Re: Ben Johnson
Posted: October 15th, 2016, 9:57 am
It's that super busy time of the year! I actually uploaded the screencaps from my favorite Monroes episode, "War Arrow" to the BJ Fan Page a week ago but haven't had time to post some of them until now. Anyway, this is my favorite episode because it's about a secret that affects Ben's character Sleeve, and Ben gives a wonderfully poignant and affecting performance. I would also like to mention Anna Navarro, who has almost no dialogue (and her few lines are not in English) but beautifully conveys love and strength through facial expression and body language. Ben's good friend, director Robert Totten, and D.P. Monroe Askins also give it their all. Some of the interior shots look like Old Master paintings, and the majestic landscape of the Tetons is gorgeous.
I screencapped the entire episode, not just Ben's scenes, because I like this one so much. :)
Hard to believe this show was on the air in 1966 -- 50 years ago. I mean, I *remember* 1966.
SPOILER WARNING: The screencaps pretty much give away the storyline.
Batch one
Yes, that's Morgan Woodward on the left. He'll always be Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek to me... or Punk Anderson in Dallas....no matter how many westerns I see him in. ;)
Of course, Liam Sullivan will always be Parmen in the "Plato's Stepchildren" episode of Star Trek to me, too.
That's Ben's good friend Dub Taylor on the right, playing ranch hand Cyrus. Dub's son Buck would show up in later episodes of The Monroes.
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I screencapped the entire episode, not just Ben's scenes, because I like this one so much. :)
Hard to believe this show was on the air in 1966 -- 50 years ago. I mean, I *remember* 1966.
SPOILER WARNING: The screencaps pretty much give away the storyline.
Batch one
Yes, that's Morgan Woodward on the left. He'll always be Dr. Simon Van Gelder in Star Trek to me... or Punk Anderson in Dallas....no matter how many westerns I see him in. ;)
Of course, Liam Sullivan will always be Parmen in the "Plato's Stepchildren" episode of Star Trek to me, too.
That's Ben's good friend Dub Taylor on the right, playing ranch hand Cyrus. Dub's son Buck would show up in later episodes of The Monroes.
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