Johnny Guitar 1954

Houston Press: Is Johnny Guitar Watson’s “Telephone Bill” the First Houston Rap?

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Critics Kent Jones B Ruby Rich Joe McElhaney and Miriam Bale discuss the unique qualities of Johnny Guitar its lasting appeal and the influence the film had on some ...

Arkansas Times: Arkansas Times Film Series screens ‘Johnny Guitar’ (1954) Tuesday night

Perhaps the biggest surprise about “Johnny Guitar, the Musical” isn’t how good it is, but that no one came up with the idea a lot sooner. Nicholas Ray’s 1954 film “Johnny Guitar,” a ...

IndieWire: Critic’s Notebook: Why ‘Johnny Guitar,’ Now On Blu-ray, Deserves a Second Look

“Was I dreaming or did I just see a bank held up?” asks Sterling Hayden during Nicholas Ray‘s sole Republic Studios directorial outing, “Johnny Guitar.” The 1954 film, which arrives on blu-ray Tuesday ...

Critic’s Notebook: Why ‘Johnny Guitar,’ Now On Blu-ray, Deserves a Second Look

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Based on the 1954 Joan Crawford/Mercedes McCambridge film of the same name, Johnny Guitar is set in a small town in the New Mexico mountains circa 1885. The story centers of Vienna, a sultry ...

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Daily Mail: Ben Cooper, who starred in the 1954 western drama Johnny Guitar, dies at age 86

Johnny Guitar actor Ben Cooper has passed away at the age of 86. The star succumbed to a long illness in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday, his nephew Pete Searls told The Hollywood Reporter. Cooper ...

Ben Cooper, who starred in the 1954 western drama Johnny Guitar, dies at age 86

What’s the first rap song by a Houston artist? It’s debatable but most cite a few records that came about between 1985 and 1987. But there’s another much older often forgotten candidate – Johnny ...