Lagniappe's Lair

 Last night I looked out the back window a little after midnight and I saw a very large opossum running along the top of my back fence. Susp...

It was a nice day on Wednesday, and business brought me downtown Washington DC and left me with time to kill--paid time--so I went across th...

I first heard of Audie Murphy back in the early 70's. When I was young, my father used to talk about him sometimes, always with reverenc...

No Black Friday for us. Murphy and I ate more turkey, then I primed pistol brass while watching Ride Clear of Diablo (1954) with Audie Mu...

In 1957's Night Passage , James Stewart and Audie Murphy play against each other as brothers gone down different paths. It's also on...

In honor of Memorial Day, we'll look at movie footage of a real man playing himself. To Hell and Back (1955), a movie about Audie Murphy...

The movie: Duel at Silver Creek (1952). The build up: Marshal "Lighning" Tyrone has been forced into a duel with Johnny Sombrero. ...

Over 300,000 veterans are resting in Arlington National Cemetery. Each one has a name. Most you won't recognize, but some you almost cer...

What a great day for Cowboy movies. This morning, AMC was running Destry Rides Again followed immediately by Destry . Both, of course, were...

So this week-end, Lagniappe and I watched a couple of good westerns while cleaning guns and loading ammunition onto belts. I have this theor...

Snow shovelling aside, it's still Saturday at the Lair, and that means Cowboy movies on TV. I try not to watch much TV during the week u...