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Post by teleadm on Oct 28, 2017 22:08:08 GMT
An old 32 minute TV special, that is badly taped, I guess on old VHS from 1979 called When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion, it's corny as H---, but it's fun to see those old actors.
Neville Brand saying "I played a good guy"
Glenn Ford says he made 200 movies, he didn't, it might have felt like it, but he didn't.
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 28, 2017 22:20:05 GMT
And one of them said: "204, to be exact."
Did he really count all of Glenn's movies?
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Post by teleadm on Oct 28, 2017 22:45:09 GMT
And one of them said: "204, to be exact." Did he really count all of Glenn's movies? Doing a lot of cheap westerns feeding horses, it might have felt like it. I like Glenn Ford by the way |
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 28, 2017 22:47:38 GMT
Oh, me too -- BIG FAN.
Got to meet him once late in his life, courtesy of his son Peter.
We had things in common -- both Marines.
I became a high school teacher because of BLACKBOARD JUNGLE. Fortunately I did not work at a 'North Manual Trades' facility.
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Post by teleadm on Oct 28, 2017 23:05:03 GMT
Oh, me too -- BIG FAN. Got to meet him once late in his life, courtesy of his son Peter. We had things in common -- both Marines. I became a high school teacher because of BLACKBOARD JUNGLE. Fortunately I did not work at a 'North Manual Trades' facility. Thanks for sharing memories!!! I was in The Royal Swedish Air Force myself, smashing uniform, didn't even come close to a real airoplane LOL |
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 28, 2017 23:07:33 GMT
And thank you for your service, Tele.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Oct 29, 2017 0:13:26 GMT
Oh, me too -- BIG FAN. Got to meet him once late in his life, courtesy of his son Peter. We had things in common -- both Marines. I became a high school teacher because of BLACKBOARD JUNGLE. Fortunately I did not work at a 'North Manual Trades' facility. TYFYS I suppose you know the role Peter played in the history of popular music? |
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Post by Richard Kimble on Oct 29, 2017 0:33:48 GMT
An old 32 minute TV special, that is badly taped, I guess on old VHS from 1979 called When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion, it's corny as H---, but it's fun to see those old actors. Neville Brand saying "I played a good guy" Glenn Ford says he made 200 movies, he didn't, it might have felt like it, but he didn't. That's an amazing reunion. 1979 seems kind of early for TV western nostalgia -- after all the era had only ended officially 4 years earlier with the cancellation of Gunsmoke. Jock Mahoney (star of Yancy Derringer, one of the great lost gems of TV westerns) is curiously billed here under his real name of "O'Mahoney" As a very wee tot in the late '70s I saw a special (on PBS I believe) along similar lines. It was shot at old Tuscon or someplace like that. IIRC Delmer Daves appeared and directed Iron Eyes Cody (Indian? He was actually an Italian from the Louisiana bayou country) in a scene. I recall Slim Pickens remarking: "Actor? I been accused of being an actor. I'm a cowboy." This program is not listed on DD's IMDb page. Anyone else remember the western weekends on Pat Robertson's CBN channel in the '80s? That's where I first saw a number of classics like Rawhide, HGWT, Wagon Train, etc... Speaking of WT: CBN put together a special for WT's 30th anniversary. Hosted by Denny Miller, it was mostly clips, but did include a rare (unique?) interview w/ WT producer Howard Christie. I don't recall if any other WT regulars appeared. I seem to be the only one who remembers this special. It's not listed on Denny's IMDb page. I asked about it on the old IMDb WT message board, but never got a reply. |
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Post by petrolino on Oct 29, 2017 4:28:29 GMT
Glenn Ford is the man. A real life weirdo ... |
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 29, 2017 5:07:55 GMT
Oh, me too -- BIG FAN. Got to meet him once late in his life, courtesy of his son Peter. We had things in common -- both Marines. I became a high school teacher because of BLACKBOARD JUNGLE. Fortunately I did not work at a 'North Manual Trades' facility. TYFYS I suppose you know the role Peter played in the history of popular music? Peter did indeed rock around the clock. |
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Post by kijii on Oct 29, 2017 6:33:27 GMT
The funniest Glenn Ford Western I have seen is The Sheepman (1958).
There is a a twist at the end of the movie that makes it even funnier.
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 29, 2017 9:52:33 GMT
Which one, Kijii? Jumbo picking up the lamb?
Maybe my favorite Ford performance, btw.
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Post by kijii on Oct 29, 2017 15:45:51 GMT
Which one, Kijii? Jumbo picking up the lamb? Maybe my favorite Ford performance, btw. If I said what it was, it would be a something like a SPOILER. This would be something like saying there is a twist at the end of The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) and then telling you want it was. Like all other actors, directors, and producers of note, Glenn Ford made some great movies but also laid a few eggs, IMO. I would love to see Trial (1955) since it has some of my favorite performers in it. The short teaser makes if seem very good: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vGXfPosUqwThen, there is an Oscar nomination involved too. The Gazebo (1959) is, for me, one of Ford's funniest movies. On the other hand, I found Dear Heart (1964) to be pure schmaltz. |
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 29, 2017 16:04:36 GMT
Can't you just whisper it softly so that no one else can hear?
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Post by kijii on Oct 29, 2017 16:09:09 GMT
Can't you just whisper it softly so that no one else can hear? The best way for me to whisper it softly to you alone would be to PM it. So I will...... Edit here: PM sent to you. |
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 29, 2017 16:25:05 GMT
Hey -- I got it! There it is.
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Post by wanton87 on Oct 30, 2017 4:39:41 GMT
Also credited as the fastest gun in Hollywood, ole Glenn was, and he was a snowback!  If you ever happen to catch him in The Fastest Gun alive, you catch a few good scenes of him in action. |
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Post by Richard Kimble on Oct 30, 2017 5:01:30 GMT
Also credited as the fastest gun in Hollywood, ole Glenn was, and he was a snowback! If you ever happen to catch him in The Fastest Gun alive, you catch a few good scenes of him in action. Also quite fast were Audie Murphy, Sammy Davis Jr and (believe it or not) Mel Torme -- you can see Mel in Walk Like A Dragon (1960). |
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Post by petrolino on Oct 30, 2017 5:21:00 GMT
Also credited as the fastest gun in Hollywood, ole Glenn was, and he was a snowback! If you ever happen to catch him in The Fastest Gun alive, you catch a few good scenes of him in action. Also quite fast were Audie Murphy, Sammy Davis Jr and (believe it or not) Mel Torme -- you can see Mel in Walk Like A Dragon (1960). Yul Brynner and Clint Eastwood could draw without blinking. Glenn Ford and Alan Ladd were quick. I heard wild west afficionados say repeatedly that an unbeatable gun was quick-fingered comedian Jerry Lewis. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 30, 2017 7:04:17 GMT
Ford had arguably the most important role in Superman.
He represented the Earth connection and well as mortality.
His breakdown crying moment in Ransom is quite a moving scene--how often did a grown man cry in a movie before that? The fact that he does it in the arms of the black butler had me wondering if it was merely a racial bridge gesture for social engineering reasons or because it was the only character he could do that with, without losing face as a man (since it was seen as someone outside his class status).
To 1950s audiences, how would that play out? Would his crying be a big shock?
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