ANOTHER cold front coming through. But no fear just dreary skies and a low of 57—but it is getting down to 50 on Friday night.
BRRRRR.
Yesterday was work, but I got some needed stuff done so while not a typical adventure it was steps to my business goal and remember I’m doing adventure in retail. What’s your excuse?
All the post-Oscar hype and all the movies being presented I realized that the days of the Cowboy movie is over (for now at least).
Despite how popular westerns have been only 3 have won best picture
Cimmaron (1930-31)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Unforgiven (1992)
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_3_western_movies_won_Oscars?#slide=6
Personally I didn’t like any of them.
My favorite western was Tombstone (and Val Kilmer’s second best part Doc Holiday–first: Morrison in The Doors)
as well as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Long Riders. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE?
I looked at a lot of lists but I thought the British one FOR BEST WESTERNS was interesting:
1. McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971) horrible
2. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) Never even saw it
3. The Searchers (1956) Excellent John Wayne movie
4. Winchester 73 (1950)
5. The Outlaw Josey Wales never big on Eastwood westerns
Deadman–Depp’s weird saga (1995) came in 7th–even his Lone Ranger was better–and 7th is 13th higher than High Noon (20th)> Help!!!
http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-50-greatest-westerns
AND OF COURSE THAT BRINGS US TO COLLECTIBLES:
I don’t think I have any, unless you count a Willie Nelson LP? (he’s been in bunches of westerns including The Journeyman–2000, Out Law Justice–1998–Electric Horseman 1979 to name a few)
So on to Google:
There’s a Gary Cooper Western Stein (made in Germany) $69
Lots of pictures: from one of John Wayne on The Searchers set ($5), of Noah Berry ($10), Dirk Jones ($20) ( the last two only known to old movie watchers) and Stills from Buster Crab and “others” (30/$500)
there are a surprising number of 8 mm movies including Ted Williams (Cheyenne Cowboy $13)and Hop-a-long Cassidy ($20).
Posters range from 1961 Purple Hills ($20), to Frontier Gambler ($80) and go up from there: Silver Spurs/Roy Rogers ($950), and 1935 Six Gun Justice with Bill Cody ($1,100) and the winner is 1920’s Between Men with Wm. S. Hart ($1,175.00)
There’s a western town motion picture play set (1950s–$125) and the mandatory Western hot (Gus Block $175)
and my favorite: PAINT YOUR WAGON movie sound track–featuring Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin singing ($10) who could resist that?
Live for love, learn to live—you may not live forever, but the days you have can be worth a thousand life times.