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Westerns & the Old West

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I post almost exclusively about minutiae related to the Old West and Western films/pop culture. I do drawings too. 🍉 Cheers! 🤠🍻🤠 & God bless 🙏

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Nov 11

"The Lookout"

A drawing I did a few months ago.

Cheers! 🤠🍻🤠

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Happy 55th Birthday to Matt Damon

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Nov 21

A thread on the great Silas Soule, one of the few figures from Old West history that I unequivocally consider a hero.

Be warned, this is going to get rough...

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And finally a message from Andy to all of you

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Dec 7

The cover wisely featured Andy Devine & no one else from the cast. Devine would remain one of the top draws in Western Comics for decades... with his only real rival being Jimmy Durante, of course:

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Dec 7

A May 1939 comic book adaptation of Stagecoach, with art "assembled" by Jack Adler. This was in Movie Comics #2 (1939) published by DC Comics (1/3)

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 1d

And here's Andy Devine singing Jesus Loves Me with a cat & mouse on his kid's show Andy's Gang. You're not prepared for this video, believe me

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And here's Andy looking divine

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Happy Birthday to the great Andy Devine, born Andrew Vabre Devine 120 years ago today

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Mar 8

Sam Peckinpah & crew on a barge on the Rio Nazas during the shooting of The Wild Bunch

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Happy Birthday to the late Skip Homeier, born George Vincent Homeier 95 years ago today

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Feb 2

While filming The Wild Bunch, Bo Hopkins asked for the squibs to be taped directly to his skin so that he would give a naturally pained performance*

*excerpt from W.K. Stratton's book on the making of The Wild Bunch

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 3d

It's kind of amazing how Matt Clark is in every great 70s Western outside of maybe 3. He turns 89 next month & I hope he lives forever. Look at this Western filmography

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Nov 12

In 1922, while the Osage Murders were still happening, Buster Keaton & Edward F. Kline made The Paleface, which focused on Natives being murdered by "oil sharks" for their land rights:

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 3d

Happy 69th Birthday to Christoph Waltz

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Happy Birthday to the late Charlton Heston, born John Charles Carter 102 years ago today

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Happy Birthday to the great Buster Keaton, born Joseph Frank Keaton 130 years ago today

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 5d

"Hah! Noon!" (from Mad the Comic Book #9) written by Harvey Kurtzman with art by Jack Davis

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"Hah! Noon!" (from Mad the Comic Book #9) written by Harvey Kurtzman with art by Jack Davis (1954)

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 5d

That same script literally has a suburb in it! Zahler does zero research

Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 5d

For the record, I think Zahler is a doofus who has an odd obsession with depicting Natives as cannibals even though this was anathema to North American tribes outside of the Tonkawa. I've read/seen 4 of his Westerns & 3 of them depict Natives as cannibals (Brigands has 2 cannibalistic tribes)

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 5d

The Zahler interview is from 10 years ago too. Maybe he's changed his mind since then? 🤷‍♂️

Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 5d

I dislike this script, but Park Chan-Wook could make it work. S. Craig Zahler previously stated that he's not excited about Park directing The Brigands of Rattleborge (the original title) because he doesn't think you can get good performances through a translator
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