tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post3034777862839689361..comments2024-01-28T02:24:23.386-05:00Comments on Dan Leo: “Railroad Train to Heaven”, Part 58: Rio BravoDan Leohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-18084482028266724702008-03-01T11:14:00.000-05:002008-03-01T11:14:00.000-05:00Tedster, like the great Snickers vs. Three Muskete...Tedster, like the great Snickers vs. Three Musketeers or the Brady Bunch vs. Partridge Family controversies, scholars have been debating that question for years. El Dorado seems to get short shrift generally speaking, but, hey, to its critics I respond with two powerful words: Robert Mitchum. And I'll see your Ricky Nelson with a young Jimmy Caan.<BR/><BR/>I phoned Larry Winchester for his opinion, and he said, "They're both classics, and nobody makes 'em like that any more."Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-87533493793594082722008-03-01T10:06:00.000-05:002008-03-01T10:06:00.000-05:00Which was better, "Rio Bravo" or "Eldorado"?Which was better, "Rio Bravo" or "Eldorado"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-3832228730432964252008-02-29T13:35:00.000-05:002008-02-29T13:35:00.000-05:00Be happy Arnold!Be happy Arnold!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231744174759800033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-64776070350045161992008-02-29T12:41:00.000-05:002008-02-29T12:41:00.000-05:00Anon, Arnold's brand of Catholicism was indeed tha...Anon, Arnold's brand of Catholicism was indeed that pre-Vatican II, pre-folk mass brand featuring fierce St. Joseph's nuns wielding brass rulers. And stern redfaced priests with shillelaghs for the disciplining of particularly unruly girls and boys.<BR/><BR/>How unfondly do I remember it all.<BR/><BR/>Where, I often wondered, as I shuddered beneath the blows, were the kindly Bing Crosbys, Barry Fitzgeralds and Ingrid Bergmans of Hollywood's mythical parishes?Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-45392225337667354952008-02-29T11:37:00.000-05:002008-02-29T11:37:00.000-05:00Kathleen, you must not have experience with the to...Kathleen, you must not have experience with the torture version of catholismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-38177327489234438232008-02-29T09:33:00.000-05:002008-02-29T09:33:00.000-05:00My pleasure, Dino. And Arnold's of course.My pleasure, Dino. And Arnold's of course.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-45562460673647128892008-02-29T09:31:00.000-05:002008-02-29T09:31:00.000-05:00Hey pallie Dan, all I cans say is loves it and wis...Hey pallie Dan, all I cans say is loves it and wishes I was there....thanks for such a wonderful trib to our Dino...and like Arnold, I woulda feel so unworthy...but so Dinopsyched at the same time....pallie you kept your word...and to be sure I'm gonna stay Dinotuned in....dino martin petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160265680867057779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-31046986870229571182008-02-28T23:43:00.000-05:002008-02-28T23:43:00.000-05:00Dear Anon:Me to.Dear Anon:<BR/><BR/>Me to.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-57957037497823145722008-02-28T22:17:00.000-05:002008-02-28T22:17:00.000-05:00..the way Arnold was feeling, that is..the way Arnold was feeling, that isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-73765020860364400192008-02-28T21:43:00.000-05:002008-02-28T21:43:00.000-05:00I remember feeling that wayI remember feeling that wayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-62927143355806482942008-02-28T19:41:00.000-05:002008-02-28T19:41:00.000-05:00That was indeed Ricky Nelson, with his truly aweso...That was indeed Ricky Nelson, with his truly awesome quiff.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-76044260208143033562008-02-28T19:12:00.000-05:002008-02-28T19:12:00.000-05:00Poor sensitive Arnold, worrying if he has the righ...Poor sensitive Arnold, worrying if he has the right to experience happiness: Who, I wonder, crushed his capacity for spontaneous joy? Couldn't be his religion; doesn't Catholicism encourage, even demand, spontaneous exultation in the Lord if no one else? Luckily, Arnold's happiness is more durable than any fleeting spontaneity. <BR/><BR/>Was that Ricky Nelson? Love his coif; if it stood up to long, sweaty days stifled by a cowboy hat, he probably used jello.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306491903311869968noreply@blogger.com