Public Cowboy No.1 (1937)

Public Cowboy No.1 (1937) Review

Rusters with modern tactics run up against a Sheriff and a detective.

Space Cowboys [VHS]

Space Cowboys [VHS] Review

This slice of cornball Americana is so much fun you'll be tempted to stand up and salute. Director and costar Clint Eastwood manages to turn what might have been ludicrous into a jubilant tribute to age and experience, and Space Cowboys succeeds as two movies in one--a comedy about retired pilots given one last shot at glory and an Apollo 13-like thriller with all the requisite heroics. With a dream cast of Hollywood vets playing old farts described in tabloids as "The Ripe Stuff," the movie jumps from a 1958 prologue (establishing their lost bid for space travel) to 40-plus years later, when the retired Air Force aces (Eastwood, James Garner, Donald Sutherland, Tommy Lee Jones) volunteer to rescue a falling Russian satellite that only Eastwood's character can repair.

It turns out that Russky bird is a cold war leftover equipped with live nuclear warheads, and Space Cowboys revs up to a rousing climax in which our heroes prove their mettle. But first the comedy: watching these codgers struggle to pass NASA's physical tests is a total hoot, with running gags about wrinkles, dentures, and oysters for sagging libidos. (Sutherland is the scene-stealer, but they're all having a blast.) Once in space, the movie gets down to business, and the visual-effects wizards at Industrial Light and Magic provide stunning vistas from Earth's orbit; a shot looking down at the boot of Italy is particularly beautiful. A subplot involving a weasely NASA administrator (James Cromwell) is rather perfunctory, but it hardly matters. Space Cowboys earns its wings, once again demonstrating Eastwood's comfort with any genre he chooses. --Jeff Shannon

The Telegraph Trail

The Telegraph Trail Review

Army scouts assist the workers building the first transcontinental telegraph line.

The Arizona Kid (1939)

The Arizona Kid (1939) Review

This is a civil war story set in the south involving sympathizers and mercenaries. There is a romantic sub plot and a female accomplice

Where the West Begins

Where the West Begins Review

WHERE THE WEST BEGINS - DVD Movie

Far and Away

Far and Away Review

A stubborn Irish farmer and a fiesty landowner's daughter emigrate to America in 1892 to make a new life for themselves. Includes notes, bios, highlights, and trailer.

PETER AND THE COWBOY and other shows..

PETER AND THE COWBOY and other shows.. Review

6 EPISODES ON 1 DVD

Deliverance

Deliverance Review

One of the key films of the 1970s, John Boorman's Deliverance is a nightmarish adaptation of poet-novelist James Dickey's book about various kinds of survival in modern America. The story concerns four Atlanta businessmen of various male stripe: Jon Voight's character is a reflective, civilized fellow, Burt Reynolds plays a strapping hunter-gatherer in urban clothes, Ned Beatty is a sweaty, weak-willed boy-man, and Ronny Cox essays a spirited, neighborly type. Together they decide to answer the ancient call of men testing themselves against the elements and set out on a treacherous ride on the rapids of an Appalachian river. What they don't understand until it is too late is that they have ventured into Dickey's variation on the American underbelly, a wild, lawless, dangerous (and dangerously inbred) place isolated from the gloss of the late 20th century. In short order, the four men dig deep into their own suppressed primitiveness, defending themselves against armed cretins, facing the shock of real death on their carefully planned, death-defying adventure, and then squarely facing the suspicions of authority over their concealed actions. Boorman, a master teller of stories about individuals on peculiarly mythical journeys, does a terrifying and beautiful job of revealing the complexity of private and collective character--the way one can never be the same after glimpsing the sharp-clawed survivor in one's soul. --Tom Keogh

Wild West Film: The Silver Trail (1937) [DVD] Directed By Ray Bernard Jones & Featuring Rin Tin Tin, Roger Williams, Edward Cassidy & Mary Russell

Wild West Film: The Silver Trail (1937) [DVD] Directed By Ray Bernard Jones & Featuring Rin Tin Tin, Roger Williams, Edward Cassidy & Mary Russell Review

Wild West Film: The Silver Trail (1937) [DVD] Directed By Ray Bernard Jones & Featuring Rin Tin Tin, Roger Williams, Edward Cassidy & Mary Russell Feature

• Year: 1937
• Run time: 58 minutes
• Director: Bernard B. Ray, Raymond Samuels
• Starring: Rex Lease, Mary Russell, Edward Cassidy, Roger Williams, Steve Clark

Though not credited, the star of this film is Rin Tin Tin, the loveable German Shepard who was a box office smash in the early twentieth century (sometimes given credit for saving Warner Brothers from bankruptcy). The Silver Trail is packed full of Rin Tin Tin fun along with his owner Rex Lease. The beautiful and spunky Mary Russell is the leading lady, and the trio must bust up some claim jumpers who're stealing land. When it becomes clear that corrupt government officials are behind the problems, things get hairy. Rin Tin Tin is always charming, and The Silver Trail provides wholesome family entertainment that is truly timeless.

Hollywood, the Tex Ritter Story

Hollywood, the Tex Ritter Story Review

Of all the Hollywood singing cowboys, there is no doubt that Gene Autry and Roy Rogers were the most popular, but among lovers of western folk music, the most highly regarded was Tex Ritter. His movie career began in 1936 and from then until 1946, he starred in seventy westerns. With the demise of the B western in the late Forties, most of the cowboy stars lost their followings, but not so Ritter. In fact, he achieved even greater fame as a balladeer with his recordings, radio work and personal appearances than he had as a movie cowboy. Ritter's interest in folk music began when he was a student at the University of Texas and over the years he steadily collected native songs, in addition to writing songs of his own. By the time the classic western "High Noon" was made in 1951, only one man was ever considered to voice its celebrated narrative ballad - Tex Ritter. Ritter died of a sudden heart attack in Nashville in 1974, bringing to an end a life that had reached legendary proportions. Not only had he built a backlog of movies and recordings, but he had won even wider audiences on television. In 1965 he began his appearances on Grand Ole Opry and with that famed show he had a lifetime contract. In this video salute to one of the most distinctive men in the history of western culture, host/producer Tony Thomas begins with a selection of songs from such Ritter movies as "Sing, Cowboy Sing" , "Utah Trail", "Hittin' the Trail", and "Arizona Days", and after telling the Ritter story, he presents a complete version of what is generally regarded as the best of the Ritter westerns - "Trouble in Texas".

The Rocky Mountain Cowboy, The Life & Music of Roy Barnes

The Rocky Mountain Cowboy, The Life & Music of Roy Barnes Review

Historical documentary,that captures the spirit of a cowboy musician and songwriter, whose radio career spanned over 60 years, This film features live performances, interviews, home movies, as well as recorded music. The Rocky Mountain Cowboy gives us a personal look at Roy's 98 years of life. Roy left a legacy of humorous and happy memories, that have been brought out of storage and onto the screen, while preserving a piece of musical history that is important to the American West. The documentary earned a Three Year Broadcast Agreement with Wyoming PBS and won Best Video Award from the Wyoming State Historical Society. Runs 28:56.

- "I have run into folks like Roy before.... Folks that got in, on the ground floor of radio, and managed to make some music. It is interesting to see the intersection of a folk culture and commercial music."
David J. Brinkman, Ph.D.
Chair Department of Music/University of Wyoming

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Moon of the Desperados

Moon of the Desperados Review

Moon of the Desperados Feature

• Rodeo footage
• Cowboy life
• Texas life

Rodeo cowboys represent the last vestiges of a world that's slipping away. From a history that forged its trails of courage and freedom across the North American West, theirs is a story of trust and undying camaraderie. It's a life of a hundred thousand miles a year, of dust and songs on faded radios, of little financial gain. And it's a life of competing, eight seconds at a time, not against each other, but against themselves. Over a hundred years the the traditions and values have never changed. It will always be men and women living their dream of the open west, chasing victory, becoming champions. Featuring the world's greatest cowboys, from Tuff Hedeman to Miles Hare, narrated and co-written by Jordie Thompson, Moon of the Desperados is a poetic journey through the lives of every cowboy who's ever travelled the long road. It's a visual tribute to a whole way of life with all its color and desire. --- Documentary, 50 mins.

George Houston: Lone Rider Fights Back

George Houston: Lone Rider Fights Back Review

LONE RIDER FIGHTS BACK - DVD Movie

Cowboy Bebop Remix, Volume 3

Cowboy Bebop Remix, Volume 3 Review

Studio: Infinity Resources Inc Release Date: 12/13/2005

Feud of the Range

Feud of the Range Review

Cowboy hero Bob Steele fights to prevent a range war between two rival ranchers. Includes bonus trailer.

Law of the 45s

Law of the 45s Review

starring Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams and Al 'Fuzzy' St. John

(1935) A shady lawyer holds a geologist prisoner and is using his money to buy up ranches that the lawyer's gang run the owners off of. Tucson (Williams) and Stony (St. John) ride in to try and set things right.

Tex Ralph's Westerns #14

B-Westerns strongly evoked traditional American values - honesty, courage, hard work, fair play, and that a good little man can always kick the butt of a bad big man.

In the darkness of the theater and afterwards, out in the Saturday afternoon sunlight playing cowboys and Indians, long before political correctness changed the name of our favorite boyhood game, we knew we were right and lived in the greatest land of all... because Gene and Roy and Hoppy and all our other heroes said so and showed us how to live a good moral life by riding hard, drawing fast, and never, EVER stealing a horse or rustling a cow.

"Tex Ralph's Westerns" is a weekly TV show on cable channel 20, URTV, in Asheville, North Carolina. Author Ralph Roberts chooses exciting B-Westerns and hosts each episode. Currently there are 53 movies in this series, all available on DVD.

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All Star Westerns: Sagebrush Trail/King of the Cowboys/Bandit King of Texas/Wagon Wheels Westward

All Star Westerns: Sagebrush Trail/King of the Cowboys/Bandit King of Texas/Wagon Wheels Westward Review

This is a great DVD that features 4 classic westerns! Starring Alan "Rocky" Lane Roy Rogers Red Ryder and John Wayne This Set IncludesBandit King of Texas Allan "Rocky" Lane and his faithful horse Black Jack ride to the rescue when vicious bandit Dan McCabe and his outlaw gang start terrorizing settlers. McCabe offers newcomers land that doesn&39;t exist then murders them and takes their money. But he hasn&39;t counted on going up against Lane. When Lane is suspected of being in cahoots with the criminals the hero sets out to prove he&39;s innocent and stop the villains once and for all. Luckily he receives help from jeweller Nuget Clark and Tremm Turner the son of a federal marshal. Wagon Wheels Westward William "Wild Bill" Elliot and a young Robert Blake star as Red Ryder and Little Beaver in this tale of a trek gone astray. Red and his trusty sidekick Little Beaver unknowingly lead a wagon train into a ghost town that is occupied by a group of outlaws on the lam. King of The Cowboys Hired by the governor to track down a ring of treasonous saboteurs Roy Rogers infiltrates a tent show to uncover the ringleader&39;s coded secrets. Sagebrush Trail In this action-packed western starring John Wayne about a stagecoach robbery on the old Sagebrush trail a runaway prisoner teams up with a spunky young filly to thwart the bad guys and set things right.