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I was working on a screenplay that involved an emergency move in an old western town to a more storm worthy building next door, which happened, decades before to be a “bawdy house.”
The gent who knew the town, and suggesting the move has the following dialogue:
“Lady, don’t get your bustle in an uproar. Ain’t been a loose woman on the premises since 1900. (misty eyed) Elsie, her name was. No teeth to speak of and a face like a washboard, but brother, could she—”
That’s the new Blu-ray of Henry Hathaway’s 1965 western from Paramount, The Sons of Katie Elder. Mr. Hathaway, one of the greats, began in cinema in 1917.
Special guest star is Mr. Wayne wearing that beautiful, historic Red River belt buckle. One of two (or three) that have “gone missing” over the years.
Always wanted one, but high quality reproductions are hard to find. That, and what was a belt buckle on Mr. Wayne, would appear on me, to be more of a piece of armor.
It’s a wonderful western, starring John Wayne and Dean...
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