![]() Yet as the studio that produced The Jazz Singer - the first talking picture and the first musical - Warner wasn’t exactly tone-deaf, and it enjoyed great success with its musicals choreographed by Busby Berkeley. largely earned its reputation with its gangster flicks. During Hollywood’s Golden Age, MGM was renowned for its musicals while Warner Bros. Joan Blondell and James Cagney in Footlight Parade (Photo: Warner)įOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933). The only Blu-ray extra is the theatrical trailer. Like most of her roles in Eastwood films, Locke’s part is both undernourished and overly exaggerated, but the rest of Billy’s team is aptly cast (particularly Scatman Crothers as the outfit’s ringmaster). But the good intentions are often outweighed by the awkward execution, as a barroom brawl, an attempted train robbery, and trips to a mental asylum tilt the film away from reverence and into ridiculousness. Coop (Cliff Robertson), Bronco Billy is at heart another film about a man trying to retain Old West codes of conduct in an increasingly cynical modern world, and scripter Dennis Hackin also utilizes the troupe as an interesting way to tap into the fading promise of the American Dream (each person in the show becomes whatever they want to become). ![]() Like such efforts as Lonely Are the Brave (Kirk Douglas) and J.W. The troupe gets a jolt with the arrival of a spoiled heiress (Sondra Locke) who reluctantly joins the outfit after she’s deserted by her loutish husband (Geoffrey Lewis). He plays the titular cowboy, the leader of a traveling Wild West show struggling through hard times. Reportedly one of Clint Eastwood’s favorites among his own output, Bronco Billy finds the director-star showcasing a more gentle side of his persona. Ratings are on a four-star scale.) Clint Eastwood in Bronco Billy (Photo: Warner)īRONCO BILLY (1980). (View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray and DVD. Sondra Locke (background) and Clint Eastwood in Bronco Billy (Photo: Warner Bros.)
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