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Sunday, February 5, 2023

Who Are Those Singers and Musicians? ~ Alain Emery

Alain François Emery was born on August 5, 1940, in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. He made his mark as a child actor in four films from 1953 to 1958. He starred as Mato in the 1964 French TV series “Les indiens” (The Indians) and sang the main theme song. Emery is still alive today as of this writing but lives an isolated lifestyle in the French village of Alpilles.

EMERY, Alain (Alain François Emery) [8/5/1940, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France – ] – film, TV actor, singer, married to ? father of Louise Emery.

The Indians (TV) – 1964 [sings: “Les Indiens” (co) ]

Special Birthdays

Vinicio Raimondo (actor) would have been 85 today but died in 2013.

Timothy Brent (Giancarlo Prete) (actor) would have been 80 today but died in 2001.

Saturday, February 4, 2023

Spaghetti Westerns Podcast Season 5, Episode 5 overall #105.

You’re invited to join me today at noon PST for episode 5 of season 5 of The Spaghetti Westerns Podcast. We’ll discuss the History of the Spaghetti Western “The Last Gun” with Cameron Mitchell. Next we’ll discover what happened to the perennial badman Livio Lorenzon. Who are those gals? We’ll be uncovering the life of Marianne Koch who played Marisol in “Fistful of Dollars”. The film of the week will be “Dead Men Ride” starring Fabio Testi. The CD of the week will also be “Dead Men Ride” and we’ll have some posters, and an autograph. We close things out with the News of the Week. So tune into The Spaghetti Westerns Podcast Facebook page at noon today. The broadcast will be posted to You Tube later today.

Little Known European Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Mircea Albulescu

These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be gven and anything that you can add would be appreciated.

Romanian, stage, film, radio and television actor Mircea Albulescu was born in Bucharest on October 4, 1934, he appeared in over 70 films and hundreds of stage plays in a career that spanned over 60 years. In the 1990’s he became involved in politics and held the position of Romanian State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture. He died in a Bucharest hospital on April 8, 2016 from a respiratory ailment at the age of 81. His only Euro-western appearance was as Wheeler in 1978’s “The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians”.

ALBULESCU, Mircea (Iorgu Constantin Vasile Albulescu) [/4/1934, Bucharest, Romania - 4/8/2016, Bucharest, Romania (heart failure)] – poet, writer, theater, film, TV, voice actor, married to Maria Albulescu [1956-2007] (1985-2007) father of director of Porsche Romania Matei Albulescu [1969- ], he held the position of State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture [1992-1994], decorated with the Order of Faithful Service in rank of Commander [2000], awarded National Award for Lifetime Achievement, by the Ministry of Culture [2003], decorated with Cultural Merit Order in rank of Grand Officer [2004].

The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians – 1978 (Mac Wheeler)

Spaghetti Western Locations – “The Mercenary”

We continue our search for locations for “The Mercenary”. Paco and Sergei are put against a wall and a firing squad is in position to execute them. The charges against them are read and Sergei scours the sheep herd in front of them and roof tops surrounding the military squad. Suddenly Columba shoots the water barrels off the roof and they land on the firing squad. Paco dives through an open window while Kowalski takes control of the machine gun on the roof above. Columba holds a pistol to Colonel Garcia’s neck and tells him if he moves he’s dead. Sergei and Paco now armed mow down the Mexican forces. A coach suddenly appears and Columba and Paco jump inside and drive away as Sergei holds off the remaining soldiers. Sergei grabs a horse and rides off into the countryside until he catches up with Paco and Columba.

This scene was filmed in old Polopos, 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/

50th Anniversary of the premier of “The Fabulous Trinity”

Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the release of “The Fabulous Trinity”. Directed by Steve McCoy and Pedro L. Ramirez it starred Richard Harrison, Fernando Sancho, Chris Huerta, Ricardo Palacios, Cris Huerrta and Fanny Grey. It tells the story that in a Western town, Miss Nora Vargas (Grey), a beautiful bootlegger, meets Scott (Harrison), a bounty hunter that goes to Mexico tracking down outlaws. While in Mexico, three gun smugglers (Huerta, Palacios, Garcia) are arrested by Colonel Jimnez (Sancho) for supplying weapons to General Zapata. They are put to hard labor in a prison camp, but are freed by their niece Nora, who has used all her skills of seduction to get them pardoned. But the guerrilla leader realizes the trap and now the three smugglers are considered fugitives pursued by the Mexican revolutionaries and also by Scott, because the law has put a price on their heads. Miss Vargas hopes to put her three uncles to work smuggling guns again but the weapons are stolen and Scott comes to the rescue capturing the thieves and riding off into the sunset with Nora.

Los fabulosos de Trinidad - Spanish title

Los fabulosos de San Agustin - Spanish title

Alla larga amigos... oggi ho il grilletto facile - Italian title

Triniityn villi porukka - Finnish title

Fabuleux trinita - French title

Whisky, Plattfüße und harte Fäuste - German title

Trinity och hans vilda gang - Swedish title

With Friends, Nothing is Easy - English title

The Fabulous Trinity - English title

A 1972 Spanish, Italian film co-production [IFISA (Barcelona), Admiral International

Films (Rome)]

Producer: Ignacio F. Iquino (Ignacio Farres Iquino)