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Post by Doghouse6 on Nov 1, 2018 19:11:44 GMT
Doghouse6 I've mentioned this before but ….. was watching The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and a phone call came in so the sound was turned off on the TV. I got to watch John Wayne watching what was going on in the "steak on the floor" scene .. he had no dialogue and was just looking and listening. They say the man was wooden and a bad actor .. phooey. Maybe they need to turn the sound off and watch him to see further proof of how really good at his craft he was even when he was not the center of attention. He was another listener. <not really OT as Wayne wonderfully shared the screen with Clift in Red River > Wayne hasn't always gotten his due. At his best, he could accomplish a lot with very little: a knowing look; the shift of a glance; a narrowing of the eyes; a change in posture. If he'd been born just a few years earlier, he could have done well in silents.
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Post by mattgarth on Nov 3, 2018 0:14:12 GMT
Monty and RAINTREE -- dealing with his car accident and subsequent disfigurement during the picture's production.
Can't help wondering if the film might have been salvaged if all the Civil War and postwar footage could have included his character of 'Johnny Shaunnessey' having been wounded in battle.
Then his impossible handsomeness could be shown and limited to the pre-war sequences.
Maybe there just were not enough scenes that were filmed to accomplish this.
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