TV WESTERNS – PT43

TV WESTERNS – PT43

January 5, 2023 Alan Royle 2

  THE WESTERNER (1960) 13 EPISODES                         This was a series created by Sam Peckinpah about a cowboy named Dave Blassingame who wanders the American West with his faithful dog ‘Brown’. It may have enjoyed a longer run but for Peckinpah’s insistence that the sets and clothing should reflect […]

RANDOM SNAPSHOTS No 4.

November 1, 2017 Alan Royle 0

  Rory Calhoun (1922-99)                             The star of 80 movies, mostly westerns, and over 1,000 TV episodes, 6’4” Rory Calhoun made the most of a life that began badly, especially in his teenage years. At 13 he cut […]

Great character actors Pt 3.

March 9, 2016 admin 2

    Eve Arden was born Eunice Quedens in California in 1908. Her folks divorced when she was young and she quit school at 16 to join a stock theatre company. She made her film debut in Song of Love in 1929 and her Broadway debut (as Eve Arden) in […]