Showing posts with label Shane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shane. Show all posts

Friday, October 19, 2012

Western Movies & Women's Wear


Western Movie: Shane starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin
Movie: Shane

by Stephen Bly

The main drawback to some western movies is what I call "Shane's Disease." This is a cinematic illness that's non-fatal, but that weakens a tad an otherwise decent movie.


For instance, in a couple different scenes of Tom Selleck's Last Stand at Saber River, Lorraine Kidston (played well by Tracey Needham) wears pants. The movie is set in 1865, Arizona Territory. No lady of any standing would have dreamed of wearing pants.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

STEPHEN BLY'S FAVORITE WESTERN MOVIES (in alphabetical order)


Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (1969), stars Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katherine Ross. Great old time sepia/nickelodeon/silent movie opening. Great intro line: "Some of what follows is true." Very good cinematography...shadows & camera angles. Classic finale. Affable criminals, but good does triumph over evil.