JackFavell Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 > {quote:title=MissGoddess wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > > I always wonder why they didn't have kids. I suspect it might have been a very unhappy thing for them, but who knows, maybe they just wanted to concentrate on each other. He raised millions of dollars for children's charities. > > I know, to think what a WONDERFUL father Ben would have made...and how badly the > world needs more like him! I know. He would have been a great dad. I think it's one of the reasons I just love him......I need a warm father figure. His nickname was "Son". Link to post Share on other sites
JackFavell Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 As Tector Gorch from *The Wild Bunch*: Image posted by: JackFavell. Please do not reuse/repost without my permission. Link to post Share on other sites
MissGoddess Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Hey Ben's Babe---are those from the "rental" or did you end up making a choice on those DVDs? Lotta man in that movie. Link to post Share on other sites
JackFavell Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I haven't made my choice yet.... these are from the rental.... I really wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. After I first saw it, I thought, "OK. I saw it. Pretty good. No big deal. Ben was cool." But about a week later, I realized I was still thinking about it, mulling it over in my mind. And then a month later....and now, still fascinated. I am 99% sure it will be the double disc set, since I haven't room for the box set, and can get those later if I really feel the need. Link to post Share on other sites
rohanaka Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 A real life white hat.... where's Kathy? Right here, little darlin'! :-) And I could NOT agree with you more!! :-) Link to post Share on other sites
cinemafan Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 > {quote:title=MissGoddess wrote:}{quote} > I always thought it was so interesting the way Ben's character squats on the ground just at that particular moment. I love all the unique body language you find in Ford movies that you just don't see anywhere else. Miss G, I found this photo - I don't know if it's our Ben or not, but it's from a Ford film and he's got a nice squat. Maybe you or JackF. recognise it. Tomorrow I'm goin' downtown! Off to our biggest library to see what I can find. Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 That's a nice photo, though I think it might be the Duke who's squatting. Then again, it could be Ben Johnson. So hard to tell when you're looking at them from behind! Link to post Share on other sites
JackFavell Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Oooh, I just love that picture, Cinemafan! A rugged man alone (well almost) in a rugged landscape...... I don't mind checking out some backsides to do a little comparison shopping..... Link to post Share on other sites
MissGoddess Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Howdy cinemafan! I could lay odds that's John Wayne in a classic scene from The Searchers. Right after this it cuts to him signaling the others with a whistle in one of the film's most stunning close-ups. Happy hunting at the library! Link to post Share on other sites
MissGoddess Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 MissFavell---Just as FYI, I don't know how close you are to Ossining, NY, but I read they're having a free showing of *The Grapes of Wrath* Wednesday night at their public library: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/nyregion/21listingswe-web.html Link to post Share on other sites
JackFavell Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Thanks, MissG.... I don't think we are up for a road trip to Ossining, this week. It's actually 70 miles from here, and I've been fighting off a fever since yesterday. I would love to see it on a big screen someday. Maybe I can start taking trips into the city again soon and catch a Ford festival or something. I haven't done that for years, since before Alice was born. Link to post Share on other sites
cinemafan Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Well, Ben should have been in *The Seachers*, anyway. Come to think of it, I don't know if he wore spurs or not. It's not something I remember seeing. Ben and Harry, Jr. (Dobe) again. Those have got to be the best chaps Ben's got on. Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Those are good-looking chaps! Thanks for posting that photo. Link to post Share on other sites
JackFavell Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Love those chaps, Cinemafan! I agree, they are the best ones he ever wore. I don't remember Ben wearing spurs at all....I just looked, and no, he didn't wear them in Wagon Master, which that still is from. I think that is because he is in direct contrast to Clegg, the bad guy, who wore them, and every time he walks into a scene, the spurs jingle and clank menacingly. It's a quite effective way for Ford to point up the Clegg's entrances, and how nasty and mean they are. Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Hope everyone else is also pretty excited about tonight's showing of Shane with Ben Johnson as Chris Calloway. The fun starts at 10pm Eastern... Not as nice as the one Kyle posted, but nicest one I could find... Link to post Share on other sites
JackFavell Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Did someone post this already? I'm sorry if I am reposting it...... I found it in my bookmarks. I think you need Java enabled to watch it. And a box of kleenex at the end. http://retrovision.tv/freevideo/american-west-of-john-ford-the-1971/ Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Yes, I posted it a while back in the Westerns section... http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=143192 Glad you liked it... Link to post Share on other sites
JackFavell Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Oh, Holly, I didn't take it from your post, so you needn't take credit for it. I was looking at the original website the other day and found it there. Link to post Share on other sites
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 No, Wendy, I wasn't trying to "take credit" for it... nor did I think you took it from my post. You asked if anybody had posted it before, and I just wanted to answer your question. Link to post Share on other sites
rohanaka Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 HEY there O.K. Kid.... I LOVE that documentary. It is a "forgotten gem" (at least it seems that way to me) I think I like it even more than the Bogdanovich one... just because Ford is WAY more "personable" and chatty even... ha. I "discovered" this one last fall... in a VERY inexpensive ($5..woo hoo) DVD set ("John Wayne, American Hero") I found it at a MAJOR (yet shall remain unanamed) disount department store known the world over...ha. (here's a hint... it rhymes with SMALL CART...HA.) But I think April found it online as well for about the same price... The film quality is pretty poor on the DVD set though (it WAS only 5 bucks...ha ( but it is tolerable...about like it is on your link there) As I recall there are 20 Duke films on it ( but the only two you would recognize are Angel and the Badman and McClintock.... the rest are his VERY early and "short" (less than an hour long) cowboy films.... I have watched several of them and they are fun. ( but in truth they are more or less just some little "stepping stones" in his career) Anyway... along w/ all those films... is this documentary. It was a REAL treat to find it. I liked how Duke, Stewart, and Fonda are both the narrators AND the interviewers.... and may also be the reason Ford is so much more willing to talk... I don't know... Anyway.. Its an oldie but a goodie. :-) Thanks for posting. Link to post Share on other sites
MissGoddess Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 > Anyway... along w/ all those films... is this documentary. It was a REAL treat to find it. I liked how Duke, Stewart, and Fonda are both the narrators AND the interviewers.... and may also be the reason Ford is so much more willing to talk... I don't know... > Hi ladies, Ford's grandson produced it, which is mainly why he was so cooperative. Wish they would restore it! Link to post Share on other sites
rohanaka Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Ford's grandson produced it Ah HAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
CineMaven Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 My my you are Johnny on the spot. I just saw this scene in "SHANE." Didn't know Ben was in it. He's not a very nice hombre in this. Is it wrong of me to like that close-up George Stevens gave him when he smeared the blood off his face and got up to fight sommore? Hmmm...mmm..... Link to post Share on other sites
JackFavell Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Shane-a maven- I feel exactly the same way...... I love him as a bad guy. I enjoy watching him menace Shane. I enjoy watching him get smacked down to the floor. Oooh. the guilt is delicious.....rooting against Shane??!!! I think I am in love....... Link to post Share on other sites
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