Over a decade ago (it really doesn’t seem that long… ) I posted a list of western actors. I followed that up with a post on western directors, film noir directors, and film noir stars. The latter included a mix of male and female stars and it has long been my intention to put up a list that would balance that first entry by turning the spotlight on the women who made significant contributions to the western. I’m not sure why I’ve left it so long, I guess other things just kept getting in the way and it got shunted off for another day. There are those who would say the western is an inherently masculine genre, but I don’t feel that’s a fair or just assessment. The western was and remains one of the greatest of all cinema genres precisely because it was so malleable, was so dependent on absorbing myriad influences, and drew highly creditable work from such a wide range of personnel. So, let’s cut to the chase and have a look at ten actresses who added immeasurably to my my enjoyment of my favorite genre.
Felicia Farr
I can’t imagine opening this list with anyone else. Felicia Farr’s part in 3:10 to Yuma is comparatively small yet it’s a pivotal one. Those short scenes she shares with Glenn Ford’s outlaw are memorable and powerfully touching, adding another layer of yearning and regret to an already poignant movie. Director Delmer Daves also used Farr in two other fine westerns, The Last Wagon and Jubal, while George Sherman cast her to good effect in Hell Bent for Leather and Reprisal.
Virginia Mayo
Making her western debut in Colorado Territory, Raoul Walsh’s remake of his own High Sierra, Mayo impressed herself on the genre right away. I won’t go into spoilers here for those who haven’t seen it but the climax of that film is as tragic as it is poetic, and Mayo’s actions give it its power. Walsh would cast her again in the underrated Along the Great Divide while she had other good parts in The Proud Ones, Great Day in the Morning and Fort Dobbs to name just a few.
Dorothy Malone
While Virginia Mayo was the passionate, beating heart of Colorado Territory, her rival for the affections of Joel McCrea’s doomed outlaw was a coquettish and calculating Dorothy Malone. She would take on some terrific roles throughout the 50s, including some very respectable films noir as well as a couple of plum parts for Douglas Sirk – the superlative The Tarnished Angels and an Oscar winning performance in Written on the Wind – and of course plenty of westerns. Among the highlights are At Gunpoint (why has this movie never had a decent release anywhere?), Pillars of the Sky, Quantez, The Last Sunset and Warlock.
Barbara Stanwyck
One of cinema’s great actresses, Stanwyck made couple of westerns in the 1930s and 1940s (Annie Oakley, Union Pacific and California) but it was in the 50s that she made her mark on the genre, and fell in love with it in the process. Starting off with the emotionally charged and wondrously melodramatic The Furies for Anthony Mann, she would regularly return to the west. Some of those films were only partially successful, but a movie like The Violent Men has much to recommend it and Samuel Fuller’s Forty Guns is an enduring classic in my opinion.
Vera Miles
Anyone who worked with John Ford, and was cast in major roles in his films has to be worthy of consideration here. Vera Miles had started out in the genre with a part in The Charge at Feather River and in Jacques Tourneur’s Wichita. These are fine movies by any standard yet a top role in The Searchers, which is arguably the best western of all time, and one of the best films of any kind, lifted her into a different league. The fact Ford cast her again in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, one of the key films marking the close of the classic western era cements her place for me.
Maureen O’Hara
The Ford connection is strong with the next entry on the list, even if their western collaboration was limited. The fiery Irish redhead had already made Comanche Territory when Ford used her opposite John Wayne in Rio Grande, unfairly regarded by some as the least of the director’s Cavalry Trilogy. She would work memorably with Ford and Wayne again in other genres and went on to make good westerns such as War Arrow (George Sherman) and The Deadly Companions (Sam Peckinpah’s debut feature).
Claire Trevor
Sticking with Ford (and indeed Wayne) for the present, we now come to Claire Trevor. It’s hardly too much to say that Stagecoach was instrumental in boosting the status of the western, lifting it firmly and decisively into the A class where it would continue to hold a dominant position for the next quarter of a century. Trevor’s turn as Dallas, the “fallen woman” driven out of polite society only to find love, respect and a future with Wayne’s Ringo Kid, is a superb piece of work. Perhaps her subsequent westerns didn’t offer the same scope for her abilities – Texas, Dark Command (Raoul Walsh), The Desperadoes, The Stranger Wore a Gun – but she was a regular visitor to the cinematic west, and that ride on the Lordsburg stage counts for a lot.
Katy Jurado
The Mexican actress with maybe the most soulful pair of eyes in the business. The wistful look she bestows on Gary Cooper as he stands alone in an empty street in High Noon is as good a way to announce one’s arrival in the genre as I can think of. She brought her unique quality to such movies as Broken Lance, Man from Del Rio and The Badlanders throughout the 1950s. Her appearances in westerns tailed off after that, One-Eyed Jacks with Brando in the next decade and then a small but hugely affecting part in Sam Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
Julie Adams
Anyone familiar with my writing over the years will be aware of how much I enjoy the output of Universal-International, and the westerns that studio produced are among my favorites. Sometimes it feels as though it’s impossible to watch a U-I western and not see her. Budd Boetticher frequently used her in his movies for the studio – Wings of the Hawk, Horizons West, The Man from the Alamo – and she had good roles for Anthony Mann in Bend of the River and Raoul Walsh in The Lawless Breed and then later on in Joseph M Newman’s The Gunfight at Dodge City.
Debra Paget
Starting out with some small roles in notable films noir (House of Strangers, Cry of the City), Paget struck western gold in the influential Broken Arrow for Delmer Daves. In a sense, one could say she became typecast in westerns, finding herself playing yet again a Native American in White Feather (scripted by Daves) and the powerful and visceral The Last Hunt for Richard Brooks. Typecast or not, she brought a great deal of dignity to those parts and the western genre would be poorer without her performances.
So there it is, my list of ten actresses who have enriched the western over the years. I had to indulge in a bit of ruthless trimming to keep it down to ten, but that’s to be expected and I also anticipate that my picks aren’t going to satisfy everyone. Well, that’s the nature of lists and half the fun is hearing others point out who they would have included instead. Feel free to disagree in the comments section below.
Riding the High Country 
No disagreements from me, it’s an excellent list. 🙂
(Although Felicia Farr was also great in The Last Wagon, you should definitely have mentioned that, too!)
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Well, I did put a link in to an old piece I wrote on the movie. Generally, I think she was great in everything.
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you are definitely right! 😉
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I would suggest the following for consideration:
Joanne Dru for her roles in Red River, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, and Wagon Master
Susan Hayward for Canyon Passage, Rawhide, The Lusty Men, and Garden of Evil
Judith Anderson for Pursued, The Furies, A Man Called Horse
Honorable mention: Karen Steele for appearing in 3 Budd Boetticher films
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All worthwhile picks, Frank. Susan Hayward was the one I had the hardest time leaving out, she had some very strong roles in excellent movies and perhaps I ought to have at least given her an honorable mention.
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I agree with these, Frank. In The Furies, Judith Anderson plays opposite Walter Houston in what I regard as one of the greatest scenes in movies. He meets her to beg for a loan and the way she denies him is heartbreaking and very powerful.
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Thank you.
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What a great list, Colin. And really enjoyed your reasoning and references for each. Well done, my friend. 🙂
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Well I do like lists – making them and reading them – and if you enjoyed reading this one, then I’m very pleaded, Michael.
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I’m quite a fan of Dorothy Malone’s work. Tarnished Angels is indeed superlative. Sirk’s masterpiece. And she was outrageously wonderful in Written on the Wind.
To my shame I must confess I haven’t seen any of her westerns.
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I like just about all Dorothy Malone’s westerns so I’d certainly recommend checking out as many as you can. She really took to the genre and the movies she appeared in are uniformly strong, with fine leads to play off and, for the most part, good directors calling the shots.
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I have to say that when the subject of women in westerns comes up I think immediately of Angie Dickinson in Rio Bravo.
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A memorable role. Right at the beginning of her career she had parts in a number of westerns including Man With the Gun and the quite enjoyable Andrew V McLaglen debut Gun the Man Down. Later, she had leading roles in The Last Challenge and Young Billy Young, neither of which are what I’d term favorite films.
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The banter between her character and Wayne’s is one of the main attractions of that great movie
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That’s a film that is entirely character driven, and considering its length and the confined nature of its setting it’s a credit to all those involved that it not only sustains but demands interest from the viewer from first to last.
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Yes. If you look at all the Howard Hawks “men dicing with death” action movies they’re all like that. Only Angels Have Wings, Ceiling Zero, even The Dawn Patrol. The action scenes are there to tell us things about the characters.
There’s the famous superb shoot-out scene in Rio Bravo, with John Wayne and Dean Martin after a killer in the saloon. The entire purpose of the scene is to tell us vital things about John Wayne’s character, Dean Martin’s character and the relationship between the two men. Seeing that scene the first time was for me one of those “this is what cinema is all about” moments. You couldn’t do that scene so effectively and so economically in a novel.
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Dickinson was a marvel.
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A really good list of “Ten of the Best – Women of the West,” Colin. I don’t think I could make a list of only ten, but I realize you are probably counting on plenty of comments with other grand actresses listed. I’ll give it a whirl and make a limited list of a few favorites for everyone’s kind considerations. I’m only going to list three movies that they were in and limit the years involved up until the early 1960’s. Following in no particular order.
Marie Windsor: HELLFIRE(1949), THE SHOWDOWN(1950), OUTLAW WOMEN(1952)
Ella Raines: TALL IN THE SADDLE(1944), THE WALKING HILLS(1949), RIDE THE MAN DOWN(1952)
Jean Arthur: THE PLAINSMAN(1936), ARIZONA(1940), SHANE(1953)
Susan Hayward: CANYON PASSAGE(1946), RAWHIDE(1951), GARDEN OF EVIL(1954)
Joanne Dru: RED RIVER(1948), SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON(1949), WAGON MASTER(1950)
Gail Russell: ANGEL AND THE BADMAN(1947), EL PASO(1949), 7 MEN FROM NOW(1956)
Anne Baxter: SMOKY(1946), YELLOW SKY(1948), A TICKET TO TOMAHAWK(1950)
Marlene Dietrich: DESTRY RIDES AGAIN(1939), THE SPOILERS(1942), RANCHO NOTORIOUS(1952)
Beverly Garland: BITTER CREEK(1954), GUNSLINGER(1956), THE SAGA OF HEMP BROWN(1958)
Jane Russell: THE PALEFACE(1948), SON OF PALEFACE(1952), THE TALL MEN(1955)
I know that I can’t leave out the famous, or infamous THE OUTLAW(1943).
I could go on and I know that I probably left out some good ones that I’ll think of later.
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Joanne Dru, Gail Russell, and Marlene certainly belong there, at the top. Probably Anne Baxter. I like Jane Russell but don’t count comedy westerns, so just The Tall Men.On the other hand, she is strong in Montana Belle, a film that should have been better with that cast, George Brent, Scott Brady, and especially Andy Devine.
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Again, I wouldn’t argue with those. My problem though, with the limit I’d set myself, was who to remove from the ten I settled on in order to include some others that had strong claims for inclusion.
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That’s a good follow up. As I said in reply to Frank, i had a hard time omitting Susan Hayward, but Dietrich was also in my thoughts as was Yvonne De Carlo.
It’s hard to boil it down to ten, I agree. And of course I’m not calling them the ten best, merely ten of the best. I could have easily expanded it but I thought it only fair to keep to the same parameters I’d set myself with the lists I’d compiled in the past.
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I loved Rawhide and I loved Susan Hayward’s performance.
And yes, Marlene Dietrich in Rancho Notorious, one of Lang’s most under-appreciated movies.
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Hayward really dominates Rawhide. I think she was terrific in Garden of Evil too, a really excellent movie you should check out if you’ve not already seen it.
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I might have to grab a copy of Garden of Evil. The Twilight Time Blu-Ray is insanely expensive but there are French and Spanish Blu-Rays that are much more affordable.
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The DVD version of ‘Garden of Evil’ in the Fox box set is watchable enough plus you get ‘Rawhide’ and ‘The Gunfighter’. I think the price for it is still reasonable. I’ve always loved that little set.
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Yes, it remains a strong DVD. I picked up the German Blu-ray of the movie very cheap a few years ago, but it might be out of print now.
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WOW!
And some of them could actually Act.
Not that I cared mostly.
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They could all act and I think the ones that made the cut here all brought something important to the genre.
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A terrific list, Colin: no argument with any of them. Felicia Farr was wonderful in 3 10. As you say, it wasn’t a big part but Daves gave her several closeups. The camera loved her. To her credit as an actress, in those scenes she conveyed not just good looks but a characterful beauty, full of yearning and, finally, adoration for her husband.
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Daves really got a sensitive and heartfelt performance from Felicia Farr in the handful of scenes with Glenn Ford (who of course played her lover as opposed to her husband in the movie) and they lend a delightfully wistful air to a film already packed with moving and emotionally charged scenes.
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This is a great thing to do, Colin. My only quibble is that I’d have included Joanne Dru before two or three of the ones you chose. You should also do a list of women directors and writers who have contributed to the genre.
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Lists are fun, but need a bit of thinking out, so I’ll not make any promises on future efforts at this stage. Thanks for the pointer though.
A few people have mentioned Joanne Dru now – I had thought about her, the films with Ford and Hawks alone meant she was up for serious consideration.
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Claudia Cardinale of course for Once Upon a Time in the West!
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I do love that movie, David. Leone’s finest and Claudia Cardinale’s role is one of its many high points. She also appeared in The Professionals, which is an enjoyable movie, but not on the same level.
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I was going to mention Cardinale too but was beat to it.
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Every day a new sign in method….
Is this what’s putting off our pal Jerry-I had a Christmas Card from the rascal so I know he’s OK but cannot see him missing this fun fest!
Here’s my list
SUSAN CABOT: Duel At Silver Creek Gunsmoke Ride Clear Of Diablo Fort Massacre
YVONNE De CARLO: Tomahawk Border River Shotgun Raw Edge
JOAN LESLIE: Man In The Saddle Hellgate Woman They Almost Lynched Jubilee Trail
RHONDA FLEMING: Pony Express Eagle & The Hawk Gunfight at OK Corral Gun Glory
ARLEEN WHELAN: Ramrod Passage West Flaming Feather San Antone
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Joan Leslie, Rhonda Fleming, and especially Arleen Whelan, all belong.
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WordPress is making life unnecessarily difficult of late, so it may be causing problems for Jerry – I know he has problems with commenting recently.
Yvonne De Carlo came mighty close to being included, all those U-I titles count for quite a bit with me. I also have a fondness for Susan Cabot, even though she was often largely in support.
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Barry-I enjoy Arleen in anything one of my favourite actresses with considerable range as well.
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Sadly, Marisa Pavan, whose only western role in Drum Beat was featured here a few weeks ago, passed away just the other day.
RIP
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Great list. Glad to see Stanwyck and O’Hara. Two favorites. For single film performances I would add Marriet Hartley in ‘Ride the High Country’. Gosh she’s wonderful. Also Stella Stevens in ‘Ballad of Cable Hogue’. She’s astounding. So yes Peckinpah had some memorable women in his westerns.
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In a recent Western ‘The English’ Emily Blunt is very strong indeed. She’s quite fantastic. One of the great women western performances actually.
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I also meant to add in impressive one offs Cate Blanchette in ‘The Missing’ and Rosamund Pike in ‘Hostiles’. They are both very strong.
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Yes, I feel Rosamund Pike did pretty good work in Hostiles too.
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Thanks Colin and everyone else here for all the female performers mentioned. One sometimes forgets just how important women were to the western genre.
Gord
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I think the fact they are not often seen at the forefront of the action – although there re of course exceptions such as Stanwyck’s movies, Dietrich’s and Johnny Guitar to mention a few – means women have been if not ignored then somewhat neglected. But the genre would be impoverished without the contributions of women, the great westerns of the classic era simply would not function without them.
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Diane Lane should be recognized for her parts in ‘Cattle Annie and Little Britches’, ‘Lonesome Dove’, ‘Wild Bill’, the 2000 version of ‘The Virginian’, and the neo Western ‘Let Him Go’. This for recent times is an honorable record for this talented and beautiful actress. Especially as ‘Lonesome Dove’ has become so iconic in the Western genre.
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And we can add Annette Bening for her turn on the wonderful OPEN RANGE.
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Yes I should have added her too. I would also add Hailee Steinfield for her superb turn in the 2010 ‘True Grit’.
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John and Colin are right about me having problems with WordPress. I’m still with you all out there, reading and enjoying.
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Jerry, sorry to hear you’re continuing to have these issues. Still, it’s good to hear from you and to know you’ve been following things.
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I could add Renee Zellweger for her role in THE APPALOOSA. Saw it on one of the few remaining (at the time) big screens left in town.
Gordon
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Great list Colin and some real surprises (Mayo is not an actor I really associate with the genre) – lots of viewing in my future, thanks chum!
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I’m always pleased if I’m able to offer a few pointers, it’s half the fun of running this place after all. Mayo was in some really good westerns so there’s plenty of scope for exploration there.
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I have to admit, these lists are tricky, you must have had such a hard time narrowing the list down. I appreciate she probably didn’t make as many films or have the same number of impressive roles, but the lady this post brought to my mind was Tina Louise, so good in Day of the Outlaw. I don’t know why, but her performance in that has always stayed with me.
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I thought Tina Louise was excellent in The Hangman (a terrific western). So I’m definitely open to seeing her in other westerns. Day of the Outlaw might just have to be added to my shopping list.
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I agree about The Hangman, which for some reason didn’t find much of an audience.
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The film has a lot going for it. I wonder if it was a scheduling thing as 1959 wasn’t exactly short of strong westerns – maybe it kind of got lost in the mix?
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You absolutely need to see Day of the Outlaw, De Toth at his best.
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Yep! and just think how wonderful Ives would have been in MAN OF THE WEST instead of Cobb’s vaudeville turn.
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Yes, Tina Louise had central roles in two very good westerns. She was also in The Good Guys and the Bad Guys, which I remember being rather lame.
She was in The Trap too, of course that’s not a western but it’s another notable credit.
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Just watched ‘The Good Guys and the Bad Guys’ just the other day! It was well alright. Love Mitchum in anything but he was going through the motions. Tina Louise was much better used in ‘Day of the Outlaw’ which I thought about mentioning too. I would also add to interesting female performances Janet Leigh in ‘The Naked Spur’ and Teresa Wright in ‘Pursued’. Both divine ladies. While not top Ford I would add Constance Towers for ‘The Horse Soldiers’ and ‘Sergeant Rutledge’.
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Teresa Wright has a few western credits: Pursued, Track of the Cat, California Conquest and The Capture, although your mileage may vary on whether the latter two really qualify as westerns.
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Track of the Cat has a really weird vibe and an extremely interesting visual style. I believe Wellman’s idea was to shoot a black-and-white movie in colour. I really love this movie. I love movies that are exercises in style.
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A special mention to one of my faves Mala Powers who I enjoy in anything-
Western Highlights:
ROSE OF CIMARRON
THE YELLOW MOUNTAIN
RAGE AT DAWN
STORM RIDER
SIERRA BARON
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I’ve never come across anything other than dreadful pan and scan versions of Sierra Baron. It look like it might be a good movie, but I simply cannot bring myself to watch those butchered copies.
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The “star” of SIERRA BARON (apart from lovely Mala) was Alex Phillips wonderful landscapes and sadly the TPTV UK version is equally horrendous. I saw SIERRA BARON which was released the same week as FROM HELL TO TEXAS in the UK a banner week for fans.
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Well my comment went through like a breeze but did not turn out as I planned Sorry to any Mala fans out there!
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This ones for Jerry…………….(And Me)
PENNY EDWARDS
TRAIL OF ROBIN HOOD
SPOILERS OF THE PLAINS
PONY SOLDIER
POWDER RIVER
THE DALTON GIRLS
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I like Penny too.
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Testing again
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Jerry, that comment somehow got sent to the spam folder. I fished it out and approved it so that might prevent issues with any subsequent comments.
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Barry those two mainstays of Republic Westerns (both A’s and B’s) certainly deserve a mention.
ADRIAN BOOTH
ADELE MARA
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Well at least my replies are getting through but not as I intended spacing and what have you. Those six shootin’ Gals have certainly increased the traffic at RTHC.
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I just recorded Charley Varrick off cable in order to get another look at Felicia Farr. While not a western, it is a top notch bit of film making from director Donald Siegel.
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I approached Charley Varrick with very low expectations. I don’t know why. Mostly I like Don Siegel’s movies a lot. In any case it turned out to be a wonderful movie. Great performance from Walter Matthau.
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I saw Charley Varrick in the cinema when it first came out in the 70s. Loved it then and still take it in every 4-5 years for a re-watch. The entire cast is excellent in my humble opinion.
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It’s simply one of the best thrillers from the 70s.
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I love it. Great movie and the Blu by Kino Lorber. ‘Charley Varrick’ is one of the greats.
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Will this work?….
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As this is a Women In The West thread I just thought that I’d mention that Explosive Media are releasing the very excellent CATTLE ANNIE & LITTLE BRITCHES on Blu Ray in March. I know this is out in other territories but past releases might have slipped your radar Colin.
It is NOT a “Comedy Western” and has Lancaster & Steiger on top form.
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Thanks John, I’ve never seen that, but I think I’ve heard you praise it before.
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alternative list
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8326-dont-fence-her-in-on-women-of-the-west
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Thanks, I hadn’t seen that till now.
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Colin-
Elephant Films France have a little known Siodmak slated for March as a DVD/Blu Ray combo. TIME OUT OF MIND has a rather odd cast to say the least.
I understand Kino Lorber have already released this.
Elephant Blu Ray’s usually have (For Hollywood Films) an English soundtrack with removable French & English subs.
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Thanks for the tip off, John. That movie is in the second noir set from Indicator but it’s a weak set overall and, in my opinion anyway, not worth it to get that film alone.
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A bit of seasonal fun……………..
We have often mentioned the WINNETOU films here.
WINNETOU has made his 4K UHD premier in Germany.
If you follow the link http://www.bluray-disc-kalender
it should open up on this December’s releases and you will note there is a Winnetou release on December 1 and there’s an extended clip which gives you some idea what to expect from these films-at least the clip shows the kind of money spent on them.
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Thanks for the heads-up, John. That link’s not working for me though. I think maybe this is the one you meant to post: https://bluray-disc.de/blu-ray-filme/kalender
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Just now reading and enjoying this thread . Such a good theme,Colin.
I’d add Ann Dvorak in “Abilene Town”, Gail Russell in “Seven Men From Now”, Ella Raines in “Tall in the Saddle”, Joan in “Johnny Guitar”.
Love Katy Jurado in High Noon and Susan Hayward in Garden of Evil and Rawhide.
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All good and valid picks. Regarding Ann Dvorak, I recommend you check out The Secret of Convict Lake if you get the opportunity.
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Don’t know how I’ve never seen Secret of Convict Lake. It’s on YT so will catch up. Thanks, Colin.
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Excellent. I do like to be able to point someone towards a movie that’s unfamiliar to them. I hope you enjoy it.
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I got caught up in projects and holidays in November and December, but this is one post I’ve been looking forward to checking out — and it didn’t disappoint. I saw a few of these films when I decided a couple of years ago to take a western film journey, but you’ve given me several more to add to my watchlist. Good stuff.
— Karen
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Thanks for coming back to this, and for commenting too. One of the great things about the classic era western is the wealth of titles to explore. Maybe it’s not an inexhaustible supply, but it’s still an extraordinarily rich seam.
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