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And then on a little lighter note, here's what might be the most entertaining western ever made... (...and the movie which dispelled the notion that Dietrich was box office poison)

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He was Summer Under The Stars subject yesterday, here are my choices, I came up with just 5 that I really like a lot, in chronological order. What are yours? You can list as many as you want. 1. Barefoot In The Park (1967) He is the strait laced lawyer just married to extrovert Jane Fonda. He is very funny tossing off Neil Simon jokes and plays off well against Fonda as well as Mildred Natwick and Charles Boyer. 2, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969) This is the one that made him a star. A great role as the charming rogue Sundance. It shows he can handle comedy, drama and action scenes. 3. The Candidate (1972) One of the best political films ever. He is great as the as candidate for senator with no experience, he soon becomes disillusioned with the process. 4, The Sting (1973) A terrific character for him, a small time con man looks to get in the big leagues with veteran Paul Newman. This has his only Oscar nomination (to date) for acting. 5. Legal Eagles (1986) An underrated rom-com that rarely gets mentioned. One of Redford's loosest, funniest performances in years, I liked the chemistry with Debra Winger.

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My Suggestions The Big Country (sprawling, monumental "horse opera" distinguished by Jerome Moross' majestic score) The Big Gundown (superior "Spaghetti Western" starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian and directed by Sergio . . . Sollima; Ennio Morricone's musical contribution is, as usual, superbo) Blood on the Moon (stylish Film Noir oater with a "psychological" undertone directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Mitchum) El Condor (underrated gem, scripted by Larry Cohen; contains Lee Van Cleef's finest performance, IMO) Lonely Are the Brave (thoughtful requiem and character study, a modern Western . . . that is more than a Western; screenplay by Dalton Trumbo) The Magnificent Seven (immortalized by Elmer Bernstein's iconic main theme, this classic remains durable, enduring, and magnificent) Once Upon a Time in the West (epic "Spaghetti Western," arguably Sergio Leone's masterpiece; excellently enhanced by Ennio Morricone's score) Pursued (Another multi-layered, psychological Western starring Robert Mitchum, it is an ideal companion to Blood on the Moon) Rio Conchos (unjustly neglected Noir Western; its explosive finale is operatically tragic, its tormented anti-hero protagonist fatefully doomed) Saddle the Wind (moody quasi-Shakespearean "adult western" spiced by John Cassavetes' edgy performance; screenplay by Rod Serling, vocals by Julie London) The Shootist (only a fortunate few Hollywood stars were blessed to ride off into the sunset in grand and glorious style; this perfect, elegiac "Adios" is a wonderful, moving tribute to "The Duke")

I just thought of another western well worth seeing, a moody one with, once again, a protagonist with a dark past, The Hanging Tree (1959), Gary Cooper's last western. Speaking of protagonist's with dark pasts, there is also Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992), a fine film exploring violence and the impact that it has on men's lives. Among other things it boasts an outstanding (and complex) portrayal by the great Gene Hackman, which won him an Academy Award (deservedly).

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And a brief trip forward to 1995 when Barnabas and Julia run into Crazy Carolyn.

Actually I haven't seen DOCTOR ZHIVAGO either! *** Re: soaps. I love soaps. So when people apply the term soap opera to a classic film in a negative sense, it doesn't dissuade me from watching. I also like genre hybrids. So combining melodrama with police procedurals or combining melodrama with westerns, I am okay with that.

My top favorites are Jeremiah Johnson, Three Days of the Condor and All the President's Men. I know his reviews weren't the best for Out of Africa (critics couldn't accept him as an Englishman), but for my money I thought his performance was very good. I don't know how many movies he has directed, but I did enjoy Ordinary People, A River Runs Through It and Quiz Show.

She lost none of her appeal when she moved into parenting roles in her maturity. It made her even more relatable, if possible. The Parent Trap was mentioned, and I also loved her in Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) as the wife of Jimmy Stewart and the mother of two teenagers. As expected, she was the calm at the center of a family vacation which got off to a rocky start.

❤️like I love it when Shirley MacLaine happens.

Ernestine--Lily Tomlin's telephone operator on "Laugh-In".

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What I personally would prefer is that you make an effort to edit. You're a wordsmith; fine. There are a few on these boards but most of them seem to understand that paragraphs are a way to avoid "a wagon train of sentences", not l-o-o-o-o-o-ng expanses of blank space. It may satisfy whatever vision you have in your head about how your words are coming across, but I don't think it's particularly considerate of the reader. And I don't think random unnecessary capitalization gives added meaning or importance to what you're saying. I like your tributes to actors and actresses living and departed, but, in general, reading an entire post from you can often be a trial when you stake your claim to so much space. You said you'd welcome a response so this is mine. I've kept quiet until now, but you yourself opened the door here. No disrespect meant. You obviously have a lively mind and an enthusiasm for discussion, so you're a valuable asset here. You be you but, please, have a heart. P.S. Also a fan of Lilia.

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Here's a couple of good ones which where filmed right here in Sedona and which I can recommend for ya, N&N: This 1948 sort of western/film noir hybrid, stars Dick Powell as a federal government agent sent out west to find who's behind the thefts of gold shipments. This 1957 western builds to a terrific and surprising climax. The 2007 remake of it starring Russell Crowe and Christain Bale is also very well done.

Everyone of the films mentioned are great and classics, I'dd add these great ones to the list The Searchers ( my fav) Red River The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid The Wild Bunch

There is great value in proofreading/editing if you prefer being understood.

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Dia de los Muertos features in Spectre (2015). Could you be thinking of the seasonal cerveza from Fulton Beer named Specter?

He's always pretty much just Robert Redford. Looking and sounding and acting like Robert Redford. The Sting would be my favorite. It is the source of my user name in fact. Then I'd like to see This Property is Condemned again soon. It's been a while. His Twilight Zone episode as the angel of death was pretty good too

While not exactly a 'fun' movie, THE OX-BOW INCIDENT is an excellent indictment on vigilante justice.

I was just thinking about this yesterday and Barefoot and Legal Eagles topped my list! Legal Eagles is such an underrated, forgotten fun little film. (And part of it was filmed outside of my apartment building. Woke me up at 3 am!)

Often length and subject matter. If a movie is over 2 hours, I'm often more hesitant to commit. Also, if a film is depressing, probably why I've never watched Schindler's List in its entirety. That being said, I've watch The Best Years of Our Lives about 50 times. It will be on and I'll say, "I'll just sit through the scene when..." and end up watching the whole thing.

Look for the storyline to accommodate a vacationing or otherwise absent cast member. Joan Bennett had wanted to do a limited run play in Chicago (per one of Kathryn's books.) Problem for the writers is how to explain the absence of a woman who hasn't left the house in 30 years. A sudden business trip to NYC? Clothes shopping in Boston? So they had Cassandra (Angelique) put a curse on Elizabeth to appear to have died, locked her in a coffin and put her in the mausoleum for about 3 weeks. I think they would occasionally show a shot of Joan with her eyes closed.

This is an amazing list of westerns including some that I consider among the best films ever made. I especially love "Stagecoach". Another to add is "Duel in the Sun" (1946) directed by King Vidor and starring Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Lillian Gish and Joseph Cotton. A surprisingly sexy story for 1946 with Gregory Peck playing a bad guy (and he's great!). This story of 2 brothers who are opposites feels like a western fable. Also, "The Hateful Eight" (2015) directed by Quentin Tarantino was very good. It's an intriguing story involving a group of very different people trapped in an isolated setting .

I went to 'Vacation Bible School' in 1986. First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach. For a week. It was Ok. I had an alright time, except . . . → One night a gang of punk-**** vampires showed up -- a year before "The Lost Boys" was released, too -- and drank everyone's blood except mine. Then they said "Fangs a lot for the snack; we needed that!" and left. → Our whole cabin was dead after that. Everyone else was wiped out! Sheesh! The other campers, it seems, were complaining of "tired blood". 🩸 I wrote a Christian rap song with 2 lines: IF YER BREETHIN' DON'T BE A HEATHEN! 'nuff said. A candle! 🕯️

Yep, I'd suppose that that was supposed to be Glenn Ford there Katie, and given the fact that the first two credited leads in this film were him and Gloria Grahame, and that Lee Marvin's name is way down at the bottom. But you're right. It sure doesn't look much like Ford, does it. In fact, I'd say it looks about as much like Ford as Chevy (Chase) does!

Fausterlitz the answer to number four is Clu Gulager . It is unrealistic to know all these answers in your head. Since you answered more questions right , you are the winner and the thread is yours. Thanks to Fausterlitz , Peebs and Everybody

Gambit (1966) A man has a foolproof criminal plan. Then Shirley MacLaine happens. This has long been one of my favorite movies of all time. It is wonderfully understated humor and an interesting little caper. It has Michael Caine as a bit of a rogue and shows how beautiful Shirley MacLaine truly is. I consider it one of Ronald Neame's best. I hesitate to speak of the best parts because it would be spoilers and I would hate very much to taint any person's first viewing. All I can say is that it is glorious and that all should watch it. 8.6/10 I am sorry to say that I can find it on streaming services only by rental or purchase. I purchased it on: Amazon Prime Video because we had promotional credits which were soon to expire and I could think of no higher purpose for them.

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In addition to the fine selection of titles already supplied I would add They Died With Their Boots On (1941), The Gunfighter (1950) and Hondo (1953). Of the various films to deal with the legend of Wyatt Earp, Tombstone (1993) is one of the best. One of the best director-star western combinations was that of Anthony Mann and James Stewart, who made five films together in the first half of the '50s. Winchester 73 (1950) and The Naked Spur (1953) stand out among them, in my opinion. These were films with not only interesting, often colourful villains but a leading protagonist with secrets or dark streaks within his makeup to make him a more complex character than previously seen in many westerns. The 1950s, for my money, turned out more outstanding westerns than any other decade.

(I'm pretty sure that's correct. I hope Chaya doesn't mind, I'll go ahead and post the next one. ) Inspired by the last question, in which movies did these appear: 1. Little Nellie, autogyro 2.. Alligator Submarine

As a woman, I don't mind admitting that THE QUIET MAN and MCLINTOCK are probably my 2 favorite screen pairings of her and John Wayne. And what the hey, I'll also say that I love it when he spanked her little bottom in MCLINTOCK. I don't think that makes me an anti-feminist. I just like a fun, entertaining movie. Neither movie were meant to have a message in them, just something to be viewed. Though I wonder how Maureen herself would have viewed the #Metoo movement. I think I have a pretty good idea how Wayne would have looked at it.

I have long admired the ravishing beauty and feisty screen presence of Maureen O'Hara, going back to her charming portrayal of Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The most beautiful gypsy from County Cork I ever saw. Without question her portrayal of Mary Kate Danaher in The Quiet Man was her finest dramatic work. It is certainly her performance that left the most lasting impression upon me. She shared the screen with John Wayne on five occasions and their scenes had a spark and sexual chemistry that made you wish they had made more films together. The ending of Quiet Man, as well as the spanking antics in McLintock, however, would tend to make the teeth of feminists grind, I suspect. O'Hara was presented in these films, particularly The Quiet Man, as an enchanting but wild, spirited creature that it would only take someone like a he man like the Duke to finally tame. Starting with The Black Swan in 1942 O'Hara started to appear in a number of costume/swashbuckling films (always filmed in Technicolor) where her fiery red hair and ravishing Irish good looks played a key role in the enjoyment of those films. Further titles of this nature would include The Spanish Main, Sinbad the Sailor, Bagdad, Flame of Araby, At Sword's Point and Against All Flags. O'Hara was very proud of the fact that she did much, if not all, of her own stunt work in these films, including the moments of sword play. In Bagdad she also had the opportunity to show us that she possessed a beautiful soprano singing voice. On occasion she would have the opportunity to sing in a few other films, as well. If anything Maureen's on screen beauty, incredibly, only increased by the time of her films in the early '50s, particularly those in colour. There were times when close ups of the lady would take my breath away. Her costume film stereotyping, however, would lead to one of the biggest disappointments of Maureen O'Hara's professional career when Rogers and Hammerstein rejected her bid to play the role of governess Anna Leonowens in the lavish film adaption of The King and I. The word coming from the play's composers was that they would not have "that pirate queen" in their film. Deborah Kerr was cast in the role O'Hara craved. Kerr was an actress who had been Oscar nominated and enjoyed greater acting prestige than O'Hara. The fact that, unlike what would have been the case with Maureen, Kerr's singing in the film was dubbed (by Marni Nixon) played little role in the casting decision. Personally I think that Maureen had a strong enough screen presence that she could have convincingly stood up to Yul Brynner's Siamese king. And the thought of her singing "Hello Young Lovers" and other songs from that musical makes the mouth water. Here's a sample of O'Hara's singing voice. What do you think?

My favorite is: The Mask of Dimitrios (1944). It allows Peter Lorre to demonstrate what a fine actor he is when free from bad scripts or secondary roles.

Did someone say catfight?