EXCLUSIVE! How I Got My First Western Film Job! Hollywood Stars Panel! Lone Pine! A Word on Westerns

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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2024

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  • @zigwald
    @zigwald Рік тому +41

    Rob, I lost my wife of 45 years 2 weeks ago. She loved watching your videos. Also she told all of her friends who loved westerns too, to watch. Please keep up the good work. K.

    • @hiramnoone
      @hiramnoone Рік тому +9

      Sorry for your loss, zig. If she loved westerns she was no doubt a remarkable lady.

    • @cbamr
      @cbamr Рік тому +5

      🙏

    • @zigwald
      @zigwald Рік тому +5

      @@hiramnoone she certainly did!

    • @joansmith5870
      @joansmith5870 Рік тому +5

      Very sorry for your loss.

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому +6

      I’m so very sorry for your loss, zig. Glad you two could enjoy westerns together. Thank you for your kind words.

  • @iowa51106
    @iowa51106 Рік тому +10

    Monte Markham. That undeniable voice. Darby Hinton cute as ever.

  • @richardrosenthal9552
    @richardrosenthal9552 Рік тому +12

    Another wonderful show. I grew up watching the great TV western shows and still watch them when they are on the westerns channel. I was a Fess Parker fan and a Clayton Moore fan back then. I have watched so many western movies and shows because I was a cowboy at heart and still am. Rob your shows always give me something new to learn and bring back memories from my youth. Thanks for that gift.

    • @texasjetman
      @texasjetman Рік тому

      So do I it always takes me back to a calm much less stressful time in my life.

  • @jimross7648
    @jimross7648 Рік тому +21

    Great panel Rob. All of these men were in so many movies and tv shows.Each has a unique voice that readily identifies them. Good to hear how they got their first western roles. Each can tell a tale with lots of humour. Nice episode.

    • @carolynrussell774
      @carolynrussell774 Рік тому +3

      So very true, this was very much appreciated, yes their voices are very unique, loved it❤

  • @Madmanmarque
    @Madmanmarque Рік тому +4

    Watching them over and over and over... Indeed!

  • @CRUZER1800
    @CRUZER1800 Рік тому +9

    Great episode, Rob... enjoyed every minute....
    Russ

  • @dirtcop11
    @dirtcop11 Рік тому +7

    These episodes bring back fond memories but also remind me that I am no longer a 'spring chicken'. At 71 the road I have traveled is getting very long.

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому +1

      I'll be 76 next month, Jess. Let's just keep on a rollin'.

    • @DarrylWhiteguitar
      @DarrylWhiteguitar Рік тому +1

      ​@A Word on Westerns 76?! It can't be. Rob, you look and sound tremendous.

  • @SSKing-iy8kr
    @SSKing-iy8kr Рік тому +14

    Another wonderful program. So enjoy your interviews that go back to the beginnings. Their stories are a joy to hear. Agree that Joel McCrea was an excellent horseman. So was Richard Farnsworth. But, I have to top my list with Ben Johnson.

  • @carolchoquette8858
    @carolchoquette8858 Рік тому +4

    Born in Bishop, California I recognize so much of the country around Lone Pine and the Sierra in the old westerns. I watch Grit TV everyday..

  • @Paladin1873
    @Paladin1873 Рік тому +5

    I've been a Monte Markham fan since he appeared in the TV comedy show "The Second Hundred Years". Darby Hinton's story was funny. His parents must have been a hoot.

  • @arlineabdalian8974
    @arlineabdalian8974 Рік тому +11

    Another interesting program. Many thanks, Rob, RJ, and Team AWOW. Best of health to you all.

  • @shaffer4220
    @shaffer4220 Рік тому +3

    Its so amazing to be able to hear firsthand some of these stories within our “Wonderful World of Westerns” through Rob Word’s showcase interviews. Thank you Rob and Thank you to each talented Actor on the panel today.

  • @desertfox3860
    @desertfox3860 Рік тому +4

    Another fun interview Rob, thanks for sharing!

  • @hiramnoone
    @hiramnoone Рік тому +11

    Course we've all got our fingers crossed for a true resurgence in the popularity of westerns. For me, a more meaningful, closer to the traditions and character of the great ones acted and directed by the creators of the truly classic ones of the past.
    Yellowstone, to my mind, while entertaining, having its roots more in soap opera rather than the traditional western. My fear being that this current Hollywood is politically unlikely to sponsor anything of the sort that Ford, Hawks, Mann, Boetticher, Curtiz or Hathaway would have approved of.

    • @hiramnoone
      @hiramnoone Рік тому +4

      Longmire of course being the exception. But a show that should have looked forward to near as long a run as Gunsmoke.

  • @richb313
    @richb313 Рік тому +7

    Always look forward to Sunday after church checking out your program is a weekly ritual where I get to learn more about the movies or TV programs and this episode is no exception. Keep up the good work Rob.

  • @wesmcgee1648
    @wesmcgee1648 Рік тому +4

    Another great segment Rob. Many thanks from here in cajun country.

  • @Labor_Jones
    @Labor_Jones Рік тому +5

    I'm sure I've said this, but to me the level of enjoyment is how quickly the ride feels.
    .... Thank you for another good time that ended to quickly! - m

  • @colincolwill1941
    @colincolwill1941 Рік тому +3

    So nice to hear some of the stories from these actors.

  • @jomon723
    @jomon723 Рік тому +4

    Time waits for nobody, Love those old days 🤠🐎

  • @MisterSplendy
    @MisterSplendy Рік тому +3

    Wonderful seeing Monte Markham. Sharp as a tack.

  • @alananderson5929
    @alananderson5929 Рік тому +3

    The comments are almost as enjoyable as these interviews that connect us to times and places that only exist on film and in faded memories. Thanks Pard, saved this so we could enjoy it over some grub and savor every moment. 🍀Semper Fi 🇺🇸

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому +1

      Thanks, Alan. I agree with you about our viewers. I read all of the comments. We have lots of very informed and enthusiastic fans.

  • @jimd8008
    @jimd8008 Рік тому +3

    Always enjoy your episodes. Thank you again Rob

  • @JSB1882
    @JSB1882 Рік тому +2

    Monte Markham was one of my favorites, so this was good to see him again. He deserves a bigger interview. He seemed to be in everything during the 1960s through 1980.

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому +3

      Thanks, Dave. Monte sure was in a lot more. He has two earlier A WORD ON WESTERNS episodes of him alone. Hope you enjoy them.

    • @tammyalbertsen9522
      @tammyalbertsen9522 Рік тому +1

      ​@@AWordonWesterns More Monte? I gotta find those!!

  • @debbieacushing5536
    @debbieacushing5536 Рік тому +2

    Lonesome Dove, Monte Walsh, The Sacketts, Dances with Wolves,Silverado,Broken Trail,Shadow Riders,Johnson County War,and Ballad Lefty Brown are some of my ❤️ favorite

  • @jgonzalez101
    @jgonzalez101 Рік тому +3

    I really enjoyed this interview with such great Character Actors! Thank you.

  • @kenhurley4441
    @kenhurley4441 Рік тому +4

    Rob, I've got to come out to CA to meet you. You're bringing back so many childhood memories that are just pure gold! If there's ever an award for what you do,,,,,, you've earned it many times over!

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому +1

      Thank you, Ken. Hope you can get out here for a taping at The Autry. One's coming up next week, March 14. Yikes! I'd better study! Others are May 9th and July 11th, 2023.

    • @tammyalbertsen9522
      @tammyalbertsen9522 Рік тому

      Totally agree about Rob's unique contribution to western film lore.

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому

      @@tammyalbertsen9522 Thanks, Tammy

  • @rogerashmore9509
    @rogerashmore9509 Рік тому +3

    Great show Rob thank you very much. Love hearing their stories.

  • @centexan
    @centexan Рік тому +1

    Rob, you're absolutely right about watching westerns over and over on the various channels. Before Covid hit, I had started recording Gunsmoke episodes and watching them here and there. With COVID in full swing and staying home, I was watching 3 or 4 a day until I had seen every episode of the 20 year run. It was glorious.

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому

      Thanks, Cent. We are lucky that there are soooo very many episodes of GUNSMOKE.

  • @DarrylWhiteguitar
    @DarrylWhiteguitar Рік тому +1

    What a career in film and TV Monte Markham has had! Handsome with a great voice, believable in every role, good guy or bad. Thank you, Rob.
    I've got to get back to Lone Pine once more.

  • @garydavidson1970
    @garydavidson1970 Рік тому +3

    Love these Lone Pine panel episodes.

  • @PhilippinesFarmLife
    @PhilippinesFarmLife Рік тому +3

    Thank you Rob. It is so good to see Monte Markham. Still a handsome young man at near 90

  • @wintonhudelson2252
    @wintonhudelson2252 Рік тому +3

    Enjoyed all of these people on stage with you Rob.

  • @tammyalbertsen9522
    @tammyalbertsen9522 Рік тому +1

    Wow, how great to see Monte Markham! Been ages. Glad he looks so well & what great stories. Rudy's Geronimo was unbelievable. He guested on Darby's fan chat one day & provided the link for those of us unable to see it live because, he's, ya know, SO cool. (Still watch High Chaparral & who doesn't love Yellowstone?) And what a treat to get behind-the-scenes on stunts. It's awesome that these wonderful folks will get together for you, Rob! Thanks for sharing them with all of us.

  • @pjoe1950
    @pjoe1950 Рік тому +3

    I no longer get INSP so I go to the western channel on Pluto to get my Gunsmoke fix. I enjoyed the roundtable Rob.

  • @douglashall2141
    @douglashall2141 Рік тому +3

    This was another fantastic interview of many stars, and some I didn't even know. I certainly appreciate the information and the interviews from these Stars. And Richard Farnsworth was one of my favorites. He appeared to me to be a natural.

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому +3

      Glad you enjoyed it, Doug. Dick surely was a natural.

    • @douglashall2141
      @douglashall2141 Рік тому

      @@AWordonWesterns thank you Rob. This is exactly why I watch your Channel. Plus I love westerns. Always been a big fan of Hopalong Cassidy.

  • @tarnsand440
    @tarnsand440 Рік тому +2

    My favourite director too the brilliant Walter Hill!!

  • @texasjetman
    @texasjetman Рік тому +2

    Wow not sure how I missed this post two months ago. So glad it came up on my feed. What a great group. Seeing Rudy doing Geronimo sure reminded me of Knotts Berry Farm Show I saw so many years ago.

  • @nealhathaway2004
    @nealhathaway2004 Рік тому +3

    Great episode.

  • @docbrown6550
    @docbrown6550 Рік тому +3

    Thank you, Great one, always enjoy seeing a Daniel Boone actor, It was a tragedy the way they took Veronica Cartwright off the show, I never understood why this was allowed to happen, she was just as much the show as the rest. Veronica was awesome also.

  • @derekmurray1462
    @derekmurray1462 Рік тому +3

    Great line up there and interesting stories as always, The western is making a comeback, Yellowstone is a great example IMO . I have watched the movie Tom Horn a few times lately starring the father of diamond farnsworth , I’m interested to know what other western fans think of this movie , Steve McQueen nd last film I believe? I feel maybe it’s hugely underrated ☘️

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому

      It was pretty downbeat, Derek. Perhaps that's why it didn't do well at the box office. It certainly holds up well today. Steve gives a really marvelous performance. Thanks.

  • @geoprof6993
    @geoprof6993 Рік тому +1

    As always, thank you for placing the date of the recording.

  • @joansmith5870
    @joansmith5870 Рік тому +2

    I always wondered what happened to Monte Markham. He looks great!

  • @elaineteut9579
    @elaineteut9579 Рік тому +3

    I was so glad to see this. I always liked Monte Markham and Richard Farnsworth was the best. He was good in Anne of Green Gables too. Thanks Rob. You didn’t talk to Monte enough though.

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому +2

      Monte's in two AWOW episodes all to himself, Elaine. Check them out. He's a delightful storyteller.

    • @elaineteut9579
      @elaineteut9579 Рік тому

      @@AWordonWesterns Thank you.

  • @mikekemp9877
    @mikekemp9877 Рік тому +3

    love the great jack palance talking about his first western job on shane. audiences and critics went wild about my first scene he recalled! me riding into town like the angel of death with a deaths head grin on my face ! brilliant acting they said! in fact when they offered me the part they asked can you ride ? i of course said yes! id never been on a horse in my life! first shot just ride in said the director! i looked at the damned horse it was huge! i somehow got on shaking like a leaf! when they did the close up on me i wasnt acting my face was frozen in fear! luckily ben johnson a master horseman saw my problems so off camera gave me quick lessons in how at least to look authentic! must have worked because 20 years later i starred in a movie called the horsemen!

    • @miked6335
      @miked6335 Рік тому +3

      Funny, when he was asked about Shane at a Lone Pine festival panel his reply was "It was a job. What the hell am I doing here."

    • @mikekemp9877
      @mikekemp9877 Рік тому +3

      @@miked6335 jack was often like that! there is a famous clip of him doing a commercial late in life where he constantly clearly frustrated at the poor production goes into a long diatribe about what am i doing here?his most famous and courageous and very topical due to recent events use of the phrase was after his oscar when he was invited to moscow to get an award personally from putin for being a great russian international actor.jack said what am i doing here?refused the award on live tv and said im ukrainian not russian then highlighted the abuses his country had had from russia over the years!

    • @miked6335
      @miked6335 Рік тому +2

      @@mikekemp9877 It was a shame that it happened at the Lone Pine fest. The attendees were ready to treat him like royalty but he just wasn't having it. Later that evening there was the annual cocktail party at the 'big' motel in town where the celebs would hobnob with the fans. As I was coming in the front door I was almost knocked over by JP as he blew out the door, and then looked up and down Main Street as if he were in NYC looking to hail a cab to get outta town. I thought better of saying hello and just went in to the party. Not so much lately due to the passing of most of the WB western stars and the western supporting actors of the 50's and 60's, but that party was a great place to chat with people I watched on TV as a kid. Some seemed just as happy to talk with me as I was to them as I guess they felt they had been forgotten. Too bad Jack couldn't have gotten into the spirit of things. He may have enjoyed himself.

    • @hiramnoone
      @hiramnoone Рік тому

      @@miked6335 Best to remember these guys were actors in a racket where good guys in life were often the most convincing villains, while the reverse might also be true.
      Lovable Wallace Berry by nearly every account was the biggest jerk in Hollywood, where ubiquitous bad guy Claude Akins was one of the nicest.
      Judging from most of the anecdotal evidence confirmed by most of the interviews we've seen here, some of the best human beings with the most entertaining stories were prominent in westerns. Which is no coincidence, I think.

    • @hiramnoone
      @hiramnoone Рік тому +1

      Wonder why they even bother to ask that question knowing in advance if the guy wants the job bad enough he'll certainly answer in the affirmative.
      Might be different if the question's "Are you immune to snake venom or can you wrestle crocodiles?", maybe. But everyone figures they could ride a horse if they had to.
      Suzanne Pleshette told the story of how she doubled herself on a show where the girl assigned to double her confessed to being unable to swim, and knowing the girl needed the money, Suzanne did the required swim scene herself (I'm thinking that mighta been on Nevada Smith).

  • @philigan2339
    @philigan2339 Рік тому +2

    Thank you, Thank you, Thank you

  • @dalecomer5951
    @dalecomer5951 Рік тому +3

    Good one as always.

  • @z512345
    @z512345 Рік тому +2

    Great!

  • @mjemigh3304
    @mjemigh3304 Рік тому +2

    Another good one, Rob! I hope all is well with you. If not, please have RJ let us know if we can help in any way. We're used to seeing you here like clockwork, so I'm sure you can understand the concern. Cheers!

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому +1

      Thanks, MJ. He deserves a break and is very busy on his own producing and directing projects. We'll have to see how his schedule goes to squeeze in more Friday night shows. Of course, he's still working on uploading and is one of the producers on our Sunday interviews. Can't do these shows without him!

    • @mjemigh3304
      @mjemigh3304 Рік тому

      @@AWordonWesterns Thanks for the heads-up. We've all got stuff going on as we age. I just had a pacemaker put in, for example. I was just concerned that there may be something going on that we, his audience, could help with in some way. Thanks again!

  • @OdeeOz
    @OdeeOz Рік тому +1

    Hahahaaa I got mine, by laying out the cowboy lore I grew up with, on the Western Author and Producer of _Texas Rein_. Both classic Western folks. 👍👍⭐🤠

  • @TERoss-jk9ny
    @TERoss-jk9ny Рік тому +2

    Diamond looks and almost sounds like Denver Pyle.

    • @hiramnoone
      @hiramnoone Рік тому +2

      More like Barry Van Dyke, I think.

  • @imanutnur7
    @imanutnur7 Рік тому

    I am your best fan and noticed that UA-cam unsubscribed you recently. I put you back on.

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому +1

      Odd about your subscription, Tom. Thanks for your support.

  • @douglasturner6153
    @douglasturner6153 Рік тому +2

    "Audience is graying"? Not you Bob. I want to know what brand of black hair dye you're using.

  • @Quasibabe1
    @Quasibabe1 Рік тому

    Dammit! I LOST it - your episode where Bruce Boxleitner told us he married his SISTER!
    I had just walked in from the kitchen with a bag of popcorn and almost choked on a piece when he said *what I thought was "Not character to character - but really"*.
    "Naw", I said to myself. "You didn't hear that right. Bruce didn't marry his blood-relative SISTER, fer Pete's sake!" So I've been looking for that episode where you talked to Bruce ever since, but I haven't been able to find it.
    Now, I *know* the law frowns on first cousins marrying, but if they still hung folks for marrying blood kin, I'm sure we'd still be looking for Ol' Bruce. They'd probably re-instate hanging just for that, wouldn't they?
    Unless she was adopted, right?
    So is that the way it was? She was adopted? PLEASE tell me there's no state that allows marrying one's sister, Rob!

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому +1

      That interview with Bruce and his sister/wife is in Part Two of our tribute to the TV series, HOW THE WEST WAS WON, Bill. Here's the link:ua-cam.com/video/3SQ1_qQgabg/v-deo.html

    • @Quasibabe1
      @Quasibabe1 Рік тому +2

      @@AWordonWesterns Thank you Rob. I had that episode up, but didn't watch long enough into it. So glad we have you to keep us remembering our cowboy heroes. I'm also happy to know that most of them didn't hang up their hats when the cameras stopped rolling. I will always think of Clayton Moore as The Lone Ranger, no matter in what year he appeared. He transcended time, in my opinion.

  • @thedoxinator3934
    @thedoxinator3934 Рік тому +2

    🤠👍

  • @LazarusRose
    @LazarusRose Рік тому

    Nice line-up, fascinating details. But your presentation needs a correction, Rob. Richard Farnsworth was unfortunately not an Academy-award winning actor. It's an honor just to be nominated, of course, but he did not actually win. I like Farnsworth's films, and agree it would have been great had he won. Of course he won many other awards, regardless.

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому

      Thanks, Jamie. It drove me nuts when I heard it. I've got so much going on and always try and be accurate. Normally, I edit the shows but wanted to take a few days off and didn't see a cut or the show until it was uploaded. Too late to do anything. Thanks for letting our viewers know.

  • @richardmcmahon7466
    @richardmcmahon7466 Рік тому +1

    You mantioned that they are now making Westerns, Ido hope that whoever is financing these so called westerns would put their money back in their pocket.I have yet to see a film of the genre that I have loved since I was 5 years old worthy of being in the same catorgory as those of Republic, R.K.O. et al.The scripts ,the camera work,acting and directing leave a lot to be desired.

  • @Skylane2005
    @Skylane2005 Рік тому

    Nothing to do with this video, I just hate the title. Makes me cringe, thinking about Brokeback Mountain.

    • @rlsfrny
      @rlsfrny Рік тому +1

      What don't you like about Brokeback? Great movie, great book.

  • @galencox4278
    @galencox4278 Рік тому +5

    Fantastic interviews Rob. Was Monte Markham in Here Come The Brides?

    • @davidhileman8251
      @davidhileman8251 Рік тому +5

      Monte Markham appeared in one episode. But he starred in "The Second Hundred Years": ua-cam.com/video/fu9ZGTGb5p4/v-deo.html

  • @davidbamford9284
    @davidbamford9284 Рік тому

    What sad people ,cowboy movies this is children playing with guns and you have a show about what?just people hoping to be someone ,again sad