Gunfight at the OK Corral

[kcub]

Saw it last night on dvd.

I remembered the first time I saw it, around 1960 making me 3 or 4.

I saw it at the drive in with my parents and I remember having to stand on my dad's shoes to use the public urinal.

I remember those Pic's you would light to keep mosquitoes away.

I remembered getting a Chilly Willie which was a huge dill pickle for 10 cents.  I only ate about a third of it and never wanted to see another dill pickle in my entire life.

I remember looking up to those tall men, so much taller to a small lad than they actually were; like Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, and most of all my dad.

Now all those tall men are gone.  The screenwriter Leon Uris is gone. My dad is gone.  Even young Billy Clanton (Dennis Hopper) is gone.

But I still look up to those tall men.

[Silver Creek Slim]

I have it on DVD too. It's a good one.

Slim

[Old Doc]

Except that the OK Corral in the picture didn't look much like the real thing. Still a step up from My Darling Clementine, in which John Ford was apparently under the impression, that Doc Holliday was a physician not a dentist. Must have had a small budget for historical research.

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[kcub]

legends always trump facts

when I watch westerns from the 60's or earlier I never judge by historical accuracy

take the John Wayne version of the Alamo for example

historically accurate?  well, maybe only from the standpoint of legend and myth

why should movies be held to this standard anyway?  nobody judges Dali or Picasso on accuracy

[Duke York]

Kcub
Great Movie, one of my favorites.
Saw it several times when it first was released. Always watch it when shown on TV, even though I have a tape of it!
Frankie Lane singing snippets of song during movie was excellent.
Vaya con Dios
Duke York

[Drayton Calhoun]

It isn't the historical accuracy, it was people standing up for what they believed in. They were larger than life making us want to be the same. Never mind their personal lives, aspire to be like the characters they portrayed.