#shane 1953

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

Have you seen Shane (1953)?

Yes

No

Haven’t even heard of this movie

Voting ended onAug 4, 2025

[mackdaddyofthecravate]

Silly things to spend too much time on.

[fedoranoir]

Lovely comments by and about Van Heflin in an Alan Ladd biography.

[niche-movies-polls]

Shane (1953)

Have you seen this movie?

Yes

I've seen parts of it

No, but it's on my watchlist

No, but I've seen gifsets of it

No, but I've heard of it

No

Voting ended onOct 1, 2025

[hatchet-boy]

Nothing more heartbreaking than finding out that the internet just don't appreciate the old movie you just watched

[meme-streets]

shane (1953) is so funny. i was gonna say alan ladd didn't have to get gay with it but actually he did. if anything he should've gotten gayer. it's true to the book it's what jack schaefer would've wanted. jack palance on the other hand

[vessels-for-good-intent]

first off, thanks @more-than-tender-curiosity for getting this clip!

second off. second off… hoo boy. TWO INSTANCES OF JAY.

alan also sounds like he’s bouta cry which. yea. hugging him. he deserves hugs.

the natsby vibes in this? god. what did we do to deserve this—“why don’t you forget about her?”

the flinch. i am going to talk about the flinch. alan Hated gunshots. you can see this in the start of 1949, and also in a few other movies—Shane being a great example, when Shane shows off his gun to Joey. but why would he flinch here? there’s no gun—it’s just macdonald carey’s hand. is it a character thing or his acting? i don’t know, to be honest, and i desperately want to. he’d been punched in several other films by this point—The Blue Dahlia and The Glass Key, certainly, come to mind. but it’s just carey’s hand. i would say that the flinch—and the reasoning behind it—is probably up for personal interpretation.

and then. “LET/LEAVE ME ALONE.” i can’t very well tell if it’s let or leave me alone, and both would fit just fine. but his voice—his voice. i can’t remember exactly which other movies alan raised his voice in, perhaps The Carpetbaggers? but anyhow, it’s the same in 1949 as it is in whatever other movie he raised his voice for. it’s not bad, honestly.

and also the music at the end. movie composers in the 40s and 50s… i desperately think there should be more recognition of 40s & 50s movie composers.

[cesiousblue]

I've decided to watch more movies (follow me on letterboxd if ya like) and thought it'd be fun to try to do a study from each one i watch goin forward!

This is Shane (1953). I really like that big triangular patch of light in the middle of the frame.