that 'vase' is called a spittoon, and that's something used to spit in, including your old tobacco chews, so it would have spit and used, nasty, slobbery tobacco in it. that means that in order to get the money, the person has to reach in there and put their hand in the slobber and nasty tobacco.
That's the theory. In reality, as mentioned by Mark Twain and others, many spitters had poor aim resulting in a stinking mess all over the floor, much the same way that smokers used to carelessly grind out their butts on the floor anywhere and everywhere. Eventually there was a public health campaign to remove public spittoons and discourage the use of chewing tobacco. Remember, this was when tuberculosis (aka "consumption") was still a widespread disease which could be transmitted via spittle.
@@paintedjaguar When Charles Dickens visited America in the 1860s, he was disgusted by the way all the men would cough up "oysters" of phlegm, and spit them onto the walks and streets.
@@TheBTG88 Yes, but I must add: Orson Welles watched "Stagecoach" as his only film training a couple of weeks before starting "Citizen Kane"! Equally a must. Anyways, I'm sure WHATEVER Mia picks will be a worthwhile video to watch...and I"m REALLY looking forward to next month's "Alfred Hitchcock" series!!! I'm sure there will be another month of westerns eventually and whatever we don't get to see this time, we'll get to see next time.
Wow, just got introduced to your channel and I'm impressed with the fact that you're doing something different and not reacting to the same movies that everyone else is reacting to. You've got a new subscriber and good luck with your channel
I came to say the same thing. I love classic movies and seeing someone experience them for the first time is very enjoyable. Plus great insights. Keep it up.
This my favorite Dean Martin performance. We can all appreciate the cool guy singing songs with a drink in his hand, but the vulnerability he shows here is special.
@@MoviesWithMia Some Came Running, Jumping Jacks, The Young Lions, Who Was That Lady?, 4 For Texas, The Sons of Katie Elder, The Silencers, Bandolero, Five Card Stud, and many more.
@@MoviesWithMia, Yes Dean was an actor long before Rio Bravo, but mainly comedies with his co-star Jerry Louis. It's because he wanted to do more serious roles that he broke up with Jerry, even though they were the highest paid comedy team at the time.
The man who is shot at the beginning of the film by Claude Akins is played by Bing Russell, Kurt Russell’s father. Bing was also in “The Magnificent Seven” as one of the two salesmen who pay for the drunk’s burial. Kurt Russell played Wyatt Earp in “Tombstone.”
What a small world. Tucson is also my hometown. I remember visiting Old Tucson as a kid. Of course that was probably before you were born...lol. As to the song. When you have two famous singers like Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson in a film you have to let them sing at least once.
@@MoviesWithMia yeah. I was born in Tucson 60 years ago..lol. I have always adored both Dean and Ricky but Dean was one of my 1st crushes right behind Elvis. Btw. Elvis did a western with Absolutely no singing named Charro. Only movie he did where he didn't sing at least 1 song.
I grew up watching John Wayne with my grandpa, and also one of the few good memories of my stepdad. I love seeing you react to them. Can't wait to see more. My favorite John Wayne movies are True Grit and McClintock.
Ricky Nelson was a successful recording artist in his own right. I grew up watching him on Ozzie and Harriet on Nick at Night, then he died pretty young. His twin sons had a band called Nelson.
He was acted off the screen by Dean Martin ,Walter Brennan etc in this movie ,obviously he's there to attract a younger audience the film would have worked just as well without him .
Mia...this Tucson native was present at age nine when Rio Bravo was filmed. There are neat things that an awe struck nine year old saw and did, and the actors I met at age nine. FYI, I was hatched in 1950 at TMC.
Angie Dickerson is a wonderful actress. She had a tv series in the 70's called, " Police Woman". Loved watching it. Her legs were famous & insured for one million dollars.
You know I remember every Saturday afternoon my uncle would be watching westerns. He passed on, rip but now watching this and Highnoon. I have a great appreciation for westerns. Thanks.
You might also want to see Dean Martin in Airport (1970). He is part of an all-star cast that includes Burt Lancaster, Van Heflin, and Helen Hayes (who won a Supporting Actress Oscar). Dean's role was not as complex, but it was still a serious part. Airport was basically the start of the popular disaster films and it was a huge hit at the time.
i was in Tucson AZ in Jan 2020 and we went and saw Old Tucson, now a tourist attraction, with some of those buildings restored, redone to look like the old movie set. You can see the same mountains in the background there on a lot of old films. Nearby a few miles away is a an old SPanish Mission, a big white building, the 2nd Lone Ranger movie filmed some of the scenes there as well as using Old Tucson movie set. I stood right where Clayton Moore, the Lone Ranger did... sent chills through me because when I was a little boy I saw the reruns every Saturday and after school on TV. We're going back there Jan 2022. Gonna look for Tonto lol
Love it! Yeah that old mission is called the San Xavier mission ! So beautiful!! How exciting! I could just imagine what it feels like to stand in a place that you’ve seen in a movie!! I am getting chills just thinking about it 😊
DARN good movie-RIO BRAVO.I have this film on dvd,haven't watched it in years.But enjoyed the nostaigia walk,you have good breakdowns of films,I agreed with everything you touched upon.I like old movies and I love westerns!!! YYEE-HAH!!! KEEP'EM COMING,PILGRIM!!!
@@jnagarya519 Not at all. It's about the Texans valiantly holding their own against a vastly superior force in order to make it possible for Sam Houston to defeat them later.
No need to watch El Dorado since it has nearly the same plot and characters. Just substitute Robert Mitchum for Dean Martin in the role of the drunken sheriff, James Caan, nicknamed Mississippi, in the Ricky Nelson (Colorado) role as the young buck, Arthur Hunnicutt in the Walter Brennan role as the loyal,grizzled, old sidekick providing comic relief, and of course John Wayne reprising his role as the heroic, experienced gunfighter. A small band of "good guys" up against a plethora of "baddies" including a hired gunslinger and the boss, played by Ed Asner, of all people.
I am very glad to find someone who reacts to movies from the mid 1900s. Most people don't seem to know movies existed before 2005. If I can throw some film suggestions in your direction, here are two: Rooster Cogburn and the African Queen.
I found you just because i was searching for pics or video of marylin Monroe hair. Watching these is like traveling back in time. I never knew i needed to see these movies. The western series is my fav so far. I love action movies. And these guys were all about action. My second fav is the musicals. Keep going this is so fun, new and exciting.
Colorado is Ricky Nelson...he was a star in his families sitcom Ozzie & Harriet during the late 50’s and early 60’s. He was also a singing heart throb. Great Movie! The thing I love about Wayne was the vulnerability he brought to his roles.
As a kid, I remember watching Ricky Nelson on the Ozzie and Harriet TV show. He was singer and a teenage heartthrob. Him being in this movie is like seeing Bob Dylan in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid.
Nathan Burdette was played by John Russell. Russell was starring in the TV series "Lawman" at the time when this movie was made. In "Lawman", Russell played Marshall Dan Troop...a good guy and so he was playing someone on the other side of the law in this film.
Hey Mia - Another great western that took place (historically) in your back yard of southern Arizona is "Gunfight at the OK Corral," (1957) starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. It was also shot at Old Tucson, but the real-life incident on which the film was based took place in Tombstone, AZ - just around the corner from you !!~
Dean Martin was a great actor, and this was one of his best roles... he also had a series of movies where he played a James Bond type of character in the Matt Helm movies. Dean and Wayne also reunited after Rio Bravo to do The Sons of Katie Elder and Wayne appeared on Deans T.V. show
Howard Hawks did another screwball you would love Ball of Fire 1941. It has a lot of what you say you love. Written by Billy Wilder, great female lead, alot of the character actors youve seen in other movies youve seen on this channel
Rio Bravo finds director Howard Hawks and his stellar ensemble cast working at peak performance and the end result is a towering classic of the western genre, RIO BRAVO (1959) 98/100% Certified Approved ☑ Sheriff John T. ️Chance: You want that gun, pick it up. I wish you would.
Been rewatching this one a lot lately with my uncle being diagnosed with throat cancer. Have a connection with this movie from him calling me Fude all the time.
The scene of the bleeding guy upstairs being noticed by his dripping blood was first used, as far as i know, in the opera by Puccini, La Fanciulla Del West, which had the Old West as setting. And for more confluences of opera and westerns, you can see the Sergio Leone westerns, especially For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West.
Walter Brennan was a true National Treasure. You should watch him play Judge Roy Bean in the Westerner with Gary Cooper, The Pastor in Sergeant York or Ike Clanton in My Darling Clementine to the sidekick in To Have and Have Not with Bogart, The Far Country with Jimmy Stewart or Red River with John Wayne. Villain or sidekick, he was always a joy to watch. Because he lost his teeth early on, he could play older or goofy just by removing his dentures. He is hilarious in the Princess and the Pirate with Bob Hope and looks exactly like Dopey from Snow White only older and more insane. One of the saddest days of my life occurred when I was telling someone about a movie that I had never seen before with Walter. I was going on about how great he was in the movie and the guy says, "Who is Walter Brennan?". I truly felt so sorry for him. Thank you for keeping these great performers alive for a new generation.
Mia, you are gonna go over the moon for Butch and Sundance. So glad that you are gonna react to that one next. Keep up the great job with these classics!
Ok, Mia. You gotta see…”Support You Local Sheriff,” 1969. It’s a turn on the “lone Sheriff” story… Oh, Mia the “ Vase” is a Spittoon, a place where the customers spit their tobacco juice in it. Disgusting. In the book, by Dean Martins son Ricci Martin “That’s Amore,” explains a time when his fans would visit his house. He an Jeanne would entertain, Dean would go upstairs to hide from his guests. Once Jerry Lewis went up to see what was up? With Dean? Dean felt very, insecure. Out of place because his guests were Doctors, Lawyers, Politicians and high class people who just wanted to see him. And Love him. Jerry asked him to see the fans, but he also realized that Dean needed his “alone time.” Dean explained to Jerry, “ I just feel outta place near those people” Jerry didn’t ask anymore. So, Dean just loved his family, alone time and his Westerners on TV. So, anytime one of his friends would ask to be in a western, he was there! The Spittoon was a way to Humiliate a person, “kick him when he was down.” I grew up in my teen years in Gallup, NM mean teens would mess with poor drunks in the street, all the time. Awful deeds that they would do to victimize them. Difficult stuff, sorry about that Mia.
The War wagon, Big Jake, North to Alaska, the Comancheros, she wore a yellow ribbon, Angel and the Bad man just a few more John Wayne classics to add to your list
Walter Brennan was in about a zillion movies, many of them westerns. He had at least one major leading role, playing Judge Roy Bean in "The Westerner", from 1940. I first saw him when I was very young, on a tv broadcast of the western parody, "Support Your Local Sheriff", with James Garner. He often acted along with John Wayne, as did Ward Bond, who plays Pat Wheeler here, and who had a tiny role as a bus driver in "It Happened One Night" ("Maybe they do and maybe they don't"). Brenner has a major role in another Hawks' film, "To Have and Have Not", the first movie pairing Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Dean Martin was very under-rated, in part, possibly because of the image he himself cultivated, but he was a singer, an actor, and apparently, a gentleman too. My father loved him because of another wester comedy, "Texas Across the River", with Martin and Joey Bishop (playing an American Indian....), and handsome French actor Alain Delon playing a Spaniard way too concerned with honor. The movie birthed a by-word among my siblings and me, the only order ever given, ad nauseum, by a military leader, played with total commitment by Peter Graves: "A-roar-HAR!". The vase is a spittoon. Exactly what it sounds like it is.
My Man Godfrey is one of the most perfectly balanced movies ever made. Star power, comic performances, social comment, compassion, social contrast, star chemistry, and timelessness. Best of all, William Powell. 😍
Hope I'm the first to point out that the vase in Rio Bravo was a spittoon, another way to humiliate an alcoholic Dean Martin. My father was an alcoholic and when my mother first saw this movie with me, she walked out of the room in tears. She was very protective of my dad until his death in1971. She also hated the police for rolling drunks and spent the night in a d.c. jail several times for yelling at judges when she knew the cops had abused my dad. And Dean Martin slugs Wayne for getting between him and the price of a bottle of booze. And did you notice how EVERYONE gave Wayne a hard time? Hawks once said that a leader/hero doesn't have to do anything but lead. And when he leads, his buddies better follow or they're gone, which his why Wayne gave him 2 chances then cut him loose and Dude had to ask to come back. Colorado had to save his life to get on Wayne's team. And when Wayne kissed Stumpy on the head, I know it was a joke, but I dare you to name another mainstream film where the star kissed another guy as a joke. Rio Bravo was remade by John carpenter as ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 in the early 70's. Finally, Hawks is a sort of secret cult director whose films made tons of money, but those of us in the cult know that even during the McCarthy, Hawks never let up on his comedic assault on middle class values. Hawks/Cary Grant fanatic.
I HIGHLY Recommend The Searcher's, Hondo, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, The Quiet Man and Red River. And Sands Of Iwo Jima. He was nominated for an Oscar on this one. I could easily name off at least 20 more John Wayne films....lol. The Vase as you put it, is actually a spittoon. It was used when cowboys spit their, well spit..lol while using chewing tobacco.
@8:52- Dean Martin did a great job in this movie. He did most of his early stuff with Jerry Lewis in comedies (you should check those out, too), as well as the Matt Helm (spy spoof movies of the 60s), and of course "Ocean's 11" with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. He can be found in a more serious role in "The Young Lions," with Marlon Brando and Montgomery Cliff. You should also check out that movie !
I am enjoying your reaction, it's done very well. There are 3 westerns I really like, True Grit, The Big Country and this. It's a good ensamble piece. John Wayne, Walter Brennan and Dean Martin fit well together. You have the tension of the situation, broken at times by the interraction with Angie Dickenson, the love interest, and Walter Brennan who was great as stumpy, who took most of the siruation in his stride. Then there's Dean Martin, he was on great form in this. There's another western he did called Five Card Stud a western murder mystery that he was also good in. On the whole I am a bigger fan of his singing he wasn't a great actor but he had his moments. I think his character developement during the story was the best though. Ricky Nelson who was also known more for his singing was a good choice to play Colorado and played his part well. As I said, one of my favourite westerns.
I'd love to see you do a series on western comedies. The ones that come to mind first, for me, are Support Your Local Sheriff, and Cat Ballou, and My Name Is Nobody. That last one is less well-known, but so good! (There's also Support Your Local Gunfighter, but I feel "Sheriff" is a bit better.) Also, maybe Two Mules For Sister Sarah (more of a western with a fair bit of comedy). I'm sure there are more that I haven't thought of, or haven't seen.
That's refered to as the Hawksian woman. Angie Dickinson was a great Hawksian woman. Another good example of that is in the 1964 comedy Man's Favorite Sport wit Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss. It's a film that you oughta put on your list. Another Dean Martin western that would be worth checking out is 1968's Bandolero with James Stewart and Raquel Welch. Thanks for the great reaction.
Rio Bravo was a reunion for Hawks, Wayne, Walter Brennen, and musical director Dimitri Tiomkin who all worked together on Red River. The music for the song Dean sings is the main theme for Red River score. Walter Brennen was a three time best supporting actor Oscar winner. Walter costarred with Cary Cooper in four movies in the early forties: Meet John Doe, Seargent York, The Westerner( his last Oscar win) and the Pride of the Yankees.
The theme music is the Deguello as is explained in a later scene. That is a Mexican Army bugel call meaning, "Take No Prisoners, kill everyone without mercy."
Walter Brennan is really fun in _Meet John Doe_ (1941). Directed by Frank Capra it stars Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. Certainly one you should watch.
Definitely one of my favorite John Wayne films! Love this film, and very glad to see you react to it and enjoy it, one of 2 films Duke and Dean Martin made together(sons of Katie Elder) enjoyed watching you as well, and listening to your insight and comments throughout, I usually don't care for so much interruption while watching a reaction, but you make it interesting, thanks!! Will subscribe, and hope to see more of your content....👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks, Mia. I loved John Wayne as a kid and this was one of my top five, along with The Quiet Man, 3 Godfathers, The Searchers, and The Cowboys. Loved Dean Martin too. Check out the movie 5 Card Stud for more Western Deano.
Mia, If a John Wayne movie was filming well, Wayne would alway's put on his "lucky" blue shirt. Legend has it the whole cast had a great time filming Rio Brava. Dean Martin had only made comedy films upto this point. He earned a lot of respect from the movie critic's at the time for his performance. Rumour was, that when Dean poured the whiskey back into the bottle, it was done in 1 take. John Wayne and Angie Dickinson had large age differance between them. But their on-screen chemistry was so good that you don't notice the age differance.By using a lot of T.V. actors that were used to shooting fast a lot of good product was being finished every day.When anyone gives their list of the top ten westerns of all time Rio Bravo is always somewhere on the list. Cheers, Chris Perry.
There’s a reactior I watch named Ashleigh Burton and she has a list of “future ex husbands” who could get it. Do you have a group of actors that do that for you?
haha! Well, in terms of classic actors, I suppose I'd have to go with: 1. Jack Lemmon 2. Buddy Rogers 3. Cary Grant 4. Yul Brynner 5. Clark Gable 6. Gary Cooper These are my top celebrity crushes!!!!!
"A man gets shot that's wearing a gun, there's room for reasonable doubt. Man gets shot that ain't wearing one, what would you call it ?" Favorite all time line.
Feels good seeing someone react to classic westerns like this. S genre that I feel like has faded with time. Tombstone was awesome, but there hasn't been a lot since then, at least not many that haven't flown under the radar. McClintock, the blonde movies, (clint Eastwood trilogy), Shane, magnificent seven, Bonanza, gunsmoke... So much great classics and more!
Angie Dickenson told a funny story about Rick Nelson on the set. He had a birthday while filming. So John Wayne and Dean Martin put a huge pile or horse manure in the middle of the street. They both went to get Rick Nelson , they picked him up, carried him to the manure, and threw him in it, then sang Happy Birthday to him...lol
I loved that you picked up on Dude's story. As far as I'm concerned the movies is more about Dude's story arc as opposed to John Wayne's part. It's more of a Dean Martin movie then a John Wayne movie. John Wayne is basically playing John Wayne. You can also see the influence of Leah Brackett's script. She has done a number of scripts for Hawks and they all have strong female characters. Side note Leah Brackett wrote the first draft for The Empire Strikes Back. It went through a lot of rewrites but the main story beats are in the final movie. She died before the film was completed. She has a writing credit for the movie. She was also a very prolific science fiction author. So Dean Martin's performance, Angie Dickinson's strong character as Feathers and the fact that Carlos is not a stereo typical Mexican and the strong script makes, for me, one of the best Westerns of all time. For a more nuanced Wayne performance see The Shootist with Lauren Bacall, Jimmy Stewart and Ron Howard. Also as one other commentator said the Searchers is one of John Wayne's most complex and, in many ways, a very unlikable character. And I'm done.
The vase is a spot-on. Something used for spitting out used chaw or just spitting, period. It's a way of them trying to amuse themselves watching the town drunk fish out his drink money from tobacco goop.
@@jamiegagnon6390 I never ever saw it that way at all, I saw all three performances as fantastic, certainly Brando, and certainly Clift. Acting isn't a contest, and I don't sit there watching "The Young Lions" tallying up points as to who is "better". You need all three actors to tell that story, and all three do a fantastic job. So no, I don't think that Dean "outshines" anybody in that movie, certainly not the 'great' actors in "The Young Lions" (quotation marks yours for some reason).
Since you've seen "High Noon", you might want to see a little SF film called " Outland". It stars Sean Connery, and it seems more like a western, even though it takes place on Jupiter's moon, Io. Might be an interesting comparison with those old western films.
that 'vase' is called a spittoon, and that's something used to spit in, including your old tobacco chews, so it would have spit and used, nasty, slobbery tobacco in it. that means that in order to get the money, the person has to reach in there and put their hand in the slobber and nasty tobacco.
Ahh! So it’s a type of humiliation that they are putting Dude through! Wow, that is horrible
That's the theory. In reality, as mentioned by Mark Twain and others, many spitters had poor aim resulting in a stinking mess all over the floor, much the same way that smokers used to carelessly grind out their butts on the floor anywhere and everywhere. Eventually there was a public health campaign to remove public spittoons and discourage the use of chewing tobacco. Remember, this was when tuberculosis (aka "consumption") was still a widespread disease which could be transmitted via spittle.
@@paintedjaguar When Charles Dickens visited America in the 1860s, he was disgusted by the way all the men would cough up "oysters" of phlegm, and spit them onto the walks and streets.
Exactly!
@@MoviesWithMia Yes!
The vase is a spittoon... A place to spit instead of spitting on the floor.
A place to spit tobacco juice. Not just regular spit.
"Rio Bravo", "El Dorado" and "Rio Lobo" are three John Wayne movies which tell basically the same story.
I love all three of them.
Love El Dorado especially James Caan's Character and his gun.
@@trentbresler3179 Could have been better without all that poetry spouting.
@@stillaboveground2470 That's an integral part of his eccentric character.
@@porflepopnecker4376 Understood, but I just don't think it works in a Western... Just my opinion.
And knife. The hat is optional.
Please! The Searchers is a must. It’s one of those “Your favorite film makers favorite films”.
okay, I’m seriously gonna have to watch this now!!
@@MoviesWithMia Steven Spielberg says he re-watches The Searchers before each new project.
@@TheBTG88 Yes, but I must add: Orson Welles watched "Stagecoach" as his only film training a couple of weeks before starting "Citizen Kane"! Equally a must. Anyways, I'm sure WHATEVER Mia picks will be a worthwhile video to watch...and I"m REALLY looking forward to next month's "Alfred Hitchcock" series!!! I'm sure there will be another month of westerns eventually and whatever we don't get to see this time, we'll get to see next time.
The spectacular widescreen 1930 epic THE BIG TRAIL, Wayne's first starring role, would be another great choice.
Totally. The Searchers is one of my favorites
The vase is a spittoon
Oon where tobacco chewers spit there chaw. So it's gnarly as heck.
Yes. You would have to need a drink pretty bad to fish a dollar out of a spittoon.
Spittoon*
@@calebmcurby8580 thanks for catching that typo.
I expect the bartender wouldn't accept that skanky piece until it was de-slimed.
Wow, just got introduced to your channel and I'm impressed with the fact that you're doing something different and not reacting to the same movies that everyone else is reacting to. You've got a new subscriber and good luck with your channel
Thank you so much!! I am glad you found the channel!
@@MoviesWithMia - Ditto. I love old movies. This is like watching them with my kids, minus the whining.
I came to say the same thing. I love classic movies and seeing someone experience them for the first time is very enjoyable. Plus great insights. Keep it up.
The vase they throw the coins in the the sputoon which the guys would spit out their used chew tobacco in.
This my favorite Dean Martin performance. We can all appreciate the cool guy singing songs with a drink in his hand, but the vulnerability he shows here is special.
Rio Bravo is one of my favorites movies. SO bloody good. And Dean Martin was so underrated as an actor.
Yes! I definitely agree with you on that! I didn’t even know Dean Martin was an actor!! So talented!!
It didn't help that he played non-serious characters like Matt Helm even though I love those movies.
Howard Hawks wanted to show Dean Martin's range as an actor which is why the opening 5 minutes are silent.
@@MoviesWithMia Some Came Running, Jumping Jacks, The Young Lions, Who Was That Lady?, 4 For Texas, The Sons of Katie Elder, The Silencers, Bandolero, Five Card Stud, and many more.
@@MoviesWithMia, Yes Dean was an actor long before Rio Bravo, but mainly comedies with his co-star Jerry Louis. It's because he wanted to do more serious roles that he broke up with Jerry, even though they were the highest paid comedy team at the time.
The man who is shot at the beginning of the film by Claude Akins is played by Bing Russell, Kurt Russell’s father. Bing was also in “The Magnificent Seven” as one of the two salesmen who pay for the drunk’s burial. Kurt Russell played Wyatt Earp in “Tombstone.”
I didn’t realise that, thank you.
Wow!! Cool fact! I had no idea of that, thanks for the education!!...👍👍👍
What a small world. Tucson is also my hometown. I remember visiting Old Tucson as a kid. Of course that was probably before you were born...lol.
As to the song. When you have two famous singers like Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson in a film you have to let them sing at least once.
Get out!! Wow that is so cool!!! Yeah what a small world indeed!! Oh I am so glad they had Martin sing 🥰 I am in love with his voice!!!
@@MoviesWithMia yeah. I was born in Tucson 60 years ago..lol. I have always adored both Dean and Ricky but Dean was one of my 1st crushes right behind Elvis.
Btw. Elvis did a western with Absolutely no singing named Charro. Only movie he did where he didn't sing at least 1 song.
Ooh Elvis in a western! I gotta see that!! And yay! I am so happy that there is one other person from Tucson here!! So cool!!
@@MoviesWithMia Elvis's first western was "Flaming Star" in 1960, and in my opinion a better movie.
Carlos was played by GONZALES-GONZALES who was also a guess on the classic Groucho Maxx game show THIS IS YOUR LIFE he was just hysterical.
Was THAT the one where Groucho asked the man why he had so many children?
I grew up watching John Wayne with my grandpa, and also one of the few good memories of my stepdad. I love seeing you react to them. Can't wait to see more. My favorite John Wayne movies are True Grit and McClintock.
"Buchanan Rides Alone" (1958) is another Western movie with Old Tucson as the location.
Rick Nelson was a great singer in the 50s and 60s, too.
And 70s (hit "Garden Party") and 80s.
Ricky Nelson was a successful recording artist in his own right. I grew up watching him on Ozzie and Harriet on Nick at Night, then he died pretty young. His twin sons had a band called Nelson.
He was acted off the screen by Dean Martin ,Walter Brennan etc in this movie ,obviously he's there to attract a younger audience the film would have worked just as well without him .
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Nice shout out to Old Tucson Studios. So many great westerns were filmed there!
Another great John Wayne western (among many) - The Cowboys (1972).
Mia...this Tucson native was present at age nine when Rio Bravo was filmed. There are neat things that an awe struck nine year old saw and did, and the actors I met at age nine. FYI, I was hatched in 1950 at TMC.
OMG! Hello fellow native Tucsonan! Wow! So cool that you had the chance to experience that! Must have been surreal!!
Angie Dickerson is a wonderful actress. She had a tv series in the 70's called, " Police Woman". Loved watching it. Her legs were famous & insured for one million dollars.
You know I remember every Saturday afternoon my uncle would be watching westerns. He passed on, rip but now watching this and Highnoon. I have a great appreciation for westerns. Thanks.
32:14 - Dude is being cleaver isn't he? Pretending Stumpy is alone to fool the baddies.
I love this film. Thank you for reacting to it. Your reactions are so good.
Thank you so much!
You might also want to see Dean Martin in Airport (1970). He is part of an all-star cast that includes Burt Lancaster, Van Heflin, and Helen Hayes (who won a Supporting Actress Oscar). Dean's role was not as complex, but it was still a serious part. Airport was basically the start of the popular disaster films and it was a huge hit at the time.
i was in Tucson AZ in Jan 2020 and we went and saw Old Tucson, now a tourist attraction, with some of those buildings restored, redone to look like the old movie set. You can see the same mountains in the background there on a lot of old films. Nearby a few miles away is a an old SPanish Mission, a big white building, the 2nd Lone Ranger movie filmed some of the scenes there as well as using Old Tucson movie set. I stood right where Clayton Moore, the Lone Ranger did... sent chills through me because when I was a little boy I saw the reruns every Saturday and after school on TV. We're going back there Jan 2022. Gonna look for Tonto lol
Love it! Yeah that old mission is called the San Xavier mission ! So beautiful!! How exciting! I could just imagine what it feels like to stand in a place that you’ve seen in a movie!! I am getting chills just thinking about it 😊
DARN good movie-RIO BRAVO.I have this film on dvd,haven't watched it in years.But enjoyed the nostaigia walk,you have good breakdowns of films,I agreed with everything you touched upon.I like old movies and I love westerns!!! YYEE-HAH!!! KEEP'EM COMING,PILGRIM!!!
If you're on John Wayne tangent. I'd recommend The Searchers, El Dorado, The Undefeated, The Alamo and Big Jake.
"The Alamo" is about the Mexicans winning, the false mythology about "heroism" notwithstanding.
@@jnagarya519 Not at all. It's about the Texans valiantly holding their own against a vastly superior force in order to make it possible for Sam Houston to defeat them later.
No need to watch El Dorado since it has nearly the same plot and characters. Just substitute Robert Mitchum for Dean Martin in the role of the drunken sheriff, James Caan, nicknamed Mississippi, in the Ricky Nelson (Colorado) role as the young buck, Arthur Hunnicutt in the Walter Brennan role as the loyal,grizzled, old sidekick providing comic relief, and of course John Wayne reprising his role as the heroic, experienced gunfighter. A small band of "good guys" up against a plethora of "baddies" including a hired gunslinger and the boss, played by Ed Asner, of all people.
Best John Wayne movie is, "The Cowboys"
I am very glad to find someone who reacts to movies from the mid 1900s. Most people don't seem to know movies existed before 2005.
If I can throw some film suggestions in your direction, here are two: Rooster Cogburn and the African Queen.
Not sure if you addressed this elsewhere but Rio Bravo was made by Hawks and Wayne as a response against High Noon.
OMG! I love you like these old westerns! I grew up on these, thank you for appreciating these movies!
I found you just because i was searching for pics or video of marylin Monroe hair. Watching these is like traveling back in time. I never knew i needed to see these movies. The western series is my fav so far. I love action movies. And these guys were all about action. My second fav is the musicals. Keep going this is so fun, new and exciting.
Colorado is Ricky Nelson...he was a star in his families sitcom Ozzie & Harriet during the late 50’s and early 60’s. He was also a singing heart throb. Great Movie! The thing I love about Wayne was the vulnerability he brought to his roles.
Actually "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" Used to watch it, but don't recall a single adventure.
As a kid, I remember watching Ricky Nelson on the Ozzie and Harriet TV show. He was singer and a teenage heartthrob. Him being in this movie is like seeing Bob Dylan in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid.
Nathan Burdette was played by John Russell. Russell was starring in the TV series "Lawman" at the time when this movie was made. In "Lawman", Russell played Marshall Dan Troop...a good guy and so he was playing someone on the other side of the law in this film.
I love your appreciation for old Westerns. Dean Martin, [[ Dino Crocetti ]] also had a daughter who was married to Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys.
Hey Mia - Another great western that took place (historically) in your back yard of southern Arizona is "Gunfight at the OK Corral," (1957) starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. It was also shot at Old Tucson, but the real-life incident on which the film was based took place in Tombstone, AZ - just around the corner from you !!~
Oh! Very cool! I always love to hear about films that are close to home!
I just watched Rio Bravo today and I LOVE IT! It was fun, had great dialogue, great action, and I never felt bored with it.
the vase is a spittoon, cowboys used to use them to spit their chewing tobacco instead of the floor. So those spittoons are full of spit.
I watched Rio Bravo once and missed the possible reference about wives and kids with the High Noon connection. so well spotted.
Hello, I live in Carson City, Nevada. They filmed the shootist here. The opening scene panned out over my uncles ranch.
Actor Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez was the grandfather of actor Clifton Collins, who appeared in HBO’s “Westworld” among other films and TV series.
Really enjoyed your reaction. Your insight and introspection was very great. I love to see someone fall in love with these older movies.
Dean Martin was a great actor, and this was one of his best roles... he also had a series of movies where he played a James Bond type of character in the Matt Helm movies. Dean and Wayne also reunited after Rio Bravo to do The Sons of Katie Elder and Wayne appeared on Deans T.V. show
Howard Hawks did another screwball you would love Ball of Fire 1941. It has a lot of what you say you love. Written by Billy Wilder, great female lead, alot of the character actors youve seen in other movies youve seen on this channel
Rio Bravo finds director Howard Hawks and his stellar ensemble cast working at peak performance and the end result is a towering classic of the western genre, RIO BRAVO (1959) 98/100% Certified Approved ☑ Sheriff John T. ️Chance: You want that gun, pick it up. I wish you would.
My wife is extremely picky on movies, shes not a fan of westerns usually but she liked this one... I knew she was a keeper ; D
Been rewatching this one a lot lately with my uncle being diagnosed with throat cancer.
Have a connection with this movie from him calling me Fude all the time.
The scene of the bleeding guy upstairs being noticed by his dripping blood was first used, as far as i know, in the opera by Puccini, La Fanciulla Del West, which had the Old West as setting. And for more confluences of opera and westerns, you can see the Sergio Leone westerns, especially For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West.
Walter Brennan was a true National Treasure. You should watch him play Judge Roy Bean in the Westerner with Gary Cooper, The Pastor in Sergeant York or Ike Clanton in My Darling Clementine to the sidekick in To Have and Have Not with Bogart, The Far Country with Jimmy Stewart or Red River with John Wayne. Villain or sidekick, he was always a joy to watch. Because he lost his teeth early on, he could play older or goofy just by removing his dentures. He is hilarious in the Princess and the Pirate with Bob Hope and looks exactly like Dopey from Snow White only older and more insane.
One of the saddest days of my life occurred when I was telling someone about a movie that I had never seen before with Walter. I was going on about how great he was in the movie and the guy says, "Who is Walter Brennan?". I truly felt so sorry for him.
Thank you for keeping these great performers alive for a new generation.
One of my favorite John Wayne films. Outside of The Quiet Man, which is a St. Patrick's Day staple for me, this is the one I've revisited the most.
Great Western, my favorite....learned that song at 17.....me and my dad used to do it. :)
Wow can't believe I stumbled upon someone reacting to my 2nd favorite western. Awesome job, too.
Mia, you are gonna go over the moon for Butch and Sundance. So glad that you are gonna react to that one next. Keep up the great job with these classics!
My three favorite John Wayne Westerns are _Stagecoach_ (1939), _True Grit_ (1969), and _The Shootist_ (1976).
Good list, but I would swap The Cowboys for Stagecoach.
For some reason, I also like "Angel and the Badman" (1947).
i think STAGECOACH was his first movie, right ?
@@jodyguilbeaux8225 It was his first major film. Prior to _Stagecoach_ he'd only been in two reelers.
Ok, Mia. You gotta see…”Support You Local Sheriff,” 1969. It’s a turn on the “lone Sheriff” story… Oh, Mia the “ Vase” is a Spittoon, a place where the customers spit their tobacco juice in it. Disgusting. In the book, by Dean Martins son Ricci Martin “That’s Amore,” explains a time when his fans would visit his house. He an Jeanne would entertain, Dean would go upstairs to hide from his guests. Once Jerry Lewis went up to see what was up? With Dean? Dean felt very, insecure. Out of place because his guests were Doctors, Lawyers, Politicians and high class people who just wanted to see him. And Love him. Jerry asked him to see the fans, but he also realized that Dean needed his “alone time.” Dean explained to Jerry, “ I just feel outta place near those people” Jerry didn’t ask anymore. So, Dean just loved his family, alone time and his Westerners on TV. So, anytime one of his friends would ask to be in a western, he was there! The Spittoon was a way to Humiliate a person, “kick him when he was down.” I grew up in my teen years in Gallup, NM mean teens would mess with poor drunks in the street, all the time. Awful deeds that they would do to victimize them. Difficult stuff, sorry about that Mia.
Fun movie. I think she would enjoy it. She might take to James Garner.
"Sons of Katie Elder" is another great one staring John Wayne and Dean Martin.
The Vase as you put it, is actually a spittoon. It was used when cowboys spit their, well spit..lol while using chewing tobacco.
The "Cut Throat song was what the Mexican Army played for days before the Alamo siege. Good job Mia, love your reactions!
The War wagon, Big Jake, North to Alaska, the Comancheros, she wore a yellow ribbon, Angel and the Bad man just a few more John Wayne classics to add to your list
Walter Brennan was in about a zillion movies, many of them westerns. He had at least one major leading role, playing Judge Roy Bean in "The Westerner", from 1940. I first saw him when I was very young, on a tv broadcast of the western parody, "Support Your Local Sheriff", with James Garner. He often acted along with John Wayne, as did Ward Bond, who plays Pat Wheeler here, and who had a tiny role as a bus driver in "It Happened One Night" ("Maybe they do and maybe they don't").
Brenner has a major role in another Hawks' film, "To Have and Have Not", the first movie pairing Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
Dean Martin was very under-rated, in part, possibly because of the image he himself cultivated, but he was a singer, an actor, and apparently, a gentleman too. My father loved him because of another wester comedy, "Texas Across the River", with Martin and Joey Bishop (playing an American Indian....), and handsome French actor Alain Delon playing a Spaniard way too concerned with honor. The movie birthed a by-word among my siblings and me, the only order ever given, ad nauseum, by a military leader, played with total commitment by Peter Graves: "A-roar-HAR!".
The vase is a spittoon. Exactly what it sounds like it is.
Walter Brennan was also one of the bad guys up against Henry Fonda (as Wyatt Earp) in My Darling Clementine
How about "Blazing Saddles?" Gene Wilder's character is a direct parody of Dean Martin's character in Rio Bravo.
She does pre-70's film, but that is a classic.
My Man Godfrey is one of the most perfectly balanced movies ever made. Star power, comic performances, social comment, compassion, social contrast, star chemistry, and timelessness.
Best of all, William Powell. 😍
You should check out A Kiss Before Dying (1956) with Robert Wagner. Most of it was shot in and around Tucson.
No way!! Oh yes! I will totally check that out!!
Okay, just watched the trailer! Looks so intriguing!!
I just love your enthusiasm and commentary☺️🙏🏾Have a blessed day❤️🤗
Hope I'm the first to point out that the vase in
Rio Bravo was a spittoon, another way to humiliate an alcoholic Dean Martin. My father
was an alcoholic and when my mother first saw this movie with me, she walked out of the room in tears. She was very protective of my dad until his death in1971. She also hated the police for rolling drunks and spent the night in a d.c. jail several times for yelling at judges when she knew the cops had abused my dad. And Dean
Martin slugs Wayne for getting between him and the price of a bottle of booze. And did you notice how EVERYONE gave Wayne a hard time?
Hawks once said that a leader/hero doesn't have to do anything but lead. And when he leads, his buddies better follow or they're gone, which his why Wayne gave him 2 chances then cut him loose and Dude had to ask to come back. Colorado had to save his life to get on Wayne's team. And when Wayne kissed Stumpy
on the head, I know it was a joke, but I dare you to name another mainstream film where the star kissed another guy as a joke. Rio Bravo was remade by John carpenter as ASSAULT ON
PRECINCT 13 in the early 70's. Finally, Hawks is a sort of secret cult director whose films made
tons of money, but those of us in the cult know
that even during the McCarthy, Hawks never let
up on his comedic assault on middle class values. Hawks/Cary Grant fanatic.
Good catch. This was his response to High Noon. They are two different movies both are great.
I HIGHLY Recommend The Searcher's, Hondo, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, The Quiet Man and Red River. And Sands Of Iwo Jima. He was nominated for an Oscar on this one. I could easily name off at least 20 more John Wayne films....lol. The Vase as you put it, is actually a spittoon. It was used when cowboys spit their, well spit..lol while using chewing tobacco.
@8:52- Dean Martin did a great job in this movie. He did most of his early stuff with Jerry Lewis in comedies (you should check those out, too), as well as the Matt Helm (spy spoof movies of the 60s), and of course "Ocean's 11" with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. He can be found in a more serious role in "The Young Lions," with Marlon Brando and Montgomery Cliff. You should also check out that movie !
Dean was also in "Robin and the Seven Hoods" with Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Sammy Davis Jr. Great musical film.
OMG I love this movie so much! One of my all time favorites
I am enjoying your reaction, it's done very well.
There are 3 westerns I really like, True Grit, The Big Country and this.
It's a good ensamble piece.
John Wayne, Walter Brennan and Dean Martin fit well together. You have the tension of the situation, broken at times by the interraction with Angie Dickenson, the love interest, and Walter Brennan who was great as stumpy, who took most of the siruation in his stride.
Then there's Dean Martin, he was on great form in this. There's another western he did called Five Card Stud a western murder mystery that he was also good in. On the whole I am a bigger fan of his singing he wasn't a great actor but he had his moments. I think his character developement during the story was the best though.
Ricky Nelson who was also known more for his singing was a good choice to play Colorado and played his part well. As I said, one of my favourite westerns.
I'd love to see you do a series on western comedies. The ones that come to mind first, for me, are Support Your Local Sheriff, and Cat Ballou, and My Name Is Nobody. That last one is less well-known, but so good! (There's also Support Your Local Gunfighter, but I feel "Sheriff" is a bit better.) Also, maybe Two Mules For Sister Sarah (more of a western with a fair bit of comedy). I'm sure there are more that I haven't thought of, or haven't seen.
You're right about this whole movie being a shot at High Noon.
That's refered to as the Hawksian woman. Angie Dickinson was a great Hawksian woman. Another good example of that is in the 1964 comedy Man's Favorite Sport wit Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss. It's a film that you oughta put on your list. Another Dean Martin western that would be worth checking out is 1968's Bandolero with James Stewart and Raquel Welch. Thanks for the great reaction.
Rio Bravo was a reunion for Hawks, Wayne, Walter Brennen, and musical director Dimitri Tiomkin who all worked together on Red River. The music for the song Dean sings is the main theme for Red River score. Walter Brennen was a three time best supporting actor Oscar winner. Walter costarred with Cary Cooper in four movies in the early forties: Meet John Doe, Seargent York, The Westerner( his last Oscar win) and the Pride of the Yankees.
The theme music is the Deguello as is explained in a later scene. That is a Mexican Army bugel call meaning, "Take No Prisoners, kill everyone without mercy."
Walter Brennan is really fun in _Meet John Doe_ (1941). Directed by Frank Capra it stars Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. Certainly one you should watch.
And also with Bacall & Bogart in To Have & Have Not
The vase is actually a spitoon! A jar men used to spit into. So its a case of, you disparate for a drink, get a drink by dipping into all that spit!
Definitely one of my favorite John Wayne films! Love this film, and very glad to see you react to it and enjoy it, one of 2 films Duke and Dean Martin made together(sons of Katie Elder) enjoyed watching you as well, and listening to your insight and comments throughout, I usually don't care for so much interruption while watching a reaction, but you make it interesting, thanks!! Will subscribe, and hope to see more of your content....👍👍👍👍👍
Needed to play more of Walter, the man was hilarious.
One of my all time favourite westerns!
Thanks, Mia. I loved John Wayne as a kid and this was one of my top five, along with The Quiet Man, 3 Godfathers, The Searchers, and The Cowboys. Loved Dean Martin too. Check out the movie 5 Card Stud for more Western Deano.
Mia, If a John Wayne movie was filming well, Wayne would alway's put on his "lucky" blue shirt. Legend has it the whole cast had a great time filming Rio Brava. Dean Martin had only made comedy films upto this point. He earned a lot of respect from the movie critic's at the time for his performance. Rumour was, that when Dean poured the whiskey back into the bottle, it was done in 1 take. John Wayne and Angie Dickinson had large age differance between them. But their on-screen chemistry was so good that you don't notice the age differance.By using a lot of T.V. actors that were used to shooting fast a lot of good product was being finished every day.When anyone gives their list of the top ten westerns of all time Rio Bravo is always somewhere on the list. Cheers, Chris Perry.
Dean Martin this was probably his best role. He did an amazing job.
I just love Stumpy, he was my favorite character in this movie.
This movie has really, really grown on me. Its a great movie.
Great movie and Great reaction... next up try John Wayne in the Searchers! and thanks for reviewing the older movies!
There’s a reactior I watch named Ashleigh Burton and she has a list of “future ex husbands” who could get it. Do you have a group of actors that do that for you?
haha! Well, in terms of classic actors, I suppose I'd have to go with:
1. Jack Lemmon
2. Buddy Rogers
3. Cary Grant
4. Yul Brynner
5. Clark Gable
6. Gary Cooper
These are my top celebrity crushes!!!!!
I watch Ashleigh too...lol.
How come I have a feeling that after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid two more names will be added to the list
@@paulpeacock1181 Shhh...don't spoil the fun...but, your hunch is correct.
@@MoviesWithMia You really need to see "The King and I". Yul Brynner's biggest part, and the one he was most known for.
"A man gets shot that's wearing a gun, there's room for reasonable doubt. Man gets shot that ain't wearing one, what would you call it ?" Favorite all time line.
Feels good seeing someone react to classic westerns like this.
S genre that I feel like has faded with time.
Tombstone was awesome, but there hasn't been a lot since then, at least not many that haven't flown under the radar.
McClintock, the blonde movies, (clint Eastwood trilogy), Shane, magnificent seven, Bonanza, gunsmoke...
So much great classics and more!
Angie Dickenson told a funny story about Rick Nelson on the set. He had a birthday while filming. So John Wayne and Dean Martin put a huge pile or horse manure in the middle of the street. They both went to get Rick Nelson , they picked him up, carried him to the manure, and threw him in it, then sang Happy Birthday to him...lol
I loved that you picked up on Dude's story. As far as I'm concerned the movies is more about Dude's story arc as opposed to John Wayne's part. It's more of a Dean Martin movie then a John Wayne movie. John Wayne is basically playing John Wayne. You can also see the influence of Leah Brackett's script. She has done a number of scripts for Hawks and they all have strong female characters. Side note Leah Brackett wrote the first draft for The Empire Strikes Back. It went through a lot of rewrites but the main story beats are in the final movie. She died before the film was completed. She has a writing credit for the movie. She was also a very prolific science fiction author. So Dean Martin's performance, Angie Dickinson's strong character as Feathers and the fact that Carlos is not a stereo typical Mexican and the strong script makes, for me, one of the best Westerns of all time. For a more nuanced Wayne performance see The Shootist with Lauren Bacall, Jimmy Stewart and Ron Howard. Also as one other commentator said the Searchers is one of John Wayne's most complex and, in many ways, a very unlikable character. And I'm done.
One of my favorite movies
The vase is a spot-on. Something used for spitting out used chaw or just spitting, period.
It's a way of them trying to amuse themselves watching the town drunk fish out his drink money from tobacco goop.
16:53 it is a Spittoon
Wow! So glad I came across this. So many good John Wayne movies out there
"The Big Country" (1958) starring Gregory Peck, Charleton Heston, Jean Simmons, and Burl Ives is a MUST-SEE WESTERN!
Dean Martin starred in about 60 movies. He was a very competent actor. His performance in 'The Young Lions' was particulary good.
"The Young Lions" is a great movie. Brando, Clift and Martin, whew!
@@TTM9691 Yeah, but Martin outshines the two 'great' actors...
@@jamiegagnon6390 I never ever saw it that way at all, I saw all three performances as fantastic, certainly Brando, and certainly Clift. Acting isn't a contest, and I don't sit there watching "The Young Lions" tallying up points as to who is "better". You need all three actors to tell that story, and all three do a fantastic job. So no, I don't think that Dean "outshines" anybody in that movie, certainly not the 'great' actors in "The Young Lions" (quotation marks yours for some reason).
great seeing someone enjoy these old western classics for what they are.
Colorado was played by singer Ricky Nelson a ladies favorite of the day. The girl is Angie Dickinson later “Policewoman”.
Since you've seen "High Noon", you might want to see a little SF film called " Outland". It stars Sean Connery, and it seems more like a western, even though it takes place on Jupiter's moon, Io. Might be an interesting comparison with those old western films.