Posted in 1957, Denver Pyle, DVD/Blu-Ray News, Frank Ferguson, George Montgomery, Roy Barcroft, Sidney Salkow, United Artists on November 30, 2017| 18 Comments »
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Starring George Montgomery, Ann Robinson, Steve Brodie, Bobby Clark, Frank Ferguson, Denver Pyle, Don “Red” Barry, Roy Barcroft
Gun Duel In Durango (1957) is a solid little George Montgomery picture. It’s got a great cast and igoes down easy. Wish they’d 47,000 more movies just like it back in the late 50s.
It’s coming to Blu-Ray in Germany. Hope it’s Region Free — this is a good one.
Posted in 1950, 1952, Penny Edwards, Roy Rogers, William Elliott, William Witney on November 23, 2017| 12 Comments »
Here are, left to right, Foy Willing, Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards and Gordon Jones getting ready for some turkey in William Witney’s Trail Of Robin Hood (1950). I know it’s a Christmas movie, but I went for the turkey thing.
Anyway, here’s wishing you all a safe, happy, food-filled Thanksgiving. And I hope you can get away from the parades, dog shows, football, traffic and sales long enough to watch something like, say, Waco (1952) with Bill Elliott, one I’ve been meaning to revisit.
Posted in 1957, Columbia, DVD/Blu-Ray News, George Sherman, Guy Madison on November 15, 2017| 19 Comments »
Directed by George Sherman
Starring Guy Madison, Valerie French, Lorne Greene, Barry Atwater
Hollywood Scrapheap, which brings us hard-to-find old movies from about every genre you can think of, is now offering up The Hard Man (1957), a terrific little Columbia picture from George Sherman starring Guy Madison. And it’s widescreen! Screen caps on their web site look quite nice.
They’ve also added another Sherman/Madison gem to their roster, Reprisal! (1956). It’s full-frame instead of cropped for Henry Freulich’s original 1.85. Both of these are well worth seeking out, and until Columbia gets around to them, if they ever do, this is a great way to see ’em. Highly, highly recommended.
Posted in DVD/Blu-Ray News, Kino Lorber, Paramount on November 2, 2017| 14 Comments »
Directed by James Cruze
Starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Alan Hale
Kino Lorber has announced the upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray release of the first epic Western, The Covered Wagon (1923). This thing was a blockbuster in its day, establishing the Western as a genre that could be taken seriously. Fox tried to get in on the taming-of-the-West craze with their The Iron Horse, directed by a young John Ford, the next year.
I had no idea the title cards were this big.
If The Covered Wagon seems a bit predictable today, it’s because it created so many of the conventions we know from the countless movies that ripped it off over the years. All this will be covered in the commentary, put together by some guy named Toby Roan.
50 Westerns From The 50s. 