Thursday, November 17, 2016

On This Day In Dino-history: November 17, 1951




Hey pallies, likes today is one of the happiest of happy days...indeed, if not the happiest day in all of Dino-history 'cause 65 years ago this very day, on November 17, 1951, our most beloved Dino's most beloved boypallie, Dino Martin Jr. was born to proud daddy-o Dino and mother Jeanne.   Likes thinks of the powerfully pure pride our potently  powerful Dino had in namin' his first child by Jeanne after himself. Likes thinks of the  hopes, the dreams our great man had for his little boypallie by givin' his new son his gloriously great name!




And, indeed our Dino's boypallie namesake certainly did live up to the takin' of his amazin' Daddy-o's tag...becomin' a hugely successful entertainer himself while just in his teens as part of the swingin' pop trio Dino, Desi, and Billy.



Dino Jr. went on to acclaim as a tennis pro and football player, and found fame and fortune as an actor on both the small and big screens. And our Dino's golden boy also was gloriously  golden when it came to bein' a pilot of jet airplanes.



Likes Dino Jr. had only one real pressin' problemo...he was so marvelously multi-talented likes his famous father, that he just couldn't decide which of his many interests to put the major accent of his life on.



One thin' for sure pallies, Dino Jr. was definitely  heir apparent to the Dino-throne. And, of course all of that came to a crashin' end when Dino Jr. tragically crashed his National Guard F-4 Phantom fighter jet in California's San Bernardino Mountains during a snowstorm on March 21, 1987.


Today we celebrate this happiest of happy days in our Dino's life as we reverently remember and hugely honor Dino Jr. on the 65th anniversary of his entry into family Martin. But, in the midst of our celebratin' we can't help but be so so sad as well as we know that the end of the Dino Jr. story turned out to break our lovin' Dino's lovin' heart as he never ever got over the death of his beloved namesake. Dino-honorin', DMP

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Dean Martin Autograph: 8 x 10 Photo, hand signed. CoA

Hey pallies, likes it doesn't seem possible that Dino-winter day is a bit over a month away and so it is time to be makin' your wishlist of Dino-treasure that you woulda loves to have and to be considerin' what your will be giftin' Dino-holics in your life with this comin' Dino-season.  Usually 'round these  Dino-parts we begins 'bout now offerin' some swank selections of Dino-delight and likes today though the efforts of our pallies at "Twingly" blog search we share with you an authentic autographed photo of our most beloved Dino from the blog "Collect.at Vintage - Antique."

The 8X10 glossy  of our Dino has him croonin' away with microphone in one hand and includes the autograph Always, Dean Martin.  Probably youse all know what CoA means, but we have to look it up.....Certificate of Authenticity....meaning there is a document sayin' that the photo was actually signed by our one and only Dino.  We are guessin' that our Dino signed just a ton of these photos that where shared with fans, and we have seen this particular photo for sale before on the ol' 'net.

Likes what devotee of our Dino wouldn't want to have at least one signed image of main man?!?!?!?!
So, here is an opportunity to gets it for yourself or for 'nother beloved pallie of our Dino.  To checks this out at the original site, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

Dean Martin Autograph: 8 x 10 Photo, hand signed. CoA

Dean Martin Autograph: 8 x 10 Photo, hand signed. CoA
SKU: col-4764
$194.70

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Dino-toon by Mr. Thomas Vetter


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Hey pallies, likes how fun is it to be able for us to share ever more international devotion to our one and only Dino and be able to swankly  showcase yet 'nother awesome artist at the same time.  That is our deep delight this Dino-day as we pay a return visit to the blog "toon pool" where German draw-er Mr. Thomas Vetter has recently put up his cool cartoony sketch of our most beloved Dino.

Likes it is always always fantastic fun to share with Dino-holics everywhere an intriguin' image of our Dino and bein' able to celebrate how 'nother pallie has used their time 'n talent to homage our King of Cool while havin' fantastic fun in the process!

We thanks Mr. Thomas Vetter for sharin' his artistic abilities in huge honor of our most beloved Dino and puttin' his efforts up on "toon pool" for Dino-devotees 'round the Dino-universe to enjoys.  To checks this out in it's original source and to view more of Vetter's work includin' other members of the Rat Pack, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-report.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters


Cartoon: Dean Martin (medium) by Thomas Vetter tagged dean,martin
Dean Martin

Thomas Vetter

Monday, November 14, 2016

......and his godfather Dean Martin

Hey pallies, likes can any of youse Dino-holics image the huge,  humblin' honor of havin' our most most beloved Dino as your godfather?  Likes who 'mong us wouldn't totally thrill to be able to call our Dino god-daddy-o?!?!?!?!  Well, today we share with you 'bout a pallie tagged  Mr. Chris Schiavone who indeed has our one and only Dino as his godfather.

From the blog tagged  "RGJ - Reno Gazette Journal," comes a feature article tagged "Toni Rigatonis: A new Italian spot with a touch of old Vegas," scribed by correspondent Mr. Johnathan L. Wright.   Likes it seems that Mr. Schiavone has opened a new  restaurant in northwest Reno and one of the pixs decoratin' one of the walls of his eatery is of his baptism as an infant with his proud father holdin' him, with his mother lookin' on.  Also in the image is little Chris' godparents...and as you will see below....our Dino is his godfather!

We are only includin' the Dino-image and a few words of description below, but, as usual, if you clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram, you will be transported to the original post and can read all 'bout the new restaurant.  Likes, to our way of Dino-thinkin', it woulda be well worth the trip to Reno to get a personal glimpse of this delightful Dino-pose.  We thanks Mr. Johnathan L. Wright and all the pallies at "RGJ" for this great review of Mr. Chris Schiavone's new restaurant, and givin' all us Dino-philes a gander at our Dino as god-daddy-o!

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters


Toni Rigatonis: A new Italian spot with a touch of old Vegas

Johnathan L. Wright

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There’s an old promotional card for “La Dolce Vita”; a photograph signed by Marisa Tomei; a picture of Frank and Elvis kitted out in dinner jackets; one of a busty young Sophia Loren; and a picture of an infant Schiavone, his parents, his godmother (an opera singer), and his godfather Dean Martin (yes, that Dean Martin) at Schiavone’s baptism.

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Danny G's Sunday Serenade with Dino: "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"








Welcome back, ol' pallies o' mine!

Man o man...I am REALLY diggin' this Fall weather, mi amici!
Gots me in a CRAZY mood too!
Even the squirrels are actin' nutty! Haha!!
 My friend said they actually jump on her car as she's drivin' down the street! Hahaha!!!
What's goin' on here, pals?!
Gotta be this mental season, my friends!
Maybe someone spiked the acorns this year! Ha!

 Anyway, pallies...grabbed us a COOL COOL jam for this week's Serenade!

One that Dino might have wanted me to pick.

 Guess I was just ponderin' our pal, Dean...how he was...as I was watchin' leaves floatin' down...& it got me feelin'...I don't know..."Dino-ish".

"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", seems to me...would have been Dean's ACTUAL & FACTUAL sentiments!
He was just that way, pallies!
I'm the same way, I suppose.
 Never wanted a fuss made over him...never wanted to linger on one's mind for too long.
Didn't see what the big deal was! 
 Man, my friends...if he ONLY knew how the world would  STILL be talkin' 'bout him to this very Dino-day!!! Haha!!
I bet he's lookin' down...at all us Dino-holics...& wonderin', "What's the deal with these crazy pallies?!!!" Hahaha!!!

Sorry, Dean, my man...youse was just that kinda guy.
OK, pals...enjoy the "Helmer" vid!
Ciao!


Please don't talk about me when I'm gone
Oh honey, though our friendship ceases from now on
And listen, if you can't say anything real nice
It's better not to talk at all is my advice

We're parting, you go your way I'll go mine
It's best that we do
Here's a kiss I hope that this brings lots of luck to you
Oh makes no difference how I carry on
Remember, please don't talk about me when I'm gone

We're parting, you go your way I'll go mine
It's best that we do
Here's a kiss I hope that this brings lots of luck to you
Makes no difference how I carry on
Remember, please don't talk about me
Please don't talk about me
Please don't talk about me when I'm gone

Saturday, November 12, 2016

Jackpot Party Casino : Dean Martin's Wild Party as your Sneak Peek!

Hey pallies, likes we gotta 'fess up that likes we ain't quite sure what to make of today's selected Dino-devotion, but likes we deeply digs the Dino-image below, so we simply can't reasonably resist sharin' this.  Today's Dino-entry comes from a pad tagged "Facebook Games Netwark" and likes we  didn't know that Facebook had such an option.  Any who the pallies at Jackpot Party Casino recently made the cool choice of the "Dean Martin's Wild Party" slot machine as their "sneak peak."

Likes perhaps all youse Dino-holics are up to date on such an offer, but when we clicked the link in the original post we found out that the pad where we landed wanted way way to much into from our Facebook page to enter their domain, so we have not shared the link here, but if you wishes it, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram to goes to the original pad to gets it.

As a swank substitute we have shared one of the youtube vids showin' a "BIG WIN" on this stunnin' slot machine dedicated to our one and only Dino.  Likes, we know if we started playin' this game we coulda never ever stop 'cause we are so so smitten by all the sites and sounds of the Dino-action...and likes what a cool cool way of grabbin' more and more pallies into the Dino-fold....play the slot and gets hooked our our most beloved Dino!

If any of youse Dino-philes knows exactly what is goin' on at the Facebook Games Network, woulda you gets us a holler?  Ain't it likes the coolest the our Dino is turnin' up in more and more places...and as we sez, we deeply digs the Dino-image below.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters


Facebook Games Network

Jackpot Party Casino : Dean Martin's Wild Party as your Sneak Peek!

 

The Community has spoken, and you chose Dean Martin's Wild Party as your Sneak Peek today! 😍

Friday, November 11, 2016

A 17-year-old girl fangirling Dean Martin.

Hey pallies, likes we seems to be bein' drawn more and more often to the all thin's pix blog "tumblr" where more and more Dino-devotees are puttin' up plentiful pages awesomely accentin' our most beloved Dino, always always in the most coolly creative Dino-ways.   Likes today we are totally totally thrilled to share yet 'nother most deeply delightful Dino-honorin' page tagged "welovedeanmartin."

Our hearts are wonderfully warmed by the keen knowledge that the creator of this particular page is a true Deanager, as she openly describes herself as "A 17-year-old girl fangirling Dean Martin."  Our Dino often spoke of his deep delight in "puttin' the accent on youth"...in fact, youse Dino-holics will remember that it was our Dino himself who first coined the term "Deanager" and we continue to be powerfully pleased whenever we find 'nother of today's youth becomin' enchantin'ly entralled with our King of Cool likes those of us who have dug our Dino for many many years.

Likes as we perused this youthful Dino-devotee's tumblr pad we discovered that it was just begun in September of this Dino-year and she is just beginnin' to share "some good stuff" on her swank site.
It will be fantastically fun to watch as this young lady as she continues to share her powerful passion for our Dino in the months and years to come.

As we glanced over her Dino-offerin's so far, we decided to share a Dino-gif of a fav moment from the opennin'of the Dino-show where our great great man is on the top level gettin' ready to slide down the pole and begin the Dino-action on Thursday night.  We greatly grooves on hearin' our Dino say, "O  yeah, babe" elegantly  dressed in his tux,  holdin' his omnipresent Kent cigarette just so....the powerfully perfect presence of complete cool.....truly swinger extraordinaire!!!!!

We awesomely applaud "fangirling Dean Martin" deanager and trusts she will become a marvelous model of deep devotion for our Dino to her peers, as we look forward with much anticipation for her on-goin' efforts in hugely homagin' our one and only Dino!!!! To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of these here Dino-ruminations.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters


Dean Martin stuff

A 17-year-old girl fangirling Dean Martin. I find some good stuff sometimes! ;D

Thursday, November 10, 2016

At War With The Army Showin' on Veteran's Day '16 in Troy, Ohio.

Hey pallies, likes is this a cool idea or is this a cool idea?!?!?!?!  Our pallies over at google 'lerts sent us a Dino-'lert to goes to the online presence of the "Sidney Daily News," which we initially thought was a newspaper of Sidney, Australia, but in fact is the newspaper of Sidney, Ohio!  Anyway pallies, likes the scribed report below tells us that in honor of Veteran's Day 2016, the pallies at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, Ohio will be havin' a free showin' of our most beloved Dino and his most beloved partner, Mr. Jerry Lewis' '50 flick "At War With The Army."

Likes, this is the first time that we ever remember the name of our Dino bein' lifted up in hugely honorin' Veteran's Day and likes we thinks it is the coolest idea 'round.  We encourage all Dino-holics in the Troy area to makes their way  to Hayner Cultural Center for this Dino-event.  And, likes for all us pallies who won't be able to get there, at the end of this Dino-gram is a youtube vid of the entire movie for all our Dino-viewin' pleasure.

We salute the pallies at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center for their desire to honor the Veterans in their area and for havin' the terrific taste to use this Martin and Lewis epic to do so.  We also sez our thanks to the pallies at the "Sidney Daily News" for gettin' this information out on the ol' world wide web.  To checks this out in it's original format, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-report.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

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Hayner to show comedy film


TROY — The Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St., Troy, will commemorate Veterans Day, Nov. 11, by screening the movie, “At War with the Army.”

The 7:30 presentation is for people 13 and older. Admission is free and includes an introduction to the film, cafe-style seating, popcorn and soft drinks.

The 1950 film was Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis’s first starring feature together. The story follows two friends, Pvt. Alvin Corwin (Jerry Lewis) and Sgt. Vic Puccinelli (Dean Martin), as they go from one mishap to another at a World War II Army training camp. The film was directed by Hal Walker and also stars Polly Bergen.

Wednesday, November 09, 2016

A Beautiful Blast From The Past From "Singapore 60s: Andy's Pop Music Influence"


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Hey pallies, likes today's Dino-gram is a beautiful blast from the past dudes.  From April 2009 'til March 2013, ilovedinomartin shared a number of Dino-centric posts that originated at the Singaporian blog, "Singapore 60s: Andy's Pop Music Influence" where totally sold-out-to-Dino pallie Andy holds forth.  Andy's first post coolly celebratin' "DEAN MARTIN - Crooners Influencing The 60s" we shared   HERE and it lead to wondrous words of amazin' appreciato of our Dino goin' back and forth between Andy and us over the course of the next few years.

Likes today, we share a recent postin' by Andy that we discovered usin' the "Twingly" blog search engine that highlights Andy's fav comments "from blog readers through the years.  Likes ilovedinomartin was deeply deeply delighted to discover some Dino-throughts we shared with Andy based on this  POST  among his fav comments.  Below you will note that we are "Letter 5" and as we read our Dino-patter to Andy we note that indeed over the course of the years between then and now, while our passion for our most beloved Dino has never ever wavered, the style of our correspondance has become a bit more focused and refined we trust.  We tend to still use Dino-isms, but usually in a more selective way.  So, it is cool to have this blast from the past to remind us from which we have come!

We want to express our tender thanks to Andy for 'gain liftin' up the name of our Dino and givin' this spectatcular shout- out to ilovedinomartin once 'gain.  While correspondance between Andy and us has been much less the past few years, none the less, we remain awesomely  appreciative of his continued devotion to our Dino and to helpin' others know, love, and honor our King of Cool.
To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters


Tuesday, November 08, 2016
Comments From Blog Readers Through The Years

Since I started this blog in 2008, I have had many comments from readers (more than 7,000 emails) and 99.9% of them are positive ones coming from everywhere.
I thought it best if I showcase some of them for their interesting and varied topics. Here are samplings from these kind people who took time and trouble to write:




Letter 5:
Hey pallie Andy,
Thanks for showin' so much Dinolove for our Dino and for the ilovedinomartin Dinoblog...really 'preciate the shoutout and helpin' spread the Dinomessage by sharin' the ilovedinomartin Dinoblog here at your cool blog..it is likes so Dinofab to know that there are others who are likes totally Dinodevoted and Dinodesirous of makin' Dinoknown wherever they are in on the Dinoglobe... there is a Dinorevolution of cool that has started and it takes pallies like you man to fuel those Dinofires hotter and hotter until all the world knows and loves our great man... hopes to talks with you likes real real Dinosoon!

Dino Martin Peters
USA.
http://ilovedinomartin.blogspot

Tuesday, November 08, 2016

Question To Mr. Jerry Lewis: What was the best thing about your partnership with Dean Martin?


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Hey pallies, likes our most beloved Dino's most beloved partner, Mr. Jerry Lewis continues to do live performances, continues to do in person interviews, and continues to share his deepest of deep devotion to our one and only Dino!!!!   Likes the pallies at google Dino-'lerts sent us over to the online presence of the "BELLVILLE NEWS-DEMOCRAT" where correspondent Miss Lynn Venhaus' featured prose "Jerry Lewis still in spotlight with St. Louis appearance, films" shares that this comin' Saturday night, November 12, Mr. Lewis "will share stories, tell jokes, show film clips and take questions at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo."  In addition Mr. Lewis  "will pick up a Lifetime Achievement Award from the St. Louis International Film Festival."

Likes as part of this fantastic feature article, Miss Venhuas took the opportunity to ask Mr. Lewis a few quires, and likes as almost always, she inquired about his relationship with our Dino.  Below you will find the Q&A.  Mr. Lewis' one word answer brings the biggest of big Dino-buddha-grins to our face and the awesomest of awesome appreciato for both our Dino and his partner.  We thinks youse will be powerfully potently pleased by Mr. Lewis' response as well!

We thanks the pallies at the "BELLEVILLE NEWS-DEMOCRAT," and in particular Miss Lynn Venhaus for her prose, particularly, of course, you Dino-centric quire.  We have only included a small portion of Miss Venhaus' wonderful writin'.  So, to read this prose in total, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram to goes to the original site.  btw, we couldn't resist addin' one of our fav candid pixs of Martin and Lewis havin' much lovin' fun with each other.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters




Jerry Lewis still in spotlight with St. Louis appearance, films

BY LYNN VENHAUS
For the News-Democrat

At age 5, Jerry Lewis began performing with his parents in vaudeville. Now 90, Lewis still performs live once a month and will bring his show to St. Louis next week.

On Saturday night, the legendary comedian will share stories, tell jokes, show film clips and take questions at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo. While here, he will pick up a Lifetime Achievement Award from the St. Louis International Film Festival.

A consummate entertainer, Lewis graciously took time to answer questions.

​Q: ​What was the best thing about your partnership with Dean Martin?

​A: Everything.​

Monday, November 07, 2016

Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. look out into the busy streets of the city.



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Hey pallies, likes we are always awesomely appreciative of other Dino-devotees efforts in spreadin' there amazin' adulation of our most beloved Dino with the world wide web.  Likes one of the swankest swingingest sites for the deepest of deep devotion is the picture pad tagged "tumblr" where likes a plethora of pallies have used their time, energy, and creativity in spreadin' their Dino-passion 'round the known world.

Today we stop by one of the bestest of best Dino-honorin' pads on "tumblr" tagged "dinosaysthatsamore," and we couldn't 'gree more with their self-descriptive mission statement, " A most wonderful blog dedicated to the King of Cool, Dean Martin!"  Likes in doin' just a wee bit of research we discovered that this most Dino-honorin' place has been 'round since February of 2013.  Likes in over three years of Dino-action they have awesomely amassed tons and tons of Dino-images and Dino-references all to the honor and glory of our one and only Dino.

We happened upon this delightful Dino-location through the efforts of the pallies at "Twingly" blog search that recently brought to our attention a incredible image of our Dino and his pallies Mr. Frank Sinatra and Mr. Sammy Davis, Jr. looking " out into the busy streets of the city."  Any of youse pallie gotta guess of which city is in the pix?  It's a cool cool candid that we have never laid our eyes on before and we felt led to bring it to all youse Dino-holics attention.  And, in doin' so, give our kudos to the pallie who shared their powerful passion for all thin's Dino in such a wonderful way.

Likes we are certain that we are goin' to be hangin' 'round the "dinosaysthatsamore" much more in the days, weeks, and months ahead and will be sharin' stunnin' select shots from their excitin' efforts.  To checks this out in it's original source, per usual, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters


Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. look out into the busy streets of the city.

Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis Jr. look out into the busy streets of the city.

Sunday, November 06, 2016

Danny G's Sunday Serenade with Dino: "Old Man River"


Hey there , pallies!
Whataya' say?
Is it just me...or are the holidays...once again...bein' thrown at us & rushed by?!


. Enjoy these FUN celebrations with friends & fam! 
Be a little more like our pal, Dino, & pull thins' in a notch!
Actually appreciate the season!!!








OK, pallies...'nough ramblin'. Let's get jammin'!


This week's Serenade will DEF I NATE LY get youse in a SWINGIN' mood, my friends!
GUARANTEED to Brush away ANY pre-holiday stress!


"Old Man River" is one of my "feel good"... "go to" vids.
SO SO much fun, Dean has with this one, pals!

Typically a powerful, yet mournful type jam...Dean puts his spin & "Dino magic" on it... & BAM!!! It swings!!! Ha!
Let's not stress out this year, pallies o mine! We can 'member what holidays are all 'bout...if we just listen to the Dino-message! Ha!

Stay strong... my friends! Haha!!
Just 'member... that life... generally, is good!
Enjoy!!!


Ol' man river, that ol' man river
He must know somethin' Don't say nothin'.
He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along
He don't plant taters, and he don't plant cotton
And them what plants em, is soon forgotten
But ol' man river, just keeps rollin' along
You and me,  sweat and strain
Body all achin' and racked with pain
Tote that barge. lift that bail
You get a little drunk and you lands in jail
I gets weary, and sick of trying
I'm tired of livin', and I'm scared of dyin'
But ol' man river, he just keeps rolin' along


Read more: Frank Sinatra - Ol' Man River Lyrics | MetroLyrics

Friday, November 04, 2016

Portrait Of A Swinger: The '69 Dino

Hey pallies, likes while we were perusin' the all thin's pix pad, "tumblr" we happened 'cross one of the coolest of cool images of our most beloved Dino that we have simply felt directed to share with all youse Dino-holics.  It's a purposefully 'n powerfully provocative posed photo of our Dino and swingin' spyster Matt Helm stunnin'ly  surrounded by a beautiful bevy of models featured in the Helmer big screen epics.

Likes we knows that we have certainly shared this Dino-image at least once before here at ilovedinomartin, but likes we digs it so mucho, to likes the max, that we have decided to share it 'gain for your Dino-viewin' pleasure this Dino-weekend.  The last time that we shared it, it was part of this particular Dino-gram located  HERE and likes youse will note that it was taken from the cover of the 1969 Matt Helm calendar.   Oh, how deeply  deeply desirous we are of havin' this delightful Dino-treasure in our Dino-collection...wonderin' if it is for purchase somewhere on the ol' net...we'll have to check it out!

Dino is his ever cool, hip, and randiest as he is surrounded by all these marvelous models and, likes of course, these lovely ladies are oh so deeply delighted to be in the company of our one and only Dino!  We thanks the pallies at the tumblr pad of "furiousape" for sharin' this swingin' swank shot of our Dino makin' likes swingin' spyster Matt Helm.  To check this out in it's original source, per usual, simply clicks on the tag of this particular Dino-gram.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters















The doubts and wanderings Dude are also particularly touching.....

 Hey pallies, likes hot on the heels of yesterday's Dino-gram accentin' a Swede's blogger banter on the wonders of our Dino playin' the role of the Dude in "Rio Bravo" comes today's Dino-entry....more 'nother international insights on our Dino's classic western "Rio Bravo" a la a French blogger who hangs their hat at the blog "L'Art aux Quatre Vents," which translates to "Art To The Four Winds."

Their post most interestin'ly tagged "Rio Bravo, or when the comedy is invited to the western country," is a mighty mix of powerful prose and incredible images from "Rio Bravo."  One of the most interestin' thin's 'bout this review is the focus is more on the major characters then on the actors themselves.  So, the blogger doesn't say much more then our Dino plays the Dude, but in speakin' of the Dude's character they say  coolly complementary comments, such as the one that we used to tag this Dino-report:  "The doubts and wanderings Dude are also particularly touching....."

So, we know without a doubt in the world that this scribber is absolutely in awe of our Dino's remarkable performance, just as just 'bout every reviewer always is!  We deeply digs that we are able to share two days in row reviews of "Rio Bravo" and both from international sources.....yesterday Sweden and today France!

Likes we thanks very much the French pallie who has put considerable time and talent into their ravin' reflections on "Rio Bravo" and we woulda loves to hear tons more from 'em on some of our Dino's other major big screen efforts.  To checks this out in it's original source, likes simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters


FILM HISTORY

Rio Bravo, or when the comedy is invited to the western country

This western Howard Hawks, dating from 1959, is a classic. In the small town of West Rio Bravo, John Wayne portrays an exemplary Sheriff John T. Chance. He faces a bunch of hoodlums particularly ruthlessly terrorizing the city. For this it is helped by two companions: Dude (Dean Martin), a former drunk who is the laughingstock of the inhabitants, and Stumpy, a crippled old man who does not mince words.



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John Wayne interpreting the sheriff Chance

The film begins in a saloon where Dude just beg to drink without a penny. He is humiliated by Joe Burdette, whose brother Nathan is the most dangerous robber city. A fight undertakes, during which Joe kills an unarmed innocent.Sheriff Chance managed to arrest him for murder with the help of Dude and leads him into the jail guarded by old Stumpy. Nathan Burdette, a rich man who has seemingly dozens of men in his pay, then blocks access to the city to prevent the transfer of his brother. He swears he will release Joe, whatever the cost in human lives.



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The band Burdette threat Chance

The Chance, Dude and Stumpy trio seems a bad way, having to stand alone against the Burdette band armed to the teeth ... they will nevertheless be helped by the young Colorado, who wants to avenge the murder of her employer by a Burdette men, and Feathers, a young poker player and former dancer who falls in love saloon sheriff.



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Chance, Colorado and Stumpy prepare to face the men in Burdette

What touched me the most in this film is what characters trio Chance / Dude / Stumpy, that seem rather harsh at first but went by very human flaws and their affection they have towards each others.
The sheriff, leader of the group, appears at first as insensible and imperturbable, concerned only with its mission of keeping order. Yet it takes Dude as assistant without hesitation, when it is just beginning to emerge from his alcoholism. And when Dude lack of abandoning his post, Chance pretends not need it to better restore its self-esteem.He also seduced by Feathers, this woman came by diligence, even as Dude had fallen into alcoholism because of a dancer, met in similar circumstances ... The sheriff without fear and without reproach is not to make mistakes, and can also be distracted from his duty by sentiment.



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The sheriff facing Feathers

The doubts and wanderings Dude are also particularly touching, her lost look, his clothes in rags, her trembling when he thinks no longer able to cope. It contrasts with the character of Colorado, little researched and quite grotesque.



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Dean Martin interpreting Dude

When to Stumpy, very nice old grouch, he let go his position as watchman for the world. His only fear is to become useless or worse, cause problems: it is completely distraught when he almost kills Dude by mistake, or when his friends leave him on the back upon leaving the band to storm Burdette.



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Stumpy is the keeper of the city prison

Despite the perilous and almost desperate position of the characters, the film keeps a form of light comedy where prompt. Thus in the first four minutes of the film, without words, the arrival of Dude and his fight with Joe's almost funny: every punch is punctuated by music, and when the sheriff arrives and turns on itself, it seems almost that sketch a dance.
Also in the middle of the film, almost without transition with the preceding scene, the characters suddenly begin to sing, as if you were in a musical! With singers Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson (Colorado), one is plunged back into the tradition of sung westerns of the 30s ... I love this scene, which you can find on YouTube here .



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Ricky Nelson (Colorado) on guitar

The characters also have a form of recklessness, away from their position, almost self-deprecating, making them particularly endearing and close to us. Because beyond the threat of Burdette in the background, many situations are similar to what each of us can live: a lover grief that causes depression, friendly moments with men who entertain with a guitar a flirtation between a man and a woman he met by chance ...



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Stumpy, Colorado Dude and relax to forget their perilous situation

Critics have interpreted Rio Bravo as a response to the famous High Noon , in which the sheriff, facing a similar problem with a bunch of off-the-law, request assistance to civilians in vain.This film is a metaphor for McCarthyism of the silence of the inhabitants of the city echoed the American silence allowed to McCarthy, in his persecution of communists in the early 50s.
It is true that unlike in Rio Bravo , the sheriff fully ensures its responsibilities and, far from asking for help, try the maximum to avoid any danger to the civilian population. But above all, the western is not seeking to be justified by additional interest, to be "over-western" in the words of critic André Bazin. Here, no reference to a social context outside.The richness of the film is rather the contrast between the seriousness of the context and the comic situations, attachment viewer to the characters and lightness that emerges from the whole.
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Rio Bravo, ou quand la comédie s’invite au pays du western

Ce western d’Howard Hawks, datant de 1959, est un classique du genre. Dans la petite ville de l’Ouest de Rio Bravo, John Wayne campe un shérif exemplaire, John T. Chance. Il doit faire face à une bande de truands particulièrement sans pitié qui terrorisent la ville. Pour cela, il n’est aidé que par deux compagnons : Dude (Dean Martin), un ancien ivrogne qui est la risée des habitants, et Stumpy, un vieil homme estropié qui ne mâche pas ses mots.

John Wayne interprétant le shérif Chance
Le film commence dans un saloon, où Dude vient quémander à boire sans avoir un sou. Il est humilié par Joe Burdette, dont le frère Nathan est le plus dangereux brigand de la ville. Une bagarre s’engage, au cours de laquelle Joe tue un innocent désarmé. Le shérif Chance réussit à l’arrêter pour meurtre avec l’aide de Dude et le conduit dans la prison gardée par le vieux Stumpy. Nathan Burdette, un homme riche qui a semble t-il des dizaines d’hommes à sa solde, bloque alors les accès de la ville pour empêcher le transfert de son frère. Il jure qu’il libérera Joe, quel qu’en soit le coût en vies humaines.


La bande à Burdette menace Chance
Le trio Chance, Dude et Stumpy semble donc bien mal en point, à devoir résister seul contre la bande de Burdette armée jusqu’aux dents… Ils seront néanmoins aidés par le jeune Colorado, qui veut venger le meurtre de son employeur par l’un des hommes de Burdette, et par Feathers, une jeune joueuse de poker et ex-danseuse de saloon qui tombe amoureuse du shérif.

Chance, Colorado et Stumpy se préparent à affronter les hommes de Burdette
Ce qui m’a le plus touchée dans ce film, c’est ce trio de personnages Chance / Dude / Stumpy, qui semblent d’abord plutôt rudes mais sont rendus très humains par leurs failles et la tendresse qu’ils ont les uns envers les autres.

Le shérif, leader du groupe, apparaît au début comme insensible et imperturbable, préoccupé uniquement par sa mission de faire régner l’ordre. Pourtant, il reprend Dude comme assistant sans hésiter, alors que celui-ci commence à peine à sortir de son alcoolisme. Et quand Dude manque d’abandonner son poste, Chance feint de ne plus avoir besoin de lui pour mieux lui rendre son estime de soi. Il se laisse également séduire par Feathers, cette femme arrivée par la diligence, alors même que Dude était tombé dans l’alcoolisme à cause d’une danseuse, rencontrée dans des circonstances similaires… Le shérif sans peur et sans reproche n’est donc pas à l’abri des erreurs, et peut lui aussi se laisser distraire de son devoir par sentiment.


Le shérif face à Feathers
Les doutes et les errances de Dude sont aussi particulièrement touchants, son regard perdu, ses vêtements en haillons, ses tremblements quand il pense ne plus pouvoir s’en sortir. Il tranche avec le personnage de Colorado, peu fouillé et assez caricatural.

Dean Martin interprétant Dude
Quand à Stumpy, vieux râleur bien sympathique, il ne lâcherait son poste de veilleur pour rien au monde. Sa seule peur est de devenir inutile ou pire, de causer des problèmes : il est complètement désemparé quand il manque de tuer Dude par erreur, ou quand ses amis le laissent à l’arrière au moment de partir à l’assaut de la bande à Burdette.


Stumpy est le gardien de la prison de la ville
Malgré la situation périlleuse et presque désespérée des personnages, le film garde une forme de légèreté où s’invite la comédie. Ainsi dans les quatre premières minutes du film, sans paroles, l’arrivée de Dude et sa bagarre avec Joe est presque drôle : chaque coup de poing est ponctué par la musique, et quand le shérif débarque et tourne sur lui-même, on dirait presque qu’il esquisse un pas de danse.

De plus en plein milieu du film, presque sans transition avec la scène précédente, les personnages se mettent soudain à chanter, comme si l’on était dans une comédie musicale ! Grâce aux chanteurs Dean Martin et Ricky Nelson (Colorado), on est replongés dans la tradition des westerns chantés des années 30… J’adore cette scène, que vous pouvez retrouver sur YouTube ici.


Les personnages ont aussi une forme d’insouciance, de distance par rapport à leur situation, presque d’autodérision, qui les rend particulièrement attachants et proches de nous. Car au-delà de la menace de Burdette en toile de fond, beaucoup de situations s’apparentent à ce que chacun d’entre nous peut vivre : un chagrin amoureux qui entraîne une dépression, des moments amicaux entre hommes qui se distraient avec une guitare, un flirt entre un homme et une femme rencontrée par hasard…


Stumpy, Dude et Colorado se détendent pour oublier leur situation périlleuse
Les critiques ont interprété Rio Bravo comme une réponse au célèbre Le train sifflera trois fois, dans lequel le shérif, confronté à un problème similaire avec une bande de hors-la-loi, demande de l’aide aux civils en vain. Ce film se veut une métaphore du Maccarthysme car le silence des habitants de la ville fait écho au silence de l’Amérique qui laisse faire McCarthy, dans sa persécution des communistes au début des années 50.

Il est vrai qu’à l’inverse dans Rio Bravo, le shérif assure pleinement ses responsabilités et, bien loin de lui demander de l’aide, essaye au maximum d’éviter tout danger à la population civile. Mais surtout, le western ne cherche pas à se justifier par un intérêt supplémentaire, à être un « sur-western » selon l’expression du critique André Bazin. Ici, pas de référence à un contexte social extérieur. La richesse du film vient bien plutôt du contraste entre la gravité du contexte et le comique des situations, de l’attachement du spectateur envers les personnages et de la légèreté qui ressort de l’ensemble.

Thursday, November 03, 2016

Dean Martin's role is to me the only reason to see Rio Bravo

Hey pallies, likes speakin' of  our most beloved Dino's greatest of great big screen perfect performance in "Rio Bravo" yesterday, we find it incredibly intriguin' to be able this very Dino-day  to share a ravin' review of our Dino in "Rio Bravo" that just recently came our way from the fine pallies at "Twingly Blog Search."

Likes from a most interestin'ly tagged Swedish  blog "1001 räkor"...which translates into English as "1001 Shrimp." comes a post by blogger "misterfisk" titled "352: Rio Bravo," that proclaims as you will note by the tag of this post, " Dean Martin's role is to me the only reason to see Rio Bravo"....which to our way of thinkin' is the highest of high praise for our great man's great great performance as the Dude.

As you will read below, this reviewer is not totally taken by "Rio Bravo," but is totally taken by our Dino further sayin' "Martin makes the film far the best performance as a man trying to get out of their alcohol dependency which he fell after being betrayed by a woman."  However, we are also saddened to note that "misterfisk" is obviously not a fan of our Dino's croonin'.....but likes as we said yesterday, everybody is entitled to their opinion....even what we can't possibly 'gree with 'em.

We sez our thanks to "misterfisk" for sharin' his awesome appreciato of our Dino's potently powerful portrayal of the Dude in "Rio Bravo," and hopes it will bring many more Swedes into the Dino-fold!  And, we hope he will make a way to spend more time listenin' to more Dino-croonin' and we are most certain that he will grow deeper and deeper delighted with our mavelously multi-talented King of Cool.  To checks this info out in it's original source, likes simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-message.

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

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 352: Rio Bravo
Posted on 30 October, 2016 by misterfisk
Genre: western
Actor: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan
Land: USA
Year: 1959
Director: Howard Hawks
Rating: 2
Seen and reviewed by: April 2010


Sheriff has only a few helpers in the fight against a powerful man trying to free his imprisoned brother.

"Without a strong state must be all their own sheriff."

In the old wild west where the state is so weak that every man and woman had to be strong so that no one else stepped on them.

Rio Bravo is a very safe west movie that offers exactly what 1959 felt that the audience wanted. No risk anything and all the characters on the good side make it to the end without getting hit by a single bullet, while the amounts of the evil cowboys shot dead.

Once the audience got to see John Wayne playing the stern but good hero surrounded by the standard figures that the faithful and gifted sidekick, the tvålfagre young man, the beautiful young woman and the jolly old man, as usual, in the guise of Walter Brennan.

Rio Bravo is such a perfect film in its genre that it could have been written by a committee with a mandate to cover all of western clichés and audiences conceivably could.

For the youngest girls are eighteen year old teen idol Ricky Nelson, for a little more mature women love story between John Wayne and Angie Dickinson, for the children of the comic characters played by Walter Brennan and Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, for the men Dean Martin struggling with alcoholism and broken heart.

Along with a dramatic clash between good and evil that gives rise to violent action scenes and some musical entertainment offers Rio Bravo entertainment for the whole family - mother, father, a teenage son and daughter and / or a younger son and daughter. At this time, Hollywood is often very adapted to target groups in a simple way, certainly an approach calculated by consultants. "How can we cover this demographic?"

In addition to the story consists of routinely trumped cliches, I'm not entirely fond of the ensemble. John Wayne and Walter Brennan has always tråkat me and Ricky Nelson is quite bland. Angie Dickinson's worse than that because her acting sometimes is purely embarrassing.

Dean Martin, however, is a big surprise. As a singer, he has interested me about as much as Britney Spears, ie considerably less than zero, and I did absolutely nothing. But contrary to the expectations Martin makes the film far the best performance as a man trying to get out of their alcohol dependency which he fell after being betrayed by a woman.

Dean Martin's role is to me the only reason to see Rio Bravo, although in and of itself fell out a few chairs for him either. If I speculated I would say that Martin might have had problems with alcohol and why and to get respect as an actor straining more than the others.

John Wayne film seems to just be another western, and his so-called love affair with Angie Dickinson is stone dead, he is not the least engaged. Dickinson and Ricky Nelson is harmless and Walter Brennan reprises his usual "old man".

Despite all this belongs to the Rio Bravo company of the most famous westerns of the twentieth century.

"Rio Bravo" is the name of both the movie and the little den where the action takes place, a typical dusty western town with a tough sheriff in the form of John T. Chance (John Wayne). Chance cages in odågan Joe Burdette (Claude Akins), who constantly causes problems, and conflicts with wealthy Nathan Burdette (John Russell), a ranchare who always stands up for his brother.

During the arrest Chance gets unexpected help of the alcoholic "Dude" (Dean Martin) brought up from their humiliation of the event. Dude has previously served as deputy sheriff before he began drinking.

Now Joe Burdette must be kept in custody for six days until the Texas authorities can bring him to justice. And this time is dangerous because Nathan and his men plan to use force to get Joe.

Chance has the odds against him - at his side is just an alcoholic and a lame man, Stumpy (Walter Brennan). But then joins kid Colorado (Ricky Nelson), a young guy who is as fair as he is skilled with all guns. Comfort and relaxation will find the sheriff of Feathers (Angie Dickinson), a woman who recently lost her husband fake gambling and really just passing through but stops when she finds The One.

Propagandistic films often use anonymising the names of the characters. Just one example of many I could mention: I Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (Katharina Blum's lost honor, 1975) recorded by Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta in the radical leftist wave in the seventies called a newspaper Zeitung ( "Journal"), and its ruthless journalist Tötges (töten = "dead") attacks the protagonist, Miss Blum (Blume = "flower").

In Rio Bravo is the same with people who have appealing names, if that's even your own name, like Chance, Stumpy, Colorado, Dude, Feathers. Here are the names may be signs of typisering, which actually is an unspoken goal in propaganda films. The individuality remains in the background are not explicitly because of a pronounced propaganda but because of the commercial recipe, so that the characters in the Rio Bravo becomes "ideal types". But especially American westerns reflected in its heyday of Soviet films propagandistic content.

Rio Bravo has become something of a classic, and perhaps it is precisely thanks to the standardized content. But for me it is rather a sign of a Hollywod who started getting stuck in a rut and allow the wheels to spin ever more futile in place before it collapses completely during the early sixties in Hollywood's decline.


352: Rio Bravo
Posted on 30 October, 2016 by misterfisk
Genre: western
Skådespelare: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan
Land: USA
År: 1959
Regissör: Howard Hawks
Betyg: 2
Sedd och recenserad: april 2010

Sheriff har bara några få medhjälpare i kampen mot en mäktig man som försöker befria sin fängslade bror.

”Utan stark stat måste alla vara sin egen sheriff.”

I den gamla vilda västern var staten så svag att varje man och kvinna var tvungen att vara stark så att inte någon annan trampade på dem.

Rio Bravo är en väldigt trygg västernfilm som erbjuder precis vad man 1959 ansåg att publiken ville ha. Ingen riskerar någonting och alla rollfigurer på den goda sidan klarar sig till slutet utan att bli träffade av en enda kula, medan mängder av onda cowboys skjuts ihjäl.

Ännu en gång fick biopubliken se John Wayne spela den hårde men gode hjälten omgiven av standardfigurer som den trogne och skicklige vapendragaren, den tvålfagre unge mannen, den vackra unga kvinnan och den lustige gamle gubben som vanligt i skepnad av Walter Brennan.

Rio Bravo är en så perfekt film i sin genre av att den skulle ha kunnat skrivas av en kommitté med uppdrag att täcka in alla westernklichéer och målgrupper som tänkas kunde.

För de yngsta tjejerna finns artonårige tonårsidolen Ricky Nelson, för lite mognare kvinnor kärlekshistorien mellan John Wayne och Angie Dickinson, för barnen de komiska figurerna spelade av Walter Brennan och Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, för männen Dean Martin som kämpar med alkoholism och brustet hjärta.

Tillsammans med en dramatisk konflikt mellan goda och onda som ger upphov till häftiga actionscener och lite musikalisk underhållning erbjuder Rio Bravo underhållning för hela familjen – mamma, pappa, en tonårig son och dotter och/eller en lite yngre son och dotter. Vid den här tiden var Hollywood ofta väldigt målgruppsanpassad på ett simpelt sätt, säkert ett tillvägagångssätt uträknat av konsulter. ”How can we cover this demographic?”

Förutom att berättelsen består av rutinmässigt hopkokade klichéer är jag inte helt förtjust i ensemblen. John Wayne och Walter Brennan har alltid tråkat ut mig och Ricky Nelson är helt intetsägande. Angie Dickinson är värre än så eftersom hennes skådespeleri stundtals är rent pinsamt.

Dean Martin är emellertid en stor överraskning. Som sångare har han intresserat mig ungefär lika mycket som Britney Spears, det vill säga betydligt mindre än noll, och jag väntade mig absolut ingenting. Men tvärtemot förväntningarna gör Martin filmens överlägset bästa rollprestation som en man som försöker komma ur sitt alkoholberoende som han hamnade i efter att ha svikits av en kvinna.

Dean Martins roll är för mig den enda orsaken att se Rio Bravo, även om jag i och för sig inte föll ur några stolar för honom heller. Om jag spekulerade skulle jag säga att Martin kanske själv haft problem med alkoholen och därför och för att få respekt som skådespelare ansträngde sig mer än de andra.

För John Wayne verkar filmen bara vara ännu en western och hans så kallade kärlekshistoria med Angie Dickinson är stendöd, han är inte det minsta engagerad. Dickinson och Ricky Nelson är menlösa och Walter Brennan repriserar sin vanliga ”gubbe”.

Trots allt detta tillhör Rio Bravo skaran av de mest kända västernfilmerna från nittonhundratalet.

”Rio Bravo” är namnet både på filmen och den lilla håla där handlingen utspelas, en typisk dammig västernstad med en tuff sheriff i form av John T Chance (John Wayne). Chance burar in odågan Joe Burdette (Claude Akins), som ständigt ställer till med problem, och kommer i konflikt med förmögne Nathan Burdette (John Russell), en ranchare som alltid ställer upp för sin bror.

Under gripandet får Chance oväntat hjälp av alkoholisten ”Dude” (Dean Martin) som väcks upp ur sin förnedring av händelsen. Dude har tidigare varit vicesheriff innan han började supa.

Nu måste Joe Burdette behållas i häktet i sex dagar tills myndigheterna i Texas kan ställa honom inför rätta. Och denna tid är livsfarlig eftersom Nathan och hans män planerar att använda våld för att få ut Joe.

Chance har oddsen emot sig – vid hans sida står bara en alkoholist och en halt gubbe, Stumpy (Walter Brennan). Men så ansluter sig unge Colorado (Ricky Nelson), en ung kille som är lika fager som han är skicklig med puffrorna. Tröst och avkoppling finner sheriffen hos Feathers (Angie Dickinson), en kvinna som nyligen förlorat sin falskspelande make och som egentligen bara är på genomresa men stannar när hon finner Den Stora Kärleken.

Propagandistiska filmer använder ofta anonymiserande namn på rollfigurerna. Bara ett exempel av många jag skulle kunna ta upp: I Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (Katharina Blums förlorade heder, 1975) inspelad av Volker Schlöndorff och Margarethe von Trotta under den radikala vänstervågen på sjuttiotalet heter en tidning Zeitung (”tidning”), och dess samvetslöse journalist Tötges (töten = ”döda”) attackerar huvudpersonen fröken Blum (blume = ”blomma”).

I Rio Bravo är det likadant, med personer som har talande namn, om det ens är egennamn, som Chance, Stumpy, Colorado, Dude, Feathers. Här är namnen kanske tecken på typisering, vilket ju faktiskt är ett outtalat mål i propagandafilmer. Individualiteten hamnar i skymundan inte explicit på grund av ett uttalat propagandasyfte utan på grund av det kommersiella receptet, så att rollfigurerna i Rio Bravo blir ”idealtyper”. Men särskilt amerikanska västernfilmer speglade under sin glansperiod sovjetiska filmer med propagandistiskt innehåll.

Rio Bravo har blivit något av en klassiker, och kanske är det just tack vare det standardiserade innehållet. Men för mig är den snarare ett tecken på ett Hollywod som börjat fastna i gamla hjulspår och låter hjulen spinna allt mer fåfängt på stället innan det bryter samman helt under början av sextiotalet i Hollywoods nedgångsperiod.

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