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Stage, film, and television legend Juliet Mills, recipient of the 2025 Cinecon Legacy Award, takes us behind the scenes of Andrew V. McLaglen's 1966 western classic THE RARE BREED! Juliet also discusses working with Billy Wilder, Ida Lupino, Jack Lemmon, and Billy Wilder, growing up in a famous acting family (her father is Sir John Mills and her sister is Hayley Mills), and working on stage with Terence Stamp. Plus, Cinecon's Bryan Cooper tells us what to expect at this year's Cinecon film festival.  Cinecon 60 Preview: https://youtu.be/B8RpobigaI0 Cinecon 60 Wrap-up Report: https://youtu.be/mH5vzM8y6n8 https://cinecon.org/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057518115014 https://x.com/CineconFilmFest https://www.instagram.com/cineconclassicfilmfestival/ **************************************************************** Commentaries:  https://www.cerealatmidnight.com/p/commentaries.html **************************************************************** Need collecting st...

Sony's 27-disc FRANK CAPRA AT COLUMBIA box set brings together 20 movies from one of the greatest motion picture directors of all time in what may very well be the box set release of the year.  Order from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3B1fsr9 **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please use Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt **************************************************************** Become a Member and unlock exclusive videos, early access, and much more at Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight or through YouTube Memberships at https://www.youtube.com/@CerealAtMidnight/membership **************************************************************** Movie Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Cereal At Midnight Swag: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight bsky.app/profile/cerealatmidnight.bsky.social https://www.threads.net/@ce...

Cereal At Midnight's Westerns Spotlight series returns! Saddle up, pard'ner, our cattle drive through one of cinema's most prolific and beloved genres continues!  Western Spotlight Vol. 1 The Naked Spur Review Quantez Review CerealAtMidnight.com Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite

The Naked Spur is another cracking western teaming up director Anthony Mann with his frequent leading man Jimmy Stewart and serves yet another example of the storytelling economy of the classic Hollywood studio system. The film wastes nothing and everything on screen and in the dialogue in service of moving the plot forward and informing the characters, who we come to know and understand through their actions.  The film immediately introduces Stewart as a bounty hunter on the hunt for a murderer. He cautiously rides up on an elderly prospector (Millard Mitchell, Singin' in the Rain ), thinking it may be his prey. Realizing he is not the target, Stewart is forced to explain his aggressive actions, and reluctantly agrees to pay the man to help him find his bounty. Now there are two. A few minutes later, a discharged Union soldier (Ralph Meeker, The Dirty Dozen ) crosses their path and wants to know what they're doing. After an uncomfortable confrontation, Meeker follows the men,...

All the presents have been opened, holiday cheer has been has been had by one and all, and we now turn out attention to a beloved Christmas movie that we seem to have a minority opinion about. In this episode, let's talk about It's A Wonderful Life.