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Thunder In Arizona (1956) A unique western with many (contemporaneous for it's western period & locale) valid & ironic twists and turns in it's design. A level of satirical humor exists, here, with a stellar veteran cast, and mixed in a comically satirical style. Some viewers/folks might not understand this about this picture right away. But, in both the plot characters and the story there is integrity of artful purpose. Personally, I loved it!

It's interesting to me that these kind of B westerns that just fly under the radar were made for cinema in the mid 50s. This is a form of cinematic art that is a rare gem, in my opinion.

A murder mystery from the early talkies. An ensemble of brilliant actors by a brilliant director who had to have given the Players free reign to express their own personalities onto the screen. Every actor in this picture is fantastic, unique, real, and expressive of their own personal & individual selves, just as though they are real people. I do not recall ever seeing a movie where the actors got to make their own unique character marks so vividly this way as in this very old movie from 1932. (The Thirteenth Guest from 1932 stands alone from the many thousands of movies I've seen! Brilliant kudos to the all the players, including Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, J Farrell McDonald, Paul Hurst, Erville Alderson, Ethel Wales, James Eagles, Crauford Kent, Eddie Phillips, Frances Rich, Phillips Smalley, and all the rest. Special bow to the director, Albert Ray for enriching early movie making in this way! Just fantastic!