WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES | THE BOY FROM OKLAHOMA (**1/2)
“Scared of guns and afraid of gals—What kind of Sheriff are you?” That’s the ad line on the one sheet poster for THE BOY FROM OKLAHOMA, a sweet-natured Western released by Warner Bros. in 1954. That was the film Johnny D. Boggs chose for our...
Line of Glory – Coming Soon! See the Video Book Trailer Now.
[Video Book Trailer] Not long ago, I was reminded of the words of that grand writer of the Southwest, Max Evans, who said, “When you sit down to write a novel, you have to let the reader do some of the work.” In other words…
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES SADDLE THE WIND (** ½) – THE MARAUDERS
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES SADDLE THE WIND (** ½) THE MARAUDERS Our Western Night at the Movies group met last night and it was Robert Nott’s turn to choose the films. The first was SADDLE THE WIND from 1958. This tale of two brothers, one a...
THE BALLAD OF LEFTY BROWN (2017)
Ever go into a movie hoping to like it? Last Sunday at our Western Night at the Movies get-together, we watched THE BALLAD OF LEFTY BROWN. The concept is an intriguing one in which the sidekick becomes the hero out to avenge the death of his friend...
WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES – JEREMIAH JOHNSON (****)
As it was my turn to curate the film for our Western film gathering last night, I brought one of my favorites. Jeremiah Johnson, the opening ballad in the film goes, went into the mountains, betting on forgetting his troubles.
Exciting news!
I’m pleased to announce that my novel, WEST OF PENANCE, won the first place gold medallion for Inspirational Fiction at the Will Rogers Medallion Awards ceremony last Saturday evening, October 28, in Fort Worth, TX.
