January 17, 2015 08:43PM
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Hi Russo! Yes, I do agree with you that "Colorado Territory" is a very good film and among several adult Westerns that paved the way for "High Noon" and a number of 1950s films that weren't for the kiddies. I was so rooting for Joel McCrea to get away with both the loot and Virginia Mayo, instead of having to pay a price for being a bad guy. Damn censors!
That film didn't pave the way for "A Ticket to Tomahawk," though. It was already being written by Richard Sale and Mary Loos under the direction of producer Robert Bassler before "Colorado Territory" was filmed. Bassler had produced the film "Sand" around Durango for 20th Century-Fox. He specifically knew about the Rio Grande prior to "CT" and was already planning to make "A Ticket to Tomahawk" there. It would have happened without "CT." So I gotta disagree with your theory on that one.
I do fully agree with you that RGS #20 and D&RGW #315 should meet under steam one day. It would be the narrow gauge event of the decade!
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