My Favorite Westerns....The 60's

The Alamo 1960
John Wayne Richard Widmark

Even though this movie isn't accurate, I still like this "historical" film about The battle of the Alamo.


Flaming Star 1960
Elvis Presley Barbara Eden Steve Forrest

Elvis stars as Pacer Burton in a dramatic turn as mixed blood rancher caught between two worlds


The Magnificent Seven 1960
Yul Brynner Eli Wallach Steve McQueen

Western style version of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai


The Misfits 1961
Clark Gable Marilyn Monroe Montgomery Clift

The Misfits follows divorcee Rosyln Tabor and her relationship with cowboys Gay Langland and Perce Howland. This is Gable and Monroe's last film.


How the West Was Won 1962
Debbie Reynolds Henry Fonda Gregory Peck and more

 A saga spanning several decades of a family during the Westward Expansion of the 19th century.


The Man Who Shot Liberty  Valance 1962
John Wayne Lee Marvin James Stewart

US Senator Ransom Stoddard returns to Shinbone for the funeral of a friend and comes clean about the deed that made him famous.


Cat Ballou 1965
Jane Fonda Lee Marvin

 Cat Ballou is a comedy based on a serious novel The Ballad of Cat Ballou. This movie is a about a woman who hires a famous gunman to avenge her father's murder but, finds the gunman is very different from what she expected.


The Sons of Katie Elder 1965
John Wayne Dean Martin Michael Anderson jr. Earl Holliman

 Four sons, a gambler, a hardware dealer, a professional gunman, and a student reunite in their hometown for the funeral of their mother and find their father had been cheated out of their ranch and murdered.


The Good the Bad and the Ugly 1966
Clint Eastwood Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef

Two men make an uneasy alliance against one in search of a fortune in gold buried in a cemetery.


Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid 1969
Paul Newman, Robert Redford

Butch and Sundance pull off two robberies and along with Sundances girl run off to Bolivia with a posse in pursuit.


Support Your local Sheriff 1969
James Garner Joan Hackett Jack Elam

In this comedy, a man from the east stops in the west in Calendar, Colorado on his way to Australia and somehow becomes sheriff.


True Grit 1969
John Wayne Glen Campbell Kim Darby

14 year old Maddie Ross hires drunk US Marshall Rooster Cogburn to track down her father's killer. Along the way they are joined by a Texas Ranger who hopes to collect on the $1500 reward for the capture of the killer Tom Chaney.

Well, I screwed up already. I missed a Tuesday. Darn it! Oh well, here's another list.

 MY FAVORITE WESTERNS, THE 50'S

Annie Get Your Gun 1950 
Betty Hutton Howard Keel

 This is a musical about Annie Oakley. Though it is not the best of movies, I still enjoy it.
 I added a picture of Barbara Stanwyk below from the movie Annie Oakley because I failed to add it to the other list and I really like this one too. It's from 1935 and is not a musical.

Calamity Jane 1953 
Doris Day Howard Keel

 A musical about Calamity Jane and her rumored romance with Wild Bill Hickok

Shane 1953 
Alan Ladd, Jack Palance, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin

 A stranger rides into town and gets drawn into a conflict between a homesteader and a cattle baron.

Oklahoma! 1955 
Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Shirley Jones, and Gene Nelson

 This is a musical about two cowboys trying to win the hearts of the women they love.

Giant 1956 
James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson

 There is alot going on in this one running 3 and a half hours. It's basically about money, love, and jealousy.

Love Me Tender 1956 Elvis Presley Debra Paget

 Three brothers return home from war to find their fourth and youngest brother has married the girlfriend of the eldest.

The Searchers  1956 
Natalie Wood John Wayne Jeffrey Hunter

Three men search for two young women who have been kidnapped by the Comanches. After many years, one of them does not want to return.

3:10 To Yuma 1957 
Glenn Ford, Van Heflin

Small time rancher is paid to secretly take an outlaw leader to the next town to catch the train to Yuma to stand trial.

Rio bravo 1959 
John Wayne, Ricky Nelson, Dean Martin

 A town sheriff arrests the brother of a powerful rancher to help his friend, a drunken deputy sheriff. He enlists the help of two other men, a young gunfighter, and a crippled man to hold off the rancher's gang

Next week, the 60's

 So, I've realized that I like to talk about alot of different things though, I haven't been here for awhile. I've decided maybe I should do like others have done and post about certain things on certain days. Anyway, So, what's today...Tuesday. Ok, so let's say every other Tuesday I will post about movies. Later I will pick a day to write about what's going on in my head. There's just so much swirling around right now, and I just haven't the time to put it all down. So, here we go.


 A list of some of my favorite westerns.....let's start with the old ones. This will be short, I'm not trying to get into all the descriptions about the movies and why I like them.....well, it started to get long so, I will just start with the 1940's, how 'bout that....

 Let's see. So, I went through a long list of westerns because I'm getting old lady brain and had to kind of refresh my mind a little. In doing so, I've found that there are alot of movies I haven't seen. I must remedy that situation.

Not in any particular order.

The 3 Godfathers 1948
 This is one of my all time favorite movies. Starring John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz and Harry Carey Jr. It's basically three outlaws stuck in the desert with an orphaned baby.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948
 Starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt. This one is about two jobless americans searching for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains

Angel and the Badman 1947
 This is another John Wayne film also starring Gail Russell and Harry Carey. A Quaker girl falls for the bad guy. Will he stay bad or change his ways and stay with her.

My Friend Flicka 1943
 Starring Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, and Rita Johnson. Young Ken is given a colt to raise to teach him responsibility and to help him with his confidence.

Rachel and the Stranger 1948
 Starring Loretta Young, William Holden, and Robert Mitchum. The last one on my list for the day is about David a widower who marries Rachel, an indentured servant to ensure that his son Davey is raised properly. David pays no real attention to her until his friend Jim comes on the scene.

Well, that's it for today...see ya on the flip side!

Loves I've Lost

 I have lost so many loved ones in my life. 

 Some I didn't know how much I cared for, until they were gone. 

 Is it possible not to cry when I think of them? No. 

 Especially when I realize I have no picture of us together. 

 At least I have some kind of picture to hang on my wall, so I can say "Hello" as I pass by.

 I know that they are ever watchful, smiling, laughing, and crying right along with us. 

 To hold us up when we are weak and stand beside us when we are strong. 

 This is what gets me through every minute, every hour, every day, week, month, and year of my life.  

 Knowing they will always be there, looking after our families and friends, ever watchful and full of love. 

My Lover

 What can I say about my man of mine? First of all, I can't really say he's my man but, for the hours we are together he IS.  My Israeli lover.........sighing......sighing....sighing.

  I prayed to God and the Universe for some male energy in my life and by did I get it! As soon as the door closes to my bedroom, he is on me but, slowly. He draws me in and kisses me, caresses me, takes me in.......mmmmmm. Oh excuse me, FLASHBACK!!! He slowly removes my clothes and slowly(everything is slow in the beginning) devours my breasts....lovely. now, I don't want to go into too much detail but, I do want to say, I love love love being involved with someone who enjoys what we do as much as I do. Can I also say, he has a lovely body and says nothing bad about mine A+++++++. when he sees and hears that what he's doing is giving me pleasure, it sparks a fire within him and does it even more with extra passion until I tell him to stop or I enter a pleasure stupor, whichever comes first (no pun intended). He's a listener and I love it.....he takes control and I love it. No questions, no talking except to give a little direction....love it!! And at the end of the night when all is said and done, we part with dopey smiles on our faces....lost in dreamland.......lalala.
  Whether this man has feeling for me or not is no importance to me as long as he's giving me what I need and I can give him what he needs. AWESOMENESS!! He's such a change from what I'm used to and now I think I'm spoiled. 

Why Has Shaving Always Been Such a Big Deal?

1.  So, I started thinking about this today. not for any reason in particular, just a random thought. “Why is shaving such a big deal?”. I always get the stink face or a laugh when I show off my unshaved legs….usually in the privacy of my own home. I get the usual comment “Girl you need to shave your legs!” same goes for my pits. 

    Here’s the deal, I only shave for these reasons, 1)wearing something short 2)sex or possibility of sex 3)My hair has gotten so long it gets stuck in my socks and pulls 4)I just can’t stand to look at it anymore. Sad thing is, I can look back and find times when I did the same thing to others but, why is my question. Why is it such a big deal and when did it start? 

    According to an article “Caucasian Female Body Hair and American Culture” written by Christine Hope for the Journal of American Culture we were tricked browbeaten into it by the beauty of advertising. Something we are still falling victim to. Look it up check out the article, it’s an interesting read. The idea was to trick women into believing that underarm hair was unsightly. This was around the time when sleeveless and short fashions were becoming fashionable. Ads stated “The Women of Fashion says the underarm must be as smooth as the face” ahh the power of advertising. Shaving the legs became more popular with the popularity of Betty Grable in the 40’s.

    So, what is it? How is it that we here shave shave and shave and women in Europe don’t and have no problem not doing it? It looks and feels nice but, do we really need to waste our time shaving when we’re wearing pants and long sleeved shirts and sweaters? And let’s not get into the whole shaving of the nether regions I mean come on! that is the biggest pain in the culo I have ever encountered. Shaving, waxing, depilatory creams and so on. What an economical waste.

    Don’t you think it’s a little freaky that everyone wants to be smooth as a babies bottom?! And wanting to permanently get rid of it…what about when the ice age hits again? We’re gonna need that hair to keep us warm.

    Anyway, I think I’ve run out of things to say for the moment on this subject, not even sure I’ve made total sense but, whatever. I’m so sick of standards and how people think you are supposed to look. dress this way, wear this label, put on some makeup and fix your hair just so. Well, no thank you. my feeling is if I do that and meet a m an he will expect this of me all the time and that is not me, my get ready time will double, maybe even triple…..screw that noise. Love me or leave me. No false advertising here.........

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