I came across this on YouTube after viewing a website that highlighted women in westerns from the 40s and 50s.
I picked this at random and was very surprised at the result.
In Technicolor, the ravishing, raven haired Yvonne DeCarlo is Lorena who runs and is the star attraction of her own saloon. Drifter Jonathan Hart (Rod Cameron) wanders in and almost immediately gets into a brawl with Blackie (Sheldon Leonard) and his gang.
***POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT***
When Lorena tells Jonathan she doesn't allow fighting in her place, the sparks between the two start to fly.Each time Lorena winds up and slaps Jonathan...Jonathan grabs her and lays a passionate kiss on her. This continues for a while, Lorena is both angered and aroused and is carried off to her boudoir.
A shotgun wedding of sorts ensues, but Jonathan is sent to prison by his rival for Lorena, Blackie. Jonathan returns 6 years later and finds that he's a daddy of a little girl, Lorena is her mommy. Jonathan is now faced with the prospect of instant fatherhood and coping with the ultra independent Lorena, who can take care of her self and their child.
There's music, dance,and some comedy...plus a climax near a waterfall. Along for the ride are Andy Devine and Fuzzy Knight. The tone reminds one of the Taming of the Shrew.
There's action at the conclusion and a reckoning of Lorena and Jonathan, while Lorena is over his knee.
Odd mix of western action, music, comedy and perhaps 1945 political correctness, but it works. Cameron and DeCarlo are great together and remind you of John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in The Quiet Man. Oh yeah, the climax of this movie will remind you of Wayne/O'Hara in McClintock! too.
I picked this at random and was very surprised at the result.
In Technicolor, the ravishing, raven haired Yvonne DeCarlo is Lorena who runs and is the star attraction of her own saloon. Drifter Jonathan Hart (Rod Cameron) wanders in and almost immediately gets into a brawl with Blackie (Sheldon Leonard) and his gang.
***POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT***
When Lorena tells Jonathan she doesn't allow fighting in her place, the sparks between the two start to fly.Each time Lorena winds up and slaps Jonathan...Jonathan grabs her and lays a passionate kiss on her. This continues for a while, Lorena is both angered and aroused and is carried off to her boudoir.
A shotgun wedding of sorts ensues, but Jonathan is sent to prison by his rival for Lorena, Blackie. Jonathan returns 6 years later and finds that he's a daddy of a little girl, Lorena is her mommy. Jonathan is now faced with the prospect of instant fatherhood and coping with the ultra independent Lorena, who can take care of her self and their child.
There's music, dance,and some comedy...plus a climax near a waterfall. Along for the ride are Andy Devine and Fuzzy Knight. The tone reminds one of the Taming of the Shrew.
There's action at the conclusion and a reckoning of Lorena and Jonathan, while Lorena is over his knee.
Odd mix of western action, music, comedy and perhaps 1945 political correctness, but it works. Cameron and DeCarlo are great together and remind you of John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in The Quiet Man. Oh yeah, the climax of this movie will remind you of Wayne/O'Hara in McClintock! too.