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Randy the Western Man

posted 13 years ago by The_Dying_Flutchman
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made more than a few civil war based saddle slappers and this one was better than most, but still was far from perfect. I sure don't know how a good Confederate officer could ride the range sporting a pinky ring. Seemed like he wore one in many of his cowboy flicks. Claude Jarman was convincing as the "good" never kill a man in haste near adult and Marvin was his, then usual, nasty. I liked how they chase and get chased all over the Alabama Hills in Northern CA and then get waylaid to stage station in Corriganville movie ranch in SoCal, and when Scott looks out the window its a shot of Sedona Az. which isn't mentioned in locations. Hey, but that's the movies! Yakima Canutt did the action scenes and they're pretty good. All in all, it could be a lot worse, but its worth a little time on a Saturday afternoon!

Let it be unsaid: insignificance is the locus of true increpation.

[–] grizzledgeezer 8 years ago

I sure don't know how a good Confederate officer could ride the range sporting a pinky ring.

There was a time when gay men wore pinky rings as a "signal".

Some people (myself included) believe Randolph Scott was bisexual. Scott had a faintly "elegant" quality about him, as did Patton (the real Patton, not the George C Scott "introspective-butch" version). Both were of the same "Virginia elite", which might explain it.

[–] greenbudgie 8 years ago

I was interested in your comment on pinky rings as a gay signal. I was on another thread; one of Danny Kaye's movies. I asked about the significance of pinky rings because Danny Kay wore one. I believe it was his mother's ring. So perhaps it was the only finger that Danny Kaye could wear it on for size. I have since seen other actors of the period with pinky rings who were almost certainly straight.