Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Laura Grieve on March 9, 2023

Western RoundUp: Rancho Notorious (1952) Rancho Notorious (1952) Movie Poster Over the past few months I’ve written about catching up with a trio of Barbara Stanwyck‘s ’50s Westerns, most recently The Furies (1950), which I covered in my column in early January. This month   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Laura Grieve on March 9, 2023

Western RoundUp: Rancho Notorious (1952) Rancho Notorious (1952) Movie Poster Over the past few months I’ve written about catching up with a trio of Barbara Stanwyck‘s ’50s Westerns, most recently The Furies (1950), which I covered in my column in early January. This month   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on September 1, 2019

The legend goes that the ever-meddling megalomaniac of RKO Pictures, Howard Hughes, insisted the film’s title be changed to Rancho Notorious because European audiences wouldn’t know what a “Chug-a-Lug” was. Director Fritz Lang, who was himself a European emigre, snidely repli   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on August 31, 2011

Western wear, Fritz Lang direction, (campy?) Dietrich, and George Reeves, later to play TV’s Superman and die in an enduring and intriguing Hollywood scandal – really, what more could you ask for in movie? TCM is airing Fritz Lang’s 1952 Technicolor western Rancho Notorious today   read more