Kalo

Pardon?

What?

He already looked late-middle-aged in 1934, when he played the Max Jacobs character in Twentieth Century. He was about 30 then. An amazing career. Eight films, I believe, for Frank Capra, and at least a couple by Howard Hawks, as well as the many other films and recurring roles on television.

Not a bad film at all, with an excellent cast. I agree that the ending "message" is laughably heavyhanded by today's standards, but it doesn't ruin the film for me.

Imagine the giant sucking sound that would result from those four playing together...

They're just so... saxophony!

Will do, Larry. Nothing wrong with De Toth, that's for sure. It took a long time for me to come around to the Western genre, but I've become a big fan in the last few years...

They were just about to record that when I interviewed both Bud and Bill last year. What I'd really like to hear is a recording of the Boston gig I was at: Shank, Mays, Martin Wind, and Matt Wilson at the tail end of a several-week tour!

Catch him while you can. The show in Boston last summer was incredible. Shank was on fire. I took my mom -- who had seen him in the '50s in L.A. -- and she said it was the best jazz show she's ever attended.

Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same day (by different calendars, however).

I know. That last image.... Is there a better final shot in any film? Well, maybe The Third Man.

I've known people whose entire collections weren't worth $90!

I love David Thomson's evaluation of the series in his Biographical Dictionary of Film: "...a remarkable series of Westerns, all made cheaply and quickly in barren or desert locations. They have a consistent and bleak preoccupation with life and death, sun and shade, and encompass treachery, cruelty, courage, and bluff with barely a trace of sentimentality or portentousness... Two films at least--The Tall T and Ride Lonesome--must be in contention for the most impressive and least handicapped B films ever." Ride Lonesome might be my favorite Western bar none.

That Baker/Konitz on India Navigation is a favorite.

Can't recall who it was, but I remember reading a critic who dubbed the Boetticher/Scott cycle "sagebrush Beckett."

2001 Clos Du Val Ariadne Napa Valley white Bordeaux style blend, 74% Semillon, 26% Sauvignon Blanc. Not bad but not great, either. However, it was a freebie...

Sounds intriguing, but not $90.00+ intriguing.

Missed 'em. But then again, I don't have cable. TCM offerings almost make it seem worth getting, though. They showed all seven Ranown westerns at the Harvard Film Archive a couple of years ago... unfortunately missed those, too.

This guy should be posting on this board. Take a gander at his collection here.

"My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo I want to sink her with my pink torpedo" Hard to believe that heavy metal didn't shrivel up and die after these guys torpedoed it.

Spinal Tap - "Big Bottom"

Leek and chives risotto.

2006 Mas de la Dame Rose du Mas Les Baux de Provence

What Jack said.

I'm getting ready to do some beer can chicken my damn self. "Dancin' chicken won't dance no more..."