The first film today is Emperor of the North Pole by Robert Aldrich with Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Keith Carradine in the leading rôles.
Lee Marvin is a bum but not any ordinary bum but a 'hobo' (from the word 'hoe boy' - a boy with a pickaxe).
A 'hobo' was sometimes a farmer who under the Great Depression in the 1930:s was out of work or had lost his farm and now wandered around trying to survive day by day.
They went from town to town and state to state by jumping on to train as stowaways.
In this film Marvin is called 'number one' and he is the top among the top bums.
Borgnine is responsible for a legendary train - number 19. He is extremely tough against the free passengers, controlling the train during the ride and throwing off or even killing those free passengers he finds.
Marvin is now challenging him but he is accompanied by a big-talking young lier (Carradine) who he tries to help.
Instead of a story about the hard life during the Great Depression and the conflicts between people this becomes a contest and a fight between the two main characters in the movie.
It's also about some kind of male friendship. Not a single woman in the film.
The charm stems from the three actors and their characters, not least Carradines.
Catfight "Gold Of the Amazon Women" par goodcatfights
Gold of the Amazon Women by Mark L. Lester with Bo Svenson, Anita Ekberg and Donald Pleasence in the 'starring rôles' if one can call it 'starring' in a film like this?
Svensson is an adventurer looking for the hidden gold among the 'Golden Cities of Eldorado' and he must find it before Donald Pleasence, who is a drugdealer, does.
Ekberg plays a queen in a Amazontribe!!
Need I say more? We laughed a lot Aurore and I.
(Coppyright photo poster 'Emperor of the North Pole' taken from: http://100grana.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/emperor-of-the-north-pole-poster.jpg)
(Photo Lee Marvin taken from: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/06/emperor-of-the-north-med-2.jpg)
(Photo Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine taken from: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/190/1171129587.jpg)
Lee Marvin is a bum but not any ordinary bum but a 'hobo' (from the word 'hoe boy' - a boy with a pickaxe).A 'hobo' was sometimes a farmer who under the Great Depression in the 1930:s was out of work or had lost his farm and now wandered around trying to survive day by day.
They went from town to town and state to state by jumping on to train as stowaways.
In this film Marvin is called 'number one' and he is the top among the top bums.
Borgnine is responsible for a legendary train - number 19. He is extremely tough against the free passengers, controlling the train during the ride and throwing off or even killing those free passengers he finds.
Marvin is now challenging him but he is accompanied by a big-talking young lier (Carradine) who he tries to help.
Instead of a story about the hard life during the Great Depression and the conflicts between people this becomes a contest and a fight between the two main characters in the movie.It's also about some kind of male friendship. Not a single woman in the film.
The charm stems from the three actors and their characters, not least Carradines.
Film number two is not worth writing about (and yet I do):
Catfight "Gold Of the Amazon Women" par goodcatfights
(Bad quality video)
Gold of the Amazon Women by Mark L. Lester with Bo Svenson, Anita Ekberg and Donald Pleasence in the 'starring rôles' if one can call it 'starring' in a film like this?
Svensson is an adventurer looking for the hidden gold among the 'Golden Cities of Eldorado' and he must find it before Donald Pleasence, who is a drugdealer, does.
Ekberg plays a queen in a Amazontribe!!
Need I say more? We laughed a lot Aurore and I.
(Coppyright photo poster 'Emperor of the North Pole' taken from: http://100grana.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/emperor-of-the-north-pole-poster.jpg)
(Photo Lee Marvin taken from: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/06/emperor-of-the-north-med-2.jpg)
(Photo Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine taken from: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/190/1171129587.jpg)
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