tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post5729906556941119980..comments2024-03-28T11:30:13.457-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: Traipsing Through the Dale...Poseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-45459253390696177272021-07-15T11:22:37.491-04:002021-07-15T11:22:37.491-04:00In the 60's, when I was a youngster, I saw Dal...In the 60's, when I was a youngster, I saw Dale Robertson at the Ft. Worth Fat Stock Show Rodeo. I don't remember much about it, but I was aware he was a "western" star. Minnie Pearl was also appearing.<br /><br />I've often wondered why Anne Francis was not a bigger star. I adored her in Honey West.Glitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144712188306435426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-39083723415886697862021-07-14T08:42:21.100-04:002021-07-14T08:42:21.100-04:00So talented, Gorgeous, Handsome, Sexy and that hai...So talented, Gorgeous, Handsome, Sexy and that hair!! I love Tales Of Wells Fargo!! I am a Huge fan.I love him. Such a gentleman; integrity. I did’t know he could sing. Thanks Happy Birthday Dale!!!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509093384241373048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-49417446735255638482018-07-11T09:28:07.850-04:002018-07-11T09:28:07.850-04:00See, Joel, now I know how to snake you out of hidi...See, Joel, now I know how to snake you out of hiding... Just mention Linda Darnell! LOL I love simple, but engrossing, westerns like "Dakota Incident." No one would dream today of filming such straightforward stories of brevity like that. I need to see "The Farmer Takes a Wife" sometime, it sounds like. (Again, I had no clue it was in color!) Dale's role on "Dynasty" was rather abbreviated, not helped by a mere 13 episode first season, so it's not really a key part of the show over the long haul... Thanks.Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-81782154747365514622018-07-10T22:35:07.380-04:002018-07-10T22:35:07.380-04:00While never exactly the most magnetic screen prese...While never exactly the most magnetic screen presence Dale could be counted on for a reliable performance and an attractive appearance. His hair was truly a marvel of volume aided by product! <br /><br />One of my faves of his films is Dakota Incident (yes partly because of Linda Darnell-and her dress while very becoming is almost eye-straininly red-but because its an entertaining movie). Two of the others you reference were two I sought for years and finally tracked down. Lydia Bailey is visually stunning (in all areas) but after a promising start became a dull slog. One of my more recent finds was The Farmer Takes a Wife-it's bandbox pretty which is rather ridiculous since it's about life on the Erie Canal and flatboats! Betty Grable is a bit mature for her role and her outfits are a mite outre but she gives it the old college try and as a bonus there's Thelma Ritter-in a red wig!-as a saloon owner and Dale looking handsome as ever. <br /><br />I don't remember him on Dynasty but seeing those pictures I'm not surprised although I'm shocked at how suddenly he seemed to age. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-36600131191192653532018-07-10T10:16:54.068-04:002018-07-10T10:16:54.068-04:00FYI, y'all, it is THIS young Clark Gable to wh...FYI, y'all, it is THIS young Clark Gable to which Dale Robertson drew comparisons, not the more familiar mustached, weathered look:<br /><br />https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/563161128381501404/?autologin=truePoseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-28032950051653067402018-07-03T08:38:34.707-04:002018-07-03T08:38:34.707-04:00Gingerguy, I deliberately made no reference early ...Gingerguy, I deliberately made no reference early on to "Dynasty" in the hope that I could spring it on the unsuspecting when the time came! ;-) Glad it worked in your case. I am SCREAMING about the Rip Taylor thing... but Dale's hair was the real deal. He couldn't rip it off and shake the confetti out of it like Rip always did. Ha ha!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-24121708540433125382018-07-02T18:02:11.980-04:002018-07-02T18:02:11.980-04:00Forgive me...but I also see a little Rip Taylor in...Forgive me...but I also see a little Rip Taylor in the Dynasty yearsGingerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989371210392669145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-65180904909739210032018-07-02T15:00:51.727-04:002018-07-02T15:00:51.727-04:00He is a cutie, and to me a cross between Burt Lanc...He is a cutie, and to me a cross between Burt Lancaster and Robert Preston as mentioned above.<br />(I still don't know the secret of the boy with green hair but maybe someday will find it out).<br />I see why the focus of photos is on Lydia Bailey. No one looks good usually in those high waisted pants but he sure does.<br />Flabbergasted when I got to Dynasty at the end of this. I would have never connected those dots. I just watched seasons 1&2 recently and he certainly was the one who tried to get poor Steven Carrington laid in a cathouse. The show was really blue collar and could have just been called Oil Rig. This was a nice read, and I always appreciate your research.Gingerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989371210392669145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-42303912255306108632018-07-02T08:32:17.431-04:002018-07-02T08:32:17.431-04:00Alan Scott, I try...! ;-)
Gregory, I have to agr...Alan Scott, I try...! ;-)<br /><br />Gregory, I have to agree about the age thing. I'm fifty (and some day really FEEL it!), but I still think I hold up better than some of the 50-somethings I see from yesteryear. And I am only marginal about trying to pickle myself so I'll live to be a hundred. LOL I did quit smoking in 1997, thank God. I do still like my pool time, however.<br /><br />D ODay, thank you! I'm glad you liked this profile on Mr. R. Bo Hopkins was pretty popular in the 1970s and a bit beyond. I seem to recall him in little white briefs in a Burt Reynolds flick? He tended to play so many trashy parts, so it was kind of nice to see him as a very dedicated and affectionate working man on "Dynasty." But they NEVER should have brought him back in season 8. Lord.... He figures into a future post about actors in towels, by the way. :-)Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-45118261495331384602018-07-02T07:16:31.645-04:002018-07-02T07:16:31.645-04:00One of those names I recognized but could never pu...One of those names I recognized but could never put a face to - for some reason, I always confused him with Robert Preston.<br />Another flawlessly researched and enjoyable essay. Oh, and I always thought Bo Hopkins would be an ideal lazy Sunday morning companion, ahem.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848827163648287162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-44169643574229603292018-07-01T16:46:08.695-04:002018-07-01T16:46:08.695-04:00Well, thank you for that! A wonderful salute to a ...Well, thank you for that! A wonderful salute to a much-"under-remembered" great beauty of his day. I think he falls somewhat in the category of being perhaps best known for television shows that are either lost or no longer shown and gets lumped into the category of "TV Western actor of yesteryear". Your excellent photo excavation shows what a singularly exquisite specimen he was. He always seemed sincere, dedicated and solid in most of his films I've seen. I'm glad there is now a place that future queens can click on, to see what a hunk he was. Another category he'd fall into, I guess, is that of the godlike beauties who aged poorly, and before their time--and just sort of fell apart, looks-wise, seemingly overnight (see Gable, Clark, Wayne, John, Flynn, Errol et al). Those were different times...chain-smoking...drinking booze like water...not to mention, a time when one would slather themselves in oil and broil on the beach. I was abashed to see that I'm just a few years off from the photo of him in the "Dynasty" pilot...and it made me feel a little better, seeing how in these more "enlightened" (insert irony) times, maybe that aphorism, "60 is the new 40" has some validity (or I'm self-delusional...one or the other). In any case, he kept that amazing head of hair, it seems, to the end (ish). I mean, who in Hollywood history had better hair than him? Young Gilbert Roland, maybe? Gregory Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898893791920817093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-5913217849455937692018-06-30T16:37:48.624-04:002018-06-30T16:37:48.624-04:00Nice ending! :)Nice ending! :)Alan Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01489099502884256516noreply@blogger.com