NCSU B-Western Movie Course Begins May 3, 2012

20 Friday Apr 2012

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The NCSU Encore Series will offer a course on B-Western Movies at the McKimmon Center beginning May 3, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. The class will meet from 9:00-10:30 each Thursday for six weeks and will be led by Western Film Preservation Society (Wyatt Chapter) President, Nikki Ellerbe.

Full details are here.

Encore provides non-credit short courses, study trips, and special events for adults aged 50+. Topics are wide-ranging in the liberal arts and sciences, and Encore emphasizes learning for the joy of learning.

Zane Grey’s “Drift Fence”

13 Friday Apr 2012

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“Drift Fence”  a 1936 Paramount Film directed by Otho Lovering and starring Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Katherine DeMille, Tom Keene, Benny Baker, Glenn (Leif) Erikson), Stanley Andrews and Richard Carle is the first feature in the April 19 lineup.

The Internet Movie Database says:

“Cowboy pretends to be city dude sent to manage uncle’s ranch, when he learns the ranch is being menaced by an outlaw who the cowboy badly wants to catch.”

Henry C. Parke (Henry’s Western Roundup) says:

“One of a dozen or so Zane Grey novel adaptations that Paramount turned out in the 1930s, DRIFT FENCE (1936) is well done. Though presented as starring Buster Crabbe, he’s actually the second lead, and a villain at that – a nice novelty for an actor who was almost always the hero. It’s nice to see him given a chance to act.”

You can read more here.