Right. This was way back when I was in high school. The big break through there, was a fellow named Clint Eastwood. Under the direction of Sergio Leone. Who perfected that particular genre'. When was the first of that series? Seems like it was about 1966? No. Wait it was 1964. I was in Junior High. "A Fist Full Of Dollars." That was over 40 years ago! Time flies. Meanwhile, I'm still listening to the Beach Boys as they sing "Little Honda." Now the Rascals are "Groovin'" Boxcab E50
Great Train movie Guys if you ever get the chance, watch Danger Roads it is a 1930's movie that has great steam action. It takes place on the Milwaukee road line. TCM is showing it right now but it is almost over. You can also get it on VHS. Alan:thumbs_up:
Aww nuts!!! And I wrote myself a note earlier to catch this one on DVD. Maybe they'll show it again some day.
The Best Train Movie! The Best Train Movie I ever saw was "Emporer of the North" Pole! Lee Marvin, Keith Carradine, and Ernest Borgnine star in it. A movie about Hobo's set in the 1930's. A must see if you love Steam!!! Hobo Tim
I have a hobo friend who praises that movie as well. It must be realistic since all the train hoppers seem to like it. It is on my must see list. Something else to check out Who is Bozo Texino. A couple pics of BT himself. http://www.geocities.com/lokomac8/bozo.htm A very unwholesome movie by a german director Track 29. It sort of makes fun of model railroading. It deals with mental illness, and has a train layout that gets destroyed in it.
Right movie ... wrong title ... it's simply "Emperor of the North." And it's still available from different sources (Karen's Books being one http://www.karensbooks.com/cgi-bin/shop/karenscart.cgi?func=buildProduct&product=5062&back=javascript:history.go(-1)) on either VHS or DVD. And it is a great movie! :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:
The Phantom Express(1932) This is also one to watch for it was shot in/around LA and the Southern Pacific Railroad (including real shots of the SP boardroom at the old Central Station at 5th and Alameda), the SP Alhambra Roundhouse, Burbank Tower.
Borean Imperial Ambiguity Well, yes, and no. The movie was originally released as "Emperor of the North Pole." I was working at a TV station and got some film clips used for advertising the movie. Apparently, after the first few weeks of release, response was poor in some markets because some movie fans thought it was a depressing movie about the frozen north or some such. The hobo's brag line in the movie was "Emperor of the North Pole". Anyway, they changed the title to one less technically accurate as a quote from the movie's lines, but one less likely to confuse moviegoers. And it was renamed "Emperor of the North." So both titles are correct. Sort of.
Ah HAH!! Movie Trivia question!! :w20z6q: But truly, this is something I did not know about the movie... Thanks. "Learn something new everyday ... or at least try to." :teeth:
Actually, it's called "Danger Lights." There are at least two different lengths available. One can be had from the Milwaukee Road Historical Association at www.mrha.com Corny plot at times. But great scenes. There is also a web site, for those who have high speed internet, where you can download it. Sorry. I can't find that address right now. Boxcab E50
Kenneth, you beat me to the story of the original title. That's a great movie and apparently has made a comeback among the general public recently. It is available all over the place. Tonight I played back "Danger Lights" that I recorded last night. Wow. Those were the days for real no kidding steam locomotives in movies. I couldn't believe the "tug of war" scene with the two locos. Not a lot of plot, but man, look how society has changed from 1930 to today. And Jean Arthur could walk along ties in grade with high heels on? Know any woman who could do that today? It was very entertaining. :teeth:
Although I’ve seen plenty of movies that feature a train in them that at one time or another , I have yet to see a good movie (done in the past 30 or so years) where the principle focus was centered on a train. Sure, there have been movies like ‘Under Siege 2', and (in my best sarcastic voice) who can forget that classic ‘Atomic Train’, but nothing that I think was very well done. ‘Runaway Train’ was probably the closest to a decent train-centered movie I can recall.
