Thursday, February 02, 2017

#2 Movies


Posted by Buckles at 2/02/2017 04:28:00 AM

3 comments:

Roger Smith said...

This one is notable for the photo of James Stewart. Throughout the movie, he was seen only in clown makeup--until Henry Wilcoxin came aboard as the cop who showed snaps of the doctor he was chasing, who had euthanized his wife. DeMille and his writers provided two close-ups of these photos with Stewart's face, to remind the audience he was in the movie, and to shore up the actor's ego.

Stewart had campaigned for a role in GSOE, writing to DeMille that he wanted to play a clown. His part as Buttons was developed into an ongoing theme for the story, and Stewart loved recounting his time on the circus as a career highlight.

02 February, 2017 17:47
Paul Gutheil said...

Thank you Roger. I read this with great interest and pleasure.

03 February, 2017 10:07
Charles Hanson said...

Thanks Roger for above comments.....Enjoyed reading....

03 February, 2017 14:48

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