Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end of year retrospective continues with this look at July’s best.
RIVERBOAT (1959-1961) – My review of this neglected television series about Darren McGavin and a young Burt Reynolds as partners who run a riverboat along the Mississippi and its tributaries during the 1830s and 1840s. Burt and Darren help Texas rebels fight Mexican tyrants, assist historical figures like Zachary Taylor and Abe Lincoln, and clash with river pirates, gunrunners and fugitives. Click HERE.
A MODERN MUSKETEER (1917) – Douglas Fairbanks’ silent action-comedy about a quixotic 20th Century man who longs for the age of chivalrous adventuring. Click HERE.
THOMASINE & BUSHROD (1974) – A western about a pair of fictional outlaws who become folk heroes from 1911-1915 as the Wild West is fading away. Vonetta McGee plays Thomasine, a female bounty hunter who winds up robbing banks alongside her true love J.P. Bushrod (Max Julien). The pair give away most of their illegal proceeds to the poor of all colors. This movie is like The Wild Bunch crossed with Bonnie & Clyde, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid and more. Click HERE.
NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOON ROUNDUPS – July 3rd HERE, July 6th HERE.
JANUARY 1972 MARVEL PUBLICATIONS – Black Bolt and the Inhumans take on Magneto, Spider-Man fights Kraven the Hunter in the Savage Land, Daredevil and the Black Widow face MK-9, Conan the Barbarian meets Omm the Spider-God and much more. Click HERE.
CALIFORNIA JIM – Real-life gunslinger and his forgotten saga. Click HERE.
THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO: REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO – A brief look. Click HERE.
HURRICANE NELL – One of the first Dime Novel heroines created by Edward L. Wheeler in 1877. This tale follows the daring young lady sharpshooter on her revenge quest against a gang of outlaws. Click HERE.
KINGSBOROUGH COLLEGE – Cool named sports team. Click HERE.
THE LAND OF THE CHANGING SUN (1894) – “Ancient” science fiction about a futuristic underground civilization. Click HERE. Continue reading
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