Bronxgirl48

Does it strike a chord? I think the head is in a galleon trunk. I'm getting a hazy vision of Henry Daniell, or was he in THE FOUR SKULLS OF JONATHAN DRAKE? Was that it? No, that wasn't it.... You MUST KNOW -- TELL ME!!

It's on the tip of my tongue. Something with gold coins, and near a swamp maybe....the guy looks like Blackbeard the pirate. Real cheapjack production, as if that needed to be said.... I think it's only his head that survives? He hypnotizes people when they look into his eyes? This is driving me crazy. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

I have yet to see FORT APACHE, WAGON MASTER, and I've only seen bits and pieces of TMWSLV over the years.

Is Ben Johnson as good in WAGON MASTER as SWAYR?

I think there's another conquistador horror movie from the 50's....

Have a whiskey on me and Quincannon! I unfortunately wasn't able to catch THEY WERE EXPENDABLE this afternoon. And I won't apologize for thinking SWAYR is a better film than THE SEARCHERS.

I guess the only person who could look at John Agar was Shirley, but even THAT didn't last long. Yes, that laconic lovely perceptive lean hunk o' southern beef Tyree, come to me, Ben!! I love Quincannon's big strong arms enveloping the little boy; then, when he's slugging down whiskey: "It's me medicine, and it TASTES TERRIBLE!" . Is TCM going to run FORT APACHE anytime soon, I wonder? Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

How could I never have heard of this? Thanks for turning me on to it. A new Morris Ankrum horror movie is to be celebrated. I'm bringing out the potato chips and champagne right now! And I thought I saw Bob Steele facing the Unknown there. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXs3-R2KFiw And, Bonjour, Pappy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vatjRg2VqrI&feature=related Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

Wow, I'd never seen that before -- a great link and the best damn monster compilation I've yet seen. Brought back some of the fright I felt as a kid watching the dinosaurs. And of course the ludicrously googly-eyed Giant Claw cannot POSSIBLY compete against his more realistic brethren, LOL Thanks so much for this, CM! Yeah, TCM, we want the creatures and the scream queens and the whole shebang!!

That's perfect what you said about the inner and outer man, Clift and Wayne respectively, in RED RIVER. Joanne Dru is not one of my favorite actresses, and truthfully I can't STAND her as Tess. And I just saw SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON today and she was even WORSE. She can't hold a candle to Coleen Gray in looks and acting ability. Put THE HEIRESS next on your Monty list; you won't be sorry. Monty's lookin' good there. BUT NO JOANNE, ugh! Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

lz, I thought SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON was indeed wonderful. Ben Johnson was a revelation. It's heresy to say so, but this is far better than THE SEARCHERS.

Her sister's cackle reverberating in her fevered mind, and the sound of a wooden leg thump, thump, thumping behind her, but from where she knew not, a million nightmares crowded in on Cassandra, half-seen phantoms from her previous life in the South Seas, where she played piano in a dive called The Wretched Parrot and drowned her sorrows with absinthe and Coca-Cola, not a good combination but to a young naive girl it seemed like ambrosia, not that she would know what that word meant, nor any intimation of heaven, since guilt wracked her brains and she knew she could never forget the daughter she gave up for adoption, who in all liklihood was still living on that sweaty miserable island, cursing her birth mother forever and thinking about tickling the ivories herself. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

I didn't know that about Farnsworth. Yep, me too, in the Bronx, Million Dollar Movie, every Thanksgiving. It wasn't that holiday without the fuzzy guys. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

Frank, don't look at my CROSSING DELANCEY Valentine thread unless you want to have heartburn. All I'll say is.....I have a BIG appetite. I must tell you that for me, corn should stay ON the cob, not be in chicken soup. You mean I have to SCHLEPP that voodoo doll and the pins around me wherever I go? (assuming Duane and I divorce, since apparently he IS running around with not only Miss Torso, but Grace Kelly as well) What other wickedness could there be in NYC other than the outrageously high apartment prices? Carol Lynley is adorable in THE LAST SUNSET. Kirk thinks so too.

LOL, very true. Whereas Ben Johnson never apologized, so even though he did MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, he went on to bigger and better things, even winning an Oscar later on.

Gorgeous man.

And he never does, but you notice the more sensitive young soldier John Agar does, to Dru. Nathan can't change.

Spectacular!!!! Loved it!!

Well I saw SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON. One to go -- FORT APACHE, so I can't compare (and is SWAYR supposed to be a sequel to it?) Really enjoyed it; gorgeous beautiful Technicolor. I liked it better than THE SEARCHERS which stylistically it sort of foreshadows but unlike that film's stiltedness, this MOVES! Not emotionally resonant as the romantic and intimate RIO GRANDE but it incorporates so much of the archtypal Ford themes: duty, loyalty, tradition, the old guard making way for the new, sentiment for the past, broad humor, secondary character touches. Nathan Brittles isn't very complex or dark, but he's lovable in his own way, and even though he thinks apologies equal weakness, he still manages to (almost) shed a tear or two. His "retirement" is premature; just when I thought the movie was over, Ford doesn't seem to want to let him leave. Somewhat schizophrenic treatment of the Indians; they're at once villians and yet given dignity and a measure of respect. The aging Nathan tells the aging Indian chief that old men shouldn't wage war, and yet the finale seems steeped in the glory of it all. I loved Ben Johnson; his laid-back but astute Tyree was terrific. However, I'm sorry to say that Joanne Dru was even more obnoxious than she was in RED RIVER. And all hail Victor McLaglen as Quincannon!! A terrific movie. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

Haven't seen them on other channels!

Frankly, I wouldn't mind having TCM just play the trailers; they're more fun.

EVERYBODY SING! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-UACM_8q_Q&feature=related Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

I'll second Strange! Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48

Yeah, and even his name "Myron" -- doesn't exactly make me want to throw myself into his arms. Like "Sheldon" in WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. (any Myrons and Sheldons out there, I apologize, lol) For some reason I didn't initially recognize Allison. She was normal size. (I mean her height) Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48