Posted on 10/08/2013 9:00:31 AM PDT by nanetteclaret
After many long days of painful, maddening, and sickening news, our family has been enjoying evening trips back to the thrilling days of yesteryear via the DVD time machine. Old TV shows have reinforced our remembrance of how America used to be, both during the times the shows were made and the stories of the wild west and America's "Manifest Destiny." It's been wonderful to go back in time, to re-visit stories of men who were for the most part valiant, courageous, honorable, full of integrity, law-abiding, and steadfast, and of women who were for the most part gracious, kind, gentle, motherly, and sweet. Of course, both sexes were honest, strong, capable, independent, and courageous.
The shows we have been watching have reminded us of just how free we used to be, before political-correctness ruined everything. Most of them seem to be set in the 1870s, after the Civil War, when people moved westward to start fresh, to homestead, and to make something of themselves by hard work and perseverance. No matter the series, most all of the stories have some sort of moral, and the good guys always win. They are good lessons, reinforcing the vallues that made America GREAT!
Well, Nick every once in a while got a little temper going! lol
That’s true, but he wasn’t childish or immature, and he usually had a good reason (fighing injustice).
“They Died With Their Boots On,” with Errol Flynn as Lt. Col George A. Custer.
I found a couple of copies of “The Gods of Yesterday” listed on ABE for $60+. Was hoping to find a biography of Bellah. According to Wikipedia, he served in Burma with the First Air Commandos (Col. Phil Cochran/”Flip Corkin”) You can’t make that stuff up! Started WW2 as a 40+ year old lieutenant, finished as a colonel.
And ,of Course, the Lone Ranger!
Hombre - Paul Newman (before he turned liberal) exuded confidence
Nevada Smith - Steve McQueen as a youngster getting vengeance
Madron - Richard Boone rescues, falls in love with, and sacrifices his life to protect a Nun (Leslie Caron)
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