Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Actors Who Can Ride

> Now for a real laugh, watch Slim Pickens in 'Blazing Saddles'.
                I've got an old movie, can't remember it's name (Outcast?),
starring John Derek, in which Slim Pickens plays "the girl's"
brother----there are some riding scenes in that where Slim (and it's
obviously Slim) is riding full gallop and using both hands to aim/fire his
rifle.  He rides very well.
        But for some really exciting scenes---try to find the William S.
Hart movie, Tumbleweeds.   Of course, this is a silent movie, but it
features the Oklahoma land race, and William S. and his horse Fritz come
from behind (by about five minutes) and pass everything moving - make a
quick detour to keep a wagon with runaways from going in a gulley, leap
large fallen trees, pass a guy who is riding two horses (leaping from one to
the other - leading the one he is not riding) and "make it in time".   This
is really William S and really Fritz.    The most exciting thing, I think,
is the fact the quality of the filming is still not too advanced, and
Fritz's legs are nothing but a blur as he is photographed running.   Gives
me goose pimples every time.

Claudia


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