Talking Pictures TV

[jim244]

I have the series on dvd which I bought from a comic fair, not sure if it's one series or the complete series. It's region 1. I also have the dvd box set of Have Gun Will Travel starring Richard Boone. I picked up quite a few box sets from comic fairs but nearly all regions 1. I don't remember watching Wyatt Earp in the 60s but must have because I remember singing the theme tune. As I write Legend Xtra chanel is showing The Gambler Returns: Luck of the Draw starring Kenny Rogers but also features Hugh O'Brian reprising his Wyatt Earp character. It features cameos from several 60s TV western stars as follows:

The film features Rogers' character running across a galaxy of old TV western stars played by the original actors, including Gene Barry as Bat Masterson, Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp, Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie, David Carradine as Kung Fu's Caine, Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford from The Rifleman, Brian Keith as The Westerner, James Drury and Doug McClure from The Virginian (Drury and McClure play thinly disguised different characters, Jim and Doug, due to rights issues for Owen Wister's character), and Paul Brinegar from Rawhide.

Paul Brinegar was Wishbone the cook in Rawhide.

The Gambler Returns sounds like my sort of film Steve and I will be looking out for it.

[jim244]

I'm pretty sure it has never been repeated as I love tv westerns and would have remembered. Only seasons 1 and 2 have been released on dvd. I presume the later seasons all exist. I watched a few episodes of the dvd but was annoyed by the barbershop quartet style background singing, although it doesn't seem as intrusive now I've seen the TPTV repeats.

Thanks for the info Steve.I have done a bit of digging and you are right,only the first two seasons have been released although all 6 seasons have been released unofficially as DVR format.Also saw that you can watch season 1 on Amazon Prime so that's my next plan.
I'm currently collecting the Rawhide sets,got the first 4 so far.

[stevezodiac]

I recorded the Gambler Returns as I was watching horse racing on itv, my sister loves westerns and watched it and told me Linda Evans from the Big Valley was also in it playing a sheriff. I liked the Big Valley because I'm a Barbara Stanwyck fan but also because Linda Evans always seemed to be wearing an unbuttoned at the top blouse.

[jim244]

I recorded the Gambler Returns as I was watching horse racing on itv, my sister loves westerns and watched it and told me Linda Evans from the Big Valley was also in it playing a sheriff. I liked the Big Valley because I'm a Barbara Stanwyck fan but also because Linda Evans always seemed to be wearing an unbuttoned at the top blouse.

I remember Linda Evans from Dynasty and also a playboy magazine, lovely lady.

[DavidKW]

Can't say I'm a fan of westerns, but I have surprised myself by enjoying some of the films shown and also the repeats of "Bonanza".

As regards "Have Gun Will Travel" I do have some (bootleg?) DVDs I got for a bargain at a car-boot sale in Bolton years ago (it is no longer held there sad to say, and the dealer I was good mates with last I heard has had to retire due to ill health). DVDs do play but click irritatingly when playing. Still, nevertheless a good serial.

As far as I know, I don't think Have Gun...ever got a UK Tv showing. Never was on BBC (I checked Genome website), and I can find no evidence of any ITV regions ever showing it. As with many US imports picked up by ITV, it depended which regions picked it up, and then the scheduling was very erratic.

However, its theme did prove memorable and was picked up on my UK record buyers: its theme "Balled Of Paladin" was recorded by Duane Eddy (who sadly passed this year) and made the UK top 10 in 1962. Ironically this would prove to be Eddy's last instrumental UK Top 10 hit until his 1986 combination with The Art Of Noise. His next 2 UK top 10 hots in between with with female vocalists The Rebelettes ((Dance With The) Guitar Man in 1962/63 with the Beatles lurking further down the charts, then his 1975 comeback hit "Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar").

[jim244]

My Dad was a fan of Duane Eddy and I remember the Art of Noise single!!!

[stevezodiac]

Just had another of my emails read out on the Footage Detectives. This was about the old bagwash service before we had washing machines.

[jim244]

Just had another of my emails read out on the Footage Detectives. This was about the old bagwash service before we had washing machines.

Nice one !

[davidandrewsimpson]

The 27th October episode of Footage Detectives had an item on Harold Hare's Own Paper, and some storyboards for the film Zulu, which isn't comics but Zulu does seem to be of interest to many here.

[DavidKW]

Nice one Steve, fascinating info.

Been enjoying those Hammer House Of Mystery and Suspense on Friday Nights, especially as I've seen a few familiar faces in cameos further down the cast list. In "Mark Of The Devil" there was Reginald Marsh - best known as Humphrey from George and Mildred (the latter's rich offal king brother in law) and Michael Cronin as a tatooist - he's best known with a false beard as Mr Baxter - aka Bullet - PT teacher in Grange Hill.
In "Last Will and Testament" there was long standing Gerry Anderson associate Shame Rimmer with his distinctive voice.

[jim244]

Nice one Steve, fascinating info.

Been enjoying those Hammer House Of Mystery and Suspense on Friday Nights, especially as I've seen a few familiar faces in cameos further down the cast list. In "Mark Of The Devil" there was Reginald Marsh - best known as Humphrey from George and Mildred (the latter's rich offal king brother in law) and Michael Cronin as a tatooist - he's best known with a false beard as Mr Baxter - aka Bullet - PT teacher in Grange Hill.
In "Last Will and Testament" there was long standing Gerry Anderson associate Shame Rimmer with his distinctive voice.

Also been enjoying this Hammer show David, unlike the other Hammer show "House of Horrors", it hasn't been repeated before (as far as I am aware) and only one UK DVD release almost 20 years ago.
Excellent spotting of actors (you and Steve make it seem easy !!).
I never knew Mr Baxters' beard was false and that has ruined my childhood.

[DavidKW]

Yeah I've been trying to find HHOMAS on DVD for years without success; and with Network long bust that sounds more unlikely. It used to get shown in my then region - TVS - late on weekday nights in 1987-88.

Another they'd show at that time were repeats of 1968-69 series Journey To The Unknown, none of which have been repeated on terrestial TV since as far as I know. Never found any of these on video/DVD when I've been looking for these. A series overdue a repeat run I think. Peter Sasdy directed many of these who later directed a few HHOMAS.

[DavidKW]

By the way, I did see Michael Cronin with a real beard in 200s when talking about Grange Hill on Channel 4.
I also do remember seeing him sans beard on a edition of Take Two, the 1980s clips and features BBC children's series on a behind scenes edition filmed in Wales. He was seen filming an unused/deleted I think scene with Roland Browning. This take Two was from 1983 I think - Josephine Buchanan was the presenter then.

[DavidKW]

I finally got to see via TPTV Encore last Sunday's (03/11/24) edition of The Footage Detectives,(after I got distracted on Sunday), yesterday afternoon.

I got a mention on that edition with my wide information of the brilliant 60s group Sounds Incorporated.

[DavidKW]

My initial E Mail did say much more, but Mike and Noel only have x amount of time to read out the huge amount of e mails they receive.

I also mentioned their 3 music film appearances, but no time for these even if two of these have been on TPTV:
They appeared at the end of the film Ring A Ding rhythm of which they get a credit (I think they provided backing on other tracks and appeared in scene with Gene Vincent performing), and also in film Live It Up as themselves - on a track called "Keep Movin'" a one off they did with producer Joe Meek.
Also they were in film Just For Fun, as then selves performing "Go" plus seen backing Freddy Cannon on "The Ups And Downs Of Love". Unfortunately this film can't be and is unlikely to be shown due to the presence of a certain blonde DJ nonce in the film; same applies for film Ferry Cross The Mersey. If only there were some way of editing and overdubbing...
I have both of these films on bootleg DVD, are some great performances in both films and shots of how the UK used to look. Simpler times and no architectural monstrosities in sight.