I knew Charley Starrett quite well. I grew up in Laguna during the 1960s and lived on Rockledge Terrace from 1959 through 1966. Charley and his wife Mary lived four doors down the street. I often did yard work for him (he referred to me as his "swamper") and both he and his wife were very nice to my younger brother and me. My dad and Charley were great friends as my dad was a fan of the Durango Kid movies (having been fifteen when the movies first came out in 1940). When my dad told Charley that he was a big fan, Charley replied, "Well, then you know the name of my old horse?", to which my dad replied "Sure, Raider" - Charley really beamed at that. The only time that Charley ever got mildly upset, was one Sunday morning when my brother and I were out skateboarding at a bit past 7 AM. This was in the latter part of 1963 and skateboards then had metal wheels the same as street rollerskates. The metal wheels made a loud racket on the asphalt and I remember Charley coming out of his upstairs bedroom and standing on the balcony in his bathrobe and saying (friendly, in his very 'stentorian' voice) "Boys, boys, could you wait a bit before skateboarding - I had a Hell of a night last night!". (My dad made homebrew beer and Charley was a willing recipient of a case (these were tall brown glass bottles - either 12 oz or 16 oz in size, 24 to a case) every month when a new batch was brewed. Charley had a pair of custom Colt SAA Revolvers in 44-40 caliber, that had once been owned by an exhibition shooter employed by Remington Arms. These revolvers came with two sets of barrels, one set rifled and the other set smooth-bore (the smooth-bore barrels were used whenever the exhibition shooter - Charley told us his name was Colonel Peters, but I've never been able to locate any info about him) - would shoot at tossed glass balls. These were proofed for black powder only, and we never did get a chance to try shooting them (Charley had a couple of boxes of the old black powder loads, both with lead bullets to be shot with the rifled barrels and with lead birdshot to be shot through the smooth-bore barrels). Charley was a big upland (doves and quail) bird hunter and had a very nice spaniel named 'Blaze". I had a black lab named 'Apache', and our family hunted pheasant, quail, and ducks (California was actually a good state to hunt in back prior to the 1990s), and Charley and I (I was 14-16 at the time) would argue in jest to each other about who had the better hunting dog. Charley knew that I was big into model railroads and trains. Charley had once made a movie 'The Return of Casey Jones' and used to tell me stories about filming that movie and how he got to run the steam locomotive and what it was like filming with real railroaders - great stuff! During the later 1970s, I would stop by to visit with Charley every so often - always a great guy and very welcoming.

@Annie-by3vc

Жыл бұрын

So very cool👍!

@chelshops

Жыл бұрын

The way described it, I almost felt I was there and knew Charley personally.

I just love how these old dramas truly can take you away to another time , things were good ,people were good everything was better in these olden days ,

Good one ! Thanks for all you great pictures , you always put out the very best of a picture !

Charles Starrett was one of my favorite actors. I saw him first in his 'Durango Kid' series of films. I loved how his fistfights were over quickly, and not interminable as were most western actors of that day. @29:08 Best line so far: "I have an idea!" [Brother: "Extraordinary!"

What a super movie……thank you!

In a lot of these classics you’ll see them putting their cats out at night , today we make sure that are cats either aren’t out anytime or for sure that their indoors at night . Those olden days were so safer back then !

This is a jewel. Could not be more apposite to America today as well.

Very Good Movie,PizzaFlix! Combines both Reality&" ideology" of thought,simultaneously! All of the actors were quite" authentic" in their parts.Thanks,again,for such an enjoyable movie,PizzaFlix!

Polly Young looks just like her sister, Loretta, right ?

@heatherbowlan1961

3 жыл бұрын

Really that’s Lorettas sister ,wow I never new ! Thanks

@Annie-by3vc

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I did not make that connection! Thanks

@ChrisCarlin-is8wv

Ай бұрын

I thought sally Blaine was her sister.

Funny film; at the end the girl says that they could be happy...hinting if they were married...

Thanks as always, PizzaFlix. Not a brilliant film, but not bad. The sad thing is that it couldn't be made today. We don't make movies about personalities any more. Of course the anti-communist element is there, but I thought it was well handled - part of the plot and not allowed to take over. Worth watching.

Why does the very bottom part of the film get cut? It's not very important, but I'm curious.

@PizzaFLIX

6 жыл бұрын

bad film to video transfer.

I liked the movie, but am I understanding this right… did the adopted son (raised with the family from a baby) go and marry the sister he was raised with? 🤔