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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 9h

Happy Birthday to the late Geoff Murphy, born 87 years ago today

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Osama Dick Loudon @duanemoody.qwiffer.com · Apr 21

He's not telling you to go search for the film, he's linking the entire movie for free. Go watch it.

Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Apr 21

Man from Del Rio is a great Anthony Quinn Western about a Mexican gunman elected sheriff to a town of classist, racist honkies. Directed by Harry Horner (James' dad) & costarring Katy Jurado. Prefiguring Warlock, it's underrated & underseen. Change that:

youtu.be/POKWmWFc0mo?...

Man From Del Rio (1956) Western Movie With - Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, And Peter Whitney

YouTube video by Reel Classics

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Apr 21

Man from Del Rio is a great Anthony Quinn Western about a Mexican gunman elected sheriff to a town of classist, racist honkies. Directed by Harry Horner (James' dad) & costarring Katy Jurado. Prefiguring Warlock, it's underrated & underseen. Change that:

youtu.be/POKWmWFc0mo?...

Man From Del Rio (1956) Western Movie With - Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, And Peter Whitney

YouTube video by Reel Classics

youtu.be

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 1d

If you want a PDF of the script, send me a DM. It might make things hurt that much more, though

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 1d

Me too, haha. I'm rewatching it for an upcoming podcast appearance

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 1d

About half way through she said, "is that movie still on?" & fell asleep.

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Bone Tomahawk with my 90 year old grandma

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Jul 6

The Wild Bunch is considered one of the first films to put squibs on both sides of an actor's body to replicate entrance/exit wounds. Sam Peckinpah had previously shown the devastating effects of a bullet tearing through a body in this scene from his TV show The Westerner:

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 1d

It's upsetting that the Coen Bros' adaptation of Cuba Libre was never made

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Birthday to the late Luke Perry, born Coy Luther Perry III 59 years ago today

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 1d

A few months ago, I was on the Wrong Reel podcast talking with James Hancock & @menonfilm.bsky.social's William Mendoza about Elmore Leonard, The Tall T & Hombre:

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Elmore Leonard Western Double Feature: The Tall T (1957) & Hombre (1967)

YouTube video by Geekin' with James Hancock

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 100th Birthday to the late, great Elmore Leonard

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 2d

Happy 84th Birthday to Peter Coyote, born Robert Peter Cohon

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Birthday to the late Dana Elcar, born Ibsen Dana Elcar 98 years ago today

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Birthday to the late Richard Jaeckel, born R. Hanley Jaeckel 99 years ago today

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Birthday to the late Chris Penn, born 60 years ago today

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Mar 8

Forty Guns (1957), directed by Sam Fuller

Dr. No (1962), directed by Terence Young

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 3d

What does this have to do with Westerns? Nothing. But Guillermo del Toro follows this page & bought some of my art & I'm going to mention those facts every opportunity I get.

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 3d

Happy 61st Birthday to the great @realgdt.bsky.social

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 3d

Happy 65th Birthday to Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 4d

Happy 55th Birthday to Matt Damon

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Nov 21

A 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...

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 5d

And finally a message from Andy to all of you

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 5d

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Dec 7

The cover wisely featured Andy Devine & no one else from the cast. Devine would remain one of the top draws in Western Comics for decades... with his only real rival being Jimmy Durante, of course:

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 5d

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Dec 7

A May 1939 comic book adaptation of Stagecoach, with art "assembled" by Jack Adler. This was in Movie Comics #2 (1939) published by DC Comics (1/3)

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