Today we are spotlighting Randolph Scott, whose 100-film career spanned over 30 years. Scott could be considered one of the most versatile leading men in movie history. Do you agree?
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Pasta Pistoleros: 10 Essential Spaghetti Westerns
With the spaghetti western-inspired Django Unchained drawing everybody’s attention, we thought that we’d share our selection of essential oaters from Italy for your consideration. Were we dead on, or did we miss the mark?
Read more →Shane (1953): Classic Western Movie Review
Shane the 1953 Western starring Alan Ladd, and Jean Arthur is reviewed by guest Blogger Rick29. Shane was Jean Arthur’s last appearance on the silver screen. Shane is listed #45 in the 2007 edition of AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies
Read more →Going Exploring for 1940’s Kit Carson And More
Movie questions answered about 1940s Kit Carson movies, the 1954 mystery The Green Scarf, and the availability of Michael Rennie 1952 version of Les Miserables
Read more →Unforgiven (1992): A Guest Movie Review
Director Clint Eastwood so thoroughly gulled me with this self-serious and anachronistic meditation on women’s issues and gun violence transposed to the 19th-century American frontier (1880 Wyoming, to be specific) that I took away a number of enduring misperceptions from…
Read more →Randolph Scott Rides Again In New Releases on DVD
In the late 1950s, Randolph Scott collaborated with director Budd Boetticher, resulting in the most enduringly acclaimed projects on Randy’s resume. Western fans are seeing collectible DVD releases, and in some cases, re-releases of those Scott oaters made at Columbia Pictures: Decision…
Read more →The Stalking Moon (1969): A Classic Movie Review
Having watched The Law and Jake Wade (1968) recently, I decided to continue working my way through the Warner Home Video Western Classics Collection and watched The Stalking Moon from the same set this afternoon. The Stalking Moon was recently…
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John Wayne: An American Icon
The towering physical presence and charisma of the man called “The Duke” fostered a screen persona that came to embody forthright and self-determined American masculinity for countless filmgoers and that has continued to endure in popularity for generations. Years later,…
Read more →A Taste of Spaghetti…Westerns
Guest blogger Rick 29 presents his picks for the 10 best Spaghetti Westerns: The long dusters. The dirty towns. Extreme close-ups. Lengthy stares. Dubbed dialogue. And, of course, the Ennio Morricone music. I love a good Spaghetti Western! Here are…
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