stuart.uk
February 1st, 2009, 1:28 am
Cheered up my boring Saturday afternoon
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mrsl »
January 25th, 2009, 3:52 pm
I really hate Saturday afternoon for TV, so I generally watch what I've taped all week long.
I would however like to say, I watched a 1994 movie...
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Last post by stuart.uk
January 28th, 2009, 12:44 pm
Silverado
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by
movieman1957 »
January 26th, 2009, 9:55 am
OK Lynn. You asked and here it is.
Shaped like an old fashioned western this may be the ultimate buddy picture for this genre. Filled with good...
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Last post by movieman1957
January 26th, 2009, 2:24 pm
Typical for its era, but still . . Far Horizons
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by klondike » January 24th, 2009, 4:35 pm
Allow me to make it official: I hereby grant Micky Rooney absolution for his excruciatingly embarrassing performance as the Japanese co-tenant in...
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Last post by klondike
January 25th, 2009, 9:46 pm
Two Rode Together
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by
ken123 »
April 19th, 2007, 12:13 am
Was the original or was it the working title for the John Wayne - John Ford Western Classic The Searchers . But Ford did make a film titled Two Rode...
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January 25th, 2009, 2:26 pm
The Iron Horse on Dec Schedule
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Lzcutter »
September 21st, 2007, 12:50 am
John Ford's wonderful silent The Iron Horse is coming to TCM this December as part of the cross promotion for the Ford at Fox box set.
Don't miss...
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Last post by Lzcutter
January 25th, 2009, 1:23 pm
New Cycle on the Western Channel
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mrsl »
January 5th, 2009, 11:15 am
I believe each cycle runs about 4 or 5 months with maybe 4 or 5 new movies thrown in each cycle. The rest is re-runs from the previous cycle or two....
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Last post by mrsl
January 23rd, 2009, 11:15 am
Wild West
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by
mrsl »
January 16th, 2009, 7:39 pm
This must have been a mini-series which they ran together to make a movie. I never heard, or saw it so again, it must have run in my working evening...
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Last post by movieman1957
January 16th, 2009, 10:14 pm
THE STALKING MOON
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mrsl »
August 30th, 2008, 4:46 pm
I saw a write up on this recently but can't find it in search or on TCM. Anyway, I DVR'd it around 2:30 this a.m. on The Western Channel , and...
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Last post by mrsl
December 6th, 2008, 11:24 am
Joel McCrea - What do you think?
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by
mrsl »
November 30th, 2008, 2:21 am
I looked back to page 4 and couldn't find a Joel McCrea thread so I thought I would start one. Lately the Western Channel has been playing a lot of...
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Last post by moira finnie
December 4th, 2008, 7:26 am
Burt Reynolds missed his calling
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mrsl »
November 23rd, 2008, 12:42 pm
Early this morning around 3:00 a.m., there I was, bright eyed and bushy tailed watching The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing . I had never seen it but the...
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Last post by movieman1957
November 25th, 2008, 3:15 pm
New question for Comanchee Station
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mrsl »
November 21st, 2008, 3:30 pm
I watched again. probably #30 or so the other day, and wonder if any of you Western fans have any idea why at the end, when she is brought home, her...
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Last post by MissGoddess
November 22nd, 2008, 3:51 pm
The Furies (1950)
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moira finnie »
November 12th, 2008, 4:40 pm
The Erinyes , aka The Furies , were figures in Greek & later Roman mythology who were originally called Alecto (unceasing in anger), Tisiphone...
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Last post by MissGoddess
November 13th, 2008, 4:32 pm
The Big Valley, why did they spoil it.
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by
stuart.uk »
October 20th, 2008, 11:12 am
I don't know if it happened in the UK or originated in the U.S, but who had the great idea of cobbling two episodes together to make several feature...
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Last post by MissGoddess
November 5th, 2008, 11:18 am
Heaven with a Gun
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by
mrsl »
October 28th, 2008, 5:51 pm
I finally got to see this one today on Encore's Western channel. It was a god western but with quite a twist. Seeing those saloon girls walking side...
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Last post by mrsl
October 30th, 2008, 6:18 pm
Devil's Doorway
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by
movieman1957 »
October 28th, 2008, 10:46 pm
I saw this for the first time tonight. With a well put summary of the film here's a comment from Dewey from an earlier thread called Anti-Racist...
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Last post by feaito
October 29th, 2008, 1:08 pm
Cimmarron
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by
mrsl »
February 18th, 2008, 12:28 am
I must be losing it because I swore I had a thread on this movie here. I may have written under the actors names I guess, because I do recall talking...
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Last post by movieman1957
October 28th, 2008, 6:25 pm
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Last post by feaito
October 26th, 2008, 10:33 am
Anybody else watch westerns besides me?
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by
mrsl »
September 15th, 2008, 10:48 pm
I feel kind of embarrassed that my name is the last name on the last 6 threads, but I can't seem to get anyone who wants to discuss that genre.
Well...
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Last post by movieman
October 20th, 2008, 9:52 am
The Misfits (John Huston, 1961)
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myrnaloyisdope »
October 17th, 2008, 10:04 pm
I finally got around to watching my copy of The Misfits last night, and what struck me most was how profoundly sad it was. The melancholy of the lead...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
October 18th, 2008, 2:45 pm
Four Faces West
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mrsl »
February 29th, 2008, 6:35 pm
I don't know if this one has been on TCM or not, but if not, and ever is shown, try to catch it. Joel McCrea and Francis Dee, play along with Charles...
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Last post by movieman1957
October 17th, 2008, 12:59 pm
Centenial
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stuart.uk »
April 19th, 2008, 6:05 am
This was a tv mini series that made a great impact on me when it was aired in the 1970s, though in the UK it wasn't the success i thought it should...
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Last post by movieman1957
October 17th, 2008, 12:56 pm
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Last post by inglis
October 10th, 2008, 10:07 pm
Wayne/Trevor
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by
stuart.uk »
October 3rd, 2008, 11:01 am
I like many think Duke's leading lady was Maureen O'Hara, but after that I'd say Claire Trevor.
IMO as well as being a truly great western,...
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Last post by stuart.uk
October 6th, 2008, 2:46 am
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Last post by jdb1
September 18th, 2008, 12:46 pm
Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
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moira finnie »
September 18th, 2008, 10:19 am
Terror in a Texas Town (1958), which airs at 4:30pm EDT on TCM today (Sept. Eighteenth) is the final feature film directed by one of my favorite cult...
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Last post by Ann Harding
September 18th, 2008, 10:43 am
The Misfits
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by
stuart.uk »
September 17th, 2008, 10:57 am
The Misfits was an outstanding film, but is a bit eerie to watch as all the cast, save Eli Wallace, including Thelma Ritter died young.
Clark Gable...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
September 17th, 2008, 3:47 pm
The Shootist, Duke out with a bang
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stuart.uk »
September 16th, 2008, 12:05 pm
How about this Anne
For a while when you couldn't make a western for love or money in the 80s, I thought of The Shootist as the last great western...
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Last post by MikeBSG
September 16th, 2008, 4:04 pm
The Tall T
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by
MikeBSG »
September 15th, 2008, 12:51 pm
This Budd Boetticher-Randolph Scott movie (from a story by Elmore Leonard) will be shown on Encore Western tonight, Sept. 15th, at 9:30 PM Eastern.
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Last post by MikeBSG
September 16th, 2008, 4:00 pm
Broken Arrow and White Feather
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stuart.uk »
August 15th, 2008, 9:51 am
Broken Arrow and White Feather were two westerns based on a true story.
BA was directed by Delmer Daves, who wrote the screenplay for WF. Both films...
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Last post by mrsl
August 15th, 2008, 1:03 pm
Anybody watch this today? Fort Worth
by
mrsl »
August 3rd, 2008, 7:48 pm
This Randolph Scott 1951 film surprised me. I don't believe I ever heard of it before but it was one of several that Scott did with director Edwin...
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Last post by mrsl
August 3rd, 2008, 7:48 pm
Sean Connery - Cowboy???
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mrsl »
July 19th, 2008, 11:59 pm
Not only is Sean Connery the best (IMO) suave and debonair James Bond, funny and caustic Scottish Laird, and impressive King Richard, but he's not...
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Last post by cinemalover
July 24th, 2008, 4:15 pm
SUEZ
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mrsl »
July 23rd, 2008, 11:03 pm
I caught this one right around daybreak this a.m. Interesting study of the force behind the building of the Suez Canal. I'm sure a lot of it was...
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Last post by feaito
July 24th, 2008, 2:17 pm
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