Excellent reviews Tim , you capture the high quality entertainment of all these STEWART GRANGER Old Surehand Westerns with superb photos/text/analysis.
Interesting reviews Tim.
My favourite is Under Vultures. I thought the story is more involving than in Chapter One.
I haven’t seen The Oil Prince. I saw both Surehand movies on television, not so long ago.
I LOVE immensely and treasure deeply all 3 STEWART GRANGER Old Surehand Films
But I should say also that I am a GREAT Fan/Admirer of LEX BARKER and his Films.
All the Winnetou Films based on the great Karl May’s novels were epic, classic, wonderful
and I have the German GREEN BOX SETS, which have superb picture/audio and extras.
As someone else had mentioned in this forum, these films were part of my childhood, but i can’t watch them any more.
I have watched The Treasure of the Silver Lake last year, and despite noticing the elegance of Reinl’s operatic style and his enthusiasm for making a western, I was mainly bored, because of the simplicity of plot and dialogue, not to mention the John Ford like flat humour.
But it’s wrong to call these films B-pictures. At least the 1st half of the series had relatively high budgets with spectacular action scenes and simple looking but lovely made sets. As far as I remember some of the later had a much cheaper look.
And in the beginning they had a tremendeous success. The Treasure of the Silver Lake had about 26 million spectators in West Germany alone. (Titanic about 18 millions, LotR 10- 12 millions, but in the reunited country).
[quote=“stanton, post:24, topic:818”]As someone else had mentioned in this forum, these films were part of my childhood, but i can’t watch them any more.
I have watched The Treasure of the Silver Lake last year, and despite noticing the elegance of Reinl’s operatic style and his enthusiasm for making a western, I was mainly bored, because of the simplicity of plot and dialogue, not to mention the John Ford like flat humour.
But it’s wrong to call these films B-pictures. At least the 1st half of the series had relatively high budgets with spectacular action scenes and simple looking but lovely made sets. As far as I remember some of the later had a much cheaper look.
And in the beginning they had a tremendeous success. The Treasure of the Silver Lake had about 26 million spectators in West Germany alone. (Titanic about 18 millions, LotR 10- 12 millions, but in the reunited country).[/quote]
Personally I find that the simply made/original 1960s CULT CLASSICS are timeless, great
and forever watchable. I say that bearing in mind the number of “recent rubbish” big
budget, mega special effects , no characterisation Films that cost millions of Dollars and
are totally empty, unwatchable, dull and forgettable. That makes me extremely happy
and appreciative of the 1950s/1960s/1970s Westerns/Giallos/Thrillers/Horror and time-
less screen legends like STEWART GRANGER / CLINT EASTWOOD / AUDIE MURPHY
I also LOVE THE ACTORS and ACTRESSES and a man like ANTHONY STEFFEN who has made 25 SWs as leading man, has my maximum respect and total admiration.
When you are privileged to see a WINNETOU Film with Stewart Granger or Lex Barker
that is a cinematic experience, a time in history a real classic/cult/memory. :o HARALD REINL is one of the all time greatest world cinema directors, I looked
at his directing credits and was amazed at the magnificent westerns/thrillers/giallos
