tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post6039211147476066432..comments2024-03-22T01:12:01.899-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: 100 years of westerns, part 2Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-19307270168347570152010-06-24T09:06:51.263-07:002010-06-24T09:06:51.263-07:00Chuck, I'm with you on "The Searchers.&qu...Chuck, I'm with you on "The Searchers." Wayne's performance is just that one note of grimness from beginning to end. Gets tiresome.<br /><br />David, William Conrad had a great voice for Matt Dillon on the radio. Unfortunately, he didn't look the part for TV. Though he did end up having a TV career anyway. One door closes, another opens.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-19991470084774984312010-06-24T05:07:55.816-07:002010-06-24T05:07:55.816-07:00And James Arness is still alive. How cool is that!...And James Arness is still alive. How cool is that!<br /><br />I'm listening to the radio version of Gunsmoke now and enjoying it quite a bit.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-54907360514996874632010-06-24T04:26:19.755-07:002010-06-24T04:26:19.755-07:00You rich guys. No TV in Show Low, Arizona, until l...You rich guys. No TV in Show Low, Arizona, until long after I left to go to college. So Gunsmoke was radio for me. As was the Lone Ranger and Red Ryder. <br /><br />Thanks for the cuts. Unlike almost everyone who loves western movies, I don't think The Searchers was the Duke's best film; not even his best Western. <br /><br />I just watched Santa Fe, the most misnamed Western in history. Good story. Fairly accurate historically but the guns and the people were misplaced (JEB Stuart graduated West Point in '59 and George Custer in '61, as I remember. Also Col. Lee led U.S. Marines to take Harper's Ferry, not the Cavalry. Oh well. Lots of fun anyway. <br /><br />charlieChuckTyrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02609200010767178944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-11664374192593445412010-06-23T12:48:35.249-07:002010-06-23T12:48:35.249-07:00Charles, I listened to "Gunsmoke" on the...Charles, I listened to "Gunsmoke" on the radio but as the TV series were coming in I got interested in other things besides TV and am now watching some of these for the first time: "Gunsmoke" and "Wanted: Dead or Alive."<br /><br />Laurie, I like "Red River" because it's about actual working CBs. I also think Montgomery Clift is such a terrific foil to John Wayne. I'd love to know what the 2 of them talked about off camera.<br /><br />Cheyenne, I just acquired a copy of "The Cowboys" and will be watching it for the first time.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-9996817465620043812010-06-23T09:00:18.668-07:002010-06-23T09:00:18.668-07:00I remember watching Gunsmoke, Red River, et al. I ...I remember watching Gunsmoke, Red River, et al. I was always mesmerized by JW, although he was often accused of being a poor actor, I tend to look at it a different way.<br />I always saw him(the actor) as playing himself! He was born out of time. For me, one of his best films was, The Quiet Man, with that stalwart of the time, Ward Bond and Victor MacLaglan. Stagecoach! Fantastic opening sequence! But for sheer pleasure, and watching a man in later years, as he acted towards a father figure, the fim "The Cowboys!" The whole film for me was an espousal of his laconic persona on screen when he guided those kids across the plains etc. Trying to avoid Bruce Derns baddies! Fantastic film.cheyenne joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957462106844413179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-11734194288312723902010-06-23T08:22:27.040-07:002010-06-23T08:22:27.040-07:00Red River is one of my Top Five favorite westerns....Red River is one of my Top Five favorite westerns.Laurie Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10429604692700662254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-57950952999201776202010-06-23T08:18:03.283-07:002010-06-23T08:18:03.283-07:00I've seen quite a few of these and was a big f...I've seen quite a few of these and was a big fan of Gunsmoke, as well as Bonanza, High Chapparal, Big Valley.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com