Western Film – My Favorite Westerns

3:10 to Yuma – Felicia Farr

FELICIA FARR jubal — Felicia Farr and Glenn Ford

FELICIA FARR The Last Wagon — Felicia Farr and Richard WIdmark

FELICIA FARR The First Texan — Felicia Farr and Joel McCrea

FELICIA FARR Hellbent for Leather — Felicia Farr and Audie Murphy

Glenn Ford Westerns ______ The Desperadoes 1943

The Desperadoes / 1943

Not a favorite … but still interesting as part of
Glenn Ford’s Western Filmography.

rotten tomatoes review — **Rotten Tomatoes Review … No score ?**

Glenn Ford - The Desperadoes 1943 — **Young Glenn Ford – The Desperadoes 1943**

glenn ford poster desperadoes — **The Desperadoes / 1943**

glenn ford poster desperadoes 2 — **The Desperadoes / 1943**

glenn ford poster desperadoes 3 — **The Desperadoes / 1943**

Lots of promotion, smoke, and furore … if nothing else.

Moving on …

Glenn Ford Westerns ———– Jubal / 1956 / Part 2

Jubal / 1956

My review? It’s a good Western – have a look.

Jubal / 1956:
Glenn Ford is now 40 years old and a full blown Western Movie Star in the Golden Era of Western Film – the 50’s. The notable cast of Jubal includes 4 other fellers: Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger, Charles Bronson, and Jack Elam. Borgnine, Bronson and Elam have all been moving steadily up the ladder from being movie Extras – to Badguys – to supporting actor roles and now enjoy Star billing. Rod Steiger (the main badguy in Jubal) is already a well established actor for his roles in On the Waterfront (1954) (with Marlon Brando), and as that “low down dirty pig stealer” Jud Fry from Oklahoma (1955) (“where the wind keeps sweepin’ down the plain, and the waving wheat” …. well … you know what I’m talking about).
Meanwhile two gals, Valerie French and Felicia Farr have principal roles.

steiger and elam - jubal — **Steiger and Jack Elam**

The Gals

valerie french - jubal — **Valerie French**

valerie french and ford - jubal — **Valerie French and Ford**

The End

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Footnote

Jubal Sackett is a novel by great Western writer Louis L’Amour
which developed into a worthy TV mini-series: The Sacketts (1979)
starring Glenn Ford – among an All Star Western cast of:
Sam Elliot, Tom Selleck, Jack Elam, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens,
L.Q. Jones, John Vernon, and Louis L’Amour himself.

Amazing stuff.

Glenn Ford Westerns ———– Jubal / 1956 / Part 1

Jubal / 1956

Garry mentioned Jubal … so I thought we’d take a look at it.
Most of Ford‘s 15 (or so) Westerns were pretty good and Jubal is right up there.

A great cast.

Jubal Trailer

jubal poster

Jubal – an unusual name for a movie –
is from the 1939 novel Jubal Troop by Paul Wellman.
Glenn Ford Jubal (Troop).

Just for curiosity Borgnine, Bronson and Elam had also all appeared together in Vera Cruz (1954).

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Jubal / Part 2 … coming up …

Glenn Ford … Western Movie Favorite …

“The Western is a man`s world and I love it.”
– Glenn Ford

Back in 2013 I did some posts on Glenn Ford
which probably all need updating by now.

I’ll see what I can come up with.

The Professionals cast … Ralph Bellamy

Amazingly, even though Bellamy appeared in over 100 films,
he only made 2 Westerns:

campobello island nova scotia — Campobello Island / Nova Scotia

Robert Ryan … Professionals Cast …

The Professionals cast … Woody Strode Westerns Poster Filmography

Celebrating Woody Strode Westerns

A Western Film career spanning 35 years.

The Lone Ranger (2013) movie reviews …

Woody Strode 2 …

Above: Image from Once Upon a Time in the West

Above: Image from The Professionals

“If you’re a nice guy, you can walk into a room anywhere in the world.”
– Woody Strode

The Professionals … Woody Strode

Woodrow Wilson Woolwine “Woody” Strode
(July 25, 1914 – December 31, 1994)
was a decathlete and football star who went on to become a pioneering African American film actor. He was nominated for a Golden Globe award for
Best Supporting Actor for his role in Spartacus in 1960.
He served in the US Army during World War II.
(Wikipedia)

Woody Strode Westerns

Sergeant Rutledge (1960) / Two Rode Together (1961) / The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) / The Professionals (1966) / Shalako (1968) / Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) / Boot Hill (1969) / Chuck Moll (1970) / The Deserter (1971) / The Revengers (1972) / Keoma (Django Rides Again) and (The Violent Breed) (1976) / Lust in the Dust (1985) / Posse (1993) /
The Quick and the Dead (1995)

Les Petroleuses … Bandidas …

Rick, if you thot Les Petroleuses / 1971 was “interesting”, then you might wanna look at this …

Bandidas / 2006

It’s almost a copy the Les Petroleuses, but replaces Bardot and Cardinale
with Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz.

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When in doubt … make lottsa posters.

Not sure about the plot (if there is one),
but the posters look … interesting.

My … what a big gun you have …

Casting Claudia .. part 2 ..

Claudia at the Top

These aren’t the only posters that were made for
Once Upon a Time in the West.
This batch seems to promote Claudia … and as you see she gets
Top Bill on most of them.

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That other Western Claudia did? (Rick was asking)

Les Petroleuses / 1971

Starring Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Cardinale

Wikipedia says: “Pétroleuses were, according to popular rumours at the time, female supporters of the Paris Commune, accused of burning down much of Paris during the last days of the Commune in May 1871. During May, when Paris was being recaptured by loyalist Versaillais troops, rumours circulated that lower-class women were committing arson against private property and public buildings, using bottles full of petroleum or paraffin (similar to modern-day Molotov cocktails) which they threw into cellar windows, in a deliberate act of spite against the government. Many Parisian buildings, including the Hôtel de Ville and the Tuileries Palace, were burned down during the last days of the Commune, prompting government forces to blame the mythical pétroleuses.”

Yeah … well … this doesn’t appear to be a French historical docu-drama.

Renamed Frenchie King (for North American markets?)
IMDB viewers give it a “5 out of 10” !!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067637/
Michael J. Pollard … ?
OK.

Yee Haw !!!

Hell On Wheels Shuts Down Production Due To Calgary Floods

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Hell-Wheels-Shuts-Down-Production-Due-Calgary-Floods-56981.html

“Like plenty of other small screen programs, AMC’s Hell on Wheels has opted to shoot in Canada. The Calgary-based program is set to return to the schedule for an action-packed Season 3 premiere on August 3. However, recent and major floods on set may make it harder for the show to finish shooting Season 3 for a while. The show was busy filming last week when floods overtook the set, causing production to shut down. … “

Hell On Wheels Shuts Down Production Due To Calgary Floods image

WhoSay - Photo from Anson Mount

The Professionals / Jack Palance

” … Without love, without a cause, we are… *nothing*!
We stay because we believe. We leave because we are disillusioned.
We come back because we are lost. We die because we are committed …”

– Jack Palance as Jesus Raza