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Vintage Westerns

Billy the Kid Born this day, 1859.  “Billy The Kid” the Movie, Premiered, 1930.

Billy the Kid Born this day, 1859.  “Billy The Kid” the Movie, Premiered, 1930.

Monday Morning Movie Flashback.. BILLY THE KID; 1930; Studio: MGM; Director: King Vidor; Cast:  John Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson This pre-Code film examines the relationship between the legendary outlaw, also known as William Bonney (his real name was Henry McCarty) and the man that would one day be his killer, Pat Garrett.  The [...]
Monday at the Movies with acting legend Burt Lancaster!

Monday at the Movies with acting legend Burt Lancaster!

Burt Lancaster in his biggest Outdoor Adventure Drama: Vengeance Valley! VENGEANCE VALLEY;  1951;  Studio: MGM;  Director: Richard Thorpe;  Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, Sally Forrest Based on a novel by Luke Short,  the film follows Lancaster as Owen Daybright,  foster son of a cattle rancher who helped to raise his foster [...]
The DUKE & DINO star in “RIO BRAVO”

The DUKE & DINO star in “RIO BRAVO”

Vintage Westerns Wednesday with John Wayne & Dean Martin. RIO BRAVO; 1959; Studio:  Warner Bros.;  Director: Howard Hawks;  Cast:  John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond This film’s legacy as a culturally significant and historic western,  adapted from a short story of the same name by B.H. McCampbell, has served [...]
Vintage Westerns Wednesday Features: “The Young Land” Starring Patrick Wayne

Vintage Westerns Wednesday Features: “The Young Land” Starring Patrick Wayne

The Trouble Maker...The Law Maker.... BOTH not old enough to Vote! THE YOUNG LAND;  1959;  Studio:  Columbia Pictures;  Director:  Ted Tetzlaff; Cast:  Patrick Wayne,  Yvonne Craig,  Dennis Hopper,  Dan O’Herlihy, Ken Curtis Patrick (son of John) Wayne was still in college when he tackled his first starring role in this tale of a beleaguered California [...]