"Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon is an LGBT bar/honky tonk that was founded as the Esquire Ballroom in 1955 by Raymond Proske in Houston, Texas at 11410 Hempstead northwest of downtown. In the 1970s and 1980s the club was considered the main rival to Gilley's Club across town in Pasadena. The Esquire Ballroom closed in 1995 and remained unused for a number of years. The nightclub reopened as Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon in August 2013 as the largest gay country and western genre bar in the Southern United States, the second largest gay bar"
"wilderness, it is usually the saloon that emphasizes that this is the Wild West: it is the place to go for music (raucous piano playing), women (often prostitutes), gambling (draw poker or five card stud), drinking (beer or whiskey), brawling and shooting. In some Westerns, where civilization has arrived, the town has a church, a general store, a bank and a school; in others, where frontier rules still hold sway, it is, as Sergio Leone said, ""where life has no value"". The American Film Institute defines Western films as those ""set in the American West that [embody] the spirit, the"
"saloon. The doors operated on double action hinges and extended from chest to knee level. Further in the American West, some sold liquor from wagons, and saloons were often formed of materials at hand, including """"sod houses. . . . a hull of an old sailing ship"""" or interiors """"dug into the side of a hill"""". As the size of towns grew, many hotels included saloons, and some stand-alone saloons, such as the Barlow Trail Saloon in Damascus, Oregon, featured a railed porch. Saloons' appearance varied by ethnic group. The Irish preferred stand-up bars where whiskey was the drink of"
"saloon, calls her ""Kathy,"" and starts strangling her as if the role-playing were continuing. She screams. Number Six hears and rushes over, but too late. Number Twenty-two dies in his arms, in her last words wishing it had all been real. Number Two arrives and Number Eight frantically throws himself off the saloon balcony to his death. ""Living in Harmony"" was directed by David Tomblin and written by Tomblin and Ian L. Rakoff. Some historians credit this episode as the first Western filmed for British television, although other series such as ""Doctor Who"" (""The Gunfighters"") had done westerns before. The"
"showing the influence of Kurosawa. The character Han Solo dressed like an archetypal gunslinger, and the Mos Eisley cantina is much like an Old West saloon. Meanwhile, films such as ""The Big Lebowski"", which plucked actor Sam Elliott out of the Old West and into a Los Angeles bowling alley, and ""Midnight Cowboy"", about a Southern-boy-turned-gigolo in New York (who disappoints a client when he doesn't measure up to Gary Cooper), transplanted Western themes into modern settings for both purposes of parody and homage. Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West, most commonly between"
"saloon, Nona Williams (Russell), an old flame of his and the reason he had come to Stone Junction in the first place. While paying her a visit at her ranch, he is held by gunmen, hoping to allow their comrades time break into the sheriff's office and lynch Connors. He shoots them and hurries back to the town just in time to prevent the hanging. Previously the townsmen had shrunk at the idea of killing a US Marshal, as that was likely to bring down a heavy reaction from the government. Now they grow increasingly desperate, as they fear that"
"spends his time and money in the saloon kept by Slade, the man who took away Joe's mill and largely caused his financial ruin. Slade's saloon, when he first opened it, was well furnished, the landlord courteous and well groomed, and the customers happy and seemingly unaffected by their surroundings. But as time passed, a change for the worse was noted in everything. Probably this escaped Joe's notice, for a sharp shot, indeed, was needed to reform him. That shock came. Joe's only daughter, Mary, was in the habit of going to the saloon and piteously urging her father to"
"Salon (gathering) A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, ""either to please or to educate"" (Latin: ""aut delectare aut prodesse""). Salons, commonly associated with French literary and philosophical movements of the 17th and 18th centuries, were carried on until as recently as the 1940s in urban settings. The salon was an Italian invention of the 16th century, which flourished in"
"after an establishment run by a Mr. Ball that had a duck pond at the rear, where drinkers could, for a fee, go out and take a potshot at the ducks. More common, however, was a card room or a billiard room. The saloon was a room where, for an admission fee or a higher price of drinks, singing, dancing, drama, or comedy was performed and drinks would be served at the table. From this came the popular music hall form of entertainment—a show consisting of a variety of acts. A most famous London saloon was the Grecian Saloon in"
"in their preservation. Most recently, the western town set of Warner Bros., used in TV shows ""Bonanza"", ""The Waltons"" and films like ""Wild Wild West"", was razed and repurposed into office space. Backlot A backlot is an area behind or adjoining a movie studio, containing permanent exterior buildings for outdoor scenes in filmmaking or television productions, or space for temporary set construction. Some movie studios build a wide variety of sets on the backlot, which can be modified for different purposes as need requires and ""dressed"" to resemble any time period or look. These sets include everything from mountains, forests,"
"Saloon, and opened for Joan Baez at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival in 1974. Schaeffer was the musical director with the Las Vegas Sands Hotel house band Enterprise for Frederick Apcar's production, ""The Sands Playmate Review"". He toured with Roadhouse, the Bob Simmons Band, Marin, and AnExchange. He recorded two albums with The Wackers and was album producer-arranger on ""Ron Butler and The Saxist"" as well on ""Why Can't I"", Patty Parsons solo album. Jack is the long time clarinetist in the Hot House Swing Band. Schaeffer is the inventor of an original musical instrument, the Strumbola. First developed as"
"Backlot A backlot is an area behind or adjoining a movie studio, containing permanent exterior buildings for outdoor scenes in filmmaking or television productions, or space for temporary set construction. Some movie studios build a wide variety of sets on the backlot, which can be modified for different purposes as need requires and ""dressed"" to resemble any time period or look. These sets include everything from mountains, forests, ships, to small-town settings from around the world, as well as streets from the Old West, to whole modern-day city blocks from New York City, Paris, Berlin and London. There are streets"
"except that the Sartana's suit is a bit more elegant in accordance with his more elegant social surroundings – establishments with lush interiors complete with saloon girls in long dresses and can-can dancing – compared to more mundane interiors in Leone's Westerns. The story lines of the original Sartana films – with their frantic row of betrayals – owe a lot to Sergio Leone's third Western, ""The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"". Besides the original Sartana cycle, this film inspired several other Spaghetti Westerns featuring multiple betrayals though none of them presented such a charismatic main character. Just like"
"saloon and give a prostitute a wanted poster to deliver to Hex showing that his mother, Virginia ""Ginny"" Dazzleby, is wanted for murder. In a flashback, it revealed that Hex has not seen his mother since childhood when she ran off and left Hex with his abusive father. Two days later, Hex's horse is shot out from under him by two bandits and he briefly lies on the ground playing dead before shooting both bandits. Against Hex's initial wishes, the bandits' dog, which Hex calls Dag, decides to accompany Hex. Hex arrives at saloon to inquire about his mother and"
"Teen"". Soda shops are often used as settings in films and TV shows. In ""The Twilight Zone""'s ""Walking Distance"" episode, a soda shop serves as a framing device and is a link to the past for Martin Sloan (Gig Young). They appear in the movies ""Harold Teen"" (1934), Orson Welles' ""The Stranger"" (1946), ""Has Anybody Seen My Gal?"" (1952), ""Pleasantville"" (1998) and others. The gang from Scooby-Doo are often seen frequenting a malt shop. A malt shop also plays a key point in ""Blast from the Past"", reflecting changes in the surface world while the main characters are underground unaware"
"Some saloons kept the beer in kegs stored on racks inside the saloon. Some saloons made their own beer. Sometimes the beer was also kept in chairs, as seen in the movie ""Fort Apache"" (1948). Among the more familiar saloons were First Chance Saloon in Miles City, Montana; the Bull's Head in Abilene, Kansas; the Arcade Saloon in Eldora, Colorado; the Holy Moses in Creede, Colorado; the Long Branch Saloon in Dodge City, Kansas; the Birdcage Theater in Tombstone, Arizona; the Bucket of Blood Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada; and the Jersey Lilly in Langtry, Texas. Many of these establishments"
"In American English and American Spanish, the term sedan is used (accented as ""sedán"" in Spanish). In British English, a car of this configuration is called a saloon. Hatchback sedans are known simply as ""hatchbacks"" (not hatchback saloons); long-wheelbase luxury saloons may be referred to as ""limousines"". The term Super saloon is commonly used to describe a high performance saloon car, though the term sports saloon has been used in the past. The British term ""saloon"" is sometimes used by British car manufacturers in the United States. For example, the Rolls-Royce Park Ward was sold as a saloon in the"
"saloon. Inside, Trinity, Bambino, and two cowboys play cards with a professional sharper named Wild Card Hendriks. Thanks to his superior skills, Trinity deals everybody a potentially winning hand. However, his cards are better, so he wins and is accused of being a cheat. When they square off, Trinity displays his extreme speed by drawing his gun a number of times, each time holstering it and then slapping Hendricks in the face, all before Wild Card can react. As he leaves, Wild Card tries to shoot Trinity from behind but is foiled once again. Trinity and Bambino buy new suits"
"The Salon The Salon was a British reality TV show where various members of the public (some famous) were invited daily to have treatments (mostly hair styles) in a studio built beauty salon situated in Balham, south-west London, and in the second series, a purpose-built studio inside the Trocadero, Piccadilly Circus. Viewers were given an insight into the running and bickering of life in a professional salon with manager Paul Merritt and his team of trainees and employees. The show was most notable for bringing fame to Brazilian-born hairstylist, Ricardo Ribeiro and introducing viewers to Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne's nephew,"
"found in other types of films. For example, a very typical Western plot is that an eastern lawman heads west, where he matches wits and trades bullets with a gang of outlaws and thugs, and is aided by a local lawman who is well-meaning but largely ineffective until a critical moment when he redeems himself by saving the hero's life. This description can be used to describe any number of Westerns, but also other films such as ""Die Hard"" (itself a loose reworking of High Noon) and Akira Kurosawa's ""Seven Samurai"", which are frequently cited examples of films that do"
"saloon, and Bill decides to take her place onstage. Embarrassed by his niece's unladylike performance, Jim orders her to return East immediately. Jim relents, however, when Tex asks for his niece's hand in marriage. Jim consents to the union and Tex rushes to tell Bill the good news, but is met by another pie in the face when Bill, unaware of Tex's presence, berates the pie for spoiling her engagement and then throws it. That night, Judge Harmon and Hank return from their buggy ride, having captured one of the bandits. After locking him in jail, they meet Hannegan and"
"which consists of the main character, Sherlock, entering the world of the parlor mystery-film he is watching. Sherlock is transported to a total of seven different scenes. This was unique at the time because there was a continuity to the scenes and this strategy had rarely been used by film makers. Keaton and his camera man were able to do this by using surveyor's instruments to position Keaton and the camera at exactly the right distances and positions to provide the illusion of continuity. Keaton first previewed the film in Long Beach, California. Although audience members gasped at some of"
"of films such as ""Hostel"" (2005) and ""Rocky Balboa"" (2006). Most of the film's action occurs in a seedy motel room. The scenario has three interconnected rooms — a bathroom, a kitchenette and a living room. At one point in the film, the room has several dozen fly strips hanging from the ceiling. At another point the entire room is covered from floor to ceiling in tinfoil. Friedkin has said the tinfoil was a nightmare to work with, because it had to be repaired constantly, and because it reflected everybody who was there, including the crew. Exteriors of the motel"
"living in Brushwood Gulch who is consistently victimized by her cruel guardians, saloon owner Mickey Finn (James Finlayson), and his equally cruel saloon-singer wife, Lola Marcel (Sharon Lynn). The movie opens in Mickey Finn's saloon. (In the early 20th century, ""Mickey Finn"" was a well-known slang term for the underworld practice of lacing a drink with chloral hydrate, a powerful and sometimes deadly sedative, in order to do mischief to an unsuspecting dupe.) Here we are introduced to the characters of Mickey Finn, Lola, and Mary Roberts. When Stan and Ollie are introduced, they are traveling toward the town of"
"in their business chain. Saloons were more often than not linked to a specific brewery, where the saloonkeeper's operation was financed by a brewer and contractually obligated to sell the brewer's product to the exclusion of competing brands. A saloon's business model often included the offer of a free lunch, where the bill of fare commonly consisting of heavily salted food meant to induce thirst and the purchase of drink. During the Progressive Era (1890–1920), hostility toward saloons and their political influence became widespread, with the Anti-Saloon League superseding the Prohibition Party and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union as the"
"been falling due to the saloon across the street. It is run by a man named Carlo who uses his thugs, in particular a shotgun wielder named Target Kevin, to intimidate people into going to his saloon and avoiding others. Viu and Kevin get into a fight, but the Saloon's ""bouncer,"" Will Johnston, seizes both of them and throws them out. Viu notices a compass Will has that also has a ""Sign to the West"" on it. Viu later speaks with Will and his sister in their house about the Sign, which Will explains was a focal point of his"
"would physically remove drinkers who were too drunk to keep buying drinks, and thus free up space in the bar for new patrons. The slang term 'snake-room' was used to describe a ""...room off a saloon, usually two or three steps down, into which a bar-keeper or the bouncer could slide drunk lumber-jacks head first through swinging doors from the bar-room."" In the late 19th century, until Prohibition, bouncers also had the unusual role of protecting the saloon's buffet. To attract business, ""...many saloons lured customers with offers of a ""free lunch""—usually well salted to inspire drinking, and the saloon"
"the saloon and subduing the gang. Kent narrowly escapes, and attempts to shoot Destry from the second floor; Frenchy takes the bullet for him, killing her, and Destry kills Kent. Some time later, Destry is shown to be the sheriff of a now lawful Bottleneck, repeating to children the stories that Dimsdale told him of the town's violent history. He jokingly tells a story about marriage to Janice, implying a marriage between them will soon follow. As appearing in screen credits: Dietrich sings ""See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have"" and ""You've Got That Look"", written by"
"These latter became subject to urban development and became fewer and less popular. The saloon was a room where for an admission fee or a greater price at the bar, singing, dancing, drama or comedy was performed. The most famous London saloon of the early days was the Grecian Saloon, established in 1825, at The Eagle (a former tea-garden), 2 Shepherdess Walk, off the City Road in east London. According to John Hollingshead, proprietor of the Gaiety Theatre, London (originally the Strand Music Hall), this establishment was ""the father and mother, the dry and wet nurse of the Music Hall""."
"which attract millions of tourists each year. In film the torture chamber is also known as the chamber of horrors, with the word ""horror"" implying ""torture"" as well as ""murder"", or a combination of both. Classic films focusing on the torture chamber include: Torture chamber A torture chamber is a room where torture is inflicted. The medieval torture chamber was windowless and often built underground, was lit by a few candles and was specifically designed to induce ""horror, dread and despair"" to anyone but those possessing a strong mind and ""nerves of steel"". Historically, torture chambers were located in royal"
"Sports sedan A sports sedan — also known as ""sports saloon"" — is a subjective term for a sedan/saloon car which is designed to have sporting performance or handling characteristics. In the United Kingdom, the term ""super saloon"" is used instead of sports saloon. However, ""super saloon"" can also be used to describe a racing car that is based on a road-going family car, for example the New Zealand Super Saloon car racing series. The term was originally introduced in the 1930s and early examples include the Sports Saloon versions of the Rover 14 and Rover 16. From the 1960s,"
"cars: This category is equivalent to the EuroNCAP class ""Executive Cars"". Also known as full-size luxury cars, grand saloons, or premium large cars, while ""Oberklasse"" is used in Germany. Typically a four-door saloon (sedan). These are the most powerful saloons, with six, eight and twelve-cylinder engines and have more equipment than smaller models. Vehicles in this category include some of the models from the flagship lines of luxury car brands, such as Cadillac CT6, Lincoln Town Car and Maserati Quattroporte. Examples of grand saloons: A station wagon (also known as an estate or estate car) is an automobile with a"
"studio, while a location in Beverly Glen stood in for a church in the final wedding scene. Some of the more elaborate sets used extensively in the film, were the Millennium Biltmore Hotel and an Anheuser–Busch plant. The alien villain Harcourt, is introduced at the hotel in the elite Crystal Room. The lobby section of the hotel with its very high ceilings and extensive complement of gold motif, was used in an interview scene between the characters of Harcourt, Kipling and the detectives. Alternatively, the beverage plant was used as a disguise for a petroleum factory. Unused portions of the"