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"Oklahoma Ponies" melody in "The Unforgiven" movie
« on: December 18, 2022, 01:12:10 AM »
When you see "The Unforgiven" again long after you saw it as a kid, and you hear Lilian Gish playing the melody of "Oklahoma Ponies" on the piano, you think that Mark is definitely everywhere! 😁😅
Well actually, we all know that "Oklahoma Ponies" is inspired by a traditional tune, so nothing surprising to hear it in a 1960 western.
Very nice film by the way, disowned by Huston who thought he didn't get his anti-racism and anti-bigotry message across enough.


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Re: "Oklahoma Ponies" melody in "The Unforgiven" movie
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2022, 09:08:48 AM »
Never seen this one, thought you meant the Eastwood :)
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Re: "Oklahoma Ponies" melody in "The Unforgiven" movie
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2022, 11:24:09 AM »
Never seen this one, thought you meant the Eastwood :)

ah yes The Eastwood one is also a masterpiece

this one is an "old" western. I saw it when I was a kid, and saw it again yesterday (I had recorded it on TV some months ago)
and of course Lilian Gish is a movie star from first times of Hollywood back in 1910's years on Griffith's films
I didn't found the scene on YT, but at a moment the family is around the table and the mother (Lilian Gish) plays a tune a piano and I recognized the melody from Oklahoma Ponies, so I guess it was the original traditional tune

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Re: "Oklahoma Ponies" melody in "The Unforgiven" movie
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2022, 10:28:13 AM »
Lilian Gish is rhyming slang where I come from!
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