Howard Keel

  • Mervyn LeRoy – Lovely to Look At (1952)

    1951-1960ComedyMervyn LeRoyMusicalUSA
    Lovely to Look At (1952)

    This season in Paris, Red is all the rage! Red Skelton headlines a joyful Technicolor® remake of Roberta as a New York producer who inherits a failing Parisian fashion house. His partners are Howard Keel and Gower Champion and the lovelies they look at are Kathyrn Grayson, Ann Miller and Marge Champion. Which means the zippy story (everyone falls in love with everyone else as they scramble to save the salon) is in masterful hands. But the talent doesn’t stop there. Jerome Kern provides 10 classics, including Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Yesterdays, I Won’t Dance and the title song. And Vincente Minnelli directs the finale, a razzling, dazzling, riotous-with-color Broadway-style fashion show featuring fabulous Adrian couture. From Warner Brothers!Read More »

  • Burt Kennedy – The War Wagon (1967)

    1961-1970ActionBurt KennedyUSAWestern

    Taw Jackson (John Wayne) returns from prison having survived being shot, to the ranch and gold that Frank Pierce stole from him. Jackson makes a deal with Lomax (Kirk Douglas), the man who shot him 5 years ago to join forces against Pierce and steal a large gold shipment. The shipments are transported in the War Wagon, an armored stage coach that is heavily guarded. The two of them become the key players in the caper to separate Pierce from Jackson’s gold.Read More »

  • David Butler – Calamity Jane (1953)

    USA1951-1960David ButlerMusicalQueer Cinema(s)Western

    Synopsis:
    Deadwood, Dakota Territory, is largely the abode of men, where Indian scout Calamity Jane is as hard-riding, boastful, and handy with a gun as any; quite an overpowering personality. But the army lieutenant she favors doesn’t really appreciate her finer qualities. One of Jane’s boasts brings her to Chicago to recruit an actress for the Golden Garter stage. Arrived, the lady in question appears (at first) to be a more feminine rival for the favors of Jane’s male friends…including her friendly enemy Wild Bill Hickock.Read More »

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