Here’s Julie Adams, circa 1954, helping to wish you all big things in 2016.
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Happy New Year From 50 Westerns From The 50s.
Posted in 1954, Julie Adams on January 1, 2016| 1 Comment »
50s Westerns Blu-ray News #183: The Gunfight At Dodge City (1959).
Posted in 1959, Carl Guthrie, Daniel B. Ullman, DVD reviews, releases, TV, etc., Joel McCrea, Joseph H. Newman, Julie Adams, Kino Lorber, Nancy Gates, United Artists on June 24, 2015| 12 Comments »
Directed by Joseph H. Newman
Screenplay by Daniel B. Ullman and Martin M. Goldsmith
Starring Joel McCrea, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Nancy Gates, Don Haggerty, Timothy Carey
The Gunfight At Dodge City (1959) is a solid Joel McCrea picture, with a great cast and terrific CinemaScope photography from Carl Guthrie (whose late-50s Westerns are a thing of beauty). This is another fine example of what a middle-budget Western could be, and it’s coming to Blu-ray from Kino Lorber.
Bat Masterson (McCrea) winds up in Dodge City, pinning on the sheriff’s badge to clean up the town and avenge the death of his brother. Along the way, he has to choose between Julie Adams and Nancy Gates — if only real life was like this!
McCrea went into The Gunfight At Dodge City (1959) with retirement in mind — this was to be his last picture. But Sam Peckinpah (and Randolph Scott) lured him back in the saddle with Ride The High Country (1962).
Thanks to John Knight.
Please Take Me Out To The Ballgame.
Posted in 1953, Julie Adams, Van Heflin on August 17, 2014| 3 Comments »
The great Julie Adams will throw out the first pitch at Dodgers Stadium this Thursday (August 21) as the Dodgers take on the Padres. I’ve been wanting to get to a Dodgers game for years, and this would sure be the one to see.
While we’re focusing on one of my favorite actresses, here she is with Van Heflin in Wings Of The Hawk (1953).
50s Westerns DVD News #133: More From TCM’s Universal Vault Series.
Posted in 1952, 1954, 1956, Alan Ladd, Budd Boetticher, Dale Robertson, Dorothy Malone, DVD reviews, releases, TV, etc., George Sherman, Hugh O'Brian, Jeff Chandler, John Sturges, Julie Adams, Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef, Mara Corday, Raoul Walsh, Richard Widmark, Rory Calhoun, Universal (-International), Ward Bond on September 22, 2013| 18 Comments »
Universal’s Vault Series is serving up a handful of 50s Westerns, basically taking the TCM Western Horizons set and selling them as single discs (available exclusively from Amazon).
Horizons West (1952) has Budd Boetticher directing Robert Ryan, Julie Adams and Rock Hudson in a Technicolor post-Civil War tale.
Saskatchewan (1954) puts Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters, J. Carrol Naish and Hugh O’Brian in the hands of the great Raoul Walsh.
Dawn At Socorro (1954) was directed by George Sherman, which is enough for me. Factor in Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Mara Corday, Edgar Buchanan, Skip Homeier, James Millican and Lee Van Cleef, and you’ve really got something going.
Pillars Of The Sky (1956) stars Jeff Chandler and Dorothy Malone. Support comes from Ward Bond, Olive Carey (both appeared in The Searchers the same year) and Lee Marvin. George Marshall directed in CinemaScope. I love this film.
Backlash (1956) comes from John Sturges and stars Richard Widmark, Donna Reed and William Campbell. Good stuff.
These will make a welcome addition to anybody’s collection, but what I want to know is: where are A Day Of Fury (1956) and Last Of The Fast Guns (1958)?
Screening: Hondo (1954) At The World 3-D Film Expo.
Posted in 1953, 1954, Budd Boetticher, Festivals, screenings, Jeff Chandler, John Wayne, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson, Technical, Van Heflin, Ward Bond on August 19, 2013| 1 Comment »
The third World 3-D Film Expo kicks off September 6, at the Egyptian Theatre, with a rare 3-D screening of Hondo (1954). Above, that’s John Wayne on the ladder watching as a shot it being set up (that gigantic thing on the lift is the Warner Bros. All Media Camera).
Other 3-D Westerns being shown during the expo: Douglas Sirk’s Taza, Son Of Cochise and Budd Boetticher’s Wings Of The Hawk (both 1953). Julie Adams will be on hand for Wings Of The Hawk.
Who knows how many more 35mm 3-D presentations we can count on?
Sweetwater, Texas — June 20, 1954.
Posted in 1954, Jack Arnold, Julie Adams, Marie Windsor, Nicholas Ray, Olive Films, Republic Pictures, Sterling Hayden, Universal (-International), Ward Bond on June 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
According to the Sweetwater Reporter, this would’ve been a good weekend to be in Sweetwater, Texas. It was probably hot as blazes, but there were sure plenty of cool movies to see.
I know it’s not a Western, but Republic’s Hell’s Half Acre (1954) has to be seen to be believed. Olive Films has given you the chance — it’s out on DVD and Blu-ray.
My wife has been doing some research on my family’s history and came upon a great online Texas newspaper search tool. Obviously, I’m using it for a different purpose.
Screening: The Man From The Alamo (1953).
Posted in 1953, Budd Boetticher, Festivals, screenings, Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Universal (-International) on February 22, 2013| 3 Comments »
To mark the anniversary of the siege of the Alamo, The Egyptian is running Budd Boetticher’s The Man From The Alamo (1953), starring Glenn Ford and Julie Adams.
It’s good. It’s in 35mm. And Miss Adams will be in attendance.
Saturday, February 23, 7:30PM
The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
