Hachi: A Dog's Tale is the heartwarming true story about an unbreakable bond between a University professor and his dog.
Dutiful cavalry officer Nathan Brittles (John Wayne) is reluctant to retire in the face of an imminent Native American uprising. His last official task is to escort the commander's wife and her niece to the Sudrow's Wells stagecoach stop but it proves to be a journey fraught with danger. This film the second in John Ford's cavalry trilogy is a masterpiece of the cinema and is acclaimed as one of the greatest Westerns ever made.
Any short list of the all-time greatest Westerns is bound to include this 1948 Howard Hawks classic about an epic cattle drive. Red River features one of John Wayne's greatest performances. Like his Ethan Edwards in John Ford's 1956 masterpiece The Searchers, the Duke plays an isolated and unsympathetic man who is possessed by bitterness. Wayne is Texas rancher Tom Dunson, who adopts a young boy orphaned in an Indian massacre. That boy, Matthew Garth (played as an adult by Montgomery Clift in his screen debut), becomes Dunson's assistant and heir apparent--until Dunson's temper gets out of control during a long cattle drive and Matt intervenes to stop him. From that moment on, Dunson swears he will kill Matt. Red River has everything a great Western ought to have: a sweeping sense of history, spectacular landscapes, stampedes, gunfights, Indian attacks, and, of course, Walter Brennan as Dunson's crusty old cook and comic sidekick, Nadine Groot. As a special bonus, the film also features the legendary Harry Carey (upon whom Wayne would base some of his gestures in The Searchers) and his son Harry Carey Jr, who became a fixture in Ford and Hawks' Westerns. Red River is essential for anyone who loves Westerns, or movies in general. This one's a real beaut. --Jim Emerson, Amazon.com
First Among Equals: The Complete Series (3 Discs)
The second instalment of John Ford's famous cavalry trilogy, this meditative Western continues the director's fascination with history's obliteration of the past. It features one of John Wayne's more sensitive performances as Capt. Nathan Brittles, a stern yet sentimental war horse who has difficulty preparing for his impending military retirement. All things considered, he refuses to leave before fulfilling his obligation to the local Indian tribe. It's a film about honour and duty as well as loneliness and mortality. And Oscar-winner Winton C. Hoch beautifully photographs it in Remington-like Technicolor tones (you've never seen such stunning cloud-covered skies). The combination of melancholy and farce (Victor McLaglen makes a perfect court jester) evokes comparisons to Shakespeare. Best of all, the scene in which Wayne fights back tears when receiving a gold watch from his troops is unforgettably bittersweet. If you view the whole trilogy, it actually makes sense to save this for last. --Bill Desowitz, Amazon.com
This box set contains three MGM films starring 'The Duke'. The Alamo: In 1836 General Santa Anna and the Mexican Army is sweeping across Texas. To be able to stop him General Sam Huston needs time to get his main force into shape. To buy that time he orders Colonel William Travis to defend a small mission on the Mexican's route at all costs. Travis' small troop is swelled by groups accompanying Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett but as the situation becomes ever more desperate Travis makes it clear that there will be no shame if they leave while they can. Red River: Tom Dunson builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth. Together they begin a massive cattle drive north from Texas to the Missouri railhead. But on the way new information and Dunson's tyrannical ways cause Matthew to take the herd away from Dunson and head to a new railhead in Kansas. Dunson swearing vengeance pursues. The Horse Soldiers: A Union Calvary outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail / supply centre. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The scret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to ensure her silence. The Union officers each have different reason for wanting to be on the mission.
'The Lucy Show' debuted on television on October 1 1962 and featured Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael a widow sharing a house with the divorcee Vivian Bagley and their three kids in Danfield NY. Gale Gordon as Mr. Mooney joined the cast in 1963 and the lovable redhead soon found herself getting in trouble with the easily agitated skinflint Mr. Mooney her new banker who was in charge of the meager trust left to Lucy by her dead husband. Disc 1: Lucy Meets the Berles Guest stars: Milton Berle Ruth Berle Ruta Lee Lucy Gets Trapped Guest stars: Joan Swift (Laurie) William Lanteau (Floorwalker) Bartlett Robinson (Mr. Wilkins) Lucy and the French Movie Star Guest star: Jacques Bergerac (Jacques DuPre) BONUS PROGRAM Lucy and the Monkey Guest stars: Hal March (Robert Bailey) Lew Parker (Dr. Parker) Janos Prohaska (Monkey) Disc 2: Lucy the Starmaker Guest stars: Frankie Avalon (Thomas Cheever) Lew Parker (Mr. Penrose) Lucy and Rober Goulet Guest stars: Lucie Arnaz (Dorothy) Sid Gould (Messenger) Robert Goulet (Himself and Chuck Willis and Arthur Finster) Mary Wickes (Miss Hurlow) Vanda Barra (Waitress) BONUS PROGRAM Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford Guest stars: Carole Cook (Effie) Joan Swift (Dottie) Tennessee Ernie Ford (Homer Higgins) The Back Porch Majority Robert Easton (Iffie) William OConnell (Assistant Manager) Bert May (Dancer)
The Lucy Show: Best of Season 5 (2 Discs)
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