Posted in Ben Johnson, Elisha Cook, Jr., Festivals, screenings, Hank Worden, Katy Jurado, Paramount, Slim Pickens on June 22, 2017| 1 Comment »
Directed by Marlon Brando
Starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Timothy Carey
The AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, MD, will run the gorgeous 4K restoration of One-Eyed Jacks (1961) on June 30th and July 1st. Both showings are at 4:10 PM. A fine way to spend an afternoon.
Posted in Festivals, screenings on June 9, 2017| 2 Comments »
Western Film Fair & Nostalgia Convention
July 12 – 15, 2017
The Hawthorne Inn & Conference Center
Winston-Salem, NC
After 40 years, The Western Film Fair is riding into the sunset. So if you’ve ever thought about going, this is your chance. As always, there will be guests, screenings (16mm film!) and a dealers’ room.
Posted in Arthur Kennedy, Ben Johnson, Denver Pyle, Festivals, screenings, George O'Brien, Harry Carey Jr., Jimmy Stewart, John Carradine, John Ford, Post-1959, Richard Widmark, Warner Bros., William H. Clothier on April 26, 2017| 41 Comments »
Directed by John Ford
Starring Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Ricardo Montalban, Delores Del Rio, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Kennedy, James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr., Denver Pyle
Cheyenne Autumn (1964) is a picture I’ve always wanted to see on the big screen, on film. And here’s my chance — they’re running a 35mm IB Technicolor print at the New Beverly Cinema on May 21 and 22. Shame it’s 2,554 miles from my front door.
Cheyenne Autumn isn’t Ford’s finest work, but it has plenty to recommend it — and it just might be William Clothier’s best work (he shot it in Super Panavision 70, which is why I want to see it in a theater).
Posted in 1951, 1954, 1958, Cameron Mitchell, Edgar Buchanan, Festivals, screenings, Gary Cooper, Harry Carey Jr., Henry Hathaway, Jack Elam, James H. Griffith, John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Susan Hayward, Tyrone Power on September 12, 2016| 27 Comments »
The lineup for the 54th New York Film Festival — which runs from September 30 to Octoebr 16 — includes a terrific Henry Hathaway retrospective that doesn’t skimp on his Westerns.
Rawhide (1951)
Starring Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Dean Jagger, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam, George Tobias, James Millican
Garden Of Evil (1954)
Starring Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Hugh Marlowe, Cameron Mitchell
From Hell To Texas (1958)
Starring Don Murray, Diane Varsi, Chill Wills, R.G. Armstrong, Jay C. Flippen, Harry Carey, Jr.
North To Alaska (1960)
Starring John Wayne. Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacks, Fabian, Capucine, Joe Sawyer, James H. Griffith
The Shepherd Of The Hills (1941), Kiss Of Death (1947) and Niagara (1953) are among the other Hathaway pictures being shown. Good stuff.
The restored One-Eyed Jacks (1961) is also part of the festival.
Posted in Ben Johnson, Elisha Cook, Jr., Festivals, screenings, Hank Worden, Katy Jurado, Post-1959, Slim Pickens on August 15, 2016| 8 Comments »
Directed by Marlon Brando
Starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Timothy Carey
New York’s Film Forum will run the new restoration of One-Eyed Jacks (1961) for a week, October 14-20. Hope some of you can make it out.
Posted in Ben Johnson, Festivals, screenings, Hank Worden, Katy Jurado, Paramount, Post-1959, Slim Pickens on May 11, 2016| 59 Comments »
Directed by Marlon Brando
Starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Pina Pellicer, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Larry Duran, Sam Gilman, Timothy Carey, Ray Teal, Hank Worden
The Cannes Film Festival starts today. For me, the highlight is certainly the debut of the restoration of Marlon Brando’s One-Eyed Jacks (1961) — a movie I’ve been fascinated by since I watched it on the afternoon movie back in 1978. It’s also the subject of my first book, which I really wish was completed.
The great Charles Lang shot One-Eyed Jacks in VistaVision — it was supposedly the last film released in the process, so the new transfer should be incredible. Theatrical screenings and a Blu-ray release are in the works, they say.
Posted in 1951, Columbia, Festivals, screenings, George Montgomery, Phil Karlson, Tim Holt on April 20, 2016| 28 Comments »
Directed by Phil Karlson
Starring George Montgomery, Gale Storm, Jerome Courtland, Noah Beery, Jr., William Bishop, John Dehner, John Doucette, Jock O’Mahoney, George Chesebro
Raleigh’s Western Film Preservation Society has been at it since 1981, and their meeting this month features two of my favorites Western stars.
First up is Tim Holt in The Fargo Kid (1940). The second feature is Phil Karlson’s The Texas Rangers (1951), starring George Montgomery, Gale Storm and Noah Beery. It’s the 21st (that’s tomorrow, sorry for the short notice) at 6:45 at North Carolina State University’s McKimmon Center.
