tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post9131121086796146256..comments2024-03-28T05:15:00.483-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: The Painted Desert (1931)Ron Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-91562581467613922482014-03-12T08:30:32.713-07:002014-03-12T08:30:32.713-07:00Prashant, the films are variable but he is more th...Prashant, the films are variable but he is more than watchable in all. Across The Wide Missouri was re-edited and what remains is a truncated version of what might have been. Gable is unusual and beautiful in his work here. worth watching, despite narrative shortcomings just for that. barrylanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507827607600595861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-22160395230272667642014-03-12T04:34:31.340-07:002014-03-12T04:34:31.340-07:00Thank you, Barry. I'll be on the lookout for t...Thank you, Barry. I'll be on the lookout for those films.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-75220343706643112582014-03-11T07:57:50.359-07:002014-03-11T07:57:50.359-07:00knowing my sensibilities, I'd probably not wat...knowing my sensibilities, I'd probably not watch this. I probably shouldCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-84881919555353951852014-03-10T15:08:16.350-07:002014-03-10T15:08:16.350-07:00I see Gable got no billing in the colorful poster....I see Gable got no billing in the colorful poster. I think I saw this when I was about four or five years old and would've fallen to sleep on the floor up front before very long into it.Oscar Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328166606910469945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-10207932616034978222014-03-10T10:49:55.731-07:002014-03-10T10:49:55.731-07:00Clark Gable made quite a few westerns. Across The ...Clark Gable made quite a few westerns. Across The Wide Missouri, Lone Star, The Misfits, and if you broaden the definition a shade, Honky Tonk. barrylanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507827607600595861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-25539860054644338342014-03-10T09:39:37.907-07:002014-03-10T09:39:37.907-07:00Clark Gable in a western? I wouldn't have thou...Clark Gable in a western? I wouldn't have thought of it, or recognised him, so young and without a moustache.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-81261281134458520172014-03-10T08:27:21.696-07:002014-03-10T08:27:21.696-07:00Good to point out that direction often accounts fo...Good to point out that direction often accounts for what doesn't work well in a movie like this. Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-67153932363103299372014-03-10T08:26:36.969-07:002014-03-10T08:26:36.969-07:00Beautiful poster, he's wearing too much guylin...Beautiful poster, he's wearing too much guyliner though.Sean McLachlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09778503397743759469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-12019296762142365592014-03-10T07:15:05.500-07:002014-03-10T07:15:05.500-07:00I thought this film flatly, and/or unimaginativel...I thought this film flatly, and/or unimaginatively directed and all of the actors deserved much better. Gable, on sheer power and presence dominates whatever and whenever. A curiosity and as such worth seeing.barrylanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507827607600595861noreply@blogger.com