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Post by Richard Kimble on Feb 9, 2017 20:16:07 GMT
A '50s TV western with rock and roll music on the soundtrack:
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Post by telegonus on Feb 13, 2017 9:10:28 GMT
Really good episode, Richard Kimble. The rock and roll worked (sort of) for the lighthearted tone of the story. I thought it was Gene Nelson as the guest star, wasn't sure, didn't think he was still active in films and TV as a performer by the time The Law And The Plainsman was on the air. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Feb 15, 2017 13:15:07 GMT
Really good episode, Richard Kimble. The rock and roll worked (sort of) for the lighthearted tone of the story. I thought it was Gene Nelson as the guest star, wasn't sure, didn't think he was still active in films and TV as a performer by the time The Law And The Plainsman was on the air. Thanks for sharing. IMHO the R&R didn't work, although it was not quite as strange as the jazz score for Shotgun Slade
Ironically, LOP has a classic ending theme -- don't know why they didn't use it for the opening. Gene Nelson also appears in a classic Gunsmoke around this time, as one of four murder suspects Matt takes back to Dodge, in hopes he can trick the real killer into revealing himself before they get there. The twist ending isn't bad. Nelson is also a suspect in one of the few available episodes of the disappointing Philip Marlowe, with a miscast Phil Carey (Darren McGavin should have done it instead of Mike Hammer) Nelson's career arc is curious. He had just had the triumph of Oklahoma (and the cult classic Crime Wave), then a few yaars later is doing guest spots on TV. The decline of the musical hit him hard. If you really want to see a classic LOP. check this out. It's screaming for cult status: |
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Post by telegonus on Feb 15, 2017 18:57:43 GMT
Thanks, Richard K. Yeah, Gene Nelson's career is a puzzle to many. Bill Warren commented on it his Keep Watching The Skies!, his study of Fifties sci-fi pictures. He repeated the story he heard and which I've heard as well that Nelson was somehow injured, maybe even crippled, turned to directing because of it and made a nice second career of it. Nice story, but he looks pretty agile in Law Of The Plainsman. Most of his work as director was television, it seems, though he did direct the Hank Williams bio Your Cheatin' Heart,--with George Hamilton, no less, as Williams--for the big screen, with most of his films are modest and routine.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Feb 18, 2017 0:15:29 GMT
Michael Ansara on ‘Law of the Plainsman’“On ‘Broken Arrow’ we had three days to shoot a half hour show. On ‘Law of the Plainsman’, which I liked better, we rehearsed one day, set up the movements the second day, then three days of shooting. So it took one week for a half hour show. You could cut out the bad lines and fix it up, where with ‘Broken Arrow’, it was boom, boom, boom for three days, one shot after another.” “Four Star was a class production. The rehearsal schedule was very unusual. They took time on their shows and didn’t mind spending money. That’s why all the shows (“Big Valley”, “Wanted Dead Or Alive”, “Westerner”, “Johnny Ringo”, “Black Saddle”) that came out of there were good. But when [Dick] Powell died they went downhill.”
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Post by Richard Kimble on Apr 8, 2017 8:59:49 GMT
Thanks, Richard K. Yeah, Gene Nelson's career is a puzzle to many. Bill Warren commented on it his Keep Watching The Skies!, his study of Fifties sci-fi pictures. He repeated the story he heard and which I've heard as well that Nelson was somehow injured, maybe even crippled, turned to directing because of it and made a nice second career of it. Nice story, but he looks pretty agile in Law Of The Plainsman. Most of his work as director was television, it seems, though he did direct the Hank Williams bio Your Cheatin' Heart,--with George Hamilton, no less, as Williams--for the big screen, with most of his films are modest and routine. I just watched Nelson in a season 2 Have Gun Will Travel, "The Return of the Lady". Nelson isn't even the heavy -- he's the heavy's henchman, the kind of role you'd expect to see John Kellogg in. It's a pretty good episode; the climax is a saber duel between Paladin and Theo Marcuse (as a pretentious Texas cattle baron). Nelson got better billing, but Marcuse got the better part. FWIW Your Cheatin' Heart was intended for Elvis. But the Williams estate would not agree to Col Parker's demand for a cut of the publishing on the HW songs. telegonus |
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Post by wanton87 on Apr 8, 2017 14:31:59 GMT
I was about to mention Shotgun Slade Richard, when I scrolled down a little further and saw that you covered it; you're rather thorough  Despite the critical reviews, I actually liked Shotgun Slade, and thought that Scott Brady shined in the role, and made for good leading man material. At this point in the waning days of the television western, the producers sometimes went a little overboard in their quest to mix things up a bit, and breathe more revival life into the genre. Case in point, the double barrel combination gun that Slade carried was too awkward, and was often left on his horse, as he walked into potentially dangerous situations without it. |
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Despite the critical reviews, I actually liked Shotgun Slade, and thought that Scott Brady shined in the role, and made for good leading man material.