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Post by rizzuto on Jun 2, 2024 12:57:24 GMT -5
Speaking of Jeff Daniels, take a gander at him with his guitar:
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Post by kaybli on Jun 2, 2024 14:52:23 GMT -5
I'm a huge Paul Newman fan. Say pretty much every movie. I liked Hombre but not in the tops of his. Open Range is a great one. Fun trying teach the kids Paul Newman was Hudson Hornet. Also my son is a big Star Wars fan. I was watching Bridge on the River Kwai and he could not river Alec Guinness was Obi-Wan. Bridge on the River Kwai is a classic. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 2, 2024 14:56:15 GMT -5
Excellent film. John Ford made some other great westerns, too. Stagecoach, The Searchers and one I'm very fond of, My Darling Clementine with Henry Fonda. Yes. Those are excellent. Speaking of Henry Fonda, disconcerting to see him play a cold-blooded killer in Once Upon A Time in the West. A rare foray into playing the villain. Seems like there was one other western where he did that, can't recall the name though. Fire Creek maybe? Wow, thank you guys for bringing up all these great Westerns. I think I like every one you all mentioned. Henry Fonda was in another of my favorite Westerns "The Ox-Bow Incident." And I don't know if it qualifies as a Western in the way we mean here, but he was in another wonderful film set in the West "A Big Hand For The Little Lady" with Joanne Woodward and Jason Robards. Hilarious film. Obviously all those Ford/Wayne classics you named. Another of those, more sentimental than I usually like but I found it touching, was "Three Godfathers." Howard Hawks and The Duke in "Rio Bravo." Especially given the context of Wayne's impending death, "The Shootist" is another I really like. "True Grit" too. The original "Law And Order" from 1932, the first film made about the shootout at the OK Corral. Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan in "The Westerner" about Judge Roy Bean. Made in 1940, two years before they teamed up again for "Pride Of The Yankees." The Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood films too. Maybe you had to be there for those, I don't know. They're off-beat for sure. Anybody recall Jimmy Stewart in "Winchester 73"? There are hundreds of them. Thanks so much for bringing up this topic. I may do a little Western binging over the next few weeks. |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 2, 2024 15:07:52 GMT -5
Yes. Those are excellent. Speaking of Henry Fonda, disconcerting to see him play a cold-blooded killer in Once Upon A Time in the West. A rare foray into playing the villain. Seems like there was one other western where he did that, can't recall the name though. Fire Creek maybe? Wow, thank you guys for bringing up all these great Westerns. I think I like every one you all mentioned. Henry Fonda was in another of my favorite Westerns "The Ox-Bow Incident." And I don't know if it qualifies as a Western in the way we mean here, but he was in another wonderful film set in the West "A Big Hand For The Little Lady" with Joanne Woodward and Jason Robards. Hilarious film. Obviously all those Ford/Wayne classics you named. Another of those, more sentimental than I usually like but I found it touching, was "Three Godfathers." Howard Hawks and The Duke in "Rio Bravo." Especially given the context of Wayne's impending death, "The Shootist" is another I really like. "True Grit" too. The original "Law And Order" from 1932, the first film made about the shootout at the OK Corral. Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan in "The Westerner" about Judge Roy Bean. Made in 1940, two years before they teamed up again for "Pride Of The Yankees." The Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood films too. Maybe you had to be there for those, I don't know. They're off-beat for sure. Anybody recall Jimmy Stewart in "Winchester 73"? There are hundreds of them. Thanks so much for bringing up this topic. I may do a little Western binging over the next few weeks. Another that I enjoy is Gregory Peck in "The Big Country," with Burl Ives, Charlton Heston, Chuck Conners, Carroll Baker, Jean Simmons, and directed by William Wyler. Burl Ives outshined them all, in my opinion, just as he did as Big Daddy in "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof." |
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Post by inger on Jun 2, 2024 15:17:38 GMT -5
Excellent film. John Ford made some other great westerns, too. Stagecoach, The Searchers and one I'm very fond of, My Darling Clementine with Henry Fonda. Yes. Those are excellent. Speaking of Henry Fonda, disconcerting to see him play a cold-blooded killer in Once Upon A Time in the West. A rare foray into playing the villain. Seems like there was one other western where he did that, can't recall the name though. Fire Creek maybe? Not entirely out of character. He made Jane, too… 🤓 |
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Post by desousa on Jun 2, 2024 15:25:19 GMT -5
Yes. Those are excellent. Speaking of Henry Fonda, disconcerting to see him play a cold-blooded killer in Once Upon A Time in the West. A rare foray into playing the villain. Seems like there was one other western where he did that, can't recall the name though. Fire Creek maybe? Not entirely out of character. He made Jane, too… 🤓 Hey inger, you really are funny.  |
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Post by desousa on Jun 2, 2024 15:26:57 GMT -5
Yes. Those are excellent. Speaking of Henry Fonda, disconcerting to see him play a cold-blooded killer in Once Upon A Time in the West. A rare foray into playing the villain. Seems like there was one other western where he did that, can't recall the name though. Fire Creek maybe? Wow, thank you guys for bringing up all these great Westerns. I think I like every one you all mentioned. Henry Fonda was in another of my favorite Westerns "The Ox-Bow Incident." And I don't know if it qualifies as a Western in the way we mean here, but he was in another wonderful film set in the West "A Big Hand For The Little Lady" with Joanne Woodward and Jason Robards. Hilarious film. Obviously all those Ford/Wayne classics you named. Another of those, more sentimental than I usually like but I found it touching, was "Three Godfathers." Howard Hawks and The Duke in "Rio Bravo." Especially given the context of Wayne's impending death, "The Shootist" is another I really like. "True Grit" too. The original "Law And Order" from 1932, the first film made about the shootout at the OK Corral. Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan in "The Westerner" about Judge Roy Bean. Made in 1940, two years before they teamed up again for "Pride Of The Yankees." The Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood films too. Maybe you had to be there for those, I don't know. They're off-beat for sure. Anybody recall Jimmy Stewart in "Winchester 73"? There are hundreds of them. Thanks so much for bringing up this topic. I may do a little Western binging over the next few weeks. Fonda's "Big Hand for a Little Lady" is a lot of fun. Joanne Woodward, Fonda and a bunch of character actors you'll recognize but not know their name. |
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Post by inger on Jun 2, 2024 15:31:08 GMT -5
Not entirely out of character. He made Jane, too… 🤓 Hey inger, you really are funny. But Rizzo is funnier. I’m more of an absurdist… |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 2, 2024 15:33:23 GMT -5
Wow, thank you guys for bringing up all these great Westerns. I think I like every one you all mentioned. Henry Fonda was in another of my favorite Westerns "The Ox-Bow Incident." And I don't know if it qualifies as a Western in the way we mean here, but he was in another wonderful film set in the West "A Big Hand For The Little Lady" with Joanne Woodward and Jason Robards. Hilarious film. Obviously all those Ford/Wayne classics you named. Another of those, more sentimental than I usually like but I found it touching, was "Three Godfathers." Howard Hawks and The Duke in "Rio Bravo." Especially given the context of Wayne's impending death, "The Shootist" is another I really like. "True Grit" too. The original "Law And Order" from 1932, the first film made about the shootout at the OK Corral. Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan in "The Westerner" about Judge Roy Bean. Made in 1940, two years before they teamed up again for "Pride Of The Yankees." The Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood films too. Maybe you had to be there for those, I don't know. They're off-beat for sure. Anybody recall Jimmy Stewart in "Winchester 73"? There are hundreds of them. Thanks so much for bringing up this topic. I may do a little Western binging over the next few weeks. Fonda's "Big Hand for a Little Lady" is a lot of fun. Joanne Woodward, Fonda and a bunch of character actors you'll recognize but not know their name. I remember Percy Helton was one of them. He had a high-pitched voice and usually played a nervous hotel clerk or telegraph operator. Also Paul Ford, whose face people recognize instantly. He played the banker who was in on the scam. Oh yeah Kevin McCarthy from "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" and Charles Bickford, who looked a bit like Joseph Cotten. Coming back to me now. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 2, 2024 15:58:09 GMT -5
Wow, thank you guys for bringing up all these great Westerns. I think I like every one you all mentioned. Henry Fonda was in another of my favorite Westerns "The Ox-Bow Incident." And I don't know if it qualifies as a Western in the way we mean here, but he was in another wonderful film set in the West "A Big Hand For The Little Lady" with Joanne Woodward and Jason Robards. Hilarious film. Obviously all those Ford/Wayne classics you named. Another of those, more sentimental than I usually like but I found it touching, was "Three Godfathers." Howard Hawks and The Duke in "Rio Bravo." Especially given the context of Wayne's impending death, "The Shootist" is another I really like. "True Grit" too. The original "Law And Order" from 1932, the first film made about the shootout at the OK Corral. Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan in "The Westerner" about Judge Roy Bean. Made in 1940, two years before they teamed up again for "Pride Of The Yankees." The Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood films too. Maybe you had to be there for those, I don't know. They're off-beat for sure. Anybody recall Jimmy Stewart in "Winchester 73"? There are hundreds of them. Thanks so much for bringing up this topic. I may do a little Western binging over the next few weeks. Another that I enjoy is Gregory Peck in "The Big Country," with Burl Ives, Charlton Heston, Chuck Conners, Carroll Baker, Jean Simmons, and directed by William Wyler. Burl Ives outshined them all, in my opinion, just as he did as Big Daddy in "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof." Ives won an Academy Award for his role in "The Big County." He also had a nice role in "East Of Eden" with James Dean and Julie Harris. Those of who watched too much TV in the 60s remember his short-lived sitcom "OK Crackerby" in which he played a billionaire. Loved him in "Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer." |
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Post by desousa on Jun 2, 2024 16:02:18 GMT -5
Fonda's "Big Hand for a Little Lady" is a lot of fun. Joanne Woodward, Fonda and a bunch of character actors you'll recognize but not know their name. I remember Percy Helton was one of them. He had a high-pitched voice and usually played a nervous hotel clerk or telegraph operator. Also Paul Ford, whose face people recognize instantly. He played the banker who was in on the scam. Oh yeah Kevin McCarthy from "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" and Charles Bickford, who looked a bit like Joseph Cotten. Coming back to me now. I should have said most people wouldn't know their name. |
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Post by inger on Jun 2, 2024 16:08:37 GMT -5
I remember Percy Helton was one of them. He had a high-pitched voice and usually played a nervous hotel clerk or telegraph operator. Also Paul Ford, whose face people recognize instantly. He played the banker who was in on the scam. Oh yeah Kevin McCarthy from "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" and Charles Bickford, who looked a bit like Joseph Cotten. Coming back to me now. I should have said most people wouldn't know their name. Emphasis on MOST… the uncanny memory of Pipps. If his memory is uncanny, mine must be “canny”… |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 2, 2024 16:13:29 GMT -5
I should have said most people wouldn't know their name. Emphasis on MOST… the uncanny memory of Pipps. If his memory is uncanny, mine must be “canny”… My memory is like a Mesozoic Era dragonfly preserved in amber. It only works for things in the distant past. It's completely useless for anything in this century. |
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Post by inger on Jun 2, 2024 16:20:09 GMT -5
Emphasis on MOST… the uncanny memory of Pipps. If his memory is uncanny, mine must be “canny”… My memory is like a Mesozoic Era dragonfly preserved in amber. It only works for things in the distant past. It's completely useless for anything in this century. Mine doesn’t work for either… canny… not uncanny… |
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Post by fwclipper51 on Jun 2, 2024 16:44:13 GMT -5
Hey Guys,
What about James Gardner's movie westerns? Hour of the Gun, Sunset, Maverick, A Man called Sledge, Duel at Diablo and the Support you local Gunfighter series.
Plus TV's Maverick series and Nichols.
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