It was fun! Movie of course is kind of cheesy, but it was great acting when the movie was actually released ( shhh, 1947). The theater is the Rodeo Opry in the Stockyards of Oklahoma City. Darling Husband and I got to the theater a little early, so we had time to look around. You walk in the front door under the large marquee. On the right side, the operation's offices are located. On the left side, you find the concession stand. Two small bags of popcorn, two bottles of water, and we only spent $6.00 on concessions!! Two drinks and popcorn at the other theaters usually cost us $16.00. So we are already enjoying ourselves. We walk up the ramp to the auditorium. On the left and right sides of the ramp, the walls are decorated with pictures of performers, past and present. We walk in and are greeted with this sight:
One old gent walked in and he looked like he might have been a little boy and seen this movie when it was first in theaters.
We walked in, sat down in the second row from the back and towards the middle. The movie started. Angel and the Badman is a wonderful film about what else? An angelic woman and a badman. John Wayne is of course the bad man, and Gail Russell plays a Quaker woman. The opening of the movie shows John Wayne's character, Quirt Evans, notorious shootist, rustler, and womanizer riding "hell-bent for leather." Gail Russell's character, Penelope Worth, and her father are in a buggy in a field headed towards home. Quirt's horse collapses under him and he is thrown. Penelope and her father take Quirt home, nurse him to health, and generally grow fond of him. But Quirt can't let go of his past and it comes to call. As the film progresses, Quirt has to determine if he is going to stay on the side of good, or if he is going to be a bad man for forever.
This ninety minute film is the first that John Wayne both starred in and produced.
This evening was really fun and I can't wait for the Rodeo Opry to do it again!
Thanks for stoppin' by!
Jen
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