Tommorrow night

[GunClick Rick]

I know the feelin,i married a Dalton! She's meaner 'an a she rattler with a sunburned belly!!! Wy just the other day she walked out into the back yard and a nest of fire ants and three black widows packed up and moved next door!!!!!

[GunClick Rick]

Tis a thorny issue in Hollywood when they "ditch the crew" here in the US because of the Unions. They'll picket a job and use mob mentality to force movie production to hire only Union players... I lived part of it (steady loss of work) with my family in the '90's. Everything was bein' shot in Canada."


Sort of like shoppin at Wal-Mart ain't it~ I hope he did a directors cut in DVD..

[GunClick Rick]

Ain't gonna pick a smiley huh??

         

[mestiza letty]

Tis a thorny issue in Hollywood when they "ditch the crew" here in the US because of the Unions. They'll picket a job and use mob mentality to force movie production to hire only Union players... I lived part of it (steady loss of work) with my family in the '90's. Everything was bein' shot in Canada."


Sort of like shoppin at Wal-Mart ain't it~ I hope he did a directors cut in DVD..

Yer darn tootin' he did..advertised pre-order DVD's thru Amazon in the commercials....he gets residuals on the re-plays and how many have there been already?? He also was "in on" the soundtrack..... They make "book" on the contracts...just sayin'

[Cliff Fendley]

I didn't realize that was going on with movie production. Sounds just like manufacturing.

Wonder how long it's going to take before the Unions finally realize it's not doing anyone any good when they push their jobs out of country?

[Drayton Calhoun]

Wuz very watchable. Being into "hysterical coo-rectness" as we make movies here . . . . I'm very sensetive to that stuff. I didn't notice the descrepency of the rifle in the saloon. But did sort of choke when I saw the saddles on the horses. Everything else very historically correct and then saddles on horses that have low cantles and are much nice that would have been owned by farm familys in W.V back shortly after the civil war. The Hatfield home itself is also a bit too "nice". The other homes and cabins look right for the time and the economic situation of those people. But overall . . very watchable and well made.


ps. I grew up in the north . . ( Chicago area ) and we move to the Cincinatti area where I went to college. I observed first hand the squabbling, arguing, animosities, and outright hatered, . . . ....that still existed over the Civil War. That wuz in the late '60s . . . and i'm sure that it still goes on today.

My great-grandfather spent about a year in Elmira Prison after being captured at Front Royal. My grand-mother despised 'Yankees' till the day she died at the ripe old age of 98. I live in Alabama and my mother was from PA so, you can get the idea of how dysfunctional that relationship was...

[Don Nix]

http://www.corbisimages.com/images/Corbis-IH161540.jpg?size=67&uid=765a154e-d25e-456f-80cd-dc9c458210fc
Here is an image of Devil Anse horseback. You will notice to saddle ,cavalry bit  and headstall. He is also carrying his rifle across his pommel.
My great grand daddy carried his rifle that way so long that he wore the forearm down to the metal . I still have the rifle 1873 32-20.

Its not hard to find some one who knows how folks lived back then. All they have to do is ask the right folks and quit relying on Hollywood and Northern folklorists to "interpret" the past,

[Major 2]

interesting photo.... it's also the cover photo on the book

''The Other Feud: William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield in the Civil War " by Philip Hatfield . ISBN:9781453886748  

I'll point out the bit is a Shoemaker Bit , the bridle is an M85  ( though it could be an M74 ) in either case a Nose band is added (non Regulation)
It is not shown with the Halter commonly use in conjunction with these two bridles by the Cavalry.
I can not make out the Rosette , but if I had to guess I say it's the bullseye style.

The Saddle appears to be an M85 McClellan ( note the round Rigging ring ) the skirt appears to be added from under the bars
(Non Regulation ) though not unheard of addition by  a post saddler
It is simlar to the shape but not as long as the M28 and is not attached on top of the bars with screws as with the M59

[mestiza letty]

Major, you know your stuff!!!

[GunClick Rick]

I'd say that horse was used for more than just ridin too~