Neat to reflect that the bulk of that movie was shot indoors on those incredible "sound stages"
.....after work, jump into one's street clothes,...and hop into one's car,....Cooper probably had a studio valet to bring his wheels around. Dunno what he was driving in 1939,....he damn sure knew a good ride when he saw one
Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
I like some of the English language "breakdowns" strewn about the movie.
One time Ol'Ma York is telling one of the gals to "not be a fear'd" for Alvin. Interesting to listen to.
Originally Posted by DigitalDan
If you have not seen this it shines light on days of old before the "Big One". Ways and means, chunk gun shoots and more.
That lifefstyle went on way after the Big One. I can remember in the early 80's, my Gpa in Arkansas still used an outhouse and had a wood burning cook stove that he'd make breakfast on every day. I remember one time a piece of my breakfast bacon still had a few porcine hairs attached to it.
First fishing I ever did was for crappie in the Arkansas river using can poles that he'd cut and dried from a local "holler".
My paternal grandfather may have rubbed elbows with him, not sure about that. He was from Dover,TN and went nuts one day over there. Blackjack Pershing pinned a DSC on his chest afterward.
Grand dad used to send my ol' man out to collect some squirrels for dinner. If he shot them somewhere other than the head a stern lecture was in order. God forbid he brought back fewer squirrels than he shot at.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
I like some of the English language "breakdowns" strewn about the movie.
One time Ol'Ma York is telling one of the gals to "not be a fear'd" for Alvin. Interesting to listen to.
My mother grew up in the rural mountains in the NE corner of TN, literally within walking distance of both VA and NC. I can remember visiting there as a kid during the 1960's and 70's and almost needing an interpreter. They had a very different form of the English language. My mom, and the sisters who married and moved away grew out of the dialect. Moms only brother and one sister never moved away and spoke in a similar fashion all their lives. They are intelligent, educated people. But they don't sound like it to strangers.
Being filmed in the 1940's the dialect is probably fairly accurate for the era. You'd have a hard time capturing that today because almost no one alive still speaks that way. And movie audiences would not understand that it accurately reflected the dialect of the time.
Most people don't really want the truth.
They just want constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth.
Another here who calls it one of his favorite movies for the real life character portrayed but also for some of my favorite character actors and also, and not minimally, for a time in America past that we'll never see again.
Watched that when I was a kid....loved it (along with several of his other movies).
Biden's most truthful quote ever came during his first press conference, 03/25/21. Drum roll please...... "I don't know, to be clear." and THAT is one promise he's kept!!!
This movie had legs enough to have been a virtual staple for the "Weekday Matinee" venue, in the town I grew up in, NOLa. Think late 50s early 1960s,... Lowes and the Saenger theater, right across from one another on Canal St, and the RKO, Orpheum further up, and just off Canal towards the river.
Movies were affordable than, and both still had big signs over their marquees reading "Refrigerated Air".
IIRC, these matinees opened with The National Anthem,....and folks still STOOD for that.
.....a dollar went a LONG way.
GTC
Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
My grandfather was in the 82nd "All American" Division in WWI. Not in same company as Alvin York, but said he remembered that York had a tendency to wander off and get lost No disrespect to a true hero intended.
It's a great movie! No telling how many times I've watched it over the years!
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
