Legend of The Lost 1957
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Directed by Henry Hathaway
Paul Bonnard (Rossano Brazzi “South pacific”)arrives in Timbuktu in search of a guide to escort him into the Sahara desert. American Joe January (John ‘
Duke’ Wayne) a jolly drunkard takes the job despite misgivings about Bonnard’s plans. Dita,(Sophia Loren) a prostitute who has been deeply moved by what appears to be Bonnard’s spiritual nature, follows the two men into the desert. Eventually the trio arrives in the ruins of a lost city, where Bonnard hopes to find the treasure his father sought years earlier before disappearing. But what Bonnard finds alters him in unexpected ways, with tragic results
A remake with jolie could be interesting but Loren’s shoes are hard to fill
with the bulk of the film reaches the desert, ‘cabin fever sets in , you can tell the cinematographer was a little bit in love with Loren because there is no point in the film where she looks bad, she and the duke play well off each over,almost better than Cary Grant in Houseboat this ones a”lust in Dust” film
dont get sand in your undies!
Tags: Accusation, Alcoholism, Cowboy, Crisis of Faith, Desert, Femme Fatale, Love Triangle, Madness, Treasure
Johnny Guitar 1954
Posted by spheer2002 | Filed under Film, Films of the 1950's
Im gonna Kill you......
Camp western classic with hidden Mcarthy agenda and subtle glbt themes
Vienna (Joan Crawford) has built a saloon outside of town, and she hopes to build her own town once the railroad is put through, but the townsfolk want her gone. When four men hold up a stagecoach and kill a man the town officials, led by Emma Small (Lesbian Icon Mercedes Mccambridge’ the Voice of Reagan in the Exorcist) come to the saloon to grab four of Vienna’s friends, the Dancin’ Kid and his men. Vienna stands strong against them, and is aided by the presence of an old acquaintance of hers, Johnny Guitar(Sterling Hayden), who is not what he seems,
This is a Watershed Lesbian Classic That the French critics have raved about Calling its a ”Western” Beauty and the Beast Story..
Of Course the Beauty in this case is Sterling Hayden
There was not a lotta love lost between Crawford , Hayden and Mccambridge apparently , Crawford Wanted Claire Trevor for her arch Enemy Mistress who had been a big Feature in Westerns Featuring John Wayne (specially stagecoach 1939)and had an Oscar for her troubles in ”Key Largo”, But they Opted for ‘younger’ Mccambridge, which kind of makes the Animosity between the characters Believable
One of the last feature film produced by the Independent studio Republic Pictures better know for their John Wayne Movies
Like Destry and Ranch Notorious (both with Marlene Dietrich) The Woman Takes Center Stage in a Male dominated Gene . and Does a Damm good Job of it!
Tags: Camp, Closeted Lesbian, Cowboy, Desert, Guns, Hidden Agenda, Lost Love, Of Lesbian Interest, Red Scare, Saloon
The Misfits 1962
Posted by spheer2002 | Filed under Film, Films of the 1960's
Nothing can live unless something dies…
Roslyn (Marilyn Monroe ‘The Seven Year’) Itch is a very beautiful yet disturbed woman who has just got divorced. She meets to traveling stock workers , Guido(Eli Wallach , the only living cast member) and Gay(Clarke Gable ‘Gone with the Wind), who take her to Guido’s house in the country (the House where his wife had died)to relax and forget the difficulties of the past few weeks. Everything is fine at first, but soon the two men fall in love with Roslyn and start showing some bad aspects of their characters. Soon they meet another friend of Gay’s(Montgomery Clift , Interesting as Mr Gable was a big old Homophobe ), and the four of them go to hunt some wild horses (for Dog meat). This is when things just… explode! These guys are all misfits who cling to each over through their loneliness and their deep seeded troubles, although this is never spoken they are all chasing what seems to bt what remains the tail end of their life,
As Clarke Gable and Marilyn Drive off towards the morning star, knowing that in the real world they would both soon be dead within a matter on a month is quiet special and ironic to watch .
But its very special for Marilyn too as she honestly believed Gable to be her Birth Father, so it must have felt like a relief to hold his hand as they both drive off into what lies ahead.
Tags: Arthur Miller, Based off Novel, Death, Desert, Divorce, Marilyn Monroe, Melancholy, Reno
