Special Birthdays

Ramon Corotto (actor) would have been 90 today, he died in 1980.

Sergio Ciani (aka Alan Steel) would have been 85 today, he died in 2015.

Dario Argento (screenwriter) is 80 today.

RIP Andrzej Gawronski

Polish theater, film, TV and voice actor Andrzej Gawronski died in a Warsaw, Poland hospital on September 4, 2020. He was 85. Born in Warsaw on Febrauary 2, 1935. He appeared on the stage of theaters, but he died not avoid films and TV productions, including dubbing. He appeared in four Euro-westerns as a voice actor: “Old Surehand” (1965); “The Halfbreed” (1966); “Bolek and Lolek in the Wild West” (1986) and Lucky Luke - Go West – 2007.

Who Are Those Composers ~ Gian Franco Reverberi

Gian Franco Giacomo Reverberi was born in Genoa, Liguria, Italy on December 12, 1934. He is the older brother of composer Gian Piero Reverberi [1939- ].

Gianfranco was known as one of the early Italian Rock Musicians. He drifted into film composing in the late 1960s for such films as “Soldati e capelloni” (1967), “A Black Veil for Lisa” and “Chimera” both 1968, “!Viva America!” and “Venus in Furs” both 1969, “La ragazza del prete” (1970), “Black Turin” (1972), “Black Nagic Rites” (1973), “Porno Squad” (1979). He also composed scores with Enzo Jannaxxi and Giorgio Gaber.

Gianfranco worked with his brother Gian Piero on the Euro-western “Viva Django” (1967) starring Terence Hill and Horst Frank. The main musical track was used as the main theme for Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” in 2006. 

REVERBERI, Gianfranco (Gianfranco Giacomo Reverberi) [12/12/1934, Genoa, Liguria, Italy -     ] – composer, singer, songwriter, brother of composer, conductor, arranger, songwriter Gian Piero Reverberi [1939-    ].

Viva Django! – 1967

Spaghetti Western Locations for “A Bullet for the General”

Today we start a new search for filming locations for the film “Quien sabe?” (A Bullet for the General) directed by Damiano Damiani and starring Gian Maria Volonte, Lou Castel, Klaus Kinski and Martine Beswick.

The film opens with a firing squad shooting down four revolutionaries against a wall with women and children in the background crying. After the four men are shot down a narration begins telling about the origins of the Mexican Revolution. Watching the proceedings is a young American, Bill Tate (Lou Castel) dressed in a suit and tie wearing a business hat. He’s next seen at a train station where he walks past the waiting peons and forces himself into the front of the line to buy a ticket to the end of the line; Durango, Mexico. A young Mexican boy (Antonio Ruiz) taps him on the shoulder and asks if he is an American and if he likes Mexico. He replies, “No, not very much” and walks away. The opening credits and main theme then play as he walks across the railroad tracks and boards the train. 

The opening scene at the train station was filmed at the Baza train station near Guadix, Spain.

For a more detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti Western locations please visit my friend Yoshi Yasuda’s location site: http://y-yasuda.net/film-location.htm and Captain Douglas Film Locations http://www.western-locations-spain.com/

   

Special Birthdays

Manuel Gas (actor) would have been 115 today, he died in 1995.

Richard McNamara (actor) would have been 105 today, he died in 1979.

Giancarlo Bigazzi (actor, singer) would have been 80 today, he died in 2012.

Raquel Welch (actress) is 80 today.

Spaghetti Western Trivia ~ The Master Flashback

Season One episode 8 of his short-lived TV series, The Master (1984), was titled "The Good, The Bad and the Priceless". Another episode 5 “High Rollers” finds The Master and Max in a western ghost town where states he feels very much at home.

Once Upon a Time in Spaghetti Westerns Podcast #16 “They Call Me Sergio”

Join Jay Jennings and myself today at high noon PST for the Once Upon a Time in Spaghetti Westerns with podcast #16 “They Call Me Sergio”. We’ll run down and discuss the Spaghetti westerns of directors named Sergio. When someone asks me tell me what Spaghetti westerns to see I tell them anything you find directed by a SERGIO. See why today at high noon PST.