Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 I watch it every two or three years. It's a great movie except for one thing: CINERAMA!!! It breaks the scene into three pieces and originally used thee synchronized projectors to make a "wrap around" wide screen effect. IT DOESN'T WORK WORTH A TINKER'S DAM on a TV. It's distracting even after all the years (since 1962)I've been watching it...but I'll drag it out again because it is truly a great movie. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholla Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 You may already know this, but the railroad depot in the last segment, where George Peppard greeted Debbie Reynolds as she got off the train (and saw bad guy Eli Wallach), was filmed just north of you at Perkinsville, not far from the Perkinsville Bridge over the Verde River. The depot is still there but showing its age. It is on private property and not accessible. But if you take the scenic train from Clarkdale to Perkinsville, they stop at the depot. From the movie in 1962: From 2019, when we rode the train: 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 i love seeing these old movie stages still around , sad they cant maintain them all , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 (edited) I watch a lot of the old westerns on GRIT. You see the old set that was used on the Laramie series in a bunch of them. I believe that set was destroyed by fire some years ago. As near as I can tell, all of the buildings were complete, inside and out. If I’m right, that’s a total shame because it worked great for all sorts of movies!! EDIT: Actually, it was demolished in 2000 to make room for “modern house exteriors” and office space! Edited October 21 by Blackwater 53393 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholla Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 2 hours ago, watab kid said: i love seeing these old movie stages still around , sad they cant maintain them all , This was an original depot from back in the copper mining/cattle transporting days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 7 minutes ago, Cholla said: This was an original depot from back in the copper mining/cattle transporting days. OK , even more important they be preserved , our heritage is being erased we need to save all we can , i misinterpreted what i saw there yet that could just as easily have been the set of one of my childhood westerns that , and it could have been the building downtown when i was growing up , when i started school , my first two years were spent in a two room clapboard school; that had a bell in a steeple over the entry , operated by a pull rope , just like some ive seen in the old westerns and so far removed from anything my children ever saw/knew that it would be like twilight zone stuff to them , that school has long ago been wiped from the face of the earth , a sad thing in my mind , my town had a depot that was a bit more ornate but every bit as reminiscent of that steam engine era as that one , it got turned into a dinner club later in its life and has been somewhat preserved , i wish more were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 (edited) 13 hours ago, Cholla said: You may already know this, but the railroad depot in the last segment, where George Peppard greeted Debbie Reynolds as she got off the train (and saw bad guy Eli Wallach), was filmed just north of you at Perkinsville, not far from the Perkinsville Bridge over the Verde River. The depot is still there but showing its age. It is on private property and not accessible. But if you take the scenic train from Clarkdale to Perkinsville, they stop at the depot. From the movie in 1962: From 2019, when we rode the train: Boy that has sure went down hill since I saw it in 2005. That spring the desert was in full bloom. We rode our Harleys to Sedona for a long weekend. Part of the trip was the morning Verde Canyon Railroad excursion. Turn around point was at the Perkinsville Depot. Sunday morning we awoke to snow on bikes and the hotel clerk informed us it has snowed 6" in Flagstaff. The other couple on the trip was terrified of the snow and insisted we take an alternate route back to China Lake that they had mapped out before breakfast. Their route took us south through Jerome. I started to point out the height of the Mingus Mountain pass when my better half's kick to my shin made me shut up. Sunday Morning Mingus Pass Lots of snow on both sides of the road but the pavement was clear. Edited October 21 by Sedalia Dave 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Nothing beats riding a scooter in the snow or hail!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 (edited) 1 hour ago, Eyesa Horg said: Nothing beats riding a scooter in the snow or hail!! You should try freezing rain and an ice storm!! WARNING !! THREAD HIJACK IN PROGRESS!! I was taking some college courses while rehabbing my back in the late ‘90s. When I left the house that particular morning, it was 40 degrees and sunny. I wore my good leather jacket and a pair of lineman’s boots and some jeans. At that time, I had a pack on a sissy bar that held leather gloves and a pair of waterproof mittens along with a small tool kit. My first class that day was a physics lab in the basement of the science building. No windows or any view of the outside. After the two hours in lab, I headed over to the student union for some lunch and the weather had turned much colder and cloudy. By the time I finished lunch it had begun to flurry, but it had lightened up a little. My political science class was in a theater, so again there was no view of the outside. When that class let out there was freezing rain falling and a lovely sheet of ice on the roads and I was 35 miles from home! It took me three and a half hours to get home! I really didn’t have that much trouble riding or negotiating the roads. What WAS an issue was avoiding the nitwits in cars and traffic in that college town at three in the afternoon with everyone trying to get home at the same time! My gear was more than adequate and I had taken my full face helmet that day, although I probably would have been better off with a half shell and my mask, (The face shield iced up repeatedly) and those mittens kept my hands toasty warm. At one point, I stopped at a convenience store and had me a sandwich and a Coke and tried to wait for traffic to let up, but it was Friday and all the folks that stayed in town during the week were headed home too! By the time I got to the house, my jeans had soaked and frozen! It was kinda’ like the igloo effect! They were cold, but the ice kept the cold wind and more freezing water from soaking through. I rode for several miles at a time with my feet skimming along , barely touching the ground when traffic was creeping along, only getting on the pegs when I got clear of town and bumper to bumper traffic. It took almost a whole day to get the bike cleand up after all the rain, ice, and road salt! I paid a lot more attention to weather forecasts after that episode!! Edited October 21 by Blackwater 53393 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eyesa Horg Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 4 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: You should try freezing rain and an ice storm!! WARNING !! THREAD HIJACK IN PROGRESS!! I was taking some college courses while rehabbing my back in the late ‘90s. When I left the house that particular morning, it was 40 degrees and sunny. I wore my good leather jacket and a pair of lineman’s boots and some jeans. At that time, I had a pack on a sissy bar that held leather gloves and a pair of waterproof mittens along with a small tool kit. My first class that day was a physics lab in the basement of the science building. No windows or any view of the outside. After the two hours in lab, I headed over to the student union for some lunch and the weather had turned much colder and cloudy. By the time I finished lunch it had begun to flurry, but it had lightened up a little. My political science class was in a theater, so again there was no view of the outside. When that class let out there was freezing rain falling and a lovely sheet of ice on the roads and I was 35 miles from home! It took me three and a half hours to get home! I really didn’t have that much trouble riding or negotiating the roads. What WAS an issue was avoiding the nitwits in cars and traffic in that college town at three in the afternoon with everyone trying to get home at the same time! My gear was more than adequate and I had taken my full face helmet that day, although I probably would have been better off with a half shell and my mask, (The face shield iced up repeatedly) and those mittens kept my hands toasty warm. At one point, I stopped at a convenience store and had me a sandwich and a Coke and tried to wait for traffic to let up, but it was Friday and all the folks that stayed in town during the week were headed home too! By the time I got to the house, my jeans had soaked and frozen! It was kinda’ like the igloo effect! They were cold, but the ice kept the cold wind and more freezing water from soaking through. I rode for several miles at a time with my feet skimming along , barely touching the ground when traffic was creeping along, only getting on the pegs when I got clear of town and bumper to bumper traffic. It took almost a whole day to get the bike cleand up after all the rain, ice, and road salt! I paid a lot more attention to weather forecasts after that episode!! Haven't done freezing rain!! That seems pretty down right sucky!! The coldest I've done for hours was 22° from Connecticut to Vermont twice in one day on two different dressers. Burrrr! The ride back down in the wife's Lincoln was much more pleasant. I'm too old for the kinda crap now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 4 hours ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said: The reverb in this is video is overdone and distracting! The pictures are fabulous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 5 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: You should try freezing rain and an ice storm!! WARNING !! THREAD HIJACK IN PROGRESS!! I was taking some college courses while rehabbing my back in the late ‘90s. When I left the house that particular morning, it was 40 degrees and sunny. I wore my good leather jacket and a pair of lineman’s boots and some jeans. At that time, I had a pack on a sissy bar that held leather gloves and a pair of waterproof mittens along with a small tool kit. My first class that day was a physics lab in the basement of the science building. No windows or any view of the outside. After the two hours in lab, I headed over to the student union for some lunch and the weather had turned much colder and cloudy. By the time I finished lunch it had begun to flurry, but it had lightened up a little. My political science class was in a theater, so again there was no view of the outside. When that class let out there was freezing rain falling and a lovely sheet of ice on the roads and I was 35 miles from home! It took me three and a half hours to get home! I really didn’t have that much trouble riding or negotiating the roads. What WAS an issue was avoiding the nitwits in cars and traffic in that college town at three in the afternoon with everyone trying to get home at the same time! My gear was more than adequate and I had taken my full face helmet that day, although I probably would have been better off with a half shell and my mask, (The face shield iced up repeatedly) and those mittens kept my hands toasty warm. At one point, I stopped at a convenience store and had me a sandwich and a Coke and tried to wait for traffic to let up, but it was Friday and all the folks that stayed in town during the week were headed home too! By the time I got to the house, my jeans had soaked and frozen! It was kinda’ like the igloo effect! They were cold, but the ice kept the cold wind and more freezing water from soaking through. I rode for several miles at a time with my feet skimming along , barely touching the ground when traffic was creeping along, only getting on the pegs when I got clear of town and bumper to bumper traffic. It took almost a whole day to get the bike cleand up after all the rain, ice, and road salt! I paid a lot more attention to weather forecasts after that episode!! When I first started riding a read an article written by a rider that left home on a long day ride. Started out perfect riding weather but that afternoon a front moved in and along with a big frop in temperature it rained. The rider was unprepared and by the time he found a place to stop he was so cold he could barely move. Fortunately the owner of the little road side store allowed him to stay several hours past closing so he could dry out and warm up. From then on I always took some sort of wind and water resistant jacket and several packages of 'Hot Hands" warmers. Never had to use them myself but I shared a lot of them with other riders. Had both the large and small sizes as well as a roll of Vet Tape (Corban) that could be used to secure the warmers to a riders wrist to help warm up their hands. With a tucked in shirt the large ones could be placed near the kidneys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 22 Author Share Posted October 22 (edited) On 10/20/2024 at 5:29 PM, Cholla said: You may already know this, but the railroad depot in the last segment, where George Peppard greeted Debbie Reynolds as she got off the train (and saw bad guy Eli Wallach), was filmed just north of you at Perkinsville, not far from the Perkinsville Bridge over the Verde River. The depot is still there but showing its age. It is on private property and not accessible. But if you take the scenic train from Clarkdale to Perkinsville, they stop at the depot. From the movie in 1962: From 2019, when we rode the train: And the railroad bridge behind the hotel west of Montezuma and Sheldon in Prescott, almost right next to Sam Hill's warehouse, was last used in John Wayne's movie "The Train Robbers". Edited October 22 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 thanks this has been a fun thread , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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