My Rifle, My Pony and Me - Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson

Hey pallies, and likes here is more Dino-magic from Miss Dawn's site "Chick Flicks Musicals." Again, loves how Miss Dawn has shared some Dino-details 'bout the song and flick from which it came that are likes totally new to this Dino-holic. Just goes to show that even if you loves our Dino to the max, there is always somethin' new to learn 'bout his life and times.

Again, thanks Miss Dawn and keeps sharin' more Dino-clips with your pallies so that they gets as likes totally Dino-addicted as you are...and likes how cool willa that be!!!! To view this post in it's original Dino-format, just click on the tagg of this here Dino-gram. Dino-ever, DMP



Saturday, May 22, 2010

My Rifle, My Pony and Me - Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson



The song "My Rifle, My Pony and Me" was originally used as the theme for Red River (1948), another John Wayne western. The original title was "Settle Down".

On May 8th, just one week into shooting ‘Rio Bravo’, Ricky Nelson celebrated his 18th birthday. As a gift, John Wayne and Dean Martin gave him a 300 lb. sack of steer manure, which they then threw Nelson into as a rite of passage.

Dean Martin's agent approached Howard Hawks to consider his client for the role of the drunken deputy Dude. Hawks agreed to meet with Martin at 9:30 the next morning. When Hawks learned that Martin had done a show in Las Vegas until midnight, and hired a plane to fly him to the meeting, Hawks was so impressed that he simply sent Martin to get a costume and told him he had the part.

One of Dean Martins favorite past times was to watch, OLD WESTERNS.
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An Italian-American singer, film actor and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "Mambo Italiano", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That A Kick In The Head?". One of the leaders of the "Rat Pack", he was a major star in four areas of show business: concert stage/night clubs, recordings, motion pictures, and television who was nicknamed the King of Cool. Click picture to view fan websight.