Saddles and Spurs: The Great Westerns.: Happy Birthday Rhonda Fleming

1. Red River. (1948) John Wayne, Montgomery Cliff, Harry Carry and Harry Carry Jr.

2. The Searchers (1959) John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond.

3. Rio Bravo (1959) . John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson.

4. Jesse James. (1939) Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda and Randolph Scott.

5. The Ox- Bow Incident. (1943) Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews and Anthony Quinn.

6. The Magnificent Seven.
Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter and James Coburn

7. My Darling Clementine.(1946)
Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs, Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, Ward Bond and Don Garner.

8. Dodge City. (1939) Erroll Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.

9. Gun Fight At OK Coral. (1957) Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Rhonda Fleming.

10. A tie between:
The Gunfighter, (1950) Gregory PeckHelen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker and Karl Malden and

They Died With Their Boots On.(1941) Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.

1. RIO BRAVO (1959) John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson.

2. TOMBSTONE (1993) Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Powers Booth, Sam Elliott, Dana Delaney.

3. UNFORGIVEN (1992) Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris.

4. THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976) Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke.

5. THE SEARCHERS (1959) John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond.

6. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Coburn, Charles Bronson.

7. SHANE (1953) Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon de Wilde.

8. BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969) Paul Newman, Robert Redford.

9. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939) Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart.

10. DODGE CITY (1939) Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland.

The Searchers, John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, 1956.

Stagecoach, Claire Trevor, John Carradine, Louise Platt, John Wayne, 1939.

Winchester '73, Dan Duryea, James Stewart, 1950.

The Wild Bunch, William Holden, Jaime Sanchez, 1969.

Johnny Guitar, Scott Brady, Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, 1954.

McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Julie Christie, Warren Beatty, 1971.

My Darling Clementine, Henry Fonda, 1946.

Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood, Shane Meier, Aline Lavasseur, 1992.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Clint Eastwood, 1966.

Shane, Brandon de Wilde, Alan Ladd, 1953.

Jay Silverheels

Silverheels began working in motion pictures as an extra and stunt man in 1937. During the early years of his screen career, he was billed variously as Harold Smith or Harry Smith, and appeared in low-budget features, westerns, and serials. From the late 1940s he played in more prestigious pictures, including Captain from Castile starring Tyrone Power, Key Largo with Humphrey Bogart, (1948), Broken Arrow (1950) with James Stewart, War Arrow (1953) with Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler and Noah Beery, Jr., Drums Across the River (1954), Walk the Proud Land (1956) with Audie Murphy and Anne Bancroft, Alias Jesse James (1959) with Bob Hope, and Indian Paint (1964) with Johnny Crawford. He made a brief appearance in True Grit (1969), as a condemned criminal about to be executed. He played a substantial role as John Crow in Santee (1973) starring Glenn Ford. Click picture to view fan club website.

ROBERT DUVALL

He began his career appearing in theatre during the late 1950s, moving into small to supporting television and film roles during the early 1960s in such works as To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). He started to land much larger roles during the early 1970s with movies like MASH (1970) and THX 1138 (1971). This was followed by a series of critical successes: The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Network (1976), The Great Santini (1979), Apocalypse Now (1979), and True Confessions (1981). Click picture to view websight.

Tom Selleck

Click picture for websight. Selleck became extremely popular with fans when portraying cowboy roles in Western films, starting with his role as Orrin Sackett in the 1979 film The Sacketts, opposite Sam Elliott, Jeff Osterhage, and Western legends Glenn Ford and Ben Johnson. He was easily accepted playing a cowboy, and the roles seemed to "fit" him. He followed The Sacketts with The Shadow Riders in 1982, then with Lassiter in 1984. Quigley Down Under is probably one of his best known Western films, however he also won a "Western Heritage Award" for his 1997 role in Last Stand at Sabre River. His last two cowboy roles to date were in the 2001 TNT movie Crossfire Trail (based on a Louis L'Amour novel of the same name), and the 2003 motion picture Monte Walsh.

PAULINE CUSHMAN

Actress turned Civil War spy who was ultimately captured and sentenced to be executed by the South. Rescued three days prior to her scheduled hanging, she was given the honorary commission of Major by President Abraham Lincoln. She toured the country for a number of years, telling of her exploits. She finally settled in Casa Grande, Arizona, with her third husband, sheriff Jere Fryer. After a few years of marriage, she moved to San Francisco where she spent the last years of her life as a scrubwoman.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Happy Birthday Rhonda Fleming

Happy Birthday to actress Rhonda Fleming (1923-present) who turns 87 today as she is still alive. While the famous redhead has appeared in such notable films such as Spellbound (1945), Out Of The Past (1947), and The Spiral Staircase (1945), she made a mark in several classic westerns. Those films include Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957) with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas; Pony Express (1953), Alias Jesse James (1959) with Bob Hope, The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) and Gun Glory (1957).

1 comment:

Michael said...: Just finished watching Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and couldn't help but be stunned by the beauty and presence of Ms. Fleming. There never seem to be any actresses these days that hold a candle to stars like her.; September 1, 2010 at 7:11 PM

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