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Vic Morrow and Eric Fleming were killed on the set due to not following safety procedures; a guy was killed by being run through with a saber in They Died With Their Boots On....think it was an extra during a charge and the horse went down and he was killed by his sword.  Things do happen unfortunately.
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Thanka Tom
I have noticed in scenes like Indian attacks on horse back, like you mentioned in your adventures, a horse will almost step on someone shot off another horse,but unlike you, they move over. I have thought for sure i have seen some trampled,but you never hear anything about it.
Doing cattle stampedes i would think would be very dangerous. I wouldn't want the job.

Quite often in Westerns you see horses fall onto their rider I can't imagine that all these stuntmen got up and walked away afterwards.

True bronco,
My horse fell on me 5 years ago and drove the saddle horn into my ribs. Didn't break any,but it was sore like crazy for months.
And that was just from raring up standing still. I can imagine what would have happened at a full gallop or dead run.

Hi Laramie:  Just wonderin' if you had a chance to finish The Last Bell. If so, would love to hear your comments, pro or con.  We just watched last night an old Joel McCrea western called "Saddle Tramp"....a good one that co-starred John McIntire and his wife Jeanette Nolan (they played a husband and wife) and John Russell as the bad guy. A good solid western about a cowpoke who loved the freedom of the open range but soon had to accept responsibilities that he hadn't planned on that interrupts his restless spirit.

Well Tom,you can tell by all my posts on the forum, that i am not great at describing films.
But i confess that it made me cry in a lot of scenes and smile with happiness in others. It made me sad for the old man and proud of him at the same time. I loved the," you thumb sucking brazen..... I will bend you over my knee and spank you".
I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I noticed,of the 30 something views, i was the only one to click the like button or leave comment. That i don't understand. If it was some silly nonsensical Hollywood endeavor, everyone would be commenting. But this is i guess what they would call a thinking mans film.
In ways it brought to mind an old testament prophet.....and in some ways, i can see prophecy.
In addition: I liked your character as well. Just didn't get as much, what do you call it,screen time?as i would like. The two of you played off one another well. Made seem so realistic.
Btw,were the others members of your theatrical group or did you have to do a lot of searching for talent? I can't think of any cons or criticism. It was well done. I only wish now you guys could do a western.

Glad you enjoyed the show. It was filmed in a 21 day shooting schedule in Utah. The old poet's set was constructed in the basement of my nephew's home in Salt Lake City. Most of the cast was taken from Ray's kids and grandkids with the exception of Jim, myself, Jaden Jensen (the good boy) and Jeff Greenwalt (Charlie, the old poet's friend). Jaden was a boy Ray knew at his church and had seen him do some performing and Jeff is a friend of Jim and me who has directed some stageplays we acted in and also acted with him in a play, as well as working in his on line comedy series "Rabbit Ears." He and I even shot a few scenes for one of those episodes on location in Kiev and Odessa, Ukraine...the most interesting location I have worked on (as well as the Capitol Reef location for Five Bloody Graves was another favorite location). Wish we could do a western. The closest we came was a script Ray wrote and we had a professional fund raiser in New York City trying to help raise the needed budget. "Ansel's Tribute" that was to be filmed in and around Kanab, Utah and set around 1917 but basically a western. We had the three stars lined up as well as the supporting actors and most the crew. We came close to getting the funding but it did not quite work out. A big disapointment. Jim was to play the lead heavy and I a drifter with a past that hired on at the ranch of the Peters family (Scott Wilson and Fionulla Flanigan were set to star). You may remember Fionulla Flanigan from the television series "How the West was Won" where Ray knew her from when he worked there as staff writer. Scott Wilson was an actor that Jim and I both knew....he was the lead heavy in the Kris Kristofferson western "The Tracker" as well as many other films ranging from "In The Heat of the Night" with Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier to "Hostiles" with Wes Studi and Christian Bale. Ansel, the title character, was a boy that was to be played by a young actor named Gatlin Griffith. His mom said he had worked with Eastwood and Costner but that this script was the best she had seen that came his way. His father is a stuntman and was to be used in our film. Billy Hughes, House Peters Jr, Gene Rutherford and Steve Mitchell (all veterans of film and TV westerns) were also lined up in the cast. If we had been successful we would have had that western to our credit. Such is life in the world of movie making.

I wish the western had come to fruition.
How about putting that script in book,or novel,form? After watching The Bell,i would think you guys writing a book would really take off.

Ray has put it in novel form (I think) but has no literary agent at the time.

Someone did a series of books of Gunsmoke.
James Arness wrote the forward for them. Some are pretty good i guess,but they didn't really capture Festus' character. Plus i can't imagine in my mind Festus cursing.

Dang 42 people here on the 20th and i missed it. Was it a reunion or something?
Glad to see it happened anyway.

If it was a reunion I missed it to. Something about that total does not seem right. Bronc.

I didn't notice anything either. But did enjoy  watching Yellow Sky last night with Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark and the rest of the cast filmed in the beautiful Alabam Rocks of Lone Pine.

Yellow Sky is a great Western. Bronc.

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If it was a reunion I missed it to. Something about that total does not seem right. Bronc.

Must have been Dominion.

Watched Hopalong Cassidy Returns. Can't go wrong with Hoppy.

Where is Tom? I sure hope he is safe and well. He hasnt been around in a month. I hope there werent more fires.
Not the same without him on the trail. Or any of the old hands for that matter.

Hi Laramie .... Have had a few health issues of late and doctor visits, blood tests, MRI', x-rays...and etc  so have not been real active on the computer of late but have (with brother Jim) been watching a lot of good westerns and other films.  Back to normal again now thanks to prayers and prednisone. Happy Thanksgiving.,

Hi Tom, that's good news. Keep enjoying your Westerns they always make you feel a little bit better. Bronc.

Good to hear from you Tom. Glad everything is going well. Seasons Greetings to you and Jim as well.

Howdy....Guess Bronco, Laramie and I make up the last of the three musketeers. Seasons greetings. Getting a dvd of Ride Clear of Diablo delivered today so that will be on the viewing schedule this evening.

Im still hoping some of the others will come back. After being a part of things for so long,its hard to imagine they all stopped watching westerns. Surely they couldnt have all passed on. I never would have thought Davey would stay away for so long. We need some way to come up with a reunion.

Hi Everyone,

I don’t quite know why I’ve been away for so long, life just seems to roll by sometimes.  But, the main thing is that I still watch lots of westerns.  What pushed me into contacting everyone was that last night I finished watching one of the best western series of all time…IMO.  Folks, this is right up there with Lonesome Dove, and I don’t say that lightly.  Please excuse me if there have been other posts about this series, but it’s rare that I’ve found myself so emotionally attached to a movie or series like this.  It’s called 1883, with Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.  It is the prequel to Yellowstone (I’ve watched all four series of this), but 1883 is a pure western, and even better.  In Yellowstone Kevin Costner plays John Dutton, and in 1883 McGraw plays his great grandfather, crossing the plains on the Oregon Trail.  Elliott is the wagon master.  This is about as real as you are ever going to get as far as “going west” is concerned.  All of you western fans just have to see this series.

Let me thank all of you who have managed to keep this forum going: Laramie, Art, Tom…and, of course the irreplaceable Sandy.  I promise to do my best to play my part again. 

Always your friend,

Iain

Hi Ian:  Great to hear from you. We don't get TV here but rely on our vast DVD and VHS collections for our movie watching. A friend loaned us the first three seasons of Yellowstone (which we enjoyed...watched them all in three or four days...like ca good novel that is referred to as a page turner where you just keep reading. Haven't seen 1883 (will when it is on DVD) but my brother Ray and his wife just finished the first season of 1883 and they say exactly what you said about it. Look forward to seeing it when we can. Great to hear from you and brother Jim sends his regards.   Tom.

Hi lain good seeing you back. I havent heard of 1883,but you have me curious now. I must see it. Thanks for the heads up.
I see where they are going to continue with this series. 6666 and 1932.....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n4mhYSIfOxU

Hi Laramie, good to be back, thanks.  1883 is an absolute must watch.  I enjoyed it so much I might watch it again.

I guess like Lonesome Dove they will keep it going. Shouldnt be long before all are on dvd. If not already.

Well Tom im stumped. I tried everything i know to direct people to us and maybe bring old ones back. I left our url on youtube western videos. I thought maybe the Radio shows might work. And i just knew for sure the other genres thread would bring them back. But alas,curses,foiled again.
I guess its just you and me pardner. But i dont mind being a faithful sidekick.

I guess two is better than none and Bronco and Iain have posted also...and Art Pepper....so maybe it is still five guns to the border.  Just watched over the past two nights eight episodes of the old Range Rider series and tonight watched a couple of episodes of The Restless Gun and a Schlitz Playhouse of "Trails End" with Dick Powell and Lee Van Cleef from back in 1953. Also watched one of my favorite westerns, "The Streets of Laredo" with William Holden, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman, William Bendix, Ray Teal and Alphonso "I don't need no stinkin' badges" Bedoya. Also had Clem Bevans....I kind of think he was born an old man as he seemed to be old in the 1930's and npt change all the way through the 1950's.

I watch a little Range Ryder from time to time. Dickie Jones was a boys cowboy back in the younger days. I like Streets of Laredo as well and Mona Freemon was one gorgeous woman. Speaking of born old,Walter Brennan seemed like he was 90 when born. By the time Will Sonnett came along he actually looked younger than he did in Sgt. York and others.
Ive been missing bronc. I haven't seen him post in a couple of months. But we shall defend the Alamo......

Sorry im just posting this Tom. Yes.....i have watched it 3 times since we started this conversation. I just cant get over the acting and emotion Jim brought to it. Im not good at words, heartfelt is the only think i can conjure up and that word has a wide range of how it struck me. And again,to remember all those lines is astounding. Now i have to watch it again or it will burn on my mind til i do. If i were a film critic i would have to give it 5 thumbs up.