Bandolero! (Fox, 1968)
Mediocre Bandolero! (you always feel producers or studios added the exclamation points to titles when the movies were lackluster in an attempt
The blog of a Western fan, for other Western fans
“Each man has a song and this is my song.” (Leonard Cohen)
Mediocre Bandolero! (you always feel producers or studios added the exclamation points to titles when the movies were lackluster in an attempt
A lot of fun In 1965 John Wayne was recovering from quite a drastic cancer operation. Surgeons removed a lung and two
How a Western should be As part of our continuing Dinorama, our season of Dean Martin’s Westerns, we’d better take a look at
Dino does a TV Western When I said I was going to do a Dinorama, a survey of the Westerns of Dean
Dino is the bad guy In our Dean Martin season we’ve so far looked at two very bad Westerns he did, Sergeants
Perfectly dreadful Last time we looked at the first of a pair of Western movies that Frank Sinatra put together (he produced them
Rat Pack out West In the wonderful world of the Western, Dean Martin made eleven features and did one episode of Rawhide.
Fine new novel Last month Chase Pletts’s novel The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint (Inkshares, 2021) received honors for traditional novel and
Nice little oater Last time, at the end of our Rock Hudson season, we looked at Rock’s last Western, a 1973 Universal
Rock reaches the end of the trail Well, we’re reaching the end of the trail of our look at the Westerns of
The Duke and Rock show We’ve been looking lately at the Western career of Rock Hudson. After the rather plodding Taza, Son
50s-style Western with modern tinges Let us continue our Rock Hudson season. Rock had, as we saw last time, eschewed the six-gun and
Rock’s an Indian again Hans Detlef Sierck, born of Danish parents in Hamburg, Germany in 1897, is better known to us as
Not Budd’s finest hour but still perfectly watchable Horizons West was a Budd Boetticher-directed picture produced by Albert Cohen (Border River, The Great
Rock Roy Harold Scherer Jr, better known to the world as Rock Hudson, 1925 – 1985, was one of the great stars of
Late 40s psychological Western Well, we have reached the final episode of Season 1 of Jeff Arnold’s West’s show 1948, and I’ve
Outlaws of the female persuasion Myra Maybelle Starr, glamorously portrayed below, usually known as Belle, 1848 – 89, was a colorful character whom
. By no means the worst Western of 1948 Robert Young and Marguerite Chapman star in this light Western from Columbia from that stellar
Another noir ’48-er In 1948 Westerns were in full spate, as we have been seeing recently on this blog, though in fact Fox
Another noirish Luke Short Western from that great year of 1948 As we continue our season of Westerns from the fine vintage of
Moody masterpiece Last time we were discussing a fine noir Western of 1948 (noir was quite the thing in the late 40s) based
. Westerns go noir Continuing with our theme of the Westerns of 1948, one of those ‘vintages’ that remain in the memory, let’s look
A magic little Western As we have already mentioned on this blog, 1948 was a year of great Westerns, works of art, even,
. Superb Western noir . Last time on Jeff Arnold’s West we reviewed the first great picture of 1948, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
. I know what gold does to men’s souls . Premièred on January 14, 1948, Warner Brothers’ The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was almost
A fine vintage Fellow fans of Bordeaux wines will especially appreciate the clarets of 1990, 2005 and 2009. 1945 and 1961 were
Bank gets robbed: serves the crooked banker right Bank robberies are an essential ingredient of the Western movie genre. They might be large
“The old, old story of hate, murder, and revenge” (from the song, Chuck-a-Luck) There’s a BBC radio talk show I listen to
Seasons 1 – 3 A couple of years ago I reviewed a TV Western that had quality, Hell on Wheels, about the construction
; Guy wins both the battle and the fair maiden For the final episode of Season 1 of The Westerns of 1953 we have
. Jailed lawman does the right thing In our season of 1953 Westerns (o wondrous year) we have already looked at a couple of
. The big fight Carson City, Nevada, 1897. Automobiles, shower baths, streetcars. One of the characters in the film says, “This isn’t the Wild
. A fun actioner The other day we were reviewing Powder River, a Fox Western of 1953 starring Rory Calhoun. Well Rory was in
. Nice little oater In our look at the Westerns of 1953, we have so far (click the links for reviews) looked at
. A zippy Budd Boetticher Western down in old Mexico 1953, the Western vintage we have been looking at, was, yes, a year
. Plenty of Western action Last time, as part of our 1953 season, we reviewed a Budd Boetticher-directed Western, Seminole (click the link
. Probably the best of the ‘Seminole’ Westerns Next in our season of 1953 Westerns comes the offering from United Artists, released in March.
. Rock rides again Next in our series on the Western of 1953 (o epic year) comes the other Raoul Walsh/Rock Hudson oater of
. A whitewash in color Next in our look at the Westerns of that epic year 1953 come the offerings from Universal and Columbia.
. ‘The’ Western We’ve been looking at Westerns from that marvelous year of 1953. There were so many good ones, and our reviews
. Superb 1953 Western We’ve already looked at two fine Westerns from that epic year of 1953, both from MGM, Anthony Mann’s
. Better than many think 1953 was one of the greatest ever years for the Western movie, and in many ways it
Ho-hum An article in True West magazine that reader Jean-Marie drew my attention to (here if you want) looked at the Westerns that
Today we’ll wrap up our Chuck-o-rama. Charlton Heston last led in one as a bitter and disappointed trapper in The Mountain Men, filmed 1979,
A pretty picture but pretty boring Well, we’re nearing the end of our Hestonology thread. Charlton would only lead in one more
Another end-of-the-West tale I was ready to like The Last Hard Men. I am a Brian Garfield fan. This is not because
A great work of art cut to ribbons? After The Big Country, released in 1958, Charlton Heston rather avoided Western scripts. He
They don’t come any bigger I’ve always been a fan of Gregory Peck in Westerns. He brought a certain presence to the characters
Still no good Western from Chuck Welcome to the next installment of our Chuck-o-rama. I haven’t been able to be very complimentary
A bit of a clunker Charlton Heston’s fourth Western, after the slightly less than glorious The Savage (1952), then Pony Express and Arrowhead
Not pleasant As we have seen, Charlton Heston’s first two Westerns, The Savage and Pony Express (click the links for our reviews) were
Vin ordinaire After his first Western, The Savage (1952), which we recently reviewed (click the link for that), Charlton Heston starred in two
Ho-hum Perhaps now that we have discussed Will Penny, Charlton Heston’s Western of 1968 (click the link for that review) we might take
A fine Western Howdy again, e-pards. The revamped Jeff Arnold’s West is finally available. If you tap in jeffarnoldswest.com you should come upon the
A proper Western Back in 2017 when it came out, I reviewed a Netflix Western, Godless, on my old blog, and was complimentary about
. Custer lives The next screen Custer who came along was James Olson, who took the part in a Warner Bros TV adaptation of
. Custer as farce The Custer that came after Richard Mulligan’s in Little Big Man (link to our review) in 1970 was in
Black is back A brief pause from the Custer thread. Autie’ll be back. In Season 3, Episode 2 of the TV show Justified,
Little Big Man (1964) & The Return of Little Big Man (1999) by Thomas Berger Like many people, I suspect, I saw the 1970
. Dangerous territory, pards… We got the occasional quite negative portrayal of Custer in the 1950s and 60s. Douglas Kennedy’s Custer in Sitting Bull