My Favorite Westerns

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  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance / Lee Marvin

    Looking back on posts I made in 2013.

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Lee MarvinFebruary 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987

    Between The Comancheros  and Cat Ballou (Oscar), Marvin continued his meteoric climb to the Hollywood heights with perhaps his most famous role as Liberty Valence in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Many will agree that Lees viscous performance easily upstages Hollywood greats John Wayne and James Stewart – and perhaps establishing an iconic benchmark for Western villainy. YET, on the official poster (below) we still see Marvin billed a distant 4th behind Stewart (billed first over Wayne?), Wayne, and Vera Miles – with no notable image of Marvin – even though his character (Valance) is in the movies title !!! I’ll never figure out Hollywood marketing.
    Look for another future Western Badguy superstar (yet to emerge)
    Lee (Van Cleef) as one of Marvin’s henchmen.

    Liberty Valence poster
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Valance – Official Poster
    Liberty Valence poster 2
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    (Above) That’s Lee at the bottom … I guess

    Liberty Valence poster 3
    The stage to Hollywood?
    Lee
    Lee
    Marvin - making a point
    Making a point …
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Where's my breakfast?
    Making a stronger point
    Marvin - Demanding a recount
    I demand a recount
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Bad ... I tell ya.
    Bad I tell ya.
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Breakfast at Badguys
    Badguys at Breakfast – Van Cleef, Strother Martin, Marvin
    THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE - John Wayne 3
    THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE – John Wayne

    Love him or hate him, you’d really have to search for a long time to find a lousy picture of John Wayne. This guy was charisma personified.

    James Stewart
    James Stewart
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Woody Strode and Wayne
    Woody Strode and Wayne
    3 Western Icons
    Three great Western Film icons- Stewart, Ford, Wayne

    No lack of Star Power.

  • Marvin Filmography cont’d … Cat Ballou / 1966 / Part 3 …

    No plain Jane 

    “Well, if people didn’t try something new,
    there wouldn’t be hardly any progress at all.”
    –  Jane Fonda /     Cat Ballou

    CAT BALLOU - JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU – JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU - JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU – JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU - JANE FONDA 3
    CAT BALLOU – JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU - JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU – JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU - JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU – JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU - JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU – JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU - JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU – JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU - JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU – JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU - JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU – JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU - JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU – JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU - JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU – JANE FONDA
    CAT BALLOU - Jane and Lee
    CAT BALLOU – Jane and Lee
    CAT BALLOU Lee and Jane
    CAT BALLOU Lee and Jane
    CAT BALLOU - Jane and Lee
    CAT BALLOU – Jane and Lee
    Jane Fonda - Best Actress - Coming Home 1978
    Jane Fonda – Best Actress – ‘Coming Home’ 1978
    CAT BALLOU - The End
    CAT BALLOU – The End

4 responses to “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance / Lee Marvin”

  1. Rick Avatar
    Rick

    This movie has more layers of meaning than any western I can think of.

    1. jcalberta Avatar
      jcalberta

      You know RIck, I haven’t seen this now for a while. They don’t show it that much on TV. ?? So I better pull it out and have another look. At least they haven’t colorized it.

  2. Teepee12 Avatar
    Teepee12

    This is one of our (mutual) favorites. Garry says originally Stewart got top billing because he has the bigger role, more lines in the movie. But after the PR guys did their analysis, it appeared the audience wasn’t buying Stewart above Wayne, so after that first PR release, they were on the same line. It’s all contractual agreements about who gets what billing … and of course the bottom line — who’s selling at the box office.

    1. jcalberta Avatar
      jcalberta

      I see. Thank you.
      It’s always interesting to watch how some of the posters change over the years (for the same movie) as some actors become more popular – and others maybe less.

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