Posted on 06/03/2011 10:35:24 AM PDT by Wilum
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Don’t forget the SoCal hills and foliage in “Jericho”. Kansas indeed..........
“Wounded at Anzio, Bronze Star...”
I didn’t know that. It is so typical of the truly brave, of heroes, that they never tell others of the details of their past involvement in military actions.
No wonder he could play a Sheriff so well.
The Free Republic Picnic will occur the day before. Plan on coming to Southern Utah and Kane County where all the scenery in Gunsmoke was filmed.
Picnic is here.
He was a really big guy but seemed humble.
Gunsmoke was a great series, which was seen in old America, before the government destroyed the country.
Dana Andrews was/is Steve Forrest’s brother.
Oh man, that’s the song I heard on Star Trek when that ensign took over the ship. LOL
Maureen is as beautiful as ever.
RIP James Arness and thank you for making my imagination grow as a child. I loved your works.
I long for those wonderful and innocent days. Unlike this generation, at least I have the memories.
James Arness was one of my very favorites. Prayers for his family and close friends.
Thank you floralamiss. I do feel better. Didn't know about the You Tube Gunsmoke Channel. With all the pop culture crap, etc, I just had that thought that today's kids never see Gunsmoke and all the old goodies, Rawhide, Wagon Train, etc. Always a moral at the end of the story, usually a 'good vs evil', 'right vs wrong' theme in one form or another. ,
I was watching “Battleground” on Memorial Day starring James Whitmore. James Arness had a few parts in that movie as Pvt. Garby. All of the actors were WW-II veterans in that movie filmed in 1949.
Ping Thanks
I probably wasn't even five years old...it's more family trivia for us than anything - just a vague, vague memory of the family "being invited to go to the actor/neighbor's house", with a fuzzy mental picture of Weaver telling the folks what's entailed in trying to break into the Hollywood biz.
No big ugly truck, though....Steven Spielblat hadn't even been whelped yet!
My father died 4 years ago, but sometimes he doesn’t seem very far away. I’m glad I have happy memories. Have a good weekend.
So would that have been the Fifth Army and/or Gen Mark Clark who led your dad? I worked with a man who was part of the invasion of Italy.
My pleasure.
Thanks, bcsco! I just used your link to listen to one of many old Gunsmoke radio shows. It was a first time for me, and I’d always wondered what it was like. Yes, much “grittier”.
I also like the very comprehensive Old Corral site. You know, looking at all those vintage “cowboy” photos, Americans just looked different from the way a lot of people project themselves today. I know these were actors and performers, but folks back then often exuded an easy-going, unapologetic confidence in being American that was both healthy and incredibly attractive - but then, I’m not a sorry liberal.
I’m cleaning out the family home and just “unearthed” a photo of my Dad, grandpa and uncle from the 1950’s. They’re standing on the patio in long trousers, and the wind off the lagoon has gotten behind their pants making the material “bloom” out. They’re facing the camera, elbow-to-elbow, with their fists on their hips. They weren’t posing; just talking.
Grandma wrote on the back, “The Bloomer Boys”. Ha! WWI, WWII, and Korea. Those guys could wear pants like that and get away with it! Remember those baggy pants?
Oh, I wish I could be there with y’all!
That’s good to know, and the way I always thought he would be. What a blessing for you to have met him!
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