Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979
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Ennio Morricone - Main Theme (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Lee Van Cleef, Clint Eastwood, & Eli Wallach in The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966, dir. Sergio Leone)

Lee Van Cleef, Clint Eastwood, & Eli Wallach in The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966, dir. Sergio Leone)

Ennio Morricone - For a Few Dollars More (For a Few Dollars More:Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Ennio Morricone - La Resa Dei Conti (For a Few Dollars More:Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Clint Eastwood on the set of The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966, dir. Sergio Leone) (photo by Angelo Novi) On the most important lesson he learned from his work on Sergio Leone’s westerns: “Never trust anyone on an Italian movie. I know about these things. Stay away from special effects and explosives.”

Clint Eastwood on the set of The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966, dir. Sergio Leone) (photo by Angelo Novi)

On the most important lesson he learned from his work on Sergio Leone’s westerns:

“Never trust anyone on an Italian movie. I know about these things. Stay away from special effects and explosives.”

Charles Bronson in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968, dir. Sergio Leone)

Charles Bronson in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968, dir. Sergio Leone)

Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West (Once Upon a Time in the West: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (vocals by Edda D’ell Orso)

Alfred Newman - How The West Was Won: Main Title (via How The West Was Won: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Sergio Leone, Eli Wallach, & Clint Eastwood on the set of The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966, dir. Sergio Leone) (via Once Upon a Time in Italy: The Westerns of Sergio Leone) “I am bringing back the action Western. The cowboy picture has got lost in psychology. There have been too many attempts to explain the motives of both the heroes and the bad men and to make them understandable and acceptable in modern terms. The West was made by violent, uncomplicated men and it is this strength and simplicity that I try to recapture in my pictures.” -Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone, Eli Wallach, & Clint Eastwood on the set of The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly (1966, dir. Sergio Leone) (via Once Upon a Time in Italy: The Westerns of Sergio Leone)

“I am bringing back the action Western. The cowboy picture has got lost in psychology. There have been too many attempts to explain the motives of both the heroes and the bad men and to make them understandable and acceptable in modern terms. The West was made by violent, uncomplicated men and it is this strength and simplicity that I try to recapture in my pictures.”

-Sergio Leone

Paul Newman on the set of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, dir. George Roy Hill ) (photo by Jimmy Mitchell, via)

Paul Newman on the set of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, dir. George Roy Hill ) (photo by Jimmy Mitchell, via)

Gary Cooper in High Noon (1952, dir. Fred Zinnemann)

Gary Cooper in High Noon (1952, dir. Fred Zinnemann)

Tex Ritter - Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’ (written by Dimitri Tiomkin) (High Noon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Grace Kelly & Gary Cooper on the set of High Noon (1952, dir. Fred Zinnemann) (via)

Grace Kelly & Gary Cooper on the set of High Noon (1952, dir. Fred Zinnemann) (via)

Tyrone Power in publicity still for Jesse James (1939, dir. Henry King) (photographer: Frank Powolny, via)

Tyrone Power in publicity still for Jesse James (1939, dir. Henry King) (photographer: Frank Powolny, via)

Ennio Morricone - The Big Gundown (The Big Gundown/La Resa dei Conti: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)