Thanks for clarifying all this, Mark. It makes a lot more sense — and helps explain why Brando seemed to walk through so many movies throughout the 60s.
I'd sure love to reach out to your contact from Brando's estate! I'd have a million questions for 'em!
I've been researching One-Eyed Jacks for almost 10 years for a book on it — and the story from Brando himself to someone at Paramount is that it was all done with Paramount's money — they even supposedly covered Pennebaker's costs from the years spent developing a Western. They stuck with it as...
I run the blog 50 Westerns From The 50s, and those Republic Trucolor titles are the kinds of things 50s Westerns fans are waiting for. If the material's not up to snuff for Blu-ray, DVD will do.
The Last Command (1955) and Hellfire (1949), just to name two, are ones people really seem to want...