ex cathedra: Memory

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Memory

I was watching TV today and some really stupid 50's biblical epic came on screen. Lurid color, bad costumes, and American actors speaking King Jamesian English in fake British accents.

It reminded me of one of the truly awful movies, The Conqueror (1956), with John Wayne as Ghenghis Khan (!) and Susan Hayward as his alluring paramour, Bortai.

I remembered when I first saw this masterpiece and for the first time in four days, I smiled.

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1 comment:

Leah said...: Just looking at the poster makes me smile. Anything with John Wayne makes me happy.; 8:30 AM, July 16, 2009

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