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Chris Casey correctly identified this week's photo as that of Leif Garrett.

Paco Barrilado shoots a short western in Tabernas

The director writes "A Dream" after having a prolific career as a specialist, horseman and actor• His grandson, Alejandro Sanchez, becomes the protagonist of the story filmed in Hollywood Mini

Powder is used to simulate a dusty road. The tricks in the world of film are amazing and achieve the desired effect for a particular situation as realistically as possible. Paco Barrilado, one of Spain’s best stuntmen, equestrian, and actors that are most often involved in Almeria film making, knows a thousand ways to infuse character in the making of his short film "A Dream".

The story begins as a tale told in the room of a house of a young boy’s departed grandfather. The grandfather and grandson are working together in a western film, and the child begins to close his eyes and takes a journey through the dream world of dreams.

The boy appears on a mountain transformed into an Indian and looking for a horse that has been stolen. Scanning the horizon and far away he glimpses a village. It ss the destination where the boy tries to fulfill his mission and find the person who had seized the horse from his family.

The film is shot in different areas of Mini Hollywood and the scenes in the film are sequences that are composed by director Paco Barillado. The plot will consist of a typical western and will be composed of about 70 people, 15 of whom are actors," said Barillado.

The protagonist of the story is the grandson of the director, Alejandro Sánchez López Barillado Jr., which shows positive values in his. "He is 9 years old and must possess good values in this world. Many children used to work in this profession. It is very hard. He has already participated in several films. He loves and supports the commitment of older people. Also important is the role of the other actors that foster and help provide values for children.

Barrilado is not only the director, but also the writer, producer and participated as an actor. The duration of the film is 30 minutes so it can enter competitions for short films."

Before shooting began in Mini Hollywood, the story began to be recorded in the headmaster's house the night before. Barrilado came to Mini Hollywood having gotten little sleep, but with an energy that overflowed onto the whole team.

The director is lucky to work with professional people: "I have a very good team. If it is a successful venture it is because of this group of people with whom we work. As the title of the film states this is a dream, small, but it is mine to make this short film."

Barrilado explains, as the cancan girls warm up, the reason for the shooting of a dream movie: "I'm seeing that now like everyone does, that I had a short life in the movies, I thought why not ?"

Barrilado has 60 years experience in the film world after having participated for the first time in seven years, but now it's his grandson’s turn. Entering the saloon and shaking the dust off from a long, hard journey was one of the sequences shot on the first day in Tabernas.

"A Dream" is a short film with a small staff, and requires detailed instructions to get every detail just right.

While some are watching videos, others waited their turn to go on stage with script in hand and others prepared for many other scenes that were going to be shot later.

Different directions were given by Paco Barrilardo, someone who had worked in many westerns. "Action must be said with force," the director noted with energy. Laughs were present on many occasions.

Sound, lighting and effects were among the technical part of the filming and specialists from different villages to convert the short into a real western. Sarsaparilla, a waiter, another guard all staged scenes. A conversation with a little Indian who guesses who might be behind the theft of the horse.

Between sequence and sequence, arriving in the makeup touch-ups, fill the glasses of the scenes were repeated until the best shot and frame level for the short film have an adequate quality to compete in competitions.

The planes that took to the same sequence varied in different recordings made. Saloon entrance from outside, inside and through the window.

After recording several sequences, Ballardo dressed, smeared his clothes with talcum powder and prepared to go on stage. "Slower, less reading, with more character, stand straighter, with more character, positions corrected ...", the director, interpretation and even the smoke coming from the side. No detail escaped him at Almeria, demonstrating once again his years of knowledge.
For several days they filmed in Mini Hollywood and Tabernas, to recover the essence of westerns filmed in Almería during the sixties and which turned the province into one of the favorite destinations for international film making.

　
Un sueño - Spanish title
A Dream - English title

A 2011 Spanish production
Producer: Francisco Barrilado
Director: Francisco Barrilado (Frank Barril)
Story: Francisco Barrilado
Screenplay: Francisco Barrilado
Cinematography: David Aguirre [color]
Music: ?
Running time: 30 minutes

Story: A young boy dreams about life in the Old West.

Cast:
sheriff -  Paco Barrilado (Francisco Barrilado)
Blue Cloud -  Alexandro Sanchez (Alejandro Sánchez López Barillado, Jr.)

Cinco de Mayo 2011

Gold in New Frisco

Gold für Frisco - German title

O Ekdikitis - Greek title
Oro tragico - Italian title
Gold in New Frisco - English title

A 1939 German production [Bavaria-Filmkunst (Munich)]
Producer: Curt Prickler
Director: Paul Verhoeven (Paulus Verhoeven)
Story: novel by Robert Arden
Screenplay: Axel Eggebrecht, Ernst Hasselbach
Cinematography: Otto Baecher, Carl Hoffman (Karl Hoffmann) [black & white]
Music: Norbert Schultze
Running time: 97 minutes

Cast:
Frank Norton - Hans Söhnker
Fergusson - Gerhard Bienert
Mick - Josef Eichheim
Kitty Burtons - Ellen Frank
Inspector Jim de Lacy - Alexander Golling
Miller - Danny Gürtler
Doris Burtons - Hilde Jansen
Wirt Bronson - Walter Lantzsch
Blodd - Franz Loskarn
Henry Manning - Reinhold Lütjohann
Dolly Pepper - Annie Markart (Anti Markart)
Forges - Ernst Martens
Spencer - Walter Pose
Stones - Hans Hermann Schaufuss
Dickson - Ludwig Schmid-Wildy
Jack McGrather - Alfons Teuber
Burtons - Gustav Waldau (Gustav Von Rummel)
McKinley - Carl Wery
Watson - Paul Westermeier
Jonathan Pepper - Otto Wernicke

To avenge his father a man pretends to have found a profitable gold mine which is actually worthless. In turn he sells it for a large sum of money to the same greedy banker who ruined his father years before.

Happy 65th Birthday Jim Kelly

Jim Kelly was born on May 5, 1946 in Paris, Kentucky. He became an outstanding athlete in high school competing in basketball, football and track and field. He then attended the University of Louisville where he played football but left during his freshman year to study Shorin-ryu karate and Okinawa-te karate under the direction of Shihan Gordon Doversola. Kelly won the Huntington Beach, California classic and in 1971 the Middleweight Karate Championship in Long Beach, California. Jim then started his own school and taught actor Kevin Lockhart for a role in "Melinda" where Kelly was offered and played the role of a martial arts instructor. This led to other roles including his most memorable part in "Enter the Dragon" with Bruce Lee which led to a three picture deal with Warner Brothers. He appeared in his only Euro-western "Take a Hard Ride" (1975) during this time. Subsequently Kelly became a professional tennis player in the U.S.T.A.’s senior circuit and now is a professional tennis coach in Southern California. Today we celebrate Jim Kelly’s 65^th birthday.

Who are Those Guys? - Gino Barbacane

Luigi ‘Gino’ Barbacane is an Italian character actor. According to the IMDb he appeared in only eight films from 1966-1969, seven of which were westerns. The blond character actor was pretty easy to pick out in the films he did appear in. Probably best remembered for his role in "The Brute and the Beast" (1966) as the Scott henchman dressed in a white suit at the party that Franco Nero interrupts before his brutal beating by Nino Castelnuovo. He resembles Luciano Rossi in some respects but his career was short and he disappeared from the scene. I can find no information on where he is today or what he may be doing.

BARBACANE, Gino

(aka Simon) (Luigi Barbacane) [1939, Italy -     ] – film, fotoromanzi actor, married to Alabarita Battisti (1964-1979) father of Andrea Barbacane, Viviana Barbacane, founded Balera Fotoromanzi Magazine.

The Brute and the Beast - 1966 (Scott henchman)
Bandidos - 1967
Hallelujah for Django - 1967 (Jarret/Clay Thomas henchman)
My Name is Pecos - 1967
The Great Silence - 1968 (Loco henchman)
If You Meet Sartana, Pray for Your Death - 1968 (Lasky henchman)
Pecos Cleans Up - 1968
Sabata - 1969 (soldier guarding bank)

Gold for the Tough Guys of the Prairie

Guld til praeriens skrappe drenge - Danish title

Bocken som sheriff - Swedish title
Gold for the Tough Guys of the Prairie - English title

A 1971 Danish production[Merry Productions, S. Dansk-Svensk Film (Copenhagen)]
Producer: Henrik Sandberg
Director: Finn Karlsson
Story: Finn Karlsson, Carl Ottosen
Screenplay: Finn Karlsson, Carl Ottosen
Cinematography: Claus Loof [Eastmancolor]
Music: Sven Gyldmark
Song: "Swingdoor-Susie" sung by Dirch Passer, Paul Hagen, Preben Kaas, Willy Rathnov (Kaj Rathnov)
Running time: 101 minutes

Cast:
Jonathan Ignasius Salvatore ‘Biggy Jones’ - Dirch Passer
Sam - Will Rathnov (Kaj Rathnov)
Shorty - Paul Hagen
Ben - Preben Kaas
Swingdoor-Susie - Judy Gringer
Shannahoo - Lykke Nielsen
Jeff - Preben Mahrt
Sheriff of Greenville - Carl Ottosen
telegrapher - Jesper Klein
Sheriff of Cornerstone - Jørgen Kiil
Slim O’Hara - Lars Lunøe
cowboys - Otto Brandenburg, Jens Jørgen Thorsen, Poul Glargard, René de Fries, Reginald Samsø, Dale Robinson, Sven Cleemann
Pige - Susanne Breuning
Scumbag Jenny - Kirsten Sloth
line dancer - Kurt Andersen
saloon pianist - John Morgensen (John Mogensen)
Indian - Ingolf David
bully - Holger Vistisen
‘Great Bread’ - Edward Fleming (Flemming Møller)
bartender - Torben Bille
girl - Josephine Passer
with: Eddie Karnil (Edvardo Karnil)

A follow up comedy western to "Tough Guys of the Prairie". It seems a gold shipment is being undertaken, but unfortunately an outspoken telegrapher reveals a little too much about the operation and the rumor of the shipment spreads rapidly. Through the town of Cornestone the gold must pass, and some bandits are eager to grab the treasure. Unfortunately, they just do not know where it is actually located, and this leads to a lot of complications and misunderstandings. ‘The Prairie Tough Guys’ Biggy, Sam, Shorty and Ben take action, but they don’t know much about the gold either. Only and Indian girl named Shannahoo knows the proper location and operation, but she’s not easy to get something out of. It takes time for both bandits and heroes to find out the truth. In the end a big thumping good fist fight occurs with plenty of fisticuffs and the hats fly.

YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1w514a5pEs