Posted in Festivals, screenings, Henry Hathaway, John Doucette, John Wayne, Paramount on May 1, 2019| 6 Comments »
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Starring John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin, John Doucette
To mark the 50th anniversary of True Grit (1969), TCM has put together a string of screenings in hundreds of theaters this Sunday and Wednesday, May 5 and 8. To find a theater near you, click the lobby card above.
Posted in Clark Gable, Festivals, screenings, MGM, Ward Bond, Yakima Canutt on April 18, 2019| 2 Comments »
Directed by Victor Fleming
Starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Haviland, Thomas Mitchell, Hattie McDaniel, Ward Bond, Yakima Canutt
The Graham Cinema in Graham, North Carolina is running Gone With The Wind (1939) at various times April 28 – May 2.
Sunday, April 28
2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Monday – Thursday, April 29 – May 2
7:00 PM
They ad above was run when the Graham Cinema featured Gone With The Wind back in 1969.
Posted in 1956, Festivals, screenings, Hank Worden, Harry Carey Jr., Jeffrey Hunter, John Ford, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Warner Bros., Winton C. Hock on April 9, 2019| 4 Comments »
Directed by John Ford
Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood, Harry Carey, Jr., Hank Worden
John Ford’s The Searchers (1956) might be the finest film ever made, it’s almost certainly the greatest Western ever made, and it’s easily John Wayne’s best performance. Of course, I’m probably preaching to the choir.
Here’s a rare change to see it on film, in a theater. Sorry for the short notice.
Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas Pacific Palisades
April 9 & 10, 7 PM
Click the lobby card for details.
Posted in 1956, Budd Boetticher, Burt Kennedy, Festivals, screenings, Lee Marvin, Lesley Selander, Randolph Scott, William Elliott on May 16, 2018| 5 Comments »
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Written by Burt Kennedy
Starring Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin, Walter Reed, John Larch
Here in Raleigh, NC, we have something called The Western Film Preservation Society. They get together once a month for a couple of Western films and a chapter of a serial. Tomorrow (Thursday), it’s Budd Boetticher’s Seven Men From Now (1956). I don’t need to tell you what a cool thing that is.
Thursday, May 17, 6:45 PM
The McKimmon Center, NCSU Campus
The second feature is Phantom Of The Plains (1945) Starring Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming and Ian Keith. It was directed by the great Lesley Selander.
Posted in 1950, 1956, Allan Dwan, Dale Evans, Denver Pyle, Festivals, screenings, Forrest Tucker, George Sherman, Hank Worden, Jack Marta, Jim Davis, Joe Kane, Kino Lorber, Lydecker Brothers, Marie Windsor, Paramount, Paul Fix, Pre-1950, R.G. Springsteen, Republic Pictures, Roy Rogers, Skip Homeier, Vera Ralston, William Witney on January 12, 2018| 10 Comments »
Martin Scorsese has curated a retrospective of Republic movies, for February and August at the Museum Of Modern Art, from the restored material at Paramount.
There’s some great stuff in February’s lineup, including Trigger, Jr. (1950), Stranger At My Door (1956) and one of my all-time favorite films, Hellfire (1949). Three of my favorite directors are represented: William Witney, George Sherman and Allan Dwan.
Working with the fine folks at Kino Lorber on commentaries for some of their Republic releases, the quality of the material coming out of Paramount is incredible. (I’m in the middle of Singing Guns right now.) So glad to see these films are being treated with the respect they deserve.
Thanks to Laura for the news!
Posted in Clint Walker, Festivals, screenings, Gordon Douglas, Post-1959, Warner Bros. on July 26, 2017| 17 Comments »
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Starring Clint Walker, Roger Moore, Leticia Roman, Robert Middleton, Chill Wills, Gene Evans, Nestor Paiva, Vito Scotti
Did you ever think you’d happen upon a screening of Gold Of The Seven Saints (1961) in this day and age? Well, thanks to the wonderful folks at The New Beverly Cinema, it’s part of their tribute to Roger Moore. What’s more (no pun intended), they’re running it in 35mm (black and white Warnerscope). It’s August 5 and 6 — and I’d sure love to be there.
The New Beverly CinemaPosted in 1956, Festivals, screenings, Hank Worden, Harry Carey Jr., Jeffrey Hunter, John Ford, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Warner Bros. on July 7, 2017| 25 Comments »
There’s not a lot I need to say here, is there? Two of the finest Westerns ever made — John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939) and The Searchers (1956), both starring John Wayne — will run at New York’s Film Forum on Monday, August 28th.
And yes, that’s one of the coolest photos to ever turn up on this blog.
