Re: The Western channel on Encore TV
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 5:44 pm
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Not too long ago, we had a discussion about El Dorado, and Michele Carey who had a small part in it. Mongo was kind enough to furnish us with a photo of her, but not much was published about her later work. As it turned out, last week I saw her in a Gunsmoke episode, and in a movie in which she starred. The movie was Five Savage Men, who raped her and left her for dead but an Indian came along and nursed her to health, then joined her in her search to find them and kill them. I still haven't made up my mind if I liked the movie or not, but it was not that bad, and at least was in color, and Michele was looking fine. I think that's one reason I like the Encore Western channel so much. I love seeing so many actors on a daily basis. Like TCM you can always look forward to seeing Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, or Barbara Stanwyck in her pre-Big Valley days. These were the years when writers just were not writing for women, after years of women being the main characters. So they turned to TV for acting roles, and in general got some pretty good jobs out of it. So, if you see Five Savage Men listed, you might want to tune in.
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Not too long ago, we had a discussion about El Dorado, and Michele Carey who had a small part in it. Mongo was kind enough to furnish us with a photo of her, but not much was published about her later work. As it turned out, last week I saw her in a Gunsmoke episode, and in a movie in which she starred. The movie was Five Savage Men, who raped her and left her for dead but an Indian came along and nursed her to health, then joined her in her search to find them and kill them. I still haven't made up my mind if I liked the movie or not, but it was not that bad, and at least was in color, and Michele was looking fine. I think that's one reason I like the Encore Western channel so much. I love seeing so many actors on a daily basis. Like TCM you can always look forward to seeing Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, or Barbara Stanwyck in her pre-Big Valley days. These were the years when writers just were not writing for women, after years of women being the main characters. So they turned to TV for acting roles, and in general got some pretty good jobs out of it. So, if you see Five Savage Men listed, you might want to tune in.
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