cc- bellesiles would say that research only goes so deep...
Two-Gun Lady (1956)
Trick-shot artist Kate Masters comes to a remote town with her show, raising
suspicions among locals, who suspect she's more than she seems. They are led
by Jud Ivers and his family, who rule the area with an iron grip. This 1955
B-movie crams plenty in, with almost everyone having secrets, good or bad.
This certainly has predictable elements (the fate of Jenny's lamb is
inevitable), yet punches surprisingly above its weight, with exchanges such
as the following, on the nature of frontier justice:
"You the sherriff?
"No. Just the law..."
It does drag in the middle, thanks to a tedious subplot involving a US
Marshal out to get the Ivers clan, which reached its nadir in a very dull
horse chase. There's also a very odd part where Marie Windsor walks into a
scene she's not involved in, and leaps back, visibly startled - how that
take stayed in the film beats me. But the finale, pitting Masters against
the fastest gun in town, is very nicely staged, and will likely bring animal
lovers everywhere to their feet.
(attached movie poster of two gun lady).___________________________________________________ In 1707, Joseph Bartlett was drafted and sent with others to Haverhill to defend the town against an expected attack of French and Indians from Canada. August 29, 1708, about 160 French and 50 Indians attacked the town and set fire to several buildings. Mr. Bartlett and others were in a chamber of Captain Wainright's house from the windows of which they fired upon the enemy. They were informed that their only safety was in surrender. Mr. Bartlett secreted his gun in the chimney above the fireplace, went down, asked for quarter, was bound, and carried to Canada where he re-mained a prisoner until he was redeemed. After a captivity of four years he returned. He afterward visited Haverhill and found his gun where he had secreted it. It finally came to his grand nephew, Richard Bartlett of Amesbury, Mass., who carried it while a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Richard brought the gun back with him from the Revolution and it was afterward blown to pieces by some boy celebrating Fourth of July. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''' ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:00 PM Subject: Firearmsregprof Digest, Vol 6, Issue 10 > Send Firearmsregprof mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Firearmsregprof digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. question: who is Richard Bartlett? (Clayton E. Cramer) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 20:50:16 -0600 > From: "Clayton E. Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: question: who is Richard Bartlett? > To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I received a "revise and resubmit" letter from a university press. The suggestions from the reviewers > are pretty much reasonable. (I say "pretty much" because the reviewers only read the first four chapters, > and at least some of the requests were actually addressed in the later chapters.) One of the reviewers, in > mentioning a number of works that I should consider, mentions a historian whose name rings no bells: > "Richard Bartlett, among others, has looked at gun culture. Such discussions often are within the > context of American violence, but they are there." Unfortunately, I not only don't know who Richard Bartlett > is, but the Library of Congress catalog seems to have many Richard Bartletts, writing about all sorts of topics > that don't seem to fit this subject. Does anyone here know the title of any works by Richard Bartlett on the > topic of violence and guns in early America? > > Clayton E. Cramer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/private/firearmsregprof/attachments/20040526/a6b71ead/attachment.htm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Firearmsregprof mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > > > End of Firearmsregprof Digest, Vol 6, Issue 10 > ********************************************** > >
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