ElusivePimpernel Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 ...they seek him here, they seek him there; they seek him everywhere -- that darn elusive... ramblin' molo! All's good, as long as everybody gets to give their thoughts and ramblin's about the great Howard Hawks' "Rio Bravo", which have all been a delight to read. Did everyone watch it in DVD or DVD-R? Or did anyone try to get it in blu-ray? B-) Message was edited by: ElusivePimpernel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Sounds like a folk singer! It does sort of sound like that now that you mention it... I have heard of "singing cowboys".... maybe he could be the first Singing' Desperado... Hey RAMBLIN' MOLO.... do you play the guitar?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Hi Kathy! I know this is an Allman Brothers song, but I was confused because Rick Nelson, who appears in Rio Bravo, sings about being a travellin' man... Either one fits our beloved Molo because he travels from westerns, to films noir to whimsical white rabbit-tales with ease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElusivePimpernel Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Well that's kind of a catchy name, I must admit. I do have a thing or two I could say about singin' cowboys, but are you sure we're not going too far off-topic here? But then again, if Dean Martin is in the cast of "Rio Bravo"... > Well, I'll say. The actors in "Rio Bravo" sure did an awful lot of singin', didn't they? B-) Message was edited by: ElusivePimpernel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rohanaka Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 YOU are reading my mind!! (short little book wasn't it?)... Ha This is TOO unbelievable... I thought of BOTH of those songs earlier... mainly for a similar reason.. because I was LOOKING for Ricky Nelson singing "I'm a Ramblin' Man"... and then I realized I had the words wrong... ha.. It's our Western minds thinking alike again!! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 HAAA!! I WOULD repost my screencap from earlier where it shows him standing in the doorway giving his "befuddled" little shrug to Feathers... but it just came out looking like he was sort of raising his arms or somethng... So just mentally "picture" him doing that as my repsonse instead!! ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElusivePimpernel Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeLi03d3IuA (My favorite singin' cowboy!) B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 HAAA!! I WOULD repost my screencap from earlier where it shows him standing in the doorway giving his "befuddled" little shrug to Feathers... but it just came out looking like he was sort of raising his arms or somethng... So just mentally "picture" him doing that as my repsonse instead!! ha. What can Dude do in this situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 What can Dude do in this situation? Well.. until he can find those muddy boots.... or until THIS happens .... If we are still feeling jumpy... I guess all we can hope for is for him to do this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Yes, we need him to hold our hand, lol! Or....column 2, number 14... http://www.realmofdarkness.net/sounds/wayne/wayne-soundboard-1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Ha. If I had a slogan.... lately it would have to be..... 5 across 12 down.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanna Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 > {quote:title=rohanaka wrote:}{quote} > > awwww... to have the Duke hold my hand while walking me somehwere. that would have been a dream come true :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 If I had a slogan.... lately it would have to be..... 5 across 12 down.... 5 across, 15 down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanna Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 > {quote:title=ElusivePimpernel wrote:}{quote} > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeLi03d3IuA > (My favorite singin' cowboy!) B-) awww shucks, thank you thank you thank you, pimprenl, gene autry is a big favorite of mine. i could listen to him all day long! B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MissGoddess Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Poor "Stumpy"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Poor Stumpy indeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Oohhhhh, look at his poor sweet, long suffering, sucked-in, used and abused face! 'Poor Stumpy' indeed! I hope at least he has enough coffee and that Dude finally took a bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 HA!!!! I don't even want to THINK what that jail smelled like after they were all holed up in there together for so long... bath or no bath... HA!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanna Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I love Stumpy! :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 HA!!!! I don't even want to THINK what that jail smelled like after they were all holed up in there together for so long... bath or no bath... HA!!! lol! "Cowboy" doesn't conjur up the most pleasant perfume..."drunk cowboy" even less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanna Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 > {quote:title=rohanaka wrote:}{quote} > HA!!!! I don't even want to THINK what that jail smelled like after they were all holed up in there together for so long... bath or no bath... HA!!! would that really smell as bad as a horse you'd been ridin' in all day on a hot summer day? i wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviefan1951 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Ewww. I don't know about that. Just a general reminder for all western fans - TCM is showing the Randolph Scott western "Canadian Pacific" tomorrow at noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankGrimes Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Howdy, Double R! -- How's the drive? I like the concept of somebody trying to leave, but can't. It's an effective dramatic device. I can't NOT watch a story like that. That's an excellent point. I'm also a sucker for such a plot device. One of my favorite films with such a situation is Morocco. You cite the Hawks women. The Ringo Kid almost makes a getaway when he sees Indians preparing to attack. Now he's really stuck! Steve McQueen is in and out of a German prison camp more times than I can count. And good old George Bailey. The man longs to "shake the dust of this crummy old town and see the world," only to meet one obstacle after another. We feel the plight of these desperate people and become trapped in the story just as they are. Fascinating stuff! Those are terrific examples. Nicely done. George Bailey's is my favorite of the three because he really wants out. He's at the darkest of the desperation scale. So do you think "Feathers" and "Bonnie" are desperate or curious? Heart over mind. That can be very dangerous. High risk, high reward. re: Capt. Nathan Brittles, U.S. Cavalry. This is John Wayne's best performance, and some of the finest acting I've ever seen. You hardly recognize the usual traits. They've been replaced by a gentle, peaceful quality that seldom makes its way into the Hollywood western. It's the perfect complement to the rough, restless anachronism he often plays. A fan of Wayne, or of screen acting, should see this movie. Now that's a ringing endorsement that I shall take to the bank... before I rob it, of course. I'm hoping to watch She Wore a Yellow Ribbon later this month. Boy, I need to watch a film noir and fast. Howdy, Quiet Gal! -- I meant to say, home is where women cook and clean for you HA!!! If that WERE true.... then it could also be said that Home is where the women DO cook and clean...but mostly because the MEN are to dang LAZY to get up and do it themselves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (oh... I am sure I am going to pay for that somehow....) Lazy? Now does that sound like me? I have to confess... (I will probably pay for THIS too, somehow) I said earlier that I have never been a HUGE Dean Martin fan... but I can barely tolerate Sinatra. (his early music is very good and I do like some of it... just not much else... for me anyway... I can only think of two films I have ever even wanted to watch him in) So that one is not a comparison I could make... but I will take your word for it. You don't like Sinatra? So you DO have some good taste then. This will get me hanged, but I like Sinatra's dramatic performances and his music is okay with me, too. And Dean is great in The Cannonball Run! I'm also a huge fan of Frank and Dean in Some Came Running. You are right. And I doubt poor old "Pat" ever knew what hit him. A lot of times we fail to see the threat right in front of us (or even behind us) and it often comes from (as you say) being "unknowingly dumb"... I think other people might say "naive"... or even gullible. I think in his case... he made the mistake of NOT taking the threat as seriously as needed. And as a result, he underestimated the enemy he didn't even know was there. That was perfectly said. Pat was a good guy and he was probably good at what he did, but he wasn't equipped to handle keeping the peace. To keep the peace, you must recognize the problem and then look to remove it. Do you think the Burdette brothers and all their men were HAPPY with the ending of the story? Think of all that wasted effort being bad. When there was a whole world out there they could have enjoyed and a whole group of people they could have tried to get along with instead of bullying around. All the money and all that effort... wasted. In the end... they may not have been "sorry" for their crimes... but I am SURE they were still sorry at the end of the day, none the less. That's a good question and subsequent point. I'm sure there were some who felt sorry for what pain they caused others and these men have a chance to become positive members of a community. Then, I'm sure there were some men who sang a sob story about why they chose to do what they did. This, however, does not make them anymore innocent. Just because you have been wronged, it doesn't give you a free pass at wronging others. So this thinking is completely misguided and horribly flawed. And then there are some men who will never view their actions as being wrong. They only wish to harm others and they will concoct many, many reasons for why they choose to do it. The most common reason (excuse) they will use is that it's someone's fault, not their own. They are to always be viewed as the "victim." These kind of men are the most dangerous of all, for they are blind to doing right and they will continue to hurt others whenever they are given the chance to do so. Ok.. you'll have to excuse me for "Mom-izing" things... But it is still fresh in my mind as I just spent part of my evening explaining this all to a mouthy six year old... She COULD have just said "OK, mom"... but instead... she chose to mouth off and argue and stomp her feet... and in the end... she ended up "doing time" by being sent off to bed early, instead of enjoying her evening. It is never a fun lesson... but one best learned early in life, if at all possible. Hopefully one she is learning now so she won't have to learn it later. I don't blame her for mouthing off, arguing, and stomping her feet. Anything to get out of eating your cooking! Woo Hoo... nice list.. at least the 6 titles I have seen anyway... I will have to go and check out the others as well. I LOVED him in (#2) by the way... and #7 is one I have NEVER seen but have always wanted to... Not on your list... and not in the ones I mentioned the other day... I have always like him as Judge Roy Bean in The Westerner.... He gets to show a wide range of emotions in this one... I thought he did a terrific job. I have heard others voice their great appreciation for Walter Brennan's performance in The Westerner. It's just too bad the other male actor in that film was no good. Brennan's performance in My Darling Clementine is the most shocking for me. "Stumpy" is now my favorite because he's so very alive and full of energy. I was hoping Miss G would share her view of Stumpy. I really like it. Well, Miss G? It was a nice transition from being her "judge" to being the guy who is going to give her the clean slate she's been looking for. Hey, that's very good. John T. is judging Feathers and he actually hands down a verdict, just like a judge. I like what you said about him "tearing up her "past".... but I don't know that she necessarily felt "forgiven" so much as "vindicated"... because if you think about it... she'd been wronged by her former husband... I don't think she was "in" on his cheating... she'd just assumed he was an "honest" gambler and had been lumped together with him for HIS crimes... all she was guilty of really, was marrying the wrong guy in the first place. Excellent point and a terrific correction! You are absolutely right. "Vindication" is what Feathers felt. She was certainly surprised to see John T. "free" her. "Oh what a tangled web we weave..." One lie almost always leads to another, then another.... etc. And before you know it... all your credibility is OUT the window. That's why in terms of maintaining your credibility.. the UGLY truth is always better than the beautiful lie. No matter how "beautiful" you may want to appear... that ugly is always there... just below the surface. And it will always show itself one way or another... eventually. And when that happens... no matter what else you might have to say afterward... your "believability" factor will never be the same again. That was nicely expressed. I really liked your "the ugly truth is always better than the beautiful lie." I cannot agree with you more. And you are also right about how one lie leads to another to another to the point where you become the lie. At that point, you end up believing your own lies because to not do so means you are nothing. Feathers comes clean early and this gives her a shot at love. If she were to keep lying, she would bury herself. Of course, she'd probably blame others for her demise versus assuming responsibility. A house without mirrors. By the way, was that Doniphon in the rafters? NO!! I think it was YOU, shadow man... LET ME SEE THOSE BOOTS!!! (PS... April... did I mention... he's INCORRIGIBLE.????) My boots are always muddy! 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