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Post by tom on Sept 14, 2021 17:34:42 GMT -6
Per the suggestion of our admin, I am adding Johnny Guitar to my movie queue. Joan in color. Should be fun! Is this her first color movie?
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Post by tom on Sept 14, 2021 17:51:34 GMT -6
Johnny Guitar is Jack T Ripper from Dr Strangelove! 😃
And, there's Casey from The Grapes of Wrath!
Shaping up to be good.
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Post by tom on Sept 14, 2021 18:07:02 GMT -6
Joan's got pretty blue eyes
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Post by tom on Sept 14, 2021 19:46:01 GMT -6
Mercedes McCambridge's character is annoying as heck. Can't blame JC for slapping the bejeezus out of her.
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Post by tom on Sept 15, 2021 11:29:40 GMT -6
OK. I cannot tell a lie. It was nice to see Joan in color, but am not sure I would watch it again.
MM's character was annoying. Most the supporting characters - Hayden, Carradine, Bond, etc. - were good though given the material they had to work with.
I just didn't get into the story, and only Joan's character seemed interesting.
I need to look about for more 1950's movies...T
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Post by Admin on Sept 15, 2021 20:45:12 GMT -6
Per the suggestion of our admin, I am adding Johnny Guitar to my movie queue. Joan in color. Should be fun! Is this her first color movie? Well, there were brief color sequences in 1939's "The Women" and "Ice Follies." And 1949's "It's a Great Feeling" (Joan cameo only) was color. 1953's "Torch Song" was Joan's first color movie. |
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Post by Admin on Sept 15, 2021 21:01:39 GMT -6
OK. I cannot tell a lie. It was nice to see Joan in color, but am not sure I would watch it again. MM's character was annoying. Most the supporting characters - Hayden, Carradine, Bond, etc. - were good though given the material they had to work with. I just didn't get into the story, and only Joan's character seemed interesting. I need to look about for more 1950's movies...T I didn't get into the story at first, either, and wasn't sure there WAS a story until I'd seen it a few times!  p.s. The official story is: Vienna supports the railroad coming in because it will bring more business. The local ranchers know the railroad will tear up their land, so they're anti-railroad and, thus, anti-Vienna. Sub-story: Vienna's old love returns. Oh, and Emma's brother has been killed by members of what Emma considers to be Vienna's gang. So Emma's mad, and jealous because she's in love with a gang member, Dancin' Kid, who prefers Vienna. Phew! There's actually a lot of story going on! But, as I said, upon first viewings, I paid attention only to Joan/Vienna---hypnotically intense! |
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Post by Admin on Sept 15, 2021 21:06:20 GMT -6
Mercedes McCambridge's character is annoying as heck. Can't blame JC for slapping the bejeezus out of her. I'm blanking out---DID Vienna actually slap Emma? I know there was the iconic staircase scene at the beginning: "I'm going to kill you." "I know. If I don't kill you first." But I don't remember any slap. Good shootout at the end, though! (In real life, Joan was mad that Mercedes seemed to have a better relationship with the guys on the set, so Joan famously threw Mercedes's costumes onto a local highway...) |
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Post by tom on Sept 16, 2021 16:27:07 GMT -6
Mercedes McCambridge's character is annoying as heck. Can't blame JC for slapping the bejeezus out of her. I'm blanking out---DID Vienna actually slap Emma? I know there was the iconic staircase scene at the beginning: "I'm going to kill you." "I know. If I don't kill you first." But I don't remember any slap. Good shootout at the end, though! (In real life, Joan was mad that Mercedes seemed to have a better relationship with the guys on the set, so Joan famously threw Mercedes's costumes onto a local highway...) In the movie? No. I think I was projecting. I wanted Joan to slap her for me! 😃 |
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Post by tom on Jun 24, 2022 8:48:00 GMT -6
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Post by tom on Jun 24, 2022 11:07:40 GMT -6
One inversion tidbit from the TCM site is that Johnny Guitar is Joan's first Western
since Montana Moon (1931). Wow. Imagine all the ups and downs in JC's career
and life in the intervening quarter century!
Johnny Mack Brown was well into the Western phase of his movie career. Joanie shoulda
hooked up her old MGM pal!
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p.s. The official story is: Vienna supports the railroad coming in because it will bring more business. The local ranchers know the railroad will tear up their land, so they're anti-railroad and, thus, anti-Vienna. Sub-story: Vienna's old love returns. Oh, and Emma's brother has been killed by members of what Emma considers to be Vienna's gang. So Emma's mad, and jealous because she's in love with a gang member, Dancin' Kid, who prefers Vienna.