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Post by tubman13 on Mar 16, 2015 8:35:08 GMT -6
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Post by Colt45 on Mar 16, 2015 13:42:33 GMT -6
Way too funny! The Custer fanboys will want to frame that picture and probably kiss it each night before bed.
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Post by quincannon on Mar 16, 2015 14:38:11 GMT -6
I have something a little more complicated in mind. I want to make a decal of it and apply it to the bottom of my toilet bowl.
There used to be a radio show on called Lux Radio Theater. What they would do is pimp upcoming movies, and one broadcast was "They Died With Their Boots On" I love old radio adventures and probably have two hundred or more on tape including that one. Flynn is interviewed at the end of the show, and he mentions recruiting Indians as extras in the movie from among the Sioux and Cheyenne. I thought he may have been blowing smoke until I saw that picture. I see he is attired in his Murat dress up suit. I wonder if he was reenacting. He would really fit in with the Army of Dakota, although he really does not have the belly for it. Probably a hell of a lot smarter and much less of a dweeb though.
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Post by Beth on Mar 16, 2015 19:30:41 GMT -6
Ghads what a uniform! In the real world it would scream more money than sense.
Beth
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Post by quincannon on Mar 16, 2015 19:47:44 GMT -6
You have seen the movie haven't you Beth. In the movie he shows up at West Point wearing that very outfit, and complains that he could not find a leopard skin saddle blanket to make the image complete. While fiction I don't think it strays far from the personality attempting to be portrayed.
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Post by Beth on Mar 16, 2015 20:19:58 GMT -6
You have seen the movie haven't you Beth. In the movie he shows up at West Point wearing that very outfit, and complains that he could not find a leopard skin saddle blanket to make the image complete. While fiction I don't think it strays far from the personality attempting to be portrayed. I honestly don't know for sure if I have seen the movie. I've looked at stills and its familiar and saw a scene on youtube from it that I new I had seen so I must have and not really remember it well. My parents weren't really western fans but my mom in the afternoon would watch a movie channel (she always felt guilty watching soap opera after my first word was electorsol). I know I watched a lot of movies with her but the ones that stand out were She wore a Yellow Ribbon and A Night to Remember. I'll have to put it on my Netflix list. Any others I should add? Beth |
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Post by quincannon on Mar 16, 2015 20:45:44 GMT -6
No, I don't think so. If you watch that one you will be overcome with waves of nausea. About the only thing I can say positive about it is, watching it in later life made me curious about creamed Bermuda onions. I found a recipe and it has been my Thanksgiving Day treat ever since.
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Post by Beth on Mar 16, 2015 21:16:46 GMT -6
No, I don't think so. If you watch that one you will be overcome with waves of nausea. About the only thing I can say positive about it is, watching it in later life made me curious about creamed Bermuda onions. I found a recipe and it has been my Thanksgiving Day treat ever since. The onions do sound interesting. Beth |
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Post by quincannon on Mar 16, 2015 22:03:48 GMT -6
They are delicious.
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Post by Beth on Mar 16, 2015 23:45:45 GMT -6
That was a hint for a recipe. Texas Sweet Onion season is coming up. I swear to you Texas 1015s are the best onions that exist. I will give Texas every bragging right possible for great sweet onions.
Beth
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Post by Yan Taylor on Mar 17, 2015 5:43:13 GMT -6
Don't bother with "Custer of the west" it was filmed in Spain and gets the turkey award, I fist saw it at the "flicks" in 1969 when I was 11, as a western/action film goes as a kid I thought it was ok, it was on as a double bill with "Bridge at Remagen" which all in all was not a bad evening out for 20p.
Ian.
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Post by mac on Mar 17, 2015 6:07:03 GMT -6
I have always loved Errol Flynn since I was a kid and before I knew he was Australian, although his conduct does not deserve much affection. However there has never been anyone to play those swashbuckling roles with the wit and vigour that Flynn brought to them. A very interesting life!
Cheers
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Post by Yan Taylor on Mar 17, 2015 6:39:17 GMT -6
I recall a discussion some time ago about how American actors portray the no nonsense tough guy image, the British take a different view, they portray a normal man who shows courage in adversity.
When I was growing up I remembers the main American actors being John Wayne, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Randolph Scott, Gary Cooper and the hard knock trio of Cagney, Robinson and Bogart.
Over here we had David Niven John Mills, Richard Attenborough, James Mason, Trevor Howard and the holy trinity of Gielgud, Richardson and Olivier.
Ian.
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Post by quincannon on Mar 17, 2015 7:52:43 GMT -6
Don't forget Widmark Ian. He and Stewart were absolutely great in John Ford's Two Rode Together, and the scene with the two of them together creek side with the cigars is one of Ford's best.
Best Flynn movie for me was Robin Hood. I thought Objective Burma was good too, but I am not at all sure that airborne company commanders all had Flynns diction.. Not many technical errors in that movie though.
Stewart by far could play the American cowboy better than anyone else. He was believable in any role he played. ONLY Jimmie Stewart could play Elwood P. Dowd.
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Post by Colt45 on Mar 17, 2015 7:57:06 GMT -6
Ian, you named a bunch of really great actors from both sides of the pond. I enjoy the movies of all of them. Each one great in his own right.
Beth, TDWTBO was on AMC last week. My wife recorded it for me, most likely to torture me since I loved the movie when I was a kid, but as an adult with a little knowledge of what really went on at LBH, I really can't take the blatant fanboy theme and total disregard for historical facts that movie exhibits. Flynn was good in the pirate movies and Robin Hood, but his role as Custer really leaves me gagging. The other movies were fiction. His role as Custer, being based on history, just reeks of the "legend" crap. Libby Custer would have been very pleased with the way this movie presented her Georgie boy.
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