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Proving he has an enlightening perspective on EVERY corner of the Old West, the brilliant @davidlambertart.bsky.social joins @tumbleweedstv.bsky.social to discuss a pair of Fatty Arbuckle Westerns, their problematic elements, and why they are still worth watching! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 59: "Fatty" Arbuckle Westerns with David LambertPodcast Episode · Tumbleweeds and TV Cowboys · July 28 · 1h 5mpodcasts.apple.comOrson Welles talking shit on The Searchers & inauthentic women's fashion in Westerns:
Peter Bogdanovich on the brief period of time he was attached to direct Duck You Sucker! & Sergio Leone's interesting way of developing a project:
The entire 1973 article Peter Bogdanovich wrote for New York Magazine about working with Sergio Leone: scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/peter...
PETER BOGDANOVICH ON HIS (BRIEF) EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SERGIO LEONE - Scraps from the loftMy experiences with Leone prove that directors should never collaborate. It is, as Mailer has described it, a totalitarian job.scrapsfromtheloft.comThe Tall T (1957), directed by Budd Boetticher Heaven's Gate (1980), directed by Michael Cimino
Budd Boetticher's list of the best Westerns of all time: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Red River The Wild Bunch Seven Men from Now High Noon Shane Rio Bravo *from The Variety Book of Movie Lists (1994)
The Tall T (1957), directed by Budd Boetticher Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), directed by Sergio Leone
Here's a young Budd Boetticher getting knocked out by Tom Neal in Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
An excellent thread, and another story of acting on your beliefs for the good of others!
Westerns & the Old WestA thread on the great Silas Soule, one of the few figures from Old West history that I unequivocally consider a hero. Be warned, this is going to get rough...
John Brown was hanged on Dec 2, 1859. Disappointed by the failed rescues, Silas went to Boston & befriended Walt Whitman. In 1860, he traveled to Colorado to prospect for gold. News of the Civil War made it to Colorado & Silas enlisted. John Brown's vision was coming true...
With a small group led by James Montgomery, Silas was sent to scope the jail & make John Brown & his captured conspirators aware of the plan. Upon arrival, Silas pretended to be drunk & disorderly & was immediately arrested. He convinced his jailers to let him speak to Brown...
Hinton & Soule traveled to Pennsylvania to recruit men for the rescue, but few abolitionists agreed. Unfortunately, Hinton didn't have enough money to hire a large group to take the jail by force, as he envisioned. A jailbreak would again have to depend on Silas' cleverness...
A thread worth reading. Why has no one ever adapting this story for film or tv?!
Westerns & the Old WestA thread on the great Silas Soule, one of the few figures from Old West history that I unequivocally consider a hero. Be warned, this is going to get rough...
After John Brown's unsuccessful 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, he was allowed to heal from his wounds in a Charleston, Virginia jail before his trial. Abolitionist publisher Richard Hinton traveled to Lawrence to enlist Silas in an attempt to rescue Brown by force. Silas signed up...
The men had their photo taken after arriving in Kansas, calling themselves The Immortal Ten. Doy, still unable to walk, is seated. Word of the rescue further cemented Silas Soule's reputation as one of the fiercest abolitionists & he was soon tapped for another jailbreak...
Their hands hovered over their pistols, ready to perforate the skull of the policeman who interrupted them. Unaware of the jailbreak, the officer offered to help them get the water out of their boat & they agreed to let him. Soon they were on their way back to Kansas & safety...
Thread about an incredible abolitionist born OTD and who lived his convictions.
Westerns & the Old WestA thread on the great Silas Soule, one of the few figures from Old West history that I unequivocally consider a hero. Be warned, this is going to get rough...
This is some movie shit.
Westerns & the Old WestUnfortunately for the plan, Brown told Silas he didn't want to be rescued. He'd die for the cause & inspire abolitionists everywhere to rise up & destroy slavery. Silas was released from jail the next day. His subsequent attempt to rescue some of Brown's men had the same result...
Once inside, they whipped the jailer's ass & rescued Doy (so weak he had to be carried). The group headed for the Missouri River where they'd hidden boats, only to discover that one was flooded. As they tried to clear the water out, they were approached by a St. Joseph policeman...