Posted in 1955, 1956, 1957, Beverly Garland, Rex Reason on November 26, 2015| 6 Comments »
Rex Reason
(November 30, 1928 – November 19, 2015)
Rex Reason has passed away at 86. He’s best known for appearing in the great sci-fi picture This Island Earth (1955), but he’s in some solid 50s Westerns — Smoke Signal (1955), Raw Edge (1956) and Badlands Of Montana (1956, above) with Beverly Garland.
He left the movie business in the 60s and got into real estate.
Posted in 1950, Gail Davis, Gene Autry on November 26, 2015| 1 Comment »
To mark Thanksgiving this year, here’s the sleeve to Gene Autry’s 1950 holiday record (a 78), “Little Johnny Pilgrim,” backed by “Guffy The Goofy Gobbler,” a retread of “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
The photo’s Gene with Gail Davis in Cow Town (1950). Here’s wishing everyone a good, safe holiday filled with family, friends and plenty of goofy gobbler.
Posted in 1955, DVD reviews, releases, TV, etc., George Montgomery, Kino Lorber, Leo Gordon, Richard Boone, Sidney Salkow, United Artists on November 9, 2015| 160 Comments »
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Starring George Montgomery, Richard Boone, Sylvia Findley, Peter Graves, Warren Stevens, William Hopper, Leo Gordon
Let’s not forget Robbers Roost (1955), announced for Blu-ray by Kino Lorber. It has an official release date of December 1. It’s a solid George Montgomery picture, based on a novel by Zane Grey, with a terrific cast. The cinematography by Jack Draper looks great. Draper worked on a lot of Mexican films, or American films shot in Mexico, such as Budd Boetticher’s Bullfighter And The Lady (1951) and this one, which was filmed around Durango.
Posted in Republic Pictures, Roy Rogers, William Witney on November 5, 2015| 3 Comments »
Roy Rogers
(November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)
Let’s remember one of my favorite humans on his 104th birthday. And I’d suggest you mark the occasion with something in Trucolor directed by William Witney. With that combination, unless it’s been cut to ribbons, you really can’t go wrong.
Posted in 1958, DVD reviews, releases, TV, etc., Joel McCrea, Kino Lorber on November 5, 2015| 5 Comments »
Joel Albert McCrea
(November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990)
Here’s the great Joel McCrea in the excellent Fort Massacre (1958), which is on its way to Blu-ray from Kino Lorber. Let’s remember him on what would’ve been his 110th birthday.
McCrea’s a real icon of the Cinema West, and his pictures from the 50s are well worth revisiting, especially with the new widescreen transfers we’re seeing today.
50 Westerns From The 50s. 