tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post7981856876477755606..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Overlooked Movies: Mystery Ranch (1934)James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-86080202235122545212018-07-28T04:12:24.172-05:002018-07-28T04:12:24.172-05:00The third man featured a cover of a pulp novel cal...The third man featured a cover of a pulp novel called Oklahoma Kid...michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07631731846526639966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-59216761097112589122018-07-17T18:52:34.260-05:002018-07-17T18:52:34.260-05:00I can't recall another example of a film with ...I can't recall another example of a film with this kind of meta-flavor, but I always watch for magazines and newsstands in old movies. <br />In one of the latter Thin Man movies William Powell is lounging in a hammock reading an issue of Nick Carter. <br />Argh, I forget which film but it's the one where he literally busts the buttons on his vest in pride. <br />Peter Collinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13537118158194489589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-80154708148299569832018-07-17T14:42:51.790-05:002018-07-17T14:42:51.790-05:00There's one called SCARLET RIVER from 1933, st...There's one called SCARLET RIVER from 1933, starring Tom Keene, that has to do with the filming of a B-Western, and of course Keene, playing the lead of the movie within the movie, has to perform real-life cowboy heroics when trouble breaks out. I saw this many years ago and ripped it off--I mean, paid homage to it--in my Stagecoach Station novel, THE LAST FRONTIER. I recall it being a pretty good film. Lon Chaney Jr., still billed as Creighton Chaney, plays the bad guy. It doesn't seem to be on YouTube or DVD, but if you ever run across it, it's worth watching.<br /><br />Always good to hear from you, Rittster.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-29419989831834223252018-07-17T09:38:36.454-05:002018-07-17T09:38:36.454-05:00I love these kind of these self-referencing “meta”...I love these kind of these self-referencing “meta” movies; and it’s so rare to find one from an era this early. You’ve really piqued my interest; and I’m not even a fan of westerns, particularly.<br />Great review!Rittsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145597443811879849noreply@blogger.com