The Great American WESTERN Thread

[Orville]

Silverado was a decent film, and made in the mold of the old ensemble style casts.

[onimaru55]

Otay so here's a question I've had on my mind for years.
Anyone know the movie where someone asks to borrow the other guy's razor coz his own is a mite too thin to plow with ?

Can't remember the exact quote actors or director , maybe John Ford.

[ZipZop]

My favourite is the Good the Bad and the Ugly. IIRC it has a scene where C.E. shaves himself with a straight.

When I think of Clint Eastwood and shaving, I think of the Shave and a Shootout scene from "High Plains Drifter".
The nervousness of the barber, the way he is improperly stropping the razor, and the high angle of attack of the razor with which he is about to cut into Eastwood at.... Eastwood is lucky he never completed the shave;

[onimaru55]

Yeah it's rare to see anybody use a straight properly in a movie.
Same as most martial arts movies. Lottsa energy & not much "art"

[jfk742]

Same thing thing with handguns in modern movies, drives me nuts.

My favorite is when the blade is perpendicular to the guys face, holy weeper town Batman.

[celticcrusader]

There's a great western series on Netflix called Godless, one of the best western series I've seen.
My cousin Barbara a Brit who just so happens to be living in California for more than 40 years she was married to the late Warren Stevens, Warren often popped up in Bonanza Gunsmoke Laramie and many of the classic westerns from the 50s and 60s, he also starred in some early Outer Limits and Star Trek.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Stevens

[ZipZop]

There's a great western series on Netflix called Godless, one of the best western series I've seen.
My cousin Barbara a Brit who just so happens to be living in California for more than 40 years she was married to the late Warren Stevens, Warren often popped up in Bonanza Gunsmoke Laramie and many of the classic westerns from the 50s and 60s, he also starred in some early Outer Limits and Star Trek.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Stevens

Thanks for that GREAT tip. I'll do the Netflix trial just to watch that series.

So many actors popped up in Westerns and then Sci Fi series. Gene Roddenberry the creator of "Star Trek" used to write Screenplays for Westerns before he moved on to "Star Trek". You see his name often in series like "Wagon Train". In fact, I attended a Roddenberry lecture in college and I remember him saying that Westerns were SO popular when he conceived "Star Trek", that he originally pitched it to NBC NOT as "Star Trek" but as, "WAGON TRAIN TO THE STARS"! Too funny. Wagon train to the stars. That's a crack-up.

You can see Leonard Nimoy, Deforest Kelly, and other actors cross from Western to Sci-Fi back then. I often thought to myself, "Boy, if you were a TV Actor in the 50s, you had BETTER know HOW to RIDE a HORSE!" I forget what I read about the exact number, but in 1959, the HEIGHT of TV Western popularity, there were something like 12 (or more) Westerns ON THE AIR in the US that year. Yikes. The top FOUR TV Shows of 1959 in the US were ALL Westerns.

[onimaru55]

William Shatner is a big time horse fan.
He was in a few westerns, well , maybe a couple
https://www.kentuckyliving.com/lifestyle/horse-trek

[freebird]

William Shatner is a big time horse fan.
He was in a few westerns, well , maybe a couple
https://www.kentuckyliving.com/lifestyle/horse-trek

Several of the Star Trek cast were in westerns. DeForest Kelly -Dr “Bones” McCoy was in several-I caught him in an episode of Death Valley Days last week, Leonard Nimoy - Spock was in a few. He played a “Native American” in one (IF I remember correctly it was an episode of Laramie). I’m sure there were other cast members as well because at that time westerns were really popular.

One of my favorite modern day westerns -tv series as well as book series, is Longmire. I’d heard that Netflix allowed it to play out to a conclusion which A&E didn’t do. Despite its high ratings. The last rumor I heard was that Netflix was going to bring it back again.

[ZipZop]

Several of the Star Trek cast were in westerns. DeForest Kelly -Dr “Bones” McCoy was in several-I caught him in an episode of Death Valley Days last week, Leonard Nimoy - Spock was in a few. He played a “Native American” in one (IF I remember correctly it was an episode of Laramie). I’m sure there were other cast members as well because at that time westerns were really popular.

One of my favorite modern day westerns -tv series as well as book series, is Longmire. I’d heard that Netflix allowed it to play out to a conclusion which A&E didn’t do. Despite its high ratings. The last rumor I heard was that Netflix was going to bring it back again.

I have seen most of the "Star Trek" cast s well on Westerns like "Wagon Train". It makes me wonder if Gene Roddenberry (who wrote many episodes for shows like "Wagon Train") had a hand in casting certain actors from "Wagon Train" to his new show "Star Trek". Could be coincidence, but it's been a theory of mine.