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.
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…
