@@reichensperger1847 Well, Italians and Spanish on the Continent do it too. Actually, Italy started the custom. So it isn't just Central America and southwest U.S. that might do it.
This is an underrated movie. I like this one better than the reboot with Russel Crowe and Christian Bale but I did like that one too. Especially Ben Foster as Charlie Prince.
@@feldweible their is like a twenty minute piece that I wish was left out. Some of the characters were bad and the pacing was off. Other than that, it was good. It’s more tense filled than the og. The last 30 minutes were really exciting. The guy who played Charlie Prince was the best part of the movie.
The singer of the theme song was Frankie Laine. He had a 75 year career so he was involved in many films and TV shows and record albums. He also was the theme singer for the films Gunfight At The OK Corral (1957) and Blazing Saddles (1974 film by Mel Brooks) and the TV series Rawhide (1959 -1965, black & white TV series Western that launched the career of Clint Eastwood).
Glenn Ford (Ben Wade) played Pa Kent in the 1978 _Superman._ He's also in the great film noir, _Gilda_ (1946), and in the lovely Christmas comedy _Pocketful of Miracles,_ which I've recommended.
Gilda is all about star power. The script makes no sense and the dialogue is ridiculous but….. I could watch Gilda weekly. Glenn Ford is great, George MacReady is vile as always, and then there is Rita Hayworth. Has there ever been a movie where an actress takes over every scene and then makes you wish you could just join the scene and talk with her.
great to see a well done reaction to this wonderful western. Your right it has that slow built up tension that High Noon had..Another B+W sort of western ( made and set in the early 1960's) I think you'd like is 'Lonely are the Brave' starring Kurt Douglas ( it was his favorite film)
A Man Called Horse. Probably the most accurate Western movie that describes firsthand account of being kidnapped by Native American Indians. The vow to the Sun God scene is not for the squeamish .
I like this better than High Noon, probably because Glenn Ford does such a good job playing Wade. He generally played the good guy.. A few trivial notes : He was Canadian by birth although he grew up in the US and was a naturalized citizen. He served in the Marines in WWII, and in the Navy during the Vietnam years, although he was in noncombatant jobs both times. A man who trained actors in fast-draw techniques named him as one of the 4 fastest men he ever trained = the others were Clint Eastwood, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jerry Lewis.
Can’t tell you how much I’ve looked forward each day to your dive into classic westerns. Keep going. Classic horror. Classic sci-fi. Classic mysteries. Classic dramas. (You’d love Bette Davis, BTW). They’re all worth watching.
Please keep in mind the Era of these. Simpler in ways. Just telling a story. There didn't have to be a twist in a movie. A deeper meaning or double message. Simple. Good. Honest story telling.
People took Naps in the hottest part of the day. They mentioned Nogales, Ft. Huachuca, Benson, Bisbee, Yuma. Southern Arizona USA. It’s 105 F degrees in Tucson today 2:00 6/19.
Still got my fingers crossed that “The Oxbow Incident “ was 1 of the chosen westerns, Dawn. If not, do that western soon, it’s an American classic film like “12 Angry Men.”
A very fine western is ' The Gunfighter ' with Gregory Peck . Even if you don't see it before the week ends , you should try and watch it sometime . I think you'll find it rewarding .
Silverado is a great homage to the Western films. I am happy that she has been watching older classics that help build and shape the genre. Obviously she will need to watch Silverado eventually, but for now, I would let her explore these classics. :)
You must be picking titles from a "Top 10 Best Movie Westerns" list. If so, we could get "The Searchers", "High Noon" Red River" and "Destry Rides Again".
"Dodge City" (1939, in color) starring big name action actor of the day Errol Flynn, has Flynn in 1871 arriving in Dodge City as a cattle agent but the vast lawlessness of he town compels him to put on the Sheriff's badge and clean things up. Very entertaining, and perhaps the first western filmed in color (such was Flynn's fan power at the time). Rotten Tomatoes gave it 5 stars and IMDb gave it 7.1. With Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Alan Hale Sr, and Bruce Cabot. You need to see it if you haven't.
Surely you can make these reactions a little longer, no? I wanna contribute to your fine self on Patreon, but at the time it's financially impossible, and a lot of the films you watch are long enough where you can at least add another 10 minutes to your reactions. Just a friendly criticism for ya, lass ❤
Based on the Elmore Leonard short story, and his characterizations shine through. Elmore stories have their own unique style...he likes lawmen to be fallible or even screw-ups, they're good guys, but they make mistakes; and he likes outlaws who the reader (or in this case viewer) kind of roots for, they might be "bad guys" but they have qualities you admire and you kind of want them to get away. These are hallmarks of Leonard's stories, whether they're westerns or urban crime dramas.
Damn, you're doing classic westerns! This is much better than the remake. I would say Red River and Naked Spur are worth a watch. As well as Rio Bravo.
The most important "western" of all time, is "Ox-Bow Incident!" A definite "Best movie ever", selection! And, please do not forget "How the West Was Won!" Epic------simply EPIC!
TO HELL AND BACK THE AUDIE MURPHY STORY is a good movie audie Murphy was the most decorated WW2 soldier. After the war he became a Hollywood actor making loads of westerns movie's by my favourite fact is audie Murphy plays audie Murphy is TO HELL AND BACK THE AUDIE MURPHY STORY
You might remember Van Heflin from your Shane reaction. Glenn Ford plays a bad guy, which he didn't do very often. Eventually you need to put Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Super reaction to an overlooked Western. At the time Glenn Ford( bad guy Ben Wade) was almost always a solid hero in his movies. To see him kill a man in” cold blood” was a shock to the audience. You were right with the High Noon commentary. One of the points of the film was to subvert the expectations of the audience to a Western. Every character, plot device etc. is just different to the expectations of the times. Very subtle in the challenges to Western movie dogma but one reason the movie and performances stand out. I love Western Week and am glad you are discovering many overlooked stories. Keep it going!!!
Agree. I also believed he attained the rank of Admiral before his death. Sadly his style of being a decent normal man is not what Hollywood wants or admires.
If you want a movie that contrasts with HIGH NOON, watch RIO BRAVO, made by John Wayne and director Howard Hawks as a direct rebuttal, because they viewed the “Red Scare” allegory of High Noon” as unAmeeican.
6:23 The guy in the middle this is Henry Jones. Lots of TV roles, but I best remember him from "Support Your Local Sherriff." 1969 A beloved Western comedy. James Garner does the "Winchester 73," washer bit with a pistol.
Both the 1957 and 2007 versions of the movie rate about the same, which is not surprising since they are based on the 1953 short story by the same name. This movie is a classic and so is the 2007 version. I just hope they don't do a "woke" remake today.
Yep, you're going have to work hard to top those two heavyweights. They were also together in "7 Days In May" about an attempted military takeover of the U.S. Not a western but A+ performances.
When I saw the title I figured you were watching the new remake, I'm glad it wasn't 😊 I haven't seen the original in years. But spoiler if you watch the remake don't expect the same rainy ending 😊
A more modern western I kinda enjoy is The Quick and the Dead (1995) (the one with Sharon Stone, not the one from 1987). It would make a good reaction video, I'm sure. I suppose I'm reminded of that because Russell Crowe is in it -- and he's in the remake of 310 to Yuma as well.
Important role for Richard Jaekel. He had been typecast has an “ eager” young man in movies and live television plays( Big break was in Come Back Little Sheba) This movie helped to establish him as a tough guy and he played this role, good guy or bad, for the next 20 years. Remember his role as the MP Sergeant in The Dirty Dozen.
So from what I've seen, Westerns were big in TV and movies until the space race got going. The public became more interested in the scifi stories being told in movie serials which became TV shows and new shows and movies. They pushed out the Western as the mainstay of film and TV. I love watching TV western reruns on all these stations that have popped up.
More than just the Space Race, it was Hollywood , Ivy League Professors and the mainstream media that doomed Westerns Look at the ratings and Westerns were still very popular until 1967 and then the assault on mainstream culture started. When I was a boy Custer was a hero but starting in 1967 there were stories and television shows telling the “ truth “ about Custer. For about 4 years there were shows about the real West that told us that the movies and tv shows were fraudulent. Movies like Little Big Man ridiculed the idea of good guys and that the Western push was unjust. Dick Cavett would have on the intellectual elites to deride Westerns and tell us the Native Americans lived in paradise until the settlers arrived. Being a Cowboy went from heroic to either stupid or a pawn. The only admirable Western characters were outlaws and the good guys fighting the bad guys was considered old fashioned.The era of Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger etc. was over. There was a big Country hit by The Statler Brothers about the shift called, Whatever Happened To Randolph Scott, that when you listen , you will understand what happened.
The stagecoach at the beginning was owned by my cousin 4x removed, John Warren Butterfield. He was hired by the US government to take mail from St. Louis to San Francisco, so he created the American Express company with a couple of his buddies, Wells and Fargo. They hauled mail, freight and passengers for a few years until the transcontinental railroad was finished.
Very cool!! My father worked for American Express back in the day. They had these little plastic cowboy figures dressed in Cavalry uniforms on a horse that they used in banks as displays for whatever product they were hawking. My dad had a couple of cases of them that he was to deliver to banks on his route. Anyway I got into them and got a dozen or so of them that I used to play Cowboys and Indians with along with some Lincoln Logs when I was a kid.
NICE! Only movie I know of where Glenn Ford is the bad guy! JUBAL iffin I recollect proper was a good Glen Ford Western!!?? Great Reaction!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
I love this movie, and the original short story by one of my favorite authors ever, the late, great Elmore Leonard, who not only wrote some of the best Westerns, but also some of the best crime novels later. He also wrote another novel that they made into a Western movie, HOMBRE. And another great one they made into a movie is “VALDEZ IS COMING!”, which I think you will also like. And while not quite a Western, another great Elmore Leonard story (which he wrote first as a screenplay and then later as a novel), is MR. MAJESTYK starring Charles Bronson. It is kind of a modern Western, mixed with a crime story. It’s my favorite Elmore Leonard movie, and my favorite Charles Bronson movie. Highly recommended Also, one of my recommendations I made yesterday on your WINCHESTER ‘73 reaction, THE TALL T, a Budd Boetticher directed movie starring Randolph Scott was also based on an Elmore Leonard story. BTW, I also like the remake of 3:10 TO YUMA, but not as much as the original.
Frankie Laine also sang an even more memorable theme to "Gunfight At The OK Corral ":,starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas ...another western classic worth watching...
You've seen lots of them. Glen Ford: Superman Van Heflin: Shane Henry Jones: Vertigo Richard Jaekel: The Dirty Dozen Robert Ellenstein: North by Northwest
You need to react to some more spaghetti westerns. The Great Silence (1968) and Four Of The Apocalypse (1975) and Keoma (1976) are some of my favorite spaghettis
It is hard to understand how someone who loves westerns as much as you do is apparently unaware that some great westerns have been made in more modern times. Have you not heard of the two great '90s westerns TOMBSTONE (1993) and Clint Eastwood's UNFORGIVEN (1992)? OPEN RANGE (2003), THE ALAMO (2004), and the Coen brothers' remake of TRUE GRIT (2010) are worth a look, too. Looking forward to hearing you speak cow, by the way. Will you be doing this anytime soon?
Love your reactions. Just a little US financial history for comparison. Soldier during the Civil war (1860-1865) were paid about $12-$18 a month. Pony Express (1861) riders who took mail across unsafe territory were paid $25 a week. And US minimum Wage was set in 1933 at $10 a week (25 cents per hour). So $200 was a several months pay for most unskilled workers. I also saw some reference to guns and bullets that suggest the 1873 Winchester was $50 and almost $20 for a box of bullets mail order.
Oh, and 1 more western. This movie for me was like the prototype for the Italian “Spaghetti Westerns” Dawn. And this movie was the western “ Vera Cruz.” Watch this one too, Dawn. You’ll like this film !!!
Awesome reaction, DM !!! You really owe it to yourself to see the remake. It stars Russell Crowe (Ben Wade), Christian Bale (Dan Evans), Ben Foster (Charlie Prince), Alan Tudyk (Doc Porter), Gretchen Mol (Alice Evans) and Peter Fonda (Byron McElroy) in it. It's an outstanding movie. I like both equally, but I liked the ending of the remake better.
Hi Dawn, I`ve always liked this film, even though I prefer to see Glenn Ford (Bad Guy) as a good guy. He was in several westerns & I cant think of a bad performance by him. Here are 2 more by him you might consider for future reactions :- the 1956 (The Fastest Gun Alive) Western/Action film & the 1964 Western/comedy film (Advance To The Rear).
I was staying at the Marriott With Jesus and John Wayne I was waiting for a chariot They were waiting for a train The sky was full of carrion "I'll take the mazuma" Said Jesus to Marion "That's the 3: 10 to Yuma My ride's here..." My Ride’s Here (Warren Zevon)
9:15 I am glad you like B&W film. You are a woman after my own heart. I do like B&W. My 2nd favorite film medium is Technicolor i.e., supersaturated color. And then Two-strip Technicolor.
Great reaction, Dawn. Another great western, done in the "modern" era, is "The Long Riders" (1980). It tells the story of the James/Younger gangs in the post civil war period. The costuming and cinematography are top notch, as is the score by Ry Cooder.
This is based on a story by Elmore Leonard. When westerns dropped in popularity, Leonard switched to crime. Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown was based on Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch, the only example where Tarantino has adapted someone else's work. Other great Elmore Leonard adaptations include Out of Sight and Get Shorty. 3:10 to Yuma was also adapted into another film starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale
I’ve never seen a Glenn Ford movie I didn’t like. He was one of the best ever. Usually he played the good guy, and he very VERY rarely played the villain. I suggest The Sheepman, The Fastest Gun Alive and The Violent Men if you want to explore the brilliance of Glenn Ford further.
5:13 I recognize that one kid from the John Wayne movie Chisholm I really really like that movie. It’s supposedly based on the true story but I hear it’s not all that accurate. I don’t know. But it’s really interesting story about Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett and the Lincoln county wars.
One of my favorite classic Western movies! Glen Ford is great in this one! I luv that you are doing the classic Western movies! Im looking forward to more! Pretty soon you'll be chewing tobacco and spittin like a real cowpoke! Thanks for sharing Dawn Marie ❤️💛🤠
I'm a sci-fi kind of guy, but I miss watching Westerns with Dad. This is one of the best, but I hope your week of rope operas includes either Last Train from Gun Hill or Rio Bravo.
Loving Weatern Week. When you’re in the mood for something very different and funny, check out a little known movie called Pentagon Wars. A comedic view of US government wasteful spending and ineptness. I really think you’ll enjoy it.
The problem as I see it with THE SEARCHERS though that keeps it frm being as great as you say is the casting. The big reveal John Ford was going for with the movie was that Ethan was really a bad guy. But he cast his favorite actor, John Wayne for the part. And the point got turned around as a result, because it is impossible for a lot of people to ever see John Wayne as a bad guy. Ethan's bigotry was likely, therefore, seen by many, not as a vice but as a virtue. Someone more believably cast as a bad guy, like say William Holden or Robert Mitchum would have been better, I think, for the role.
@@itt23r Disagree. Just because the character has some bigoted views doesn’t mean he’s the embodiment of evil. That wasn’t the point of the character. The character also was deeply committed to his family. He dedicated years of his life to a family member. That is a virtue. But there is also the fear Wayne’s character is going to kill his actual blood related niece. Obviously any audience is going to feel conflicted about that and not blindly root for that. I think you grossly underestimate movie audiences of the time. The character isn’t supposed to be cartoonishly evil. The character is complex and nuanced. And if anything the film aging along with John Wayne’s legacy is all the more fitting. As Wayne got older, more of the young liberals saw him as the old guard conservative establishment. As the film aged, Wayne ended up being the best possible casting choice for that role for the history of the films legacy.
I love the 'villain' in this. its almost like deep down he's a good guy. He wasn't really an antagonist as he was rooting for the Dan to win. He's like the guy from Assault on Precinct 13 (1976).
Glenn Ford was one of my favorite actors, as a kid in the 1960s the westerns were exciting and action packed, we played cowboys with our cap guns and emulated our favorite characters from the movies, great fun.
The original is always great and usually a remake isn't, however, 50 years after this movie was made, in 2007 they remade 3:10 to Yuma and actually did a good job. If you get a chance to see it, I'm sure you'll like it. Anyway, loved the review, love you, take care and stay safe ❤️
For Westerns, Widescreen Black and White is the best format, you can imagine your own colors, and if the Director is really good, you won't miss the color. Like here.
Hi Dawn, another hit this string of western movies as been a success. The good bad guy in this film Glen Ford has a film called.... Cimaron (1960) An epic two and a half hour western movie from the old west to giant huge land rush to the rise of a new city. I know you will love this movie and hope you can add it to the watch list.
I love that you're doing my favorite Westerns! Glenn Ford was the perennial good guy/loyal friend character in his movies, then this movie where he played the bad guy. It was epic.
The western is an American version of the great Greek passion plays teaching moral behavior vs immoral behavior and in this one shows a bad man with a slightly bent moral code backed up by a personal code of fairness and honor. The B&W period of westerns the good guys always won. Everyone around them might die but the main good guys always wins. Even the film "The Cowboys" the good guy in his manner of dying inspires the next generation to win out over the bad guys. Very satisfying. Good reaction, Best Reaction Ever! as usual.
The good guy in this movie is played by Van Heflin. You remember him as Joe Starrett in "Shane".
What! Van Hallen played in the movie.. how did I miss that?
If you like "bangers" check out "Once Upon A Time In The West" (1968)
The musical score is also tremendous.
Patreon only. But if all us on youtube keep bugging maybe she'll post it here.
@@stupidsmart-phone6911 Maybe if I tell her the checks in the mail and she'll probably receive it after Western Week is over?
its a bit of a slow burn. might not appeal to Gen Z
@@orangewarm1 They should know who Henry Fonda is because of 12 Angry Men, Charles Bronson I'm not so sure.
This week has been 'best films ever' great to see a creator who says they love old movies and then actually watçhes them.five stars dawn.😊
John Ford and Howard Hawks westerns are the gold standard, Ferraris, champagne of westerns. Highly recommend.
Hawks directed my all-time favorite Western, Rio Bravo.
This is just as good as anything by them.
I agree, although there are others these two had some affinity for it.
People in hot climates tend to take a nap--"siesta"-- during the hottest part of the day.
You can pardon Marie in the UK for not knowing this.
@@reichensperger1847 Well, Italians and Spanish on the Continent do it too. Actually, Italy started the custom. So it isn't just Central America and southwest U.S. that might do it.
@@joelwillems4081 But Scotland is further north than most of the cities in Canadia
This is an underrated movie. I like this one better than the reboot with Russel Crowe and Christian Bale but I did like that one too. Especially Ben Foster as Charlie Prince.
Ben's criminally underrated. I liked him in The Messenger with Woody Harrelson and Hell On High Water with Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine.
Glenn Ford ruled 50s Westerns. The 50s were the heyday of Westerns. One of my favorite genres.
Better than the remake
They are both good. The remake was so violent tho 😮
I like the remake better BUT I saw it first.
@@jessediaz1293 It had to be made more violent and bloody in order to cover for lack luster writing and meh acting.
@@feldweible their is like a twenty minute piece that I wish was left out. Some of the characters were bad and the pacing was off.
Other than that, it was good.
It’s more tense filled than the og. The last 30 minutes were really exciting.
The guy who played Charlie Prince was the best part of the movie.
The remake was more of a shoot"em up from what I remember 🤔
The singer of the title song is none other than Frankie Laine. Frankie also sang the title track to another film you reviewed..."Blazing Saddles."
She wouldn't remember. RUclipsrs dont pay attention to movies. Too busy incessently blabbing.
@@Joe-hh8gd True, but I love Dawn Marie's babbling, she's hilarious.😅
@@Joe-hh8gdseriously? Just why?
Frankie Laine also sang the theme to the TV show "Rawhide," the show where Clint Eastwood got his big break playing weekly character "Rowdy Yates."
@@RabbiSteve1 Then why are you here, seriously?
The singer of the theme song was Frankie Laine. He had a 75 year career so he was involved in many films and TV shows and record albums. He also was the theme singer for the films Gunfight At The OK Corral (1957) and Blazing Saddles (1974 film by Mel Brooks) and the TV series Rawhide (1959 -1965, black & white TV series Western that launched the career of Clint Eastwood).
Glenn Ford (Ben Wade) played Pa Kent in the 1978 _Superman._ He's also in the great film noir, _Gilda_ (1946), and in the lovely Christmas comedy _Pocketful of Miracles,_ which I've recommended.
Superman premiered in 1978, not 1968.
@@TheBTG88 I should proofread better.
@@Dave-hb7lx Which is also very good. I watched it a couple of years ago, and May Robson is lovely in it.
Gilda is all about star power. The script makes no sense and the dialogue is ridiculous but….. I could watch Gilda weekly. Glenn Ford is great, George MacReady is vile as always, and then there is Rita Hayworth. Has there ever been a movie where an actress takes over every scene and then makes you wish you could just join the scene and talk with her.
I like Blackboard Jungle with a young Sidney Portier and crazy Vic Morrow as well as Ford.
great to see a well done reaction to this wonderful western. Your right it has that slow built up tension that High Noon had..Another B+W sort of western ( made and set in the early 1960's) I think you'd like is 'Lonely are the Brave' starring Kurt Douglas ( it was his favorite film)
The original is always better than the remake
I think both films are great.
Depends on your point of view, in this case i'd agree but there are plenty of remakes I prefer to the originals aswell.
A Man Called Horse. Probably the most accurate Western movie that describes firsthand account of being kidnapped by Native American Indians. The vow to the Sun God scene is not for the squeamish .
I like this better than High Noon, probably because Glenn Ford does such a good job playing Wade. He generally played the good guy..
A few trivial notes :
He was Canadian by birth although he grew up in the US and was a naturalized citizen.
He served in the Marines in WWII, and in the Navy during the Vietnam years, although he was in noncombatant jobs both times.
A man who trained actors in fast-draw techniques named him as one of the 4 fastest men he ever trained = the others were Clint Eastwood, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jerry Lewis.
Can’t tell you how much I’ve looked forward each day to your dive into classic westerns. Keep going. Classic horror. Classic sci-fi. Classic mysteries. Classic dramas. (You’d love Bette Davis, BTW). They’re all worth watching.
I would add Classic Comedies such as Screwball comedies of the `30`s, `40`s, `50`s & `60`s.
Please keep in mind the Era of these. Simpler in ways. Just telling a story. There didn't have to be a twist in a movie. A deeper meaning or double message. Simple. Good. Honest story telling.
usually to get'it to rain all i do is wash my car🌧️
Truth.
Van Hefflin who plays Dan in this one also plays the father of the little boy in Shane. Great reaction as always young lady.
He also played Curly in the 1965 remake of STAGECOACH
the Remake in 2007 w/ russell crowe christian bale & ben foster is goodTo,,bale&crowe Made excellent cowpoke folk if'n ya ask'Me🎩🍺
People took Naps in the hottest part of the day. They mentioned Nogales, Ft. Huachuca, Benson, Bisbee, Yuma. Southern Arizona USA. It’s 105 F degrees in Tucson today 2:00 6/19.
Also the sign said Contention City it’s an old silver mining town (ghost town). In Cochise County, so near Benson Az.
Still got my fingers crossed that “The Oxbow Incident “ was 1 of the chosen westerns, Dawn. If not, do that western soon, it’s an American classic film like “12 Angry Men.”
A very fine western is ' The Gunfighter ' with Gregory Peck . Even if you don't see it before the week ends , you should try and watch it sometime . I think you'll find it rewarding .
One of the great Westerns!
You should watch some Audie Murphy westerns...like Destry...or The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Yes that's hope so audie murphy gets no love from reactors he did some great westerns also he was a war hero.
Gotta see SILVERADO!
Silverado is a great homage to the Western films. I am happy that she has been watching older classics that help build and shape the genre. Obviously she will need to watch Silverado eventually, but for now, I would let her explore these classics. :)
@@rubensalvador9422 And it has John Cleese, which she would love!
You must be picking titles from a "Top 10 Best Movie Westerns" list. If so, we could get "The Searchers", "High Noon" Red River" and "Destry Rides Again".
"Dodge City" (1939, in color) starring big name action actor of the day Errol Flynn, has Flynn in 1871 arriving in Dodge City as a cattle agent but the vast lawlessness of he town compels him to put on the Sheriff's badge and clean things up. Very entertaining, and perhaps the first western filmed in color (such was Flynn's fan power at the time). Rotten Tomatoes gave it 5 stars and IMDb gave it 7.1. With Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Alan Hale Sr, and Bruce Cabot. You need to see it if you haven't.
RED RIVER (Black&White Western) with John Wayne & Montgomery Clift next ?
Surely you can make these reactions a little longer, no? I wanna contribute to your fine self on Patreon, but at the time it's financially impossible, and a lot of the films you watch are long enough where you can at least add another 10 minutes to your reactions.
Just a friendly criticism for ya, lass ❤
2 more great Glen Ford westerns 1: The fastest gun alive. 2: The last challenge.✌️❤️🇺🇲
Don't leave out "Jubal" or "The Sheepman."
And The Violent Men with Barbra Stanwyck.
Based on the Elmore Leonard short story, and his characterizations shine through. Elmore stories have their own unique style...he likes lawmen to be fallible or even screw-ups, they're good guys, but they make mistakes; and he likes outlaws who the reader (or in this case viewer) kind of roots for, they might be "bad guys" but they have qualities you admire and you kind of want them to get away. These are hallmarks of Leonard's stories, whether they're westerns or urban crime dramas.
Damn, you're doing classic westerns! This is much better than the remake. I would say Red River and Naked Spur are worth a watch. As well as Rio Bravo.
The remake with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale wasnt bad either. Should have viewrd both.
She watched the good one. The remake was not so.
The most important "western" of all time, is "Ox-Bow Incident!" A definite "Best movie ever", selection! And, please do not forget "How the West Was Won!" Epic------simply EPIC!
TO HELL AND BACK THE AUDIE MURPHY STORY is a good movie audie Murphy was the most decorated WW2 soldier. After the war he became a Hollywood actor making loads of westerns movie's by my favourite fact is audie Murphy plays audie Murphy is TO HELL AND BACK THE AUDIE MURPHY STORY
OPEN RANGE WITH ROBERT DUVALL AND KEVIN COSTNER
Yeah, one of the best "modern" Westerns for sure.
LONESOME DOVE
OPEN RANGE -
Please.
You might remember Van Heflin from your Shane reaction. Glenn Ford plays a bad guy, which he didn't do very often. Eventually you need to put Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
You've only had 700 views in the first hour I'm getting pissed at people you're a great reactor
Super reaction to an overlooked Western. At the time Glenn Ford( bad guy Ben Wade) was almost always a solid hero in his movies. To see him kill a man in” cold blood” was a shock to the audience. You were right with the High Noon commentary. One of the points of the film was to subvert the expectations of the audience to a Western. Every character, plot device etc. is just different to the expectations of the times. Very subtle in the challenges to Western movie dogma but one reason the movie and performances stand out. I love Western Week and am glad you are discovering many overlooked stories. Keep it going!!!
I was very disappointed at the lack of news coverage when Glenn Ford died. He was one of my favorite actors.
Agree. I also believed he attained the rank of Admiral before his death. Sadly his style of being a decent normal man is not what Hollywood wants or admires.
You might remember Canadian actor Glenn Ford from Superman(1978).
Wow! Never seen this one. Never seen Glen Ford play a bad guy.
Dawn Marie, fantastic choice!
If you want a movie that contrasts with HIGH NOON, watch RIO BRAVO, made by John Wayne and director Howard Hawks as a direct rebuttal, because they viewed the “Red Scare” allegory of High Noon” as unAmeeican.
I think you need to review __Bad Day at Black Rock__
Hey dawn my favorite Scottish lassey 😊
Two great actors in this film. Van Heflin and Glen Ford. Glen Ford made some otherbwesterns all of n them very enjoyable.
6:23 The guy in the middle this is Henry Jones. Lots of TV roles, but I best remember him from "Support Your Local Sherriff." 1969 A beloved Western comedy. James Garner does the "Winchester 73," washer bit with a pistol.
Both the 1957 and 2007 versions of the movie rate about the same, which is not surprising since they are based on the 1953 short story by the same name. This movie is a classic and so is the 2007 version. I just hope they don't do a "woke" remake today.
You would love Gunfight At The OK Corral, 1957, with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas.
Same story as Tombstone but infinitely better cinema
Yep, you're going have to work hard to top those two heavyweights. They were also together in "7 Days In May" about an attempted military takeover of the U.S. Not a western but A+ performances.
I love that you react to older movies. Old gangster movies are cool.
Er...I think you DID make a 'pearl necklace' joke 🤣🤣Western Week! Best thing ever!
Thank you, so much better than the lousy remake they made.
When I saw the title I figured you were watching the new remake, I'm glad it wasn't 😊 I haven't seen the original in years. But spoiler if you watch the remake don't expect the same rainy ending 😊
A more modern western I kinda enjoy is The Quick and the Dead (1995) (the one with Sharon Stone, not the one from 1987). It would make a good reaction video, I'm sure. I suppose I'm reminded of that because Russell Crowe is in it -- and he's in the remake of 310 to Yuma as well.
The siesta work day includes a late start, a break of a few hours in the mid day, then work into the evening hours.
1:46 Guy in the middle is Richard Jaeckel. His filmography is impressive, but being loving the esoteric his best role was in "Green Slime." 1968.
Important role for Richard Jaekel. He had been typecast has an “ eager” young man in movies and live television plays( Big break was in Come Back Little Sheba) This movie helped to establish him as a tough guy and he played this role, good guy or bad, for the next 20 years. Remember his role as the MP Sergeant in The Dirty Dozen.
So from what I've seen, Westerns were big in TV and movies until the space race got going. The public became more interested in the scifi stories being told in movie serials which became TV shows and new shows and movies. They pushed out the Western as the mainstay of film and TV. I love watching TV western reruns on all these stations that have popped up.
More than just the Space Race, it was Hollywood , Ivy League Professors and the mainstream media that doomed Westerns Look at the ratings and Westerns were still very popular until 1967 and then the assault on mainstream culture started. When I was a boy Custer was a hero but starting in 1967 there were stories and television shows telling the “ truth “ about Custer. For about 4 years there were shows about the real West that told us that the movies and tv shows were fraudulent. Movies like Little Big Man ridiculed the idea of good guys and that the Western push was unjust. Dick Cavett would have on the intellectual elites to deride Westerns and tell us the Native Americans lived in paradise until the settlers arrived. Being a Cowboy went from heroic to either stupid or a pawn. The only admirable Western characters were outlaws and the good guys fighting the bad guys was considered old fashioned.The era of Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger etc. was over. There was a big Country hit by The Statler Brothers about the shift called, Whatever Happened To Randolph Scott, that when you listen , you will understand what happened.
Such a great movie!
You did it again 😢
These western reactions are getting a bit short😢 Try to keep them about 25 to 30 minutes anyways keep up the great work 😊
This was 25 minutes.
@@creech54 The video was the reaction was 21 mins
@@MikeBarratt-lk3gt Is it only 10 min. if somebody just watches the first half?
The stagecoach at the beginning was owned by my cousin 4x removed, John Warren Butterfield. He was hired by the US government to take mail from St. Louis to San Francisco, so he created the American Express company with a couple of his buddies, Wells and Fargo. They hauled mail, freight and passengers for a few years until the transcontinental railroad was finished.
Very cool!! My father worked for American Express back in the day. They had these little plastic cowboy figures dressed in Cavalry uniforms on a horse that they used in banks as displays for whatever product they were hawking. My dad had a couple of cases of them that he was to deliver to banks on his route. Anyway I got into them and got a dozen or so of them that I used to play Cowboys and Indians with along with some Lincoln Logs when I was a kid.
"LONESOME DOVE" foo
3 in a row another banger
Watching the 57' version over the 2007' remake.... that's unfortunate.
NICE! Only movie I know of where Glenn Ford is the bad guy! JUBAL iffin I recollect proper was a good Glen Ford Western!!?? Great Reaction!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
Try The Man From Colorado. He's pretty brutal in that one.
@@kowalski3769 Uh Ohh! Need to hunt that one down! Thanks!☮️
I love this movie, and the original short story by one of my favorite authors ever, the late, great Elmore Leonard, who not only wrote some of the best Westerns, but also some of the best crime novels later.
He also wrote another novel that they made into a Western movie, HOMBRE. And another great one they made into a movie is “VALDEZ IS COMING!”, which I think you will also like.
And while not quite a Western, another great Elmore Leonard story (which he wrote first as a screenplay and then later as a novel), is MR. MAJESTYK starring Charles Bronson. It is kind of a modern Western, mixed with a crime story. It’s my favorite Elmore Leonard movie, and my favorite Charles Bronson movie. Highly recommended
Also, one of my recommendations I made yesterday on your WINCHESTER ‘73 reaction, THE TALL T, a Budd Boetticher directed movie starring Randolph Scott was also based on an Elmore Leonard story.
BTW, I also like the remake of 3:10 TO YUMA, but not as much as the original.
"Valdez is Coming" is one of my favorites and it seems like very few have seen it.
Glenn was in the USMC. Was not in combat though. Jimmy Stewart was in combat flying bombers.
Frankie Laine also sang an even more memorable theme to "Gunfight At The OK Corral ":,starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas ...another western classic worth watching...
Another good movie with Glenn Ford is "The Sheepman". Van Heflin is good in "Battle Cry". Actually any movie either is in is usually pretty good.
You've seen lots of them.
Glen Ford: Superman
Van Heflin: Shane
Henry Jones: Vertigo
Richard Jaekel: The Dirty Dozen
Robert Ellenstein: North by Northwest
In about a year from now watch the remake of this movie starring Russell Crowe...it's excellent...different but still great...you'll enjoy it
You need to react to some more spaghetti westerns.
The Great Silence (1968) and Four Of The Apocalypse (1975) and Keoma (1976) are some of my favorite spaghettis
It is hard to understand how someone who loves westerns as much as you do is apparently unaware that some great westerns have been made in more modern times. Have you not heard of the two great '90s westerns TOMBSTONE (1993) and Clint Eastwood's UNFORGIVEN (1992)? OPEN RANGE (2003), THE ALAMO (2004), and the Coen brothers' remake of TRUE GRIT (2010) are worth a look, too.
Looking forward to hearing you speak cow, by the way. Will you be doing this anytime soon?
Thanks for the fantastic reaction..! Please watch Paul Newman in HOMBRE. It's definitely a classic western that you will love.
Love your reactions. Just a little US financial history for comparison. Soldier during the Civil war (1860-1865) were paid about $12-$18 a month. Pony Express (1861) riders who took mail across unsafe territory were paid $25 a week. And US minimum Wage was set in 1933 at $10 a week (25 cents per hour). So $200 was a several months pay for most unskilled workers. I also saw some reference to guns and bullets that suggest the 1873 Winchester was $50 and almost $20 for a box of bullets mail order.
Oh, and 1 more western. This movie for me was like the prototype for the Italian “Spaghetti Westerns” Dawn. And this movie was the western “ Vera Cruz.” Watch this one too, Dawn. You’ll like this film !!!
Awesome reaction, DM !!! You really owe it to yourself to see the remake. It stars Russell Crowe (Ben Wade), Christian Bale (Dan Evans), Ben Foster (Charlie Prince), Alan Tudyk (Doc Porter), Gretchen Mol (Alice Evans) and Peter Fonda (Byron McElroy) in it. It's an outstanding movie. I like both equally, but I liked the ending of the remake better.
Hi Dawn, I`ve always liked this film, even though I prefer to see Glenn Ford (Bad Guy) as a good guy. He was in several westerns & I cant think of a bad performance by him. Here are 2 more by him you might consider for future reactions :- the 1956 (The Fastest Gun Alive) Western/Action film & the 1964 Western/comedy film (Advance To The Rear).
I was staying at the Marriott
With Jesus and John Wayne
I was waiting for a chariot
They were waiting for a train
The sky was full of carrion
"I'll take the mazuma"
Said Jesus to Marion
"That's the 3: 10 to Yuma
My ride's here..."
My Ride’s Here (Warren Zevon)
9:15 I am glad you like B&W film. You are a woman after my own heart. I do like B&W. My 2nd favorite film medium is Technicolor i.e., supersaturated color. And then Two-strip Technicolor.
Great reaction, Dawn.
Another great western, done in the "modern" era, is "The Long Riders" (1980). It tells the story of the James/Younger gangs in the post civil war period. The costuming and cinematography are top notch, as is the score by Ry Cooder.
This is based on a story by Elmore Leonard. When westerns dropped in popularity, Leonard switched to crime. Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown was based on Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch, the only example where Tarantino has adapted someone else's work. Other great Elmore Leonard adaptations include Out of Sight and Get Shorty. 3:10 to Yuma was also adapted into another film starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale
I’ve never seen a Glenn Ford movie I didn’t like. He was one of the best ever. Usually he played the good guy, and he very VERY rarely played the villain. I suggest The Sheepman, The Fastest Gun Alive and The Violent Men if you want to explore the brilliance of Glenn Ford further.
5:13 I recognize that one kid from the John Wayne movie Chisholm I really really like that movie. It’s supposedly based on the true story but I hear it’s not all that accurate. I don’t know. But it’s really interesting story about Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett and the Lincoln county wars.
One of my favorite classic Western movies! Glen Ford is great in this one! I luv that you are doing the classic Western movies! Im looking forward to more! Pretty soon you'll be chewing tobacco and spittin like a real cowpoke! Thanks for sharing Dawn Marie ❤️💛🤠
I'm a sci-fi kind of guy, but I miss watching Westerns with Dad.
This is one of the best, but I hope your week of rope operas includes either Last Train from Gun Hill or Rio Bravo.
Loving Weatern Week.
When you’re in the mood for something very different and funny, check out a little known movie called Pentagon Wars. A comedic view of US government wasteful spending and ineptness.
I really think you’ll enjoy it.
I have always enjoyed your reactions Dawn - but especially now. Your western journey has been great. May I suggest Fort Apache.
There is a modern re-make of this film, 2007, starring Russell Crowe, worth watching.
You should see the Searchers with John Wayne. Probably the best Western ever made
She’s already watched The Searchers a while ago
She done it a while back
The problem as I see it with THE SEARCHERS though that keeps it frm being as great as you say is the casting. The big reveal John Ford was going for with the movie was that Ethan was really a bad guy. But he cast his favorite actor, John Wayne for the part. And the point got turned around as a result, because it is impossible for a lot of people to ever see John Wayne as a bad guy. Ethan's bigotry was likely, therefore, seen by many, not as a vice but as a virtue.
Someone more believably cast as a bad guy, like say William Holden or Robert Mitchum would have been better, I think, for the role.
@@itt23r Disagree.
Just because the character has some bigoted views doesn’t mean he’s the embodiment of evil.
That wasn’t the point of the character.
The character also was deeply committed to his family.
He dedicated years of his life to a family member.
That is a virtue.
But there is also the fear Wayne’s character is going to kill his actual blood related niece.
Obviously any audience is going to feel conflicted about that and not blindly root for that.
I think you grossly underestimate movie audiences of the time.
The character isn’t supposed to be cartoonishly evil.
The character is complex and nuanced.
And if anything the film aging along with John Wayne’s legacy is all the more fitting.
As Wayne got older, more of the young liberals saw him as the old guard conservative establishment.
As the film aged, Wayne ended up being the best possible casting choice for that role for the history of the films legacy.
@@KrazyKat007 Good points. But I still think Robert Mitchum would be better cast for the role.
I love the 'villain' in this. its almost like deep down he's a good guy. He wasn't really an antagonist as he was rooting for the Dan to win. He's like the guy from Assault on Precinct 13 (1976).
Glenn Ford was one of my favorite actors, as a kid in the 1960s the westerns were exciting and action packed, we played cowboys with our cap guns and emulated our favorite characters from the movies, great fun.
The original is always great and usually a remake isn't, however, 50 years after this movie was made, in 2007 they remade 3:10 to Yuma and actually did a good job. If you get a chance to see it, I'm sure you'll like it. Anyway, loved the review, love you, take care and stay safe ❤️
For Westerns, Widescreen Black and White is the best format, you can imagine your own colors, and if the Director is really good, you won't miss the color. Like here.
Hi Dawn, another hit this string of western movies as been a success.
The good bad guy in this film Glen Ford has a film called....
Cimaron (1960)
An epic two and a half hour western movie from the old west to giant huge land rush to the rise of a new city.
I know you will love this movie and hope you can add it to the watch list.
I love that you're doing my favorite Westerns! Glenn Ford was the perennial good guy/loyal friend character in his movies, then this movie where he played the bad guy. It was epic.
The western is an American version of the great Greek passion plays teaching moral behavior vs immoral behavior and in this one shows a bad man with a slightly bent moral code backed up by a personal code of fairness and honor. The B&W period of westerns the good guys always won. Everyone around them might die but the main good guys always wins. Even the film "The Cowboys" the good guy in his manner of dying inspires the next generation to win out over the bad guys. Very satisfying. Good reaction, Best Reaction Ever! as usual.