tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388554970113771183.post291301764118729331..comments2024-03-25T12:58:24.299-07:00Comments on TheBad.net - The Lee Van Cleef Blog: Interview with Dolores Claman - Captain Apache Composeraaron@theBad.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610876186258437366noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388554970113771183.post-85901484314243767762019-06-22T12:18:56.527-07:002019-06-22T12:18:56.527-07:00The link now leads to an empty page.The link now leads to an empty page.Elliot Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964519903027517480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388554970113771183.post-84240290853877770912012-11-27T02:29:05.724-08:002012-11-27T02:29:05.724-08:00Interesting interview. Yes I had read Lee being qu...Interesting interview. Yes I had read Lee being quoted that when he saw "Paint Your Wagon" and heard his old buddies Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin singing, it gave him the desire to do it too! And yes the recording session was held in Madrid. And yes Captain Apache and April Morning were released on 45 rpm records along with a few other songs for Lee's European fan clubs.<br /><br />About 1979 Lee recorded again but I never saw anything about the record coming out. Billboard Magazine had it listed as a "country and western" music album to be recorded in L. A. But I never heard of it again. I think DCG found something on this effort just recently did you not Amigo? Was it released in Europe or something like that?<br /><br />When they talked about "other films in the series" there were others that featured actors such as Chuck Conners, Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens, Clint Walker etc. all shot entirely in Spain back to back to back to back. Scotia International handled distribution for them and none were major releases in the United States. I always thought it was interesting they got so many known actors including the great James Mason for Bad Man's River along with Gina L. and Carol Baker and Stuart Whitman for Captain Apache and to me, none of these films are all that good. Kinda "B" Spanish westerns made fast. Certainly not in the same league with earlier efforts by Lee himself such as Big Gundown, Death Rides A Horse, Day of Anger, Sabata, El Condor etc. I noticed Leonard Maltin gives Big Gundown as many stars as For A Few Dollars More in his ratings. Said it is the best non-Leone SW and is as good as a Leone film except a bit different with a more complex plot with a political twist.BobOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18271946822465853875noreply@blogger.com