westerns

Twitch · Jun 23, 2008

THE WILD BUNCH

K.D. Lightner · Jun 23, 2008

Wayne had a friendship with the Carey, family. After Harry Carey, Sr. died, the son, HC Jr., appeared not only in the cavalry films but both he, and his mother, Olive Carey, were in The Searchers.

Wayne honored his old friend at the very end of The Searchers, using a gesture made famous by Carey in his films -- he is framed in the doorway, and he takes one arm and grasps his other arm before turning away to leave his niece and family. Olive Carey, when she saw it, cried.

karol

Joie DeVive · Jun 23, 2008

My personal favorite, which usually nobody has heard of, is 3 Godfathers. It's a John Wayne/ John Ford movie with Ward Bond, and Harry Carey Jr. The sleeve describes it in part as :

"..This western parable of the Three Wise Men is a fascinating mix of subreb imagery, dramatic intensity and unabashed sentiment."

"...rates as one of the most interesting -and certainly most gorgeously photographed of tall the Ford-Wayne westerns."

Also at the top of my list are:
High Noon
True Grit and Rooster Cogburn
McClintock (ok, it's one of Ford's later, and cheesier ones, but you can't beat the Wayne/O'Hara chemistry!)
The Cheyenne Social Club (Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda)
El Dorado

K.D. Lightner · Jun 23, 2008

Joie -- thanks for reminding me, I have seen Three Godfathers and it is a great movie.

Also in it, was another Ford stock actor, Pedro Armendariz. He was one of the three godfathers.

karol

Joie DeVive · Jun 23, 2008

K.D. Lightner said:
Also in it, was another Ford stock actor, Pedro Armendariz. He was one of the three godfathers.

Oops, thanks for the addition. I missed him!

Hondo · Jun 23, 2008

Thanks Karol & Joie

K.D. Lightner said:
Wayne had a friendship with the Carey, family. After Harry Carey, Sr. died, the son, HC Jr., appeared not only in the cavalry films but both he, and his mother, Olive Carey, were in The Searchers.

Wayne honored his old friend at the very end of The Searchers, using a gesture made famous by Carey in his films -- he is framed in the doorway, and he takes one arm and grasps his other arm before turning away to leave his niece and family. Olive Carey, when she saw it, cried.

karol

I didn't know that or missed it (Waynes Bio) The Searchers is one of many favorite John Wayne films, I prefer the ending as a way the Duke dies in my life, not by being shot dead, but just holding his arm and walking away into the sunset. Very powerful ending, much Thanks!!! :eusa_clap

Nighthawk · Jun 23, 2008

Something that hasn't been listed, not equal to some of the classics already listed, but a great modern day western nonethless:

No Country for Old Men

SamMarlowPI · Jun 23, 2008

Extreme Prejudice is considered a modern western...and it's pretty good...

RBH · Jun 24, 2008

http://www.videodetective.com/movies/RED_HEADED_STRANGER/trailer/P00001944.htm

Nathan Dodge · Jun 24, 2008

A gritty western directed by the great Anthony Mann is 1958's MAN OF THE WEST. Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb and Jack Lord--in a role as far removed from Hawaii Five-O as he ever got--in a dark, dark western that is about as graphic as movies got in those days. people bleed when they're shot, the lead actress is darn-near sexually assaulted by a gang. Just a brilliant work and thankfully it's now on DVD. I still remember seeing this movie for the first time one saturday afternoon seventeen years ago sitting there transfixed.

Caroline · Jun 24, 2008

These are all great Westerns!

One I really like is more a Western-Spoof but still a really great movie.

Lemonade Joe

Really odd, but fun anyway!

czack · Jun 27, 2008

Caroline said:
These are all great Westerns!

One I really like is more a Western-Spoof but still a really great movie.

Lemonade Joe

Really odd, but fun anyway!

Speaking of western spoofs, one I have always liked was "My Name is Nobody."

dhermann1 · Jun 27, 2008

Eastern westerns?

How about movies about the frontier, when the frontier was no further west than Pennsylvania? I'm thinking Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day Lewis version), or Davy Crockett (Disney version) or The Alamo (John Wayne version), or Northwest Passage (1940), Drums Along the Mohawk. Could you categorize the Disney cartoon of Johnny Appleseed in there as well? I loved that little film.
Likewise, has anyone ever heard of a film about the Canadian frontier (Quebec) in the 1600's called Black Robe (1991)? What a film.

Jack Scorpion · Jun 29, 2008

-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Raindrops?)
-The Wild Bunch, Junior Bonner, The Getaway (Pekinpah remains favorite)
-High Noon (one of those "perfect" films)
-Almost anything with Eastwood. (I just have a soft spot.)
-Admittedly... most anything with Costner (sorry)
-Once Upon a Time in the West. (Harmonica!)
-Johnny Guitar (western noir... sing it, Peggy Lee)
-Three Burials of Melquaides Estrada (way overrated!)
-The Proposition (I can't wait for The Road)
-Deadwood (HBO... season 1 is one of my favorites seasons in history of TV)
-The Searchers (I've yet to find another John Wayne one I like)

Dixon's Dame · Jun 30, 2008

My personal favorites are:

Big Jake
The Professionals
The Horse Soldiers
The Sons of Katie Elder
The Naked Spur
The Magnificent Seven
Rio Bravo
Five Card Stud
Cat Ballou
Silverado
The Quick and the Dead

Feraud · Jun 30, 2008

dhermann1 said:
Likewise, has anyone ever heard of a film about the Canadian frontier (Quebec) in the 1600's called Black Robe (1991)? What a film.

Saw Black Robe at the Angelica theater when it came out. Excellent film.

freebird · Jun 30, 2008

TCM has shown several Glenn Ford westerns of late, The one that stood out was The Last Challenge, about an aging ex-gunfighter turned Sheriff who meets a kid that's come to town to try his hand against him.

It's easier to name actors than actual movies that I like, as I tend to like anything in the western genre.

Roy Rogers, Bill "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd, Sam Elliott, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Tom Selleck, John Wayne, Glenn Ford,Randolph Scott and Jimmy Stewart are some of my favorites.

For a real treat, you've got to read the original Clarence E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy novels. They're alot grittier than the Bill Boyd movie and TV series led you on to believe.

Joie DeVive · Jun 30, 2008

freebird said:
It's easier to name actors than actual movies that I like, as I tend to like anything in the western genre.

Roy Rogers, Bill "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd, Sam Elliott, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Tom Selleck, John Wayne, Glenn Ford,Randolph Scott and Jimmy Stewart are some of my favorites.

I have to admit that I've been rather impressed by Tom Selleck's work in some of those new westerns. I wasn't sure he'd be able to pull it off, but I've been pleasantly surprised.

KY Gentleman · Jul 7, 2008

Nathan Dodge said:
A gritty western directed by the great Anthony Mann is 1958's MAN OF THE WEST. Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb and Jack Lord--in a role as far removed from Hawaii Five-O as he ever got--in a dark, dark western that is about as graphic as movies got in those days. people bleed when they're shot, the lead actress is darn-near sexually assaulted by a gang. Just a brilliant work and thankfully it's now on DVD. I still remember seeing this movie for the first time one saturday afternoon seventeen years ago sitting there transfixed.

I put this in my BlockBuster que after reading your remarks. I just watched it last night and WOW. Gritty may not be a big enough word! It was good though, thanks for your post on it.

Jack Scorpion · Jul 7, 2008

Jack Scorpion said:
-Three Burials of Melquaides Estrada (way overrated!)

Oops, meant underrated.

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