I watched "How The West Was Won" although the movie was awesome, I should be posting my review, but I saw something else while watching the trailer... the fever is gone... I don't think I am seeing things...John saw what I did... now you tell me...
Book Review of the Second Testament by Scot McKnight
7 months ago
Okay so maybe "Bestys Kindergarten Adventures" is more exciting to some.... BUT not me!
ReplyDeleteWay to go, can't believe that you set through the entire 2 hours and forty five minutes. I reviewed the clip that you made several times and reached my conclusion. I then saught the advice of my second consultant. She picked out the same thing. However, we both reached the conclusion that it is not my father that you are seeing sneaking up behind Debbie Reynolds. Although, it looks like him in build and even face, I do not ever recall him wearing anything but a cowbay hat. Terry is of the opinion it could be him, however, in htose days he had more hair that in this picture. More of ther sorty to be continued in toder to build your comment count.
ReplyDeleteIn this movie, dad also provided a lot of their horses for the segments of the movie that was shot in the Montrose area. He also had a couple of walk on roles in this picture, but I have never been able to recognize him. It was also in this picture that because he was the only one around that could drive a team of six horses. He was under the seat of the wagon, the guy on the seat was pretending to drive by holding fake reins. The other intersting part of family history in this movie, is that my mother was cooking in a local restaurant when dad got the contract to provide horses. Debbie Reynolds was looking for a nanny to watch her children, my mother was to take this job but at the last minute she either brought her own nanny or left her children at home, I do not recall. At the time, I was living with Tad in Washington. You only have two more to watch that dad was involved in, James Cagney in "Tribute to a Badman" and "Sheepman". The Badman was my favorite, James Cagney did a great job and some of the filming was even done from almost our backyard. Remember the big flattop adobe moutain in Montrose, that is seen in the mobie several times. This was the second movie that dad was in, both as walk on and provided all the horses for this movie. I have the "Tribute to a Badman" but have never been able to get a copy of the "Sheepman" but have seen it on late night movies from time to time.
ReplyDeleteIs this on DVD, the reason I ask is because I went back and looked again at the video, then I looked at pictrues of him in 1962, now I am not so sure it was not him! Unless he was clowning around, I can't imagine him wearing a hat like that but it surely does look like him. I have the movie on VHS but I doubt it will have the interviews like they do on DVD.
ReplyDeleteFurther review, I am almost coninced, 91.7% that is dad and can almost imagine what is going on there.
ReplyDeleteI blurted, "VERN!", the moment he walked in the back. Could that be the Daddy of a certain Eagle I know? I wonder what mom would've taken of him flirting with Debbie?! Who could blame him, though...right?
ReplyDeleteAH the familiar outburst has brought a smile to my face! Tell her thank you!
ReplyDeleteAs far as if that is Heath's grandpa or not, I am only going by the pictures I have seen lining the walls of the tackle shop. I say he looks like him. Heath wasn't so sure though!
I guess my hang up is that in all his pictures he looks so serious like a man not one for making jokes. In that clip I see a happy prank playing guy.
The man I remember was not a hard man, he may have been, but never with us. I could see him flirting with such a pretty lady.
ReplyDeleteDad was a very subtle jokster, but he did have sense of humor, as for joking around or flirting with a pretty woman, oh yea!
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