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Incredible to see the state of Wisconsin suddenly winning pro sports titles in other sports after years of mostly relying on the Green Bay Packers. Congratulations to you folks.
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And yet, in spite of this, you might still get 6 wins and a bowl game appearance. Conference USA is just THAT big of a mess right now.
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Remember, Charles Kelly is JSU's coach (the same guy who was the flawed DC at Florida State and Georgia Tech among other roles years ago). A completely unexpected hire that's working (so far) much better than anticipated.
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Sounds very interesting. Old West life and elements just get more and more intriguing to me.
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Very interesting, have to look into this one. You're right, there are so many hidden gems in the sea of 50s westerns, for example Three Young Texans (featuring Mitzi Gaynor as a remarkably tough and brave tomboy rancher's daughter, a huge departure from the sweet, singing girl in musicals most people know her as).
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Hi there, very late response, but are you talking about active actors, or all time?
If we're talking all time, it just might be John McIntire (most famous for playing the wagon master Mr. Hale on Wagon Train and Clay Grainger on The Virginian in the 1960s). INCREDIBLY talented man who could make himself look dramatically different from role to role as needed, and one of the most eloquent orators of any actor I've ever seen along with Jimmy Stewart. He just had AWFUL luck for much of his career for being stuck on projects that had lower quality writing and thus did less great at the box office, meaning he got less public attention and bigger opportunities (as a matter of fact, he only became a major star in the 60s on Wagon Train because the previous wagon master Major Adams' actor Ward Bond died unexpectedly, requiring a quick replacement to keep the show going and giving Mr. McIntire an opportunity he took 110% advantage of). Even in a number of the not so great movies/TV outings he ended up doing, his performances for me at least are enough to make them at least watchable, he could sometimes singlehandedly bring them up to mediocre decent with his sheer skill despite the shoddy scripts (it was like he could almost put wings on a pig and make it fly like an eagle). He did manage to get in a couple of solid western movies though beyond his later TV success, namely Westward the Women and The Far Country.
If he had been given more opportunities and better writers to collaborate with, it's entirely possible we talk about him in the same breath today as Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, John Wayne, Spencer Tracy and the other Golden Age top legends (heck, his voice similar to theirs is very distinctive and pretty much unmistakable, once you hear it enough).
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Recently watched Audrey Totter in 1955's The Vanishing American, she was much more than just a femme fatale, it was one of the best performances in a western by any actress I've seen (her homesteader character Marion Warner goes through an incredible transformation, from disliking to genuinely loving Native Americans and helping the Navajo tribe to fight back against some truly evil local officials bent on stealing their remaining reservation lands). Her demeanor was so strong, firm and bold that I think she would have been PERFECT if cast as an early female deputy marshal or sheriff, it reminded me a lot of James Arness as Marshal Dillon (plus, Ms. Totter had eyes and glare so powerful she might have been able to stare down the devil and intimidate him).
A truly astonishing woman.
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Not too long ago, I was watching an episode of the legendary western TV show Wagon Train and Mr. Cotten was the guest star. The subject? His character, Mr. John Augustus, began romancing a young Chinese lady, much to the uproar of some of his fellow travelers (this was an interracial romance story on 1960s television!). The highlight of the episode was when Mr. Augustus stands before the angry folks and courageously defends his relationship with her, citing both the US Constitution and Abraham Lincoln's words about "all men are created equal". The wagon master Mr. Hale, originally hesitant to approve of this, is so moved by the speech and stand that he firmly shakes Mr. Augustus' hand afterwards, congratulates him and tells him that he sincerely hopes that he and Mayleen are not 100 years too early.
Joseph Cotten was one brave man to take a role like this, and he did it powerfully. DEFINITELY one of Hollywood's most underrated actors.
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Very nice moment of family history you've got!
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There's some very cool pictures online of white men from the Old American West who married Native American ladies for genuine love.
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Truth is, you often don't know for sure about someone's morality until many years later. So many heroes of pop culture and society have turned out to be pieces of crap, and some overlooked fellas in many cases turned out to be the actual good guys (but didn't attract as much attention).
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One of the most IDIOTIC moves I've ever seen a player make at any school. Doxing a cop's family especially over a case like his is the most selfish and ridiculous thing imaginable. He'll be lucky to make an FCS team roster in the future.
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It's a sad reason for doing it though, and especially right now the team's product isn't really enjoyable. If you're the family of a player or a die hard as you said though, maybe it's nice.
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It's called desperation to win and turn around the season. Now Lebby is in even MORE hot water with the school and fanbase, since Taylor's injury was made even worse by forcing him to come back. If the injury had been more dangerous, it could have been a fireable offense (risking health and safety of players).
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Despite the difficulties in capturing them at times, and the tendency for pictures be very formal occasions back then, some intimate and happier toned scenes WERE photographed, including (wonderfully) affectionate fathers playing with their kids. I might post one of them on here if I can locate it.
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Decoy, VERY forward-facing 1950s show about a female NYPD police investigator named Casey Jones (played by Beverly Garland). It tackled issues like drug addiction when few shows would dare touch it.
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Liberty Valance from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). One of the most iconic villains in western cinema history, an absolutely vicious bully and criminal, and whose death at the hands of Ransom Stoddard and Tom Doniphon (played by Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne) sets off one of the biggest legends and disputes over truth imaginable.
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It's time to add another oldie but goodie to this list: Victoria Greenly from 1960s western show The Virginian, one of the first female lawyer characters to prominently appear on television (among other cases, she helps the cowboys of Medicine Bow, Wyoming sue a corrupt saddle maker from Missouri for incorrectly manufacturing them and deceiving them about it). Wyoming soon hires her for a government role due to her sheer skill.
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Lucas McCain (The Rifleman). He was SO popular internationally that even Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was thrilled to meet his actor Chuck Connors.
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Marshal Micah Torrance from The Rifleman
"Lucas, boy!"
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"Bully!", as Teddy himself would say.
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Eisenhower and Reagan had the best layouts, with Bush Jr. in third. Though I wish Ike didn't have so much stuff on the fireplace mantle, makes it look cluttered and kind of messy.
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Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957) and Tombstone (1993) are both fascinating takes on the story, in each their own way.
That is one huge pole he's using!