My Favorite Forgotten Movies

My computer is currently undergoing psychological counseling from a feng-shui attack (don't ask me what that means, because I don't know). The point is, Colorado pics are still on deck, but next up to bat will be a list of movies I am dying to get on DVD but they are nowhere to be found.

Or, they can be found, but on VHS only, or in snippets on YouTube, or on overlypriced, poorly-dubbed copies. I don't understand it, because these are very good movies which surely deserve more DVD manufacturing time than Glitter or Gigli. Be sure to click on the movie posters to see a clip of the movie on YouTube.

Westward The Women (1951), starring Robert Taylor

I've talked about this movie on here before, but I don't care. Everyone should know about this movie. Everyone should see this movie. Set in the old west, the Westward the Women is about a wagon train of women traveling to California in search of their husbands and a new life. While the plot summary might sound a bit anti-feminist, the movie portrays the strength these woman have (and must have had in real life) to endure mental and physical hardships.

Scavenger Hunt (1979), starring Cloris Leachman, Tony Randall, Richard Mulligan, Roddy McDowall, and Cleavon Little (the sheriff in Blazing Saddles).

Vincent Price plays excentric game creator "Milton Parker" whose will dictates that whomever completes a scavenger hunt will inherit his vast fortune. The potential inheritors divide into teams and run all over town trying to find the items on the list, such as a toilet, a microscope, a suit of armor, and an ostrich. Hilarity ensues.

My sister and I would quote this one all the time as well, especially when the household servants' team manages to destoy their toilet during a high-speed chase. The maid, "Babette,"had named the toilet and goes on to mourn "Poor Montclair" in her French accent.

Believe me, it's just funny as all get out, ok?

The Rounders (1965), starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda

(No YouTube play available). I remember watching this movie with my mom and sister and we'd all laugh so hard. The plot is a bit lacking, but Ford and Fonda, plus the little roan horse sure save it. It also gives a nice glimpse into the 1960's cowboy lifestyle. Fonda's character "Howdy" has one of the best movie lines: "Whatever suits you just tickles me plum to death."

I've repeated it often, but have never been able to pull the line off like Fonda did.

3 Godfathers (1948), starring John Wayne

This movie is probably one of the least-known John Wayne westerns, but it is no less worthy than Rooster Cogburn or Big Jake (those who know this movie will know why I singled it out). Three outlaws escaping into the desert after a bank robbery happen across an abandoned wagon where a dying woman has just given birth. They promise the woman that they will save her baby and end up sacrificing their own lives and freedom to carry out that promise.

The Villain (1979), starring Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret and Arnold Schwarzenegger

This is truly one of the funniest, most ridiculous movies ever (in a good way). Rather than summarize the plot, I'll just tell you the character's names: Cactus Jack, Handsome Stranger, Charming Jones and a horse named Whiskey.

That is all you need to know. Now watch them. That's an order. You'll thank me for it later. You can get me a seven-shot six-shooter to repay me. Why? No reason....

Random Notes

Just some random items tonight.....

First of all, how bad of a parent do you have to be to have your KID suspended by APHA? Screw up your own life and name, who cares, but what in the world would possess someone to flush their own kids' names down the toilet?! I'm still floored, although nothing should surprise me at this point! LOL!

Anyway, on to tonight--by the time I went to work, the grocery store, the feed store, came home, hauled water, took off everyone's fly masks and fed, I wasn't able to get a single picture!

My little new edition is doing great. She is out on pasture with her new pal Bambi and she is keeping up her weight very well. I love her temperament. I've decided to call her "Patience." She is truly the most patient horse, let alone baby, I've ever encountered. I think it fits her, too.

Anytime I ever hear the name "Patience," I think of the great old movie Westward the Women. Unfortunately they have yet to put it out on DVD. It's a Robert Taylor western, and filled with so much character and humanity I find it as entertaining and poinant as I did when I used to watch it as a kid. Here's a clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCvOulOZNZU

I talked to my friend Sandra, down near Diamond, MO and she has decided to offer Benz for sale. Benz is registered with APHA as LooknFabulous InaBenz. His sire is Hustlers Fabulous Too and his dam is Check Out My Mercedes, a futurity-winning granddaughter of Impressive. Benz is HYPP N/N, Overo with one blue eye and Sandra says he is HUGE! She'll be getting new pics soon. She just has too many prospects. He hasn't been gelded yet, but given he already is maturing quite quickly and this awful market he really should be gelded this fall. He'll be a super all-rounder, especially on the open show circuit! She's asking only $750 and will consider offers to good homes--just let me know if you'd like to be in touch!! He's pictured as a weanling below.

I've been thinking after I get Eddie home and things calm down I really need to get a commuter car. 100 miles a day on the truck costs a lot in gas and tires! I've been looking around to see what one might cost, but I just don't know about these mechanics around here....

Have a good night, everyone!

P.S. I broke down tonight and bought a new flymask for Miss Patience, so we're set! Thanks so much to everyone who offered to search their tack rooms for her. I just couldn't take seeing the flies on her face anymore. Now she'll fit in with everyone else and I can go to work in the morning knowing she doesn't have to fight those nasty flies all day :) ~J