Whatever Happened to Those Old Westerns

Thos Old Westerns ^ | The Good Ol' Days | Many

[SLB]

These sure bring back the memories. Turn the speakers up a little to drown out the background noise and enjoy a few minutes of nostalgia.

[Liberty Valance]

James Taylor - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz9Ukp38YS8

[tall_tex]

Saving for later.

[paulycy]

"He's dead, Jimmy."

[tubebender]

It’s good to see how many of you are young enough to still have a memory. I started going to the ‘Movie House’ in the little podunk town of San Joaquin Ca in the late 30s and things were so tough that the owner ‘Professor Fiat’ would do magic tricks during intermission for the kids and raffle off bags of groceries for the adults to entice viewers. I think it was called the Rialto and it was the only building standing amid the rubble of 3 or 4 brick buildings on either side.

Of course most of my favorite Westerns were on the radio that were serials and you couldn’t miss a episode because you would get a clue that you used with the secret decoder badge that you got when you sent in 96 box tops from Post Toasties.

and yes I miss the Stattler Bros TV show...

[NewJerseyJoe]

I always get lambasted when I tell people that Randolph Scott’s westerns were superior to John Wayne’s....

[JoeProBono]

Yup.

John Wayne

[Kid Shelleen]

LOL, Despite Jane Fonda, one of my favorite movies.

[Piquaboy]

You can still see those old westerns if you have a dish.

[SLB]

40 or 50 years from now will they be making songs about Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolei, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp and other people in the movies?

Will they make songs about today’s fads, like cell phones, WII’s, Facefook, and Twitter?

Will oldy stations (if radio is still around) play todays pop music and hip hop?

NO, NO, and NO

Nope, no morale values to any of them. They are all just a flash in the pan.

[Soul Citizen]

We sure could use more directors who produce these kind of life lessons motion pictures to inspire the next generation!

[LucyJo]

La - la - la - lala - la - lah!

[LucyJo]

Amen to that!

[SLB]

It’s good to see how many of you are young enough to still have a memory. I started going to the ‘Movie House’ in the little podunk town of San Joaquin Ca in the late 30s and things were so tough that the owner ‘Professor Fiat’ would do magic tricks during intermission for the kids and raffle off bags of groceries for the adults to entice viewers. I think it was called the Rialto and it was the only building standing amid the rubble of 3 or 4 brick buildings on either side.

In the 1950's we went to the "Ramona" theater. The Saturday afternoon showing was $0.24 as sales tax would have made it $0.26. A pop and a candy bar came to another $0.15, so for a half dollar, I would still have a little change left for a trip to the "Five and Dime" down the street. Yep, they were the best of times.

Remember William Conrad on Gunsmoke? I have him on a set of CD's that I listen to over, and over.

[LucyJo]

We still occasionally had live entertainment during intermission at “The Show”, when I was a kid. It was usually a “country/western” band and singer.

[Madame Dufarge]

That was fun - thanks!

[SouthTexas]

I remember the Rialto, but there is 30 odd years difference and about 2000+ miles. ;)

[VOA]

Although not a movie, I did like “Have Gun, Will Travel”.

A few years back I read that it isn’t aired on TV/cable as it’s
regarded as “too violent” (probably as in the bad guys get what’s coming).

[Surtur]

Hey Bert, would that show be “Marshall Andy and the Riders of the Silver Screen?”

[bert]

Yep, that’s the one.

[happygrl]

That Was Wonderful!