Thanks! Oh it’s such a joy to watch your reactions, Dawn Marie - and yes, it’s mainly due to the way you are on screen. And then secondly, it’s the stuff you watch, starting with your complete love of black and white film. Over and over, a great combination - you and a great old film. So now you know that a Western can give you as much great story, romance, comedy, great performance, and twists, as any other movie. No spectacular Western is just shooting - doesn’t happen. This is for sure a great one to get you started. It’s my third favourite Western…and I guess my favourite Western that is along more traditional lines, and not undermining the usual formula, the tropes, the stuff that’s normally in there. My fave Western is also my second favourite movie of any type, called McCabe & Mrs Miller - often called an “anti-Western”, but as one critic said “for an anti-Western, it makes a heckuva great Western!”. Hate to break your heart, but McCabe & Mrs Miller is in colour, from 1971, but the colour palette is a specific sepia tone of browns, and golds (and snow!), and how it looks is just part of what I love. Maybe one day, for you… Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance), and Edmond O’Brien (Peabody the newspaperman), are two of my favourite actors, even above my respect for Stewart and Wayne. I hope you get to see Lee Marvin in a Western, where he’s a good guy, if not always a nice guy - the movie I’m thinking of is called Monte Walsh. Meanwhile, Edmond O’Brien shows up in many movies I love, but I’ll mention a famous, if atypical, Western, called The Wild Bunch. As for John Wayne, he’s in my second favourite Western - not the usual pick of most people, but I love North to Alaska. It’s sort of a Western Comedy Romance, with even some singing. You’ll even get to see John Wayne’s hairpiece fly off when he gets punched near the end of the movie (his hair stayed on when Jimmy Stewart clocked him in Liberty Valance…or did it? Maybe they re-shot the scene a few times ;) ). Lastly, check out Jimmy Stewart in Destry Rides Again - looks like a kid, in 1939 (black and white!). There’s also Winchester ‘73…opinion varies, but we that love it love it.
@@DawnMarieX Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance) had a #1 hit in the Uk called Wnd'rin Star from a musical comedic western with Clint Eastwood called Paint Your Wagon. Well worth a watch! Thanks for sharing your beautiful self!
@@Dave-hb7lx Definitely, I would say that The Wild Bunch is the best of the selections. The Magnificent Seven is okay for what it is, but suffers because, frankly, it pales in comparison to The Seven Samurai.
The town marshal is played by the wonderful Andy Devine, who did play Friar Tuck in Disney's _Robin Hood._ Devine had a very long career and is famous for his unique voice. He was also in John Wayne's first major movie, 1939's _Stagecoach._ He also had a kid's TV show in the 50s.
Sheriff Jingles was his signature role in 1951-1958's TV series, ADV OF WILD BILL HICKOCK. That was a long-running and signature series in his career, but my favorite performance is Twilight Zone's 3rd season, HOCUS POCUS AND MR. FRISBE (1962) as the constant buffoon-ish town-liar who DOES in fact best the aliens' plan to conquer the world. Believe or not...
@@scottjo63 Andy himself had passed away by the time "..Roger Rabbit" was made, but the voice actor did do an impression of him in homage. Another voice was an impression of actor Walter Brennan, another voice associated with westerns.
My favorite movie is a non western John Wayne movie. The Quiet Man was filmed in Ireland and also stars Maureen O'Hara who was in Miracle on 34th Street. It was also directed by John Ford who also directed Man who shot Liberty Valance.
Another of my favorite non-western or war movies starring John Wayne is _The Shepherd of the Hills._ It may just be his best work aside from _The Searchers._
I confess I never really liked John Wayne till I saw "The Quiet Man", which is a family favorite - one of those movies during which we quote along with about 75% of the dialogue.
Yes. I vote for watching The Quiet Man. It's one of John Wayne's few movies that aren't westerns or war movies. For a funny western he did watch McLintock.
Why do I always forget The Quiet Man!? Talk about six degrees of Kevin Bacon; Wayne was in this and Chisum(?) and "Big Jake" with Maureen O'Hara... who was in Miracle on 34th Street with Natalie Wood... who was in "The Searchers" (as was her little sister) with John Wayne...
I second "The Searchers" as one of the greatest westerns. Also, Shane is an excellent western. I'd suggest viewing several classic westerns before diving into the Clint Eastwood or spaghetti westerns. You need to have a good idea of what the genre was in it's classic form, before getting into the anti-hero later westerns.
Great reaction to your first John Ford film! John Ford is considered, if not the greatest, at least in the top 3, American directors of all time. Ford was the son of Irish immigrants who moved to California at the very beginning of movie making. He started out as a handyman on sets , and quickly moved up to making his own movies. He is considered the greatest western filmmaker. He uses comedy effectively in his films to balance and make it easier for viewers to accept the very deep issues he addressed in his films. This film is dealing with the nature of the American experiment itself: democracy vs tyranny, equality, self rule, progress v tradition, the nature of violence in founding of a government, how history is not just facts, but how facts are perceived. This is a much deeper film than just an adventure story, and that was the genius of John Ford.
There's agreat documentary, Five Came Back, about five directors who filmed the real World War II, one of whom was Ford. He was on Wake Island when it was attacked by the Japanese and filmed it. The other directors were Capra (It's a Wonderful Life), George Stevens (Shane), William Wyler (The Best Years of Our Lives) and John Huston (Africa Queen).
Lee Marvin played a convincing villain in this -- he also played a gunslinger in another great Western in 1967, a comedy called Cat Balou, with Jane Fonda. That film earned Lee an Academy Award!
@@mikerodgers7620 Ah, I like "Cat Ballou" .... but for Lee Marvin, I'll toss in "The Dirty Dozen", though it isn't a western. He had a magnificent speaking voice, and I believe had training as a dancer, and if you watch him carefully in his movies, you can see that training (watch his last movements here, for instance).
There is a movie you might like called "It Happened one Night" ...it is a 1934 American romantic film with elements of screwball comedy...it starred Clark Gable...it was directed by Frank Capra...who also directed "It's a Wonderful Life"
So excited that you keep taking chances on your movie choices. It's refreshing to see someone discover what great films are out there and not get stuck in the Marvel comic book world like so many other reactors do.
@@tedcole9936 There are so many great westerns that Dawn could have an entire channel just doing them - or another channel of classic black and white or Technicolor films. Stagecoach, Red River, The Searchers, Destry Rides Again, Rio Bravo, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Gunfighter, The Ox-Bow Incident, Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Some non westerns I'd like her to see are, A Night to Remember, Roman Holiday, Anatomy of a Murder (filmed here in my hometown), The Quiet Man,, Arsenic and Old Lace, Bringing Up Baby, The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird... the list is endless.
It is disappointing to see how many watch the same movies, mainly none prior to 1980 and many stuck on the big franchises. I like watching reactors like Dawn who go outside the norm.
Some other notable Westerns: The Big Country (rousing story, fantastic music), Winchester '73 (James Stewart's career was faltering, so he reinvented himself as a gracefully aging action star, think '50s version of Liam Neeson), the trio of A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (the so-called Man With No Name trilogy that turned a minor American TV actor named Clint Eastwood into an international movie star), Unforgiven (Eastwood's loving farewell to the Western genre), 3:10 to Yuma (the 1950s version or the 2000s version, a rare example of a remake that's as good as, or better than, the original), and High Noon (the ultimate one-man-against-overwhelming-odds story). And so many, many other greats.
James Stewart was in "The Shop Around The Corner". If you haven't seen "It's a Wonderful Life" you should really watch it. John Wayne was born Marion Morrison and his friends called him Duke. He did mostly westerns and war movies. But you might like "The Quiet Man" which was filmed mostly in Cong in County Mayo.
"Tiger" was voiced by Dom DeLuise. He was a big name in comedy. He worked with Mel Brooks quite a number of times. In "Blazing Saddles" he has a small role as the director of the musical number, where the big fight breaks into Hollywood. "Not in the face!" he says, so the cowboy punches him in the stomach. If you watch more Mel Brooks films you're sure to see more of Dom, and if you watch more 70s/80s comedies, he's sure to pop in here and there. Very funny guy.
John Wayne did a vareity of films, war, western, played a single Dad in the 50's [ trouble along the way ,] and a couple of police films. Irish love film , The Quiet Man, considered a 50's classic.
I totally agree with your followers that advised you watch Cat Ballou. Another overlooked fact was another of the henchmen was Lee Van Cleef was well known in the 70's Spaghetti Westerns like The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
@@luvthetube07 And a comment I'm glad someone beat me to! Sergio Leone, the director of "The Good, the Bad and Ugly" (and the other part of the "Trilogy" which featured van Cleef) said he wanted Van Cleef because his eyes burned through the screen. Agreed. Even here, in this very small part, and even smaller one in "High Noon", that face with those eyes call attention.
As for westerns, one of my favorites is “The Outlaw Josey Wales” -1976 with Clint Eastwood and Chief Dan George. As for a John Wayne non-western, I join some of the others in highly recommending “The Quiet Man” -1952. You did a beautiful job with this one. Cheers!
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is easily in the top 3 or 4 best westerns ever made. The number 1 or 2 best western ever made also starred John Wayne; it is "The Searchers" (1956).
I didn't care for "The Searchers." I know I'm pretty near the only person who didn't, but I didn't. (My taste runs more toward "El Dorado" or "Big Jake.") But, yeah, if Dawn's gonna start watching westerns, at some point she needs to see "The Searchers."
@@htim8997 I loved "El Dorado"; thats what started my love for sawed off shotguns. Did you know that the general plot of "El Dorado" was filmed 3 times, all with John Wayne? The other two were "Rio Bravo" and "Rio Lobo".
Yeah. VERY general in the case Rio Lobo. My opinion, more of a shared trope than the same plot, really. El Dorado and Rio Lobo are quite close, though.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was Ford's slam against politicians. He wanted them to know that the important people, the heroes, were the ranchers, farmers and hard working people. Not politicians.
The greatest western of all time , and now considered a top 10 film in any genre, is another John Ford film, "The Searchers". It stars John Wayne in his darkest role, Ethan Edwards.
You say "darkest", I say "most heroic" and "most masculine". Ethan Edwards is one of my favorite cinema heroes; uncompromising ("I figure a man is only good for one oath at a time"), and indefatigable.
@@Hiraghm I say darkest, because Ethan is divided against himself. He's divided, between civilization as represented by his brother, and his brother's wife and family, and the state of nature. After the defeat of the Confederacy, he's entered the state of nature. He's a law onto himself. He doesn't want to rejoin civilization. But by the end of his quest for revenge, he's decided to live and let live. His niece is returned to the family fold. Ethan will live on the outside of civilization, but he's made his peace with it's right to exist. I haven't the slightest problem with Ethan's dedication to the Confederacy.
I would highly recommend a western titled "The Professionals" starring Lee Marvin (the actor who played Liberty Valance), Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, and Woody Strode (the actor who played Pompey). Fun fact: In "Toy Story" the toy cowboy was named Woody in honor of Woody Strode, the African - American actor who appeared in many westerns.
Wayne and Stewart were together again in The Shootist, though not as much Stewart as you get here... fantastic movie. Also, for more Stewart, Philadelphia Story, Harvey, Mr Smith Goes to Washington
A classic movie with several big stars, a great reaction! A few more John Wayne movies, "The Searchers", "Stagecoach", "Big Jake", and for a non western, " The Quiet Man".
I love that you did a film reaction to this great Western! If you are looking for another one to watch, please try and see "The Big Country" with Gregory Peck, Burl Ives, Charlton Heston, Chuck Connors, Jean Simmons and Carroll Baker; while not a B&W film, it has maybe the best dialogue in a Western that I've seen/heard! Thanks for watching great older films!
Rio Bravo or McLintock are both brilliant comedic Westerns... both John Wayne vehicles,b haveut some very impressive co-stars. I watch McLintock at least once a year for the past 50 years, to cheer me up.
Another very iconic John Ford/John Wayne film is The Searchers (1956). It has a soaring music score, is shot in "VistaVision" (widescreen) and has arguably the most beautiful landscapes of any technicolour Hollywood western. Wayne plays a complex anti- hero in a story mainly about racism and prejudice, and it was pretty ahead of it's time in how it presents those themes.
Dawn, you might like THE QUIET MAN, with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. It's not a western, and it's set and filmed in Ireland. A delightful story by director John Ford, who also made this picture and a bunch of other John Wayne classics. Wayne is best known for westerns. He also did some war movies. And the occasional other genre film, like The Quiet Man.
The idea that Wayne did 'some' war movies is such a gentle way of putting it, to the point that, in our youth, me and a friend drew up a little map of where and how many times John Wayne beat the Axis and won World War Two for us, from the cockpit of his trusty Republic Flagwaver. He was *everywhere* - and often at the same time! But don't mess about - where Wayne's war movie career is concerned, it peaked with 'Sands of Iwo Jima' and it's a really solid movie.
A great black and white movie with Humphrey Bogart is The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Not a true western as westerns go, but a great story of greed in a search for gold.
High Noon is another classic black and white western that you could watch. Cat Ballou or Hallelujah Trail are comedy westerns that might tickle your fancy.
Lee Marvin, who played Liberty Valance, was always a great “tough-guy” actor. My favorite role of his is in The Dirty Dozen, a WWII film with loads of famous actors in the early part of their careers (Donald Sutherland, Charles Bronson, Telly Savales).
Great reaction Dawn. For historical reference most of these classic westerns are set in the 1870s, 80s and 90s. In the UK think of things like Queen Victoria, Jack the Ripper, the elephant man and Sherlock Holmes being contemporary.
Lee Van Cleef, Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin are all WW2 Veterans. Stewart was still an Air Force officer during the filing of this movie and flew over Vietnam eventually achieving the rank of Brigadier General. Lee Marvin served in the Pacific as a Marine Infantryman with extensive combat and a Purple Heart.
some of the greatest stories appear in the 'Western' format. 'High Noon'/ 'My Darling Clementine'/ 'The Searchers'/'Red River' are just a few that you might seek out. you will love 'The Magnificent Seven' but please make sure it's the 1960 original and not the awful remake. I really enjoy your reactions to the older movies so please keep them coming.
OK, one of the best films ever made! Think of a cinematic experience that covers every single human emotion so deeply! Every possible plot point and twist is just there. Now to enjoy!
The first cross continental steam engine trains started around 1863 when they completed the track....these trains were quite common in the 19th century [1800's]. I think you would enjoy the original True Grit [1969....not the newer one with Jeff Bridges]. the original True Grit has Joh Wayne who won the Oscar bets actor for that, with the great Kim Darby as the young girl, and famous singer/guitar player at the time Glen Campbell [that's right! Scottish heritage!] who sang the theme song also for the movie. I really liked Kim Darby n this movie. I also love the movie music score by Elmer Bernstein.
John Wayne played mostly westerns but also was in WW2 movies, an ex boxer (1952's The Quiet Man), a college football coach (1953- Trouble Along the Way), a cop (1974- McQ and 1975- Brannigan). Other non westerns were Hatari, Big Jim McLain, the 1963 comedy Donovan's Reef and 1942's Pittsburgh.
The opening of Big Jake (another good John Wayne movie) does a good job of summing up the dichotomy of the US at the beginning of the 20th century, the wildness of the west against the modernity of the East
At this time John Ford had been contracted for 3 films with John Wayne. Wayne talked to his friend Lee Marvin and they made 3 films together with Ford. "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," "The Comancheros," & the great "Donovan's Reef." All excellent -- all 3 with Wayne & Marvin. Lee Marvin was a Purple Heart American soldier and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington. His greatest picture is both "Cat Ballou," (Academy Award winner) & "The Dirty Dozen" as (Sgt Reisman) which was originally offered to John Wayne. Marvin also made a western with Clint Eastwood, a musical where both sang -- "Paint Your Wagon." A young Lee Marvin can be seen in the Marlon Brando classic "The Wild One," as a motorcycle bully who rides into a small town. Your commentary is charming Dawn Marie -- good job.
Wayne's greatest non-Western was The Quiet Man. Takes place in Ireland, directed by Ford and co-stars Maureen O'Hara. Wayne was nominated for an Oscar. You would love it. It's a St. Patrick's Day staple. His best western was The Searchers, generally regarded as one of the greatest movies of any genre. It inspired Star Wars.
Great video. My 16 year old son came to the kitchen table last night while I was working a puzzle. I asked him if he knew who shot Liberty Valance? He replied who is Liberty Valance? I said, well let’s find out. We watched the whole movie on my phone at the kitchen table. I know he liked it because he didn’t leave after two minutes. As the movie started, I added some extra factoids, such as Liberty Valance was played by Lee Marvin, a former Marine from World War II. I told him Marvin had seen his share of violence. This movie is excellent as it hits so many important historical issues. Pompey is a real bad ass. Saving Tom from the fire and representing himself in school. Plus, he always kept that rifle ready. Tom wouldn’t be Tom without Pompey.
Very good reaction Dawn just a small note Liberty Valances sidekick was the wonderful Lee Van Cleef who starred in many more films usually has the baddy (The good the bad and the ugly, a few dollars more et cetera)
I was a kid when this movie first appeared on TV, and my older brother saw it. He raved about it, how good it was. He and I always had a troublesome relationship in our childhood, but I never forgot how he loved this movie, or how I understood when I saw it. But please, let this launch you on a Jimmy Stewart binge, he did so many movies of so many different types. Try "Harvey", where Stewart is the most wonderful and kind-hearted man, even if he is a little off-center (What can you say about a man who's best friend is a six foot tall invisible white rabbit?) Don't judge, watch the movie, you will understand how wonderful Jimmy Stewart was. (I have always loved the interview where he talked about being stopped and chatted up by strangers, and they ask about how Harvey is, and he says "Harvey is fine, he is right here (putting arm around invisible Harvey.))
I first saw "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" after seeing I thought when something big happens like the shooting you might think you know what happened but time passes and a different truth might come out. Its interesting how something like this happens and one man uses it to get fame and power and the girl while the same event causes the other man to live out his life in despair and anonymity. Two good men, two very different fates.
End: "Where do I start?" The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", then "The Outlaw Josey Wales". Those are the two to live up to IMO. Follow it up with the older True Grit and Clint Eastwood's swan song Unforgiven. There's nothing sugar coated in the later. It is truly raw.
John Wayne has done many great WW-II movies. My favorite is 'In Harms Way', about a no-nonsense, end guts, Cruiser Captain that eventually gets promoted to Rear Admiral (lower half), and has a seasoned military nurse as his partner. Excellent. 👍👍👍👍👍
Awesome reaction!!! This is one of John Wayne's & Jimmy Stewart's best films together. Also, some of the greatest supporting cast members as well, for IF you watch more John Wayne films, you will see almost all of them. Anyway, believe it or not, there IS a song called, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", by Gene Pitney. The song came out in 1962 - the same time as this movie. The song was intended to be the THEME SONG for this movie, but the movie executives did not want it for they thought that the song really had nothing to do with the movie, so was dropped. However, IF you listen to the song, it basically tells the story of the movie in a nutshell. The song went on to become a big hit for about 13-weeks or so on the radio and the movie went on to become a greta hit as well.
John Wayne is most famous for his Western's, but he was in other films as well, including several World War II films like "They Were Expendable" and "The Flying Leathernecks". He also played a General in "The Longest Day". Apart from those genres, he was in a movie about oil rig firefighters called "Hellfighters". One of his few romantic films is "The Quiet Man", which is set in Ireland. Being in so many Westerns, though, people when trying to strike up a conversation with him would often bring up horses or guns and he actually didn't care that much for them. He really enjoyed fishing on the open water and had a home on the Olympic Peninsula here in Washington State where I live. He also did a movie shot here in Seattle called "McQ" in which he plays a Seattle Police Detective. James Stewart is my favorite actor of all time, and this movie is my favorite western.
Tom had a Lever Action Rifle chambered in the 'now antique' round of 45-70 caliber, which happened to be the same 45-70 round used by cartridge loaded revolvers of that era. I happen to own replicas of both that are fully functional, plus an RCB 45-70 re-loader. I have not brought them to the range lately, so I will see if I can take a trip 🙂
This is a classic. If you want to see the Real Classic Western Movie, then you need to see STAGECOACH (1939), with John Wayne as the star. John Wayne was a man's man, and a real true-blue American. "You have a good week, Pilgrim."
@@craigwheller Uh, seems like you've been listening to that BS from HATE AMERICANS GROUPS. John Wayne was 35 years old, when Pearl Harbor was attacked. 35 Was considered old, at that time. They were only taking the young guys. "John Wayne registered for the draft (which is not the act of someone trying to dodge being drafted) and was told he was ineligible to serve because he was married and supporting four children. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Wayne was just a year short of the age cut off. In 1941 there was no shortage of young men the military could pick from so he received a 3A classification, which was Uncle Sam saying to John Wayne, “Thanks, but we don’t need you.” By 1943 however, the military still needed men and Wayne was given a 1A eligible status again since the maximum age had been extended to 63." By the way, I was drafted during Vietnam, and served 4 years. When did you serve in the Military? The draft ended in June 30, 1973, so don't tell me you were drafted, if you were born after 1955.
John Wayne played the co-pilot in The High and The Mighty, the first airplane crash movie, that started the genre of the air disaster movies, featuring a great cast of the passengers, strangers each with their own story, caught up in a common disaster.
John Wayne was in over 160 movies, his first role being a corpse in a silent film. Many of his film appearances were in what were called "B" Westerns and Saturday Movie Serials; short stories with cliffhanger endings that were told in 3 or 4 low budget movies on Saturday mornings at the theaters. He wasn't a Star until John Ford saw something in him and cast him in a movie he was directing in 1939 called "Stagecoach". After that "Duke" Wayne's star soared like a Saturn rocket; he was Americas Hero for the better part of the next 4-decades, until his death in 1979 from stomach cancer. He was only 72. I highly recomend many of his films, especially those directed by John Ford. "Stagecoach" is a must see, as well as many of his other westerns; a comedy called "McClintock" & a non western called "Trouble Along The Way". But probably the best "Non John Wayne movie" he was ever in was "The Long Voyage Home" He was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for "The Sands Of Iwo Jima" and won it for "True Grit". Sorry to ramble on, but I've been a H U G E John Wayne fan for a long, long time. Keep up the great work, love your interesting reactions ... and your wonderful accent, too!
Dom Deluise (Tiger) played in tons of animated movies and in the Muppet Movie in the 70s. He played in the "Secret of N.I.M.H." AND IN "All dogs go to Heaven" etc. etc.
13:21--the man beside Lee Marvin is Lee Van Cleef.--esp. known for the Sergio Leone-films For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).
"Nothing's too good for the man who shot Liberty Valance." I love the irony of that line. The actual man who shot Liberty Valance was Tom, and he died poor, forgotten, buried in a simple coffin, with only a few mourners. Ransom Stoddard represents the law. The legend of the settling of the West was that the law came in and tamed the lawless. But in fact, what really tamed the lawless was tough men like Tom Doniphon standing up to men like Liberty Valance. But those men died and were forgotten. It's an interesting meditation on what really is the foundation of civilization: law or violence. Ultimately, it is violence. How ironic!
In the old west, the Marshall was city or town police. The Sheriff was and still is County jurisdiction. The U.S. Marshall had jurisdiction over territory that was not part of a county.
Not just a good cast but a great cast. In addition to the two leads is an unrecognizable Edmond O'Brien with a beard as Dutton Peabody. A highly underrated actor in too many great movies to mention. Also, you have Lee Marvin (The Big Heat, The Wild One, The Killers, The Dirty Dozen, Point Blank), Vera Miles (Psycho), Strother Martin (Cool Hand Luke) and early Lee Van Cleef (The Good The Bad and the Ugly).
There are so many great westerns and this is one . Having grown up on them i could recommend dozens to watch that are some of the greatest films ever made ! But for someone who is just discovering these great classics , Shane with Alan Ladd is a must see . It has a depth most don't .
DAWN MARIE - John Wayne's last movie was called "The Shootist." My favorite of all his films. His character was dying of cancer, and John Wayne was also dying of cancer when he filmed the movie. Very emotional. Can you react to "The Shootist?" Starring John Wayne, James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian. AMAZING cast!
A great movie closer to the modern era is Tombstone (1993). I can't believe it's already 30 years old. It's based on the true story of a famous old-west event called "The Shootout at the OK Corral". It stars Kurt Russel as Wyatt Earp and Val Kilmer in a fantastic performance as Doc Holiday. It's one of my all-time favorite westerns alongside The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
She thought this would be a lot of fighting, shooting and violence and I think that is because of the more modern westerns. There were better stories in the older movies. I hope she stays with the black and whites - everyone does the modern (since 1980) stuff.
Woody Strode - Pompey in the film, was one of the first black NFL players. And stared in Sgt. Rutledge, and can be seen in 20 years of films ending with Posse 1993 and The Quick and the Dead 1995. A man before his time, but probably right on time.
Excellent choice for a first western. And "best western" is a valid opinion, this film is regularly in the conversation of top ten or even top five best westerns.. Black and white was a deliberate choise
So glad you liked this film. It is my all time favourite western, and I do love them. Lovely commentary. Check out 'Tall in the Saddle' an early John Wayne with a fabulous female lead in Ella Raines. Great story too.
Been watching you for awhile, but this one made me become a new sub -- I enjoyed this quite a bit! Just wanted to comment on a couple of things: First, when Stoddard said he owed three days room and board, I think he was just talking about the debt he was trying to work off; I think you are right in that he had been there for weeks or months. This was more or less confirmed when Peabody said that he gave Stoddard his old gun and that he had been practicing twice a week -- which of course wouldn't make any sense if he had only been there for three days. The other thing is when you questioned if anyone could tell the difference between a pistol or shotgun blast (that killed Valance). Pompey always held a rifle - not a shotgun. It was this rifle that he tossed to Donaphon, who then shot Valance. Finally, if you're looking for another western with a similar vibe to react to, you should consider The Searchers, another classic film starring John Wayne and directed by John Ford.
It's so fun to see you fall in love with classic films! I'll recommend three westerns (though there are so many good ones): another Jimmy Stewart film, Winchester '73 (1950)---a classic tale of revenge; another John Wayne film, Rio Bravo (1959) also starring Dean Martin; and Johnny Guitar (1954), a western in which the main protagonist and antagonist are women (Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge), rather than two men.
A great non-western John Wayne movie is "THE QUIET MAN" and is also directed by John Ford. His best non-western movie it's a comedy/drama that I guarantee that you will love.
This is the first movie I remember seeing in a theatre as a little baby boy sitting on my father's knee. The song by Gene Pitney was on the radio at the time. John Ford made many westerns with John Wayne, but this one is really telling about the end of the Old West (represented by John Wayne) and the beginning of a New West (represented by Jimmy Stewart).
Lee Marvin, who played Liberty Valance, could play a villain with ease. He also can play a great good guy as well. The Dirty Dozen, (1967), not a western, to a lovable drunk in Shout AT The Devil (1976) with Roger Moore. But get this, a western musical comedy with Clint Eastwood, and they both do their own singing in Paint Your Wagon (1969).
Also see James Stewart in the Hitchcock movies Rear Window and Vertigo. Andy Devine also played Jingles, the sidekick of Wild Bill Hickok on an American TV show.
2 offers for you.... 'Bad Day at Black Rock' co-starring Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance) 'Support Your Local Sheriff' It's a fun little comedic western set around the 1880's
The black actor is named Willie Strode. Its a shame he never got the recognition he deserved such was the times back then. My too favorite roles he played was the title role in the movie Sgt. Rutledge about a black soldier accused of rape and as the gladiator who fought Kirk Douglas in Spartacus
I'm going to date myself. On my 7th birthday, my friends and I were going to play football. But it rained, so my Dad took us to see this movie in the theater. I'm enjoying your reactions, especially when you do old movies and Lord of the Rings.
The reason you like his voice so much is because he was of Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and some English descent. 😃 Favorite James Stewart movies: (in no particular order) Rear Window Rope Harvey Anatomy of a Murder Flight of the Phoenix Bell Book and Candle Shenandoah The Glenn Miller Story The Spirit of St.Louis. My all time favorite John Wayne movie is The Cowboys.
Thanks! Oh it’s such a joy to watch your reactions, Dawn Marie - and yes, it’s mainly due to the way you are on screen. And then secondly, it’s the stuff you watch, starting with your complete love of black and white film. Over and over, a great combination - you and a great old film.
So now you know that a Western can give you as much great story, romance, comedy, great performance, and twists, as any other movie. No spectacular Western is just shooting - doesn’t happen. This is for sure a great one to get you started. It’s my third favourite Western…and I guess my favourite Western that is along more traditional lines, and not undermining the usual formula, the tropes, the stuff that’s normally in there.
My fave Western is also my second favourite movie of any type, called McCabe & Mrs Miller - often called an “anti-Western”, but as one critic said “for an anti-Western, it makes a heckuva great Western!”. Hate to break your heart, but McCabe & Mrs Miller is in colour, from 1971, but the colour palette is a specific sepia tone of browns, and golds (and snow!), and how it looks is just part of what I love. Maybe one day, for you…
Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance), and Edmond O’Brien (Peabody the newspaperman), are two of my favourite actors, even above my respect for Stewart and Wayne. I hope you get to see Lee Marvin in a Western, where he’s a good guy, if not always a nice guy - the movie I’m thinking of is called Monte Walsh. Meanwhile, Edmond O’Brien shows up in many movies I love, but I’ll mention a famous, if atypical, Western, called The Wild Bunch.
As for John Wayne, he’s in my second favourite Western - not the usual pick of most people, but I love North to Alaska. It’s sort of a Western Comedy Romance, with even some singing. You’ll even get to see John Wayne’s hairpiece fly off when he gets punched near the end of the movie (his hair stayed on when Jimmy Stewart clocked him in Liberty Valance…or did it? Maybe they re-shot the scene a few times ;) ).
Lastly, check out Jimmy Stewart in Destry Rides Again - looks like a kid, in 1939 (black and white!). There’s also Winchester ‘73…opinion varies, but we that love it love it.
Thank you heaps! I've added your suggestions to the list 😁 looking forward to seeing them!
@@DawnMarieX Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance) had a #1 hit in the Uk called Wnd'rin Star from a musical comedic western with Clint Eastwood called Paint Your Wagon. Well worth a watch! Thanks for sharing your beautiful self!
@@Dave-hb7lx Definitely, I would say that The Wild Bunch is the best of the selections. The Magnificent Seven is okay for what it is, but suffers because, frankly, it pales in comparison to The Seven Samurai.
You HAVE TO SEE THE SEARCHERS . I can't stress it enough
@@DawnMarieX Yeah I think this is after the Civil War.
The town marshal is played by the wonderful Andy Devine, who did play Friar Tuck in Disney's _Robin Hood._ Devine had a very long career and is famous for his unique voice. He was also in John Wayne's first major movie, 1939's _Stagecoach._ He also had a kid's TV show in the 50s.
Sheriff Jingles was his signature role in 1951-1958's TV series, ADV OF WILD BILL HICKOCK. That was a long-running and signature series in his career, but my favorite performance is Twilight Zone's 3rd season, HOCUS POCUS AND MR. FRISBE (1962) as the constant buffoon-ish town-liar who DOES in fact best the aliens' plan to conquer the world. Believe or not...
And I'm sure he had a cameo voice playing an animated bullet in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
There's a street named after Andy Devine in Kingman Arizona.
@@scottjo63 Andy himself had passed away by the time "..Roger Rabbit" was made, but the voice actor did do an impression of him in homage.
Another voice was an impression of actor Walter Brennan, another voice associated with westerns.
@@TSIRKLAND Oh thats right he played the one who yelled 'he went thata way.'
My favorite movie is a non western John Wayne movie. The Quiet Man was filmed in Ireland and also stars Maureen O'Hara who was in Miracle on 34th Street. It was also directed by John Ford who also directed Man who shot Liberty Valance.
Another of my favorite non-western or war movies starring John Wayne is _The Shepherd of the Hills._ It may just be his best work aside from _The Searchers._
The Quiet Man is a classic. Dawn Marie should definitely watch it. Of course, I think everybody should.
I confess I never really liked John Wayne till I saw "The Quiet Man", which is a family favorite - one of those movies during which we quote along with about 75% of the dialogue.
Yes. I vote for watching The Quiet Man. It's one of John Wayne's few movies that aren't westerns or war movies. For a funny western he did watch McLintock.
Why do I always forget The Quiet Man!? Talk about six degrees of Kevin Bacon; Wayne was in this and Chisum(?) and "Big Jake" with Maureen O'Hara... who was in Miracle on 34th Street with Natalie Wood... who was in "The Searchers" (as was her little sister) with John Wayne...
I second "The Searchers" as one of the greatest westerns. Also, Shane is an excellent western. I'd suggest viewing several classic westerns before diving into the Clint Eastwood or spaghetti westerns. You need to have a good idea of what the genre was in it's classic form, before getting into the anti-hero later westerns.
Shane is best understood IMHO, as a metaphor for WWII returning vets.
For an expansion of the Western as a contemporary morality play, High Noon.
AGREED!
@@christopherconard2831 I think Firecreek did it better
The best Eastwood Western is Unforgiven. One best ever.
Great reaction to your first John Ford film! John Ford is considered, if not the greatest, at least in the top 3, American directors of all time. Ford was the son of Irish immigrants who moved to California at the very beginning of movie making. He started out as a handyman on sets , and quickly moved up to making his own movies. He is considered the greatest western filmmaker. He uses comedy effectively in his films to balance and make it easier for viewers to accept the very deep issues he addressed in his films. This film is dealing with the nature of the American experiment itself: democracy vs tyranny, equality, self rule, progress v tradition, the nature of violence in founding of a government, how history is not just facts, but how facts are perceived. This is a much deeper film than just an adventure story, and that was the genius of John Ford.
Capra, Ford, Spielberg... Kazan, Hitchook, Wyler, Zinnerman, Hawks.
There's agreat documentary, Five Came Back, about five directors who filmed the real World War II, one of whom was Ford. He was on Wake Island when it was attacked by the Japanese and filmed it. The other directors were Capra (It's a Wonderful Life), George Stevens (Shane), William Wyler (The Best Years of Our Lives) and John Huston (Africa Queen).
Excellent comment, thanks!!
Do you pick these off other channels?
@@jasonpratt3970 I actually read books, and retain information. It's kind of freaky.
This movie was filmed in 1962. John Ford decided to shoot the movie in black & white for effect.
Note that in western culture calling someone a "Dude" was considered a grave insult. It basically means "pretend cowboy."
Lee Marvin played a convincing villain in this -- he also played a gunslinger in another great Western in 1967, a comedy called Cat Balou, with Jane Fonda. That film earned Lee an Academy Award!
Which he shared with a horse..lol..
Cat Balou? Is that the best you can do?
@@mikerodgers7620 Ah, I like "Cat Ballou" .... but for Lee Marvin, I'll toss in "The Dirty Dozen", though it isn't a western. He had a magnificent speaking voice, and I believe had training as a dancer, and if you watch him carefully in his movies, you can see that training (watch his last movements here, for instance).
Let’s give some credit to that horse
@@michaelstach5744 For sure: Lee Marvin did!
There is a movie you might like called "It Happened one Night" ...it is a 1934 American romantic film with elements of screwball comedy...it starred Clark Gable...it was directed by Frank Capra...who also directed "It's a Wonderful Life"
it was scandalous at the time...
It was the first to win the Big 5 Academy Awards. Must see
So excited that you keep taking chances on your movie choices. It's refreshing to see someone discover what great films are out there and not get stuck in the Marvel comic book world like so many other reactors do.
Totally agree with you. 💯%
@@tedcole9936 There are so many great westerns that Dawn could have an entire channel just doing them - or another channel of classic black and white or Technicolor films. Stagecoach, Red River, The Searchers, Destry Rides Again, Rio Bravo, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Gunfighter, The Ox-Bow Incident, Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Some non westerns I'd like her to see are, A Night to Remember, Roman Holiday, Anatomy of a Murder (filmed here in my hometown), The Quiet Man,, Arsenic and Old Lace, Bringing Up Baby, The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird... the list is endless.
It is disappointing to see how many watch the same movies, mainly none prior to 1980 and many stuck on the big franchises. I like watching reactors like Dawn who go outside the norm.
It’s so easy to get trapped in the Marvel. So happy that this channel hasn’t fallen into their grip.
Some other notable Westerns: The Big Country (rousing story, fantastic music), Winchester '73 (James Stewart's career was faltering, so he reinvented himself as a gracefully aging action star, think '50s version of Liam Neeson), the trio of A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (the so-called Man With No Name trilogy that turned a minor American TV actor named Clint Eastwood into an international movie star), Unforgiven (Eastwood's loving farewell to the Western genre), 3:10 to Yuma (the 1950s version or the 2000s version, a rare example of a remake that's as good as, or better than, the original), and High Noon (the ultimate one-man-against-overwhelming-odds story). And so many, many other greats.
James Stewart was in "The Shop Around The Corner". If you haven't seen "It's a Wonderful Life" you should really watch it.
John Wayne was born Marion Morrison and his friends called him Duke. He did mostly westerns and war movies. But you might like "The Quiet Man" which was filmed mostly in Cong in County Mayo.
Another great film from this era and genre is "High Noon" with Gary Cooper. I didn't see it myself until I was around your age. It is reaction worthy.
I second High Noon. Like The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, it is more than just a western.
"Tiger" was voiced by Dom DeLuise. He was a big name in comedy.
He worked with Mel Brooks quite a number of times. In "Blazing Saddles" he has a small role as the director of the musical number, where the big fight breaks into Hollywood. "Not in the face!" he says, so the cowboy punches him in the stomach.
If you watch more Mel Brooks films you're sure to see more of Dom, and if you watch more 70s/80s comedies, he's sure to pop in here and there. Very funny guy.
Always happy to see people appreciating the old classics.
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Especially the younger generation.
John Wayne did a vareity of films, war, western, played a single Dad in the 50's [ trouble along the way ,] and a couple of police films. Irish love film , The Quiet Man, considered a 50's classic.
The comedy of Donovan's Reef
Growing up with Him, james Garner, and Clint Eastwood films...
I totally agree with your followers that advised you watch Cat Ballou. Another overlooked fact was another of the henchmen was Lee Van Cleef was well known in the 70's Spaghetti Westerns like The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Sorry, not 70's, late 60's westerns.
@@luvthetube07 And a comment I'm glad someone beat me to! Sergio Leone, the director of "The Good, the Bad and Ugly" (and the other part of the "Trilogy" which featured van Cleef) said he wanted Van Cleef because his eyes burned through the screen. Agreed. Even here, in this very small part, and even smaller one in "High Noon", that face with those eyes call attention.
@@melenatorr Great minds think alike!
@@luvthetube07 So they do!
As for westerns, one of my favorites is “The Outlaw Josey Wales” -1976 with Clint Eastwood and Chief Dan George. As for a John Wayne non-western, I join some of the others in highly recommending “The Quiet Man” -1952. You did a beautiful job with this one. Cheers!
The Outlaw Josey Wales is in my opinion the best post-Leone western film.
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Yeah the Outlaw Josey Wales
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is easily in the top 3 or 4 best westerns ever made. The number 1 or 2 best western ever made also starred John Wayne; it is "The Searchers" (1956).
I didn't care for "The Searchers." I know I'm pretty near the only person who didn't, but I didn't. (My taste runs more toward "El Dorado" or "Big Jake.") But, yeah, if Dawn's gonna start watching westerns, at some point she needs to see "The Searchers."
@@htim8997 I loved "El Dorado"; thats what started my love for sawed off shotguns. Did you know that the general plot of "El Dorado" was filmed 3 times, all with John Wayne? The other two were "Rio Bravo" and "Rio Lobo".
Yeah. VERY general in the case Rio Lobo. My opinion, more of a shared trope than the same plot, really. El Dorado and Rio Lobo are quite close, though.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was Ford's slam against politicians. He wanted them to know that the important people, the heroes, were the ranchers, farmers and hard working people. Not politicians.
The greatest western of all time , and now considered a top 10 film in any genre, is another John Ford film, "The Searchers". It stars John Wayne in his darkest role, Ethan Edwards.
You say "darkest", I say "most heroic" and "most masculine". Ethan Edwards is one of my favorite cinema heroes; uncompromising ("I figure a man is only good for one oath at a time"), and indefatigable.
@@Hiraghm I say darkest, because Ethan is divided against himself. He's divided, between civilization as represented by his brother, and his brother's wife and family, and the state of nature. After the defeat of the Confederacy, he's entered the state of nature. He's a law onto himself. He doesn't want to rejoin civilization. But by the end of his quest for revenge, he's decided to live and let live. His niece is returned to the family fold. Ethan will live on the outside of civilization, but he's made his peace with it's right to exist. I haven't the slightest problem with Ethan's dedication to the Confederacy.
Lots of great James Stewart movies out there, a couple of westerns I'd recommend are Destry Rides Again. (1939) and Broken Arrow (1950).
I would highly recommend a western titled "The Professionals" starring Lee Marvin (the actor who played Liberty Valance), Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, and Woody Strode (the actor who played Pompey). Fun fact: In "Toy Story" the toy cowboy was named Woody in honor of Woody Strode, the African - American actor who appeared in many westerns.
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Wayne and Stewart were together again in The Shootist, though not as much Stewart as you get here... fantastic movie.
Also, for more Stewart, Philadelphia Story, Harvey, Mr Smith Goes to Washington
A classic movie with several big stars, a great reaction! A few more John Wayne movies, "The Searchers", "Stagecoach", "Big Jake", and for a non western, " The Quiet Man".
Also Mr. Wayne other non western movies were Hatari and Donavan's Reef. It also had Lee Marvin in that latter movie as well
Love how Lee Van Cleef is just casually hanging out in the background
I love that you did a film reaction to this great Western! If you are looking for another one to watch, please try and see "The Big Country" with Gregory Peck, Burl Ives, Charlton Heston, Chuck Connors, Jean Simmons and Carroll Baker; while not a B&W film, it has maybe the best dialogue in a Western that I've seen/heard! Thanks for watching great older films!
Superb movie.
Excellent movie!
Lee Van Cleef ran a good supporting character.
Rio Bravo or McLintock are both brilliant comedic Westerns... both John Wayne vehicles,b haveut some very impressive co-stars. I watch McLintock at least once a year for the past 50 years, to cheer me up.
Another very iconic John Ford/John Wayne film is The Searchers (1956). It has a soaring music score, is shot in "VistaVision" (widescreen) and has arguably the most beautiful landscapes of any technicolour Hollywood western. Wayne plays a complex anti- hero in a story mainly about racism and prejudice, and it was pretty ahead of it's time in how it presents those themes.
Dawn, you might like THE QUIET MAN, with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. It's not a western, and it's set and filmed in Ireland. A delightful story by director John Ford, who also made this picture and a bunch of other John Wayne classics.
Wayne is best known for westerns. He also did some war movies. And the occasional other genre film, like The Quiet Man.
The idea that Wayne did 'some' war movies is such a gentle way of putting it, to the point that, in our youth, me and a friend drew up a little map of where and how many times John Wayne beat the Axis and won World War Two for us, from the cockpit of his trusty Republic Flagwaver.
He was *everywhere* - and often at the same time!
But don't mess about - where Wayne's war movie career is concerned, it peaked with 'Sands of Iwo Jima' and it's a really solid movie.
A great black and white movie with Humphrey Bogart is The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Not a true western as westerns go, but a great story of greed in a search for gold.
High Noon is another classic black and white western that you could watch. Cat Ballou or Hallelujah Trail are comedy westerns that might tickle your fancy.
Lee Marvin, who played Liberty Valance, was always a great “tough-guy” actor. My favorite role of his is in The Dirty Dozen, a WWII film with loads of famous actors in the early part of their careers (Donald Sutherland, Charles Bronson, Telly Savales).
Marvin was a US Marine and fought in the Pacific, so he knew firsthand about being a tough guy.
"McLintock" is a great John Wayne western, is also quite humorous. And yes, the sheriff did do the voice of Friar Tuck in Disney's "Robin Hood".
Sorry Dawn, I just had one more thought, I believe you would love the western The Magnificent Seven.
Great reaction Dawn. For historical reference most of these classic westerns are set in the 1870s, 80s and 90s. In the UK think of things like Queen Victoria, Jack the Ripper, the elephant man and Sherlock Holmes being contemporary.
Thanks Dawn Marie. Good That
Love watching old movies with you. You are as entertaining as the movies.
All these suggestions for John Wayne movies and I see no one mentioning The Cowboys. One of my favorites.
Lee Van Cleef, Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin are all WW2 Veterans. Stewart was still an Air Force officer during the filing of this movie and flew over Vietnam eventually achieving the rank of Brigadier General. Lee Marvin served in the Pacific as a Marine Infantryman with extensive combat and a Purple Heart.
"Lonesome Dove" is a great western you'd probably love.
some of the greatest stories appear in the 'Western' format. 'High Noon'/ 'My Darling Clementine'/ 'The Searchers'/'Red River' are just a few that you might seek out. you will love 'The Magnificent Seven' but please make sure it's the 1960 original and not the awful remake. I really enjoy your reactions to the older movies so please keep them coming.
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I vote for Pale Rider next. Such a great movie with a unique little twist. Welcome to a great genre
Here's one you'd love because you like comedy and absurdity: Cat Ballou. Western with Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance).
OK, one of the best films ever made! Think of a cinematic experience that covers every single human emotion so deeply! Every possible plot point and twist is just there. Now to enjoy!
The first cross continental steam engine trains started around 1863 when they completed the track....these trains were quite common in the 19th century [1800's]. I think you would enjoy the original True Grit [1969....not the newer one with Jeff Bridges]. the original True Grit has Joh Wayne who won the Oscar bets actor for that, with the great Kim Darby as the young girl, and famous singer/guitar player at the time Glen Campbell [that's right! Scottish heritage!] who sang the theme song also for the movie. I really liked Kim Darby n this movie. I also love the movie music score by Elmer Bernstein.
I liked Damon as the Ranger better than Campbell. He was a great guitar player, but a lousy actor.
@@Caseytify Though best known for the guitar (and singing), he also played the bagpipes.
John Wayne played mostly westerns but also was in WW2 movies, an ex boxer (1952's The Quiet Man), a college football coach (1953- Trouble Along the Way), a cop (1974- McQ and 1975- Brannigan). Other non westerns were Hatari, Big Jim McLain, the 1963 comedy Donovan's Reef and 1942's Pittsburgh.
The opening of Big Jake (another good John Wayne movie) does a good job of summing up the dichotomy of the US at the beginning of the 20th century, the wildness of the west against the modernity of the East
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The entire concept of "based on a true story" is summed up so perfectly in this film: "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
At this time John Ford had been contracted for 3 films with John Wayne. Wayne talked to his friend Lee Marvin and they made 3 films together with Ford. "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," "The Comancheros," & the great "Donovan's Reef." All excellent -- all 3 with Wayne & Marvin.
Lee Marvin was a Purple Heart American soldier and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington. His greatest picture is both "Cat Ballou," (Academy Award winner) & "The Dirty Dozen" as (Sgt Reisman) which was originally offered to John Wayne. Marvin also made a western with Clint Eastwood, a musical where both sang -- "Paint Your Wagon."
A young Lee Marvin can be seen in the Marlon Brando classic "The Wild One," as a motorcycle bully who rides into a small town.
Your commentary is charming Dawn Marie -- good job.
Wayne's greatest non-Western was The Quiet Man. Takes place in Ireland, directed by Ford and co-stars Maureen O'Hara. Wayne was nominated for an Oscar. You would love it. It's a St. Patrick's Day staple. His best western was The Searchers, generally regarded as one of the greatest movies of any genre. It inspired Star Wars.
Great video. My 16 year old son came to the kitchen table last night while I was working a puzzle. I asked him if he knew who shot Liberty Valance? He replied who is Liberty Valance? I said, well let’s find out. We watched the whole movie on my phone at the kitchen table. I know he liked it because he didn’t leave after two minutes. As the movie started, I added some extra factoids, such as Liberty Valance was played by Lee Marvin, a former Marine from World War II. I told him Marvin had seen his share of violence. This movie is excellent as it hits so many important historical issues. Pompey is a real bad ass. Saving Tom from the fire and representing himself in school. Plus, he always kept that rifle ready. Tom wouldn’t be Tom without Pompey.
Very good reaction Dawn just a small note Liberty Valances sidekick was the wonderful Lee Van Cleef who starred in many more films usually has the baddy (The good the bad and the ugly, a few dollars more et cetera)
I was a kid when this movie first appeared on TV, and my older brother saw it. He raved about it, how good it was. He and I always had a troublesome relationship in our childhood, but I never forgot how he loved this movie, or how I understood when I saw it. But please, let this launch you on a Jimmy Stewart binge, he did so many movies of so many different types. Try "Harvey", where Stewart is the most wonderful and kind-hearted man, even if he is a little off-center (What can you say about a man who's best friend is a six foot tall invisible white rabbit?) Don't judge, watch the movie, you will understand how wonderful Jimmy Stewart was. (I have always loved the interview where he talked about being stopped and chatted up by strangers, and they ask about how Harvey is, and he says "Harvey is fine, he is right here (putting arm around invisible Harvey.))
I first saw "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" after seeing I thought when something big happens like the shooting you might think you know what happened but time passes and a different truth might come out. Its interesting how something like this happens and one man uses it to get fame and power and the girl while the same event causes the other man to live out his life in despair and anonymity. Two good men, two very different fates.
Cactus flowers are really pretty. But they only blossom if conditions are perfect and don't last long.
End: "Where do I start?" The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", then "The Outlaw Josey Wales". Those are the two to live up to IMO. Follow it up with the older True Grit and Clint Eastwood's swan song Unforgiven. There's nothing sugar coated in the later. It is truly raw.
John Wayne has done many great WW-II movies. My favorite is 'In Harms Way', about a no-nonsense, end guts, Cruiser Captain that eventually gets promoted to Rear Admiral (lower half), and has a seasoned military nurse as his partner. Excellent. 👍👍👍👍👍
Awesome reaction!!! This is one of John Wayne's & Jimmy Stewart's best films together. Also, some of the greatest supporting cast members as well, for IF you watch more John Wayne films, you will see almost all of them.
Anyway, believe it or not, there IS a song called, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", by Gene Pitney. The song came out in 1962 - the same time as this movie. The song was intended to be the THEME SONG for this movie, but the movie executives did not want it for they thought that the song really had nothing to do with the movie, so was dropped. However, IF you listen to the song, it basically tells the story of the movie in a nutshell. The song went on to become a big hit for about 13-weeks or so on the radio and the movie went on to become a greta hit as well.
John Wayne is most famous for his Western's, but he was in other films as well, including several World War II films like "They Were Expendable" and "The Flying Leathernecks". He also played a General in "The Longest Day". Apart from those genres, he was in a movie about oil rig firefighters called "Hellfighters". One of his few romantic films is "The Quiet Man", which is set in Ireland. Being in so many Westerns, though, people when trying to strike up a conversation with him would often bring up horses or guns and he actually didn't care that much for them. He really enjoyed fishing on the open water and had a home on the Olympic Peninsula here in Washington State where I live. He also did a movie shot here in Seattle called "McQ" in which he plays a Seattle Police Detective.
James Stewart is my favorite actor of all time, and this movie is my favorite western.
Tom had a Lever Action Rifle chambered in the 'now antique' round of 45-70 caliber, which happened to be the same 45-70 round used by cartridge loaded revolvers of that era. I happen to own replicas of both that are fully functional, plus an RCB 45-70 re-loader. I have not brought them to the range lately, so I will see if I can take a trip 🙂
This is a classic.
If you want to see the Real Classic Western Movie, then you need to see STAGECOACH (1939), with John Wayne as the star. John Wayne was a man's man, and a real true-blue American. "You have a good week, Pilgrim."
Funny you think that since he dodged the draft in WW2
@@craigwheller Uh, seems like you've been listening to that BS from HATE AMERICANS GROUPS.
John Wayne was 35 years old, when Pearl Harbor was attacked. 35 Was considered old, at that time. They were only taking the young guys.
"John Wayne registered for the draft (which is not the act of someone trying to dodge being drafted) and was told he was ineligible to serve because he was married and supporting four children.
When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Wayne was just a year short of the age cut off. In 1941 there was no shortage of young men the military could pick from so he received a 3A classification, which was Uncle Sam saying to John Wayne, “Thanks, but we don’t need you.”
By 1943 however, the military still needed men and Wayne was given a 1A eligible status again since the maximum age had been extended to 63."
By the way, I was drafted during Vietnam, and served 4 years. When did you serve in the Military? The draft ended in June 30, 1973, so don't tell me you were drafted, if you were born after 1955.
John Wayne played the co-pilot in The High and The Mighty, the first airplane crash movie, that started the genre of the air disaster movies, featuring a great cast of the passengers, strangers each with their own story, caught up in a common disaster.
John Wayne was in over 160 movies, his first role being a corpse in a silent film. Many of his film appearances were in what were called "B" Westerns and Saturday Movie Serials; short stories with cliffhanger endings that were told in 3 or 4 low budget movies on Saturday mornings at the theaters. He wasn't a Star until John Ford saw something in him and cast him in a movie he was directing in 1939 called "Stagecoach". After that "Duke" Wayne's star soared like a Saturn rocket; he was Americas Hero for the better part of the next 4-decades, until his death in 1979 from stomach cancer. He was only 72.
I highly recomend many of his films, especially those directed by John Ford. "Stagecoach" is a must see, as well as many of his other westerns; a comedy called "McClintock" & a non western called "Trouble Along The Way". But probably the best "Non John Wayne movie" he was ever in was "The Long Voyage Home"
He was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for "The Sands Of Iwo Jima" and won it for "True Grit".
Sorry to ramble on, but I've been a H U G E John Wayne fan for a long, long time.
Keep up the great work, love your interesting reactions ... and your wonderful accent, too!
My Mount Rushmore of westerns is The Searchers, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Ride Lonesome, and Shane. Rio Bravo is a must-see also.
Dom Deluise (Tiger) played in tons of animated movies and in the Muppet Movie in the 70s. He played in the "Secret of N.I.M.H." AND IN "All dogs go to Heaven" etc. etc.
13:21--the man beside Lee Marvin is Lee Van Cleef.--esp. known for the Sergio Leone-films For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).
"Nothing's too good for the man who shot Liberty Valance." I love the irony of that line. The actual man who shot Liberty Valance was Tom, and he died poor, forgotten, buried in a simple coffin, with only a few mourners. Ransom Stoddard represents the law. The legend of the settling of the West was that the law came in and tamed the lawless. But in fact, what really tamed the lawless was tough men like Tom Doniphon standing up to men like Liberty Valance. But those men died and were forgotten. It's an interesting meditation on what really is the foundation of civilization: law or violence. Ultimately, it is violence. How ironic!
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Andy Divine (the Marshall) did indeed voice Friar Tuck in Disney's Robin Hood
There's a song of the same name sung by Gene Pitney. Not used in the film, but noteworthy nonetheless.
In the old west, the Marshall was city or town police. The Sheriff was and still is County jurisdiction. The U.S. Marshall had jurisdiction over territory that was not part of a county.
Jimmy Stewart does a voice in "Feivel Goes West".
Jimmy Stewart did several Hitchcock. And you saw him in "Shop Around the Corner".
Not just a good cast but a great cast. In addition to the two leads is an unrecognizable Edmond O'Brien with a beard as Dutton Peabody. A highly underrated actor in too many great movies to mention. Also, you have Lee Marvin (The Big Heat, The Wild One, The Killers, The Dirty Dozen, Point Blank), Vera Miles (Psycho), Strother Martin (Cool Hand Luke) and early Lee Van Cleef (The Good The Bad and the Ugly).
There are so many great westerns and this is one . Having grown up on them i could recommend dozens to watch that are some of the greatest films ever made ! But for someone who is just discovering these great classics , Shane with Alan Ladd is a must see . It has a depth most don't .
A couple of my favorite John Wayne movies are, "Mclintock!" and "The Cowboys." You'll enjoy them both, I'm certain of it.
DAWN MARIE - John Wayne's last movie was called "The Shootist." My favorite of all his films. His character was dying of cancer, and John Wayne was also dying of cancer when he filmed the movie. Very emotional. Can you react to "The Shootist?" Starring John Wayne, James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian. AMAZING cast!
One of my favorite movies of all times ‼️
A great movie closer to the modern era is Tombstone (1993). I can't believe it's already 30 years old. It's based on the true story of a famous old-west event called "The Shootout at the OK Corral". It stars Kurt Russel as Wyatt Earp and Val Kilmer in a fantastic performance as Doc Holiday. It's one of my all-time favorite westerns alongside The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
She thought this would be a lot of fighting, shooting and violence and I think that is because of the more modern westerns. There were better stories in the older movies. I hope she stays with the black and whites - everyone does the modern (since 1980) stuff.
M☝️☝️ᴄᴏɴɢʀᴀᴛᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴs, ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ sᴇʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴀᴍᴏɴɢ ᴍʏ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀs ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘʀɪᴢᴇ🎁🎁❤️💕💖💖💖💖
I believe you meant 'The gunfight at the OK Corral'!
Thank You for your excellent review, Miss.
Lee Marvin using a Cavalry twist draw. Rare in movies. 13.06
Woody Strode - Pompey in the film, was one of the first black NFL players. And stared in Sgt. Rutledge, and can be seen in 20 years of films ending with Posse 1993 and The Quick and the Dead 1995. A man before his time, but probably right on time.
Excellent choice for a first western. And "best western" is a valid opinion, this film is regularly in the conversation of top ten or even top five best westerns..
Black and white was a deliberate choise
Now that you've seen Lee Marvin as the quintessential western bad guy , you must watch "Cat Ballou", for which he won an Oscar. It's a western comedy.
The voice of Tiger in FIEVEL GOES WEST was Dom De Luise. And you know his voice because you've seen him in BLAZING SADDLES...
So glad you liked this film. It is my all time favourite western, and I do love them. Lovely commentary. Check out 'Tall in the Saddle' an early John Wayne with a fabulous female lead in Ella Raines. Great story too.
Lee Marvin, before he became a star, was also a villain in a modern ( post WW2) western, Bad Day at Black Rock
Been watching you for awhile, but this one made me become a new sub -- I enjoyed this quite a bit! Just wanted to comment on a couple of things: First, when Stoddard said he owed three days room and board, I think he was just talking about the debt he was trying to work off; I think you are right in that he had been there for weeks or months. This was more or less confirmed when Peabody said that he gave Stoddard his old gun and that he had been practicing twice a week -- which of course wouldn't make any sense if he had only been there for three days. The other thing is when you questioned if anyone could tell the difference between a pistol or shotgun blast (that killed Valance). Pompey always held a rifle - not a shotgun. It was this rifle that he tossed to Donaphon, who then shot Valance. Finally, if you're looking for another western with a similar vibe to react to, you should consider The Searchers, another classic film starring John Wayne and directed by John Ford.
It's so fun to see you fall in love with classic films! I'll recommend three westerns (though there are so many good ones): another Jimmy Stewart film, Winchester '73 (1950)---a classic tale of revenge; another John Wayne film, Rio Bravo (1959) also starring Dean Martin; and Johnny Guitar (1954), a western in which the main protagonist and antagonist are women (Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge), rather than two men.
A great non-western John Wayne movie is "THE QUIET MAN" and is also directed by John Ford. His best non-western movie it's a comedy/drama that I guarantee that you will love.
This is the first movie I remember seeing in a theatre as a little baby boy sitting on my father's knee. The song by Gene Pitney was on the radio at the time.
John Ford made many westerns with John Wayne, but this one is really telling about the end of the Old West (represented by John Wayne) and the beginning of a New West (represented by Jimmy Stewart).
Lee Marvin, who played Liberty Valance, could play a villain with ease. He also can play a great good guy as well. The Dirty Dozen, (1967), not a western, to a lovable drunk in Shout AT The Devil (1976) with Roger Moore.
But get this, a western musical comedy with Clint Eastwood, and they both do their own singing in Paint Your Wagon (1969).
You also have fierce eyebrows. I recommend the western Little Big Man.
"Winchester '73" is another great James Stewart western.
Certainly one of the best four westerns ever made, and all four featured Lee Van Cleef.
Lee Van Cleef is always fantastic.
Also see James Stewart in the Hitchcock movies Rear Window and Vertigo. Andy Devine also played Jingles, the sidekick of Wild Bill Hickok on an American TV show.
Two westerns you will love, guaranteed: "Shane", and "High Noon".
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'Bad Day at Black Rock' co-starring Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance)
'Support Your Local Sheriff' It's a fun little comedic western set around the 1880's
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The black actor is named Willie Strode. Its a shame he never got the recognition he deserved such was the times back then. My too favorite roles he played was the title role in the movie Sgt. Rutledge about a black soldier accused of rape and as the gladiator who fought Kirk Douglas in Spartacus
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20:40 I never realize until just now that one of the henchmen is the legendary Lee Van Cleef.
I'm going to date myself. On my 7th birthday, my friends and I were going to play football. But it rained, so my Dad took us to see this movie in the theater. I'm enjoying your reactions, especially when you do old movies and Lord of the Rings.
The reason you like his voice so much is because
he was of Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and some English descent. 😃
Favorite James Stewart movies:
(in no particular order)
Rear Window
Rope
Harvey
Anatomy of a Murder
Flight of the Phoenix
Bell Book and Candle
Shenandoah
The Glenn Miller Story
The Spirit of St.Louis.
My all time favorite John Wayne movie is
The Cowboys.