Westerns
Comments on this week's movies:
* Stagecoach, 1939 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031971/
The stagecoach driver was Andy Devine, who is mentioned in the Jimmy Buffet song, "Pencil Thin Mustache". I've never known who he was.
The IMDB trivia section for this film does suggest the horses were tripped, not acting. These pages mention the tripping technique, at the American Humane Association site; the first shows an image that I think is actually from Stagecoach:
http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pa_film_set
http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pa_film_profiles_hoofbeats
* High Noon, 1952 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044706/
Did anyone notice Harry Morgan in there? I didn't.
Lee Van Cleef's first film, and he didn't get any lines!
Next up:
* Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955 (based on SS "Bad Time At Honda") http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047849/
* The Magnificent Seven, 1960 (remake of The Seven Samurai) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054047/
* Unforgiven, 1992 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105695/
Bad Day at Black Rock is only 80 minutes, but Magnificent Seven is over two hours, so they wouldn't make a good double feature. Any suggestions for a film to pair with Bad Day, or shall we just have a shorter night?
The cast lists of these older movies just blow me away. Especially when it turns out many of the now famous actors were unknowns at the time. John Wayne almost didn't get the part in Stagecoach because of previous lousy B movies!