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Thread #67039   Message #2464795
Posted By: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
13-Oct-08 - 06:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ten Strike Girls as heard on Gunsmoke
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ten Strike Girls as heard on Gunsmoke
Check out "The Searchers," the old John Wayne film many feel was one of his best. Ken Curtis plays a ranch hand who vies for the same girl (played by Vera Miles) sought by Jeffrey Hunter's character. Fisticuffs eventually settle the matter. During the film, Curtis sings a beautiful love song. This could only have happened in a John Ford film, where he often lapsed into sentimentality. Oddly, this one works, in large part, due to Curtis' voice and a more understated arrangement.