THOMAS D. CLAGETT

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: WESTERN UNION

Western Night At The Movies

by Thomas Clagett | Feb 20, 2024 | Western Night At The Movies

For this Western Movie Night session, Robert Nott chose WESTERN UNION (1941), a fast moving and overall enjoyable tale about the construction of the telegraph line across Nebraska to Utah during the early days of the Civil War, that was ordered by President Abraham...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: WICHITA

Western Night At The Movies

by Thomas Clagett | Jan 23, 2024 | Western Night At The Movies

For this Western Night gathering, David Morrell selected WICHITA (1955). Like many films concerning the life and times of Wyatt Earp, this one takes some liberties with the facts. MY DARLING CLEMENTINE certainly did, and it’s considered one of the best films about...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: A PISTOL FOR RINGO

Western Night At The Movies

by Thomas Clagett | Dec 18, 2023 | Western Night At The Movies

For our December session, Kirk Ellis brought something truly unexpected: a spaghetti Christmas Western. Written and directed by Duccio Tessari, (known for sword-and-sandal epics and Westerns, he reportedly co-wrote but was uncredited on Sergio Leone’s A FISTFUL OF...

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: FORTY GUNS

Western Night At The Movies

by Thomas Clagett | Nov 29, 2023 | Western Night At The Movies

Occasionally, someone brings something truly unexpected to our sessions. Sheila Ellis did just that with FORTY GUNS (1957), an offbeat, operatic, and very enjoyable Western.

WESTERN NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: COLORADO TERRITORY

Western Night At The Movies

by Thomas Clagett | Sep 12, 2023 | Western Night At The Movies

It’s hard to say who may have come up with the idea of turning HIGH SIERRA, the 1941 film noir classic with Humphrey Bogart as a hardboiled bank robber agreeing to pull one last job, into a Western, but it was an inspired one. That Western was COLORADO TERRITORY...