tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post3059532519559090656..comments2024-03-24T21:42:48.278-04:00Comments on Another Old Movie Blog: South of St. Louis - 1949Jacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-74254295000456409792012-06-05T12:42:58.818-04:002012-06-05T12:42:58.818-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-29201958792929319292012-06-05T12:42:56.507-04:002012-06-05T12:42:56.507-04:00Yvette, I would never give up on you. I love to r...Yvette, I would never give up on you. I love to read your opinions, and nobody's required to like anybody on this blog. <br /><br />I should take on more Dorothy Malone films sometime. So many movies, so little time...Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-70871038346101895532012-06-05T11:25:21.027-04:002012-06-05T11:25:21.027-04:00A wonderful, wonderful review, Jacqueline. One of ...A wonderful, wonderful review, Jacqueline. One of your best. <br /><br />This movie rings a bell for me. I'm pretty sure I saw it somewhere at sometime but not so I remember anything. I LOVE Victor Jory. Always did. He always made such a splendidly vile villain. HA!<br /><br />Zachary Scott was an acquired taste that I never acquired. He was such an odd duck. (I thought of doing a post on the 'odd duck' actors in Hollywood. If I did, Scott would be at the top of the list.)<br /><br />I LOVED Dorothy Malone in that early Marlowe movie. I thought she stole the thing from Bacall who I have never been too fond of. I know, I know, what is wrong with me?<br /><br />As for Joel McCrea, well, I was never a big fan there either. Okay, right about now I know you're giving up on me. Ha!<br /><br />Hope you had a good Memorial Day weekend too, Jacqueline.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-21758064069742681982012-05-31T17:16:40.254-04:002012-05-31T17:16:40.254-04:00Kevin, I hope TCM does show this one sometime. If...Kevin, I hope TCM does show this one sometime. If they ever do, keep your eye on the bouncing beauty mark.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-4772159130873538532012-05-31T16:58:39.294-04:002012-05-31T16:58:39.294-04:00Boy, this sounds good. I was afraid I missed this ...Boy, this sounds good. I was afraid I missed this title during May's Joel McCrea Month, but it looks like it wasn't scheduled.<br /><br />I'll watch Zachary Scott in anything. Come to think of it, I'll watch any movie with a jumping bean beauty mark.Kevin Deanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697597405552599370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-24377245146178233762012-05-28T19:54:19.195-04:002012-05-28T19:54:19.195-04:00Laura, I'd watch Joel McCrea read the phone bo...Laura, I'd watch Joel McCrea read the phone book. Just love him. And Scott is a favorite as well, as a bad guy or a good guy.<br /><br />The VHS copy I managed to scrounge up seemed a little faded to me. I wish TCM would show it, maybe a better copy exists.<br /><br />One thing that the movie omitted was that at that same time Matamoros was a key prize in the Mexican revolution concurrent to the events in this movie -- as the republican forces fought against the French and Emperor Maximilian. Too much for one movie, I suppose.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-83138479834260754042012-05-28T19:03:06.393-04:002012-05-28T19:03:06.393-04:00I saw this film as a kid but can't say I remem...I saw this film as a kid but can't say I remember it, other than it starred Joel McCrea. :) Any movie with McCrea, Scott & Smith in the cast looks pretty good to me! Putting on my list to track down and check out. Thanks for a very interesting choice for a Memorial Day post.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />LauraLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09626109831176745957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-36906921412072142642012-05-28T18:48:14.446-04:002012-05-28T18:48:14.446-04:00Thanks, Dorian. I laughed at this - "Maybe i...Thanks, Dorian. I laughed at this - "Maybe it was really a sly bit of symbolism about friends and enemies changing sides? :-)" Brava.<br /><br />I think we should all look for a deeper philosophical meaning in Alexis' migrating beauty mark. Let's see how existential we can get.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-84812312821233746382012-05-28T17:40:40.162-04:002012-05-28T17:40:40.162-04:00Jacqueline, I must say SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS strikes ...Jacqueline, I must say SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS strikes me as a surprising yet quite appropriate choice for Memorial Day. I find it interesting that there's so much going on, with the characters needing money as well as justice, with no less than Alexis Smith setting up our protagonists in the gunrunning business. To me, it's almost like a film noir cleverly disguised as a Western. Your bit about Alexis Smith's migrating beauty mark cracked me up! Maybe it was really a sly bit of symbolism about friends and enemies changing sides? :-) I really enjoyed this!DorianTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357778472575080022noreply@blogger.com