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WESTERN CLIPPINGS and Memphis Film Festival present “A Gathering of Guns: A TV Western Reunion” June 4-6, 2009. At this point ten stars of TV western series are confirmed. For complete details click here. Festival pricing and hotel information coming soon. 7-14-08—Evelyn Keyes, 91, Bill Elliott's leading lady in “Beyond the Sacramento”, died July 4. Also in “Desperadoes” with Glenn Ford and “Renegades” with Willard Parker. 7-9-08—The Lone Ranger rides onto a 75th Anniversary DVD set from Classic Media in November. Set will contain 13 DVDs, all of the first two season episodes digitally remastered, an 88 page commemorative book, a complete episode guide, a rare comic book and photo reprints, plus other bonus features such as the “Lassie” episode with Clayton Moore, 1960s LR cartoons, an LR Victory Corps Membership card...and even more. Retail estimated at $119.93. 7-9-08—A Robert Conrad “Wild Wild West” deep-blue high-waist jacket sold for $3,125 through Julien's Auctions in June. More auction item results in WC #85 (Sept./Oct.) 6-21-08—“Shane” was selected as the greatest western movie of all time by the Western Writers of America, a nonprofit organization of over 600 professional writers, founded in the ‘50s to promote and honor the best literature of the American West—including screenwriting. Selection came June 12 in Scottsdale, AZ, at the association’s annual convention. Rounding out their Top 50 were (2) “High Noon” (3) “The Searchers” (4) “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (5) “Dances with Wolves” (6) “Wild Bunch” (7) “Red River” (8) “Tombstone” (9) “Magnificent Seven” (10) “Open Range” (11) “Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (12) “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” (13) “True Grit” (14) “The Shootist” (15) “Stagecoach” (16) “Unforgiven” (17) “Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” (18) “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (19) “Ride the High Country” (20) “Jeremiah Johnson” (21) “The Cowboys” (22) “My Darling Clementine” (23) “3:10 to Yuma” (’07) (24) “Rio Bravo” (25) “Oxbow Incident” (26) “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” (27) “Lonely Are the Brave” (28) “Will Penny” (29) “Hud” (30) “Winchester 73” (31) “Little Big Man” (32) “3:10 to Yuma” (‘57) (33) “The Grey Fox” (34) “The Alamo” (‘60) (35) “Silverado” (36) “Ulzana’s Raid” (37) “Once Upon a Time in the West” (38) “Rio Grande” (39) “The Rounders” (40) “The Big Country” (41) “Hi-lo Country” (42) “Duel In the Sun” (43) “Fort Apache” (44) “Last of the Mohicans” (‘92) (45) “The Last Picture Show” (46) “Grapes of Wrath” (47) “Bad Day at Black Rock” (48) “The Long Riders” (49) “The Tall T” (50) “Cat Ballou”. Western Clippings, in many instances does not agree with many of these choices…several of which I don’t even consider westerns. Also, some truly great westerns such as “The Iron Horse”, “Hell’s Hinges”, “The Gunfighter” and others were relegated to the bottom 50 when they should have been much higher. Having said that, these were their selections.
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