Friday, December 28, 2007

clyde & hoot (From Eric Beheim)


clyde & hoot, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Posted by Buckles at 12/28/2007 10:58:00 AM

7 comments:

Eric said...

Since both Clyde and Hoot were on the short side, posing them together like this should not have caused any ego problems for the press department. (They are standing by a 1937 Studebaker which, judging by the custom paint job, was used for promotional work.)
I always like Hoot's westerns. He worked a lot of comedy business into his films and seldom if ever carried a gun. (When he'd need a gun for the last reel showdown, he'd borrow one and then stick it in his boot.)

28 December, 2007 11:27
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28 December, 2007 19:25
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28 December, 2007 23:12
Roger Smith said...

A sad episode lingers to this day about a disshelved, homeless guy who lived in an old green car, upon which in an unskilled hand were letters reading, "Hoot Gibson's Bro." He showed up on the Beatty show, in '64. Mr. Beatty and I were loading Mrs. Beatty's and Clyde Jr's luggage in the trunk of the Cadillac when the guy approached, extending his hand to the Boss. "Mr. Beatty, I'm Hoot Gibson's brother. The Boss, a little taken aback, shook hands. "I've got some pictures of Hoot for a quarter," the brother advised. "Would you like one or two?" "Haven't got any change on me for now," Mr. Beatty said, looking the guy over. The brother was used to pushing. "OK, take these two now and pay me later, maybe over lunch and we can reminisce about Hoot." "My wife and I are taking our son out to lunch--they just got here." The brother said, "Maybe I could tag along...?" Mr. Beatty said, "Well, not this time." "Oh. Well, is it OK if I sell these on the midway?" Beatty said, "Well, you could go up and ask them. They're in the wagons on the front end." "Oh. Thanks. Think I could get lunch in Cookhouse?" "You can ask them about that, too." The brother persisted, "Can I get permission from you?" Beatty smiled, "I don't run Cookhouse. You have to ask over there." The brother at last sensed he was becoming annoying. "I'll ask around. Maybe I can join out?" Mr. Beatty turned to leave. "You never know."

Later, I saw the fellow trying to peddle his photos on the road just off the lot, and he talked himself into a seat in Cookhouse. It was a poignant study to see the man trying to win a few quarters off the name of a movie star brother, long since buried and mostly faded from the screen. Maybe he was Hoot's brother, and maybe he wasn't, but his tired, desolate claim returns to me whenever Hoot Gibson rides again on the Western channel.

Roger Smith

29 December, 2007 03:03
Eric said...

Hoot's life story is almost as sad. A big film star in the 1920s with a rock star-like income, he believed that money was made to be spent. When sound pictures arrived in the late 1920s, the big studios stopped making westerns and Hoot ended up working for small, independent studios. Eventually, he ended up in bit parts. (He has a very small role in THE HORSE SOLDIERS (1959) directed by his old friend John Ford.) I understand that during his latter years, he was hard pressed to make enough to put food on the table.

29 December, 2007 12:14
Dennis said...

As I look at this photo of Hoot and Mr. Beatty, I can't help but thinking how odd to be dressed 'over the top' as a cowboy, but Beatty looking as normal as a Sunday school teacher.
He just looks so perfect in the white outfit.

29 December, 2007 20:42
Roger Smith said...

Indeed, Dion. There was magic in everything about Clyde Beatty.

Roger Smith

31 December, 2007 21:08

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