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Tag: Classic Westerns
Glenn Ford in “A Musical Western with ooomph” !
Go West Young Lady / 1941
Go West Young Lady is a Western in the broadest sense … mostly cuz it has two great broads in it: Penny Singleton and Anne Miller.
33-year-old Singleton was the Young Lady going West – and the top billed Star, but … we can see by at least 2 posters that an 18-year-old Anne Miller had easily muscled her way to the front – smiling all the way.
“The Musical Western with OOMPH!”
Anything with Anne Miller was bound to have plenty of “OOMPH” !
Singleton and Miller vs Ford
In 1941 Penny Singleton was an established ‘box office’ Star with over 20 films, plus assorted stage work. Meanwhile Anne Miller had 15 movies under her 18-year-old heels and had been melting the scenery for quite a while. Young Glenn Ford, (25-years-old), sandwiched between Miller and Singleton would appear to be ‘in tough’. Yet he’s completely at ease and up to the task. Good job Glenn!
Penny Singleton
In for a Penny … in for a pound.
Anne Miller
Anne Miller / Unstoppable!
The don’t make ’em like this any more. They don’t know how.
Anne Miller could crowd a rhino out of playpen – and had the kicks to back it.
She was brazen … she was blazing … she was brilliant. And she knew it.
She was a blistering bar top dancer … who loved what she was doing. And so did we.
Turner Classic Movies says:
“The chemistry between Singleton and Ford brings charm to this delightful “B” picture, while plenty of action keeps the plot moving at the pace of a speeding bullet. Numbers from Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Penny Singleton and Ann Miller (who shines in an early role as saloon girl Lola) provide plenty of good music throughout. Some of the tunes include “Somewhere Along the Trail,” “I Wish I Could Be a Singing Cowboy”, and “Gentlemen Don’t Prefer a Lady”. http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/161277%7C0/Go-West-Young-Lady.html
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
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Glenn Ford … Western Movie Favorite …
Back in 2013 I did some posts on Glenn Ford
The Professionals cast … Ralph Bellamy
Amazingly, even though Bellamy appeared in over 100 films,
he only made 2 Westerns:
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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
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Marvin Filmography cont’d … Cat Ballou / 1966 / Part 2 …
Cat Ballou – Ballad of Kid Shelleen
Jane Who ?
MFW: You’re right Marilyn … nobody knew he had it in him.
Kid Shelleen (Lee Marvin) demonstrates his gun hand ….
The whole dang gang:
Dwayne Hickman, Michael Callan, Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Tom Nardini
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Huron …
Marvin Western Filmography 6 The Comancheros (1961)
Marvin Western Filmography 6 The Comancheros (1961)
Lee Marvin / John Wayne
Lee makes it to the Top of the Mountain – A Western with John Wayne
… But he’s still 5th on the Bill
The Comancheros Trailer
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Marvin Western Filmography 6 Pillars of the Sky (1956)
Lee Marvin and Jeff Chandler
Marvin … 5th on the Bill
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Marvin Western Filmography 5 The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
Lee Marvin and Randolph Scott
DVD Talk – Partial Review / Review by Stuart Galbraith IV | posted August 24, 2005
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/17309/stranger-wore-a-gun-the/
The Stranger Wore a Gun is a muddled mess made palatable by Scott’s likeable hero, a strong supporting cast, and the novelty of 3-D at its most nakedly exploitive.
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Marvin Western Filmography 4 … Seven Men from Now (1956)
Lee Marvin and Randolph Scott
Lee moves up to 3rd on the Bill …
Warning: Huge Spoiler below …
… Lee gets killed …
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Marvin Western Filmography 3 … The Raid (1954)
Lee Marvin and Van Heflin
Lee moves up to 4th on the Bill
… a change of plans …
One Line Reviews: Iain Stott
http://1linereview.blogspot.ca/2009/03/raid-1954.html
The Raid (1954)
Recommended
USA Feature Film
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Writers: Sydney Boehm, Francis Cockrell, Herbert Ravenal Sass
Cinematographer: Lucien Ballard
Composer: Roy Webb
Cast: Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin,
Tommy Rettig, Peter Graves
Fregonese’s fact based US Civil War film, chronicling a confederate soldier’s infiltration of a small town in Vermont as he prepares to sack it, complicated by his meeting of an attractive young widow, is, with its excellent performances and uncompromising scripting, a thrilling yet intelligent examination of the ambiguities of war and human relationships.
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Marvin Western Filmography 2 … Gun Fury (1953)
Pretty lousy posters …
Marvin molesting … what? again?
MFW: about the only thing I liked about Gun Fury was that is was filmed around Sedona, Arizona – one of my favorite places on the planet.
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Marvin Western Filmography … Hangman’s Knot 1952
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8UconzOq5lo
Lee is 5th on the Bill
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Lee Marvin … Wandering Star
Lee Marvin … Wandering Star
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Monte Walsh … a real maverick … reposting June 2014
“Nobody gets to be a cowboy forever.”
– Jack Palance
Monte Walsh … a real maverick
MFW: Monte Walsh seemed to get decent promotion – lots of excellent posters – and boasts a stellar cast …
yet somehow seemed to slip under the fence.
But I believe this is one Western that will age well and eventually earn it’s rightful place at the bar.
MFW: “100%” from critcs and “57%” from viewers ??
That’s a pretty large canyon.
But I liked it.
“When we get through… you’re gonna want to take a nap, sit on the porch and wait for the mares to come callin’.”
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Monte Walsh … 1970
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Lee …
Lee Marvin … Wandering Star
Bad Guys of Western Film … cont’d …
“I’ve had the simple pleasure of being present when the sun was shining and the rain was falling.
I’ve had mine, and nobody can take it away from me.”
