Red Shuttleworth, a Wrangler Award winner and three-time Spur Award winner
Had the unique opportunity of reading two short plays and a monologue by Red Shuttleworth, a Wrangler Award winner and three-time Spur Award winner for his poetry. The plays and monologue I read are part of his “Americana West,” a series of 100 short theater pieces, set in the West from 1900 to 1999.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES : RIDER OF DEATH VALLEY (**1/2)
At our Western Night at the Movies evening last Sunday, it was Johnny D. Boggs’ turn to curate. He brought RIDER OF DEATH VALLEY (aka RIDERS OF THE DESERT), a Tom Mix film from 1932 about greed and its terrible price.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: FACE OF A FUGITIVE (** ½)
For some actors, the Western seemed familiar terrain, as though they were as much a part of it as it was part of them. John Wayne, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott quickly come to mind. One name that doesn’t...
LINE OF GLORY Giveaway Winners
LINE OF GLORY Giveaway Winners! It’s my great pleasure to announce that “Maria” and “Chuck” are the winners of LINE OF GLORY! They have been contacted by email with the terrific news. This Giveaway was very exciting and I hope to do more in the...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: JUNIOR BONNER (***1/2)
Sweet and lyrical are not terms usually associated with Sam Peckinpah, the man who directed THE WILD BUNCH, the man whom Western author Max Evans called the “Master of Violence.” Most of Peckinpah’s films are violent, one way or another, and most of them depict scenes of bloody mayhem and death. The one exception, though, was JUNIOR BONNER released in 1972. David Morrell chose it for our Western Night at the Movies meeting this past Sunday.
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: THE WESTERNER (*** 1/2)
The Western had been a staple during the silent era and into the talkies, but from 1931 to 1938, it was relegated to B pictures and serials with a few exceptions such as THE PLAINSMAN (1937) and THE TEXANS (1938). Then came 1939 which saw the release of STAGECOACH, JESSE JAMES, DODGE CITY, UNION PACIFIC and DESTRY RIDES AGAIN.
