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Johnny Guitar ( 1954 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 22, 2018
Joan Crawford in a western? If that sounds incredulous, Ms.Crawford must have thought so, too, because it was not until 1954 that she starred in her first spurs-and-guns picture - Johnny Guitar. Unlike Barbara Stanwyck, Joan seemed out of place in the desert locale sporting jeans - but she read more
Johnny Guitar (1954): Guilty Pleasure? Nah
The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on Jun 3, 2018
Johnny Guitar (1954): Guilty Pleasure? Nah
On June 3, 2018 By CarolIn Uncategorized
Johnny Guitar (dir. Nicholas Ray), the Casablanca of westerns, is a psychological melodrama that often gets overlooked and unfairly dismissed. It’s not the greate read more
Johnny Guitar (1954)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 13, 2018
“I’m a stranger here myself.” ~ Sterling Hayden as Johnny Guitar In watching even only a handful of Nicholas Ray films, it’s possible to discern fairly quickly that his films are often about the marginalized outsiders. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) is the most iconic example read more
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Sep 13, 2017
The 1950s is easily the decade where the Western thrived. Captured in expansive CinemaScope, the Wild West never looked wilder. But with so many cowpokes roaming the range it was only a matter of time before the range turned in on itself. The year before he took teen rebellion to the mainstream with read more
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Dec 31, 2015
Johnny Guitar
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Written by Philip Yordan from a novel by Roy Chanslor
1954/USA
Republic Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#292 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Nick Ray strays into Sam Fuller territory with this gaudy, off-kilter Technicolor Western. Vienna ( read more
Accidentally Hilarious: Johnny Guitar (1954)
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Jul 15, 2014
String 'er up!! Come for the Crazy, Stay for the Trucolor I believe I first saw this picture on a small black and white television, and it wasn't nearly the same experience as watching two angry women on different sides of 40 shoot daggers at each other in Trucolor. Johnny Guitar is read more
Classic Films in Focus: JOHNNY GUITAR (1954)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 3, 2013
Director Nicholas Ray’s Johnny Guitar (1954) has the trappings of a conventional Western, with its cowboy hats, lynch mobs, and hold ups, but the heart of the movie beats to the rhythms of melodrama and noir, and this triple blend makes the film quite a chimera. Taking the vicious rivalry of t read more
Classic Films in Focus: JOHNNY GUITAR (1954)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 3, 2013
Director Nicholas Ray’s Johnny Guitar (1954) has the trappings of a conventional Western, with its cowboy hats, lynch mobs, and hold ups, but the heart of the movie beats to the rhythms of melodrama and noir, and this triple blend makes the film quite a chimera. Taking the vicious rivalry of t read more
Classic Films in Focus: JOHNNY GUITAR (1954)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Sep 3, 2013
Director Nicholas Ray’s Johnny Guitar (1954) has the trappings of a conventional Western, with its cowboy hats, lynch mobs, and hold ups, but the heart of the movie beats to the rhythms of melodrama and noir, and this triple blend makes the film quite a chimera. Taking the vicious rivalry of t read more
Joan Crawford Triple-feature: Johnny Guitar, Mildred Pierce, and The Women
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Nov 18, 2012
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, and Scott
Brady.
This one-of-a-kind Western is dominated by two strong-willed, pistol-packing
women: Crawford as a cynical saloon owner and McCambridge as a
sexually-repressed cattle owner. T read more
Johnny Guitar (2)
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Jul 10, 2012
The 1950s, while having the apparent
veneer of conformity and stability, was in actuality a rather tumultuous
and polemical time, especially for the movies. And in no genre were
there more attempts to combat the traditional with the progressive than
in the Western. Sure, this was still the decad read more
Johnny Guitar (1)
MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on Oct 25, 2011
Johnny Guitar (1954) I have been relishing the opportunity to watch Johnny Guitar because I have been convinced it would be horrendous. You might then understand my utter amazement at how good the movie is. Outside of Joan Crawford who is the only downfall of the flick –and a big one read more
Johnny Guitar
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 11, 2011
Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954) Defined as a cult classic, and often cited as one of the greatest films of one of the most recognized auteurs in the minds of the greats of the French New Wave, read here Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut, Nicholas Ray’s Johnny Guitar stands as a superb read more
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Aug 5, 2011
Johnny Guitar (1954) Estou em dívida com o western. Embora seja um gênero masculino por excelência, tais filmes me agradam bastante. Um dos motivos é o uso das cores, fato observado apenas no cinema clássico. A paisagem árida e bege do Oeste americano faz contraste com o azul do céu sem read more