Will Freeman brought this to my attention.
Universal International used this really cool aerial gunfight shot from George Sherman’s Dawn At Socorro (1954) was used in a montage in Jack Arnold’s Red Sundown (1956).
Thanks, Will!
October 5, 2021 by Toby
Will Freeman brought this to my attention.
Universal International used this really cool aerial gunfight shot from George Sherman’s Dawn At Socorro (1954) was used in a montage in Jack Arnold’s Red Sundown (1956).
Thanks, Will!
Posted in 1954, 1956, George Sherman, Jack Arnold, Rory Calhoun, Universal (International) | 4 Comments
Thanks for posting this Toby!
These two movies make for a legendary Rory Calhoun double feature.
Toby, I saw that you once called Man from Laramie the “King Lear” of Westerns and Jubal the “Othello” of Westerns.
This got me thinking…
Who is the Hamlet of Westerns?
I was stumped until the other day when I watched Son of Paleface…
Anyone have any votes for the Romeo and Juliet of 50’s Westerns?
How about the Cleopatra?
Will, the only Romeo and Juliet movies of that era that I can think of, at the moment, aren’t Westerns, but Southerns, or Midwesterns. THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE(filmed 1935, released 1936), THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS(filmed 1940, released 1941), and ROSEANNA McCOY(filmed 1948-49, released 1949).
Cleopatra, maybe Barbara Stanwyck in FORTY GUNS(1957). There are probably others.
Thank you so much for this amazing response Walter!
I’m dumbstruck that there hasn’t been a Romeo & Juliet Western yet and I’m very excited to watch those movies you mentioned.
I would agree about Barbara Stanwyck in Forty Guns but the ending is just too corny for me, with her running after the wagon with the song playing and the title popping…
Having said that, I can’t think of a better example!
Marlene Dietrich running Chuck-a-Luck in Rancho Notorious?
Will, RANCHO NOTORIOUS(filmed 1951, released 1952) is as good of a choice as any. This is one weird Western for its time, as is JOHNNY GUITAR(filmed 1953, released 1954).