tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post53191307971870265..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: The greatest Western movie posters of all time (WARNING: scenes of violence and lashings of testosterone right from the start)Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-53975431303658150682017-08-18T17:40:07.773+01:002017-08-18T17:40:07.773+01:00There was also a TV western called 'Whiplash&#...There was also a TV western called 'Whiplash' which was a Brit/Aussie hybrid starring Peter Graves.Watching it as a kid I thought it was set somewhere in Texas or Wyoming,but it may have been Western Australia.<br />Hattie Jacques was not in it.<br />southern mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-13625536441291014292017-08-17T00:21:47.603+01:002017-08-17T00:21:47.603+01:00A wonderful walk down memory lane. I remember all ...A wonderful walk down memory lane. I remember all of these films with great affection [haven't see "War Drum"].<br /><br />The reason the Western is dying is contained in all the characters featured in the posters. Or, as someone said : "Take care of Eastwood. He's the last Gary Cooper we've got." Did anybody ever see Johnny Depp as Tonto? Or "Brokeback Mountain" ? Bloody nerve.<br /><br />Defending the British corner I have two cavils. In the UK the title reads " 3:10 to Yuma has Been Delayed" and there is no mention of "Carry on Cowboy" [1965] with S.James [Johnny Finger], J.Sims [Belle Armitage] and J.Dale [Marshall Knut]. Great dialogue. Sample:<br /><br />Belle [looking at Finger's gun]: "My, you've got a big one!"<br />Finger : "I'm from Texas, ma'am. We've all got big ones down there."SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-81963268562202525202017-08-16T17:41:10.727+01:002017-08-16T17:41:10.727+01:00If "Geronimo" spells "terror",...If "Geronimo" spells "terror", I will have to question everything I've ever been taught. You're right, though - fabulous poster! <br /><br />What you're leaving out of the Bronco equation is that, if he'd been hit by a Mini going at 30 mph, he'd have been unharmed but the car would have a write-off. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-41661480644735463772017-08-16T15:54:07.590+01:002017-08-16T15:54:07.590+01:00Can we hear it for Chuck Connors, please, "a ...Can we hear it for Chuck Connors, please, "<a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=chuck+connors+geronimo+poster&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB742GB742&tbm=isch&imgil=KeXXidVDzsXk6M%253A%253BuenDgqvEE1LD_M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.originalposter.co.uk%25252Ffulldetails.asp%25253Frid%2525253D16621&source=iu&pf=m&fir=KeXXidVDzsXk6M%253A%252CuenDgqvEE1LD_M%252C_&usg=__xCUEeVPQrIRTVpJS8vSLDnBhZeg%3D&biw=1366&bih=638&ved=0ahUKEwjhjeelgNzVAhWDDsAKHQiUAY0QyjcIOQ&ei=u1uUWaHEHoOdgAaIqIboCA#imgrc=KeXXidVDzsXk6M:" rel="nofollow">a man among men, his name spelt terror</a>".<br /><br />Broco was regularly hit over the head with a chair or a whisky bottle but never suffered a headache. He was also forever being shot with a Colt 45. This was invariably described as no more than "a flesh wound". I understand that if a Mini doing 30 m.p.h. is hit in the engine block by the bullet from a Colt 45 it is stopped dead.David Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345636878071983416noreply@blogger.com