Arizona Days

Arizona Days

Arizona Days (1937): A Quick Coffee Chat About Cowboy Crooning and Cheesy Grins So, Arizona Days, right? That B-western from 1937. Directed by that workaholic Sam Newfield, who honestly must’ve shot movies faster than I make a pot of Gevalia. Seriously, look up his...
Public Cowboy No. 1

Public Cowboy No. 1

Public Cowboy No. 1: A Saturday Matinee in 1937 (Or in my messy little living room…) Okay, listen up – I just watched Public Cowboy No. 1 from 1937, and I got to say, it’s a real shot of American optimism, a kind you don’t even get on Valborg when the...
Broadway to Cheyenne

Broadway to Cheyenne

BROADWAY TO CHEYENNE – gangster hats in cowboy country I’ll be honest, when I first flicked on “Broadway to Cheyenne” (from all the way back in 1932!), I mostly wanted to check if the sound would work on my absolute rickety VHS player. Åh, the...
The Man from Utah

The Man from Utah

The Man from Utah: Cowboy hats, gun smoke, and the smell of old cinemas So, let’s just get this out in the open: The Man from Utah is real old school. We’re talkin’ 1934 here, and boy, you see the dust on that one. John Wayne stars before he got...
Arizona Stage Coach

Arizona Stage Coach

Arizona Stage Coach: Gunsmoke, Dust and a Swede’s Confusion So, Arizona Stage Coach landed in my lap on a rainy Thursday in March (2021 I think), when I was sick in bed with some bland ICA rödbetssallad and the remote in my sweaty hand. Black and white westerns aren’t...
The Lonely Trail

The Lonely Trail

The Lonely Trail (1936): Cowboys, Confusion, and a Bit of Swedish Nostalgia Alright, so last night (klockan var typ 23:10, jag ska inte ljuga), I ended up rewatching *The Lonely Trail* – you know, that old classic with John Wayne. My dad used to have a huge...