#walter brennan

[davidhudson]

Walter Brennan, July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974.

With John Russell, John Wayne, Angie Dickinson, and Dean Martin, on the set of Howard Hawks’s Rio Bravo (1959).

#walter brennan #john russell #john wayne #angie dickinson #dean martin #cinema #film #movies #hollywood

[pulpsandcomics2]

Moebius

Walter Brennan and Henry Fonda in "My Darling Clementine"

#moebius #walter brennan #henry fonda

[picturessnatcher]

Three Godfathers (Richard Boleslawski, 1936)

#three godfathers #richard boleslawski #walter brennan #lewis stone #western #western movie #western film #1936

[citizenscreen]

Lauren Bacall, Hoagy Carmichael, Humphrey Bogart, and Walter Brennan on set of TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944)

#lauren bacall #humphrey bogart #hoagy carmichael #walter brennan #behind the scenes #to have and have not #old hollywood #classic movies

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Meet John Doe (1941) Frank Capra

November 28th 2023

#meet john doe #1941 #frank capra #gary cooper #barbara stanwyck #walter brennan #james gleason #edward arnold #irving bacon #spring byington #regis toomey #j. farrell macdonald #ann doran #john doe dynamite #frank capra's 'meet john doe' #the life and death of john doe #the life of john doe

[oldshowbiz]

Ronald Reagan and Walter Brennan both suspected the Professor from Gilligan's Island of being a pinko commie.

#red scare #cold war #mccarthyism #ronald reagan #walter brennan #russell johnson #gilligan's island

[boxcarwild]

Bad Day at Black Rock is a 1955 neo-Western film directed by John Sturges with screenplay by Millard Kaufman (the creator of Mr. Magoo).

It stars Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan with support from Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin.

In the plot, a one-armed stranger comes to a small desert town in 1945, and uncovers a secret that has corrupted the entire community.

The film was a key reference for the design of the 2023 Wes Anderson film Asteroid City.

"Generally, we were looking at ‘Black Rock’ for overall how the town’s [located] in the landscape," confirmed designer Adam Stockhausen. "But also we’d go in and look at tiny details, too. How the tar paper was nailed to the roof of the gas station, and we ended up using it for the way we wrapped the tar paper around the motel cabins. Or the cafe when we took several little detailed pieces for the back counter of the luncheonette straight from there".

#Adam Stockhausen #production design #asteroid city #bad day at black rock #spencer tracy #set design #john sturges #robert ryan #ernest borgnine #cowboy #anne francis #dean jagger #lee marvin #wes anderson #walter brennan

[lairreparablefugadeltiempo]

Three Godfthers (Richard Boleslawski, 1936)

#three godfathers #richard boleslawski #walter brennan #gif #1936 #western film #western movie #western

[gatutor]

Walter Brennan-Eve Arden-Vincent Price "Curtain call at cactus creek" 1950, de Charles Lamont.

#Eve Arden #Walter Brennan #Vincent Price #Charles Lamont

[kwebtv]

The Over the Hill Gang  -  ABC  -  October 7, 1969

Made for TV  movie

Western  (ABC Movie of the Week)

Running Time:  75 minutes

Stars:

Walter Brennan as Nash Crawford

Pat O'Brien as Captain Oren Hayes

Chill Wills as Gentleman George Asque

Edgar Buchanan as Jason Fitch

Gypsy Rose Lee as Cassie

Andy Devine as Judge Amos Polk

Jack Elam as Sheriff Clyde Barnes

Edward Andrews as Mayor Nard Lundy

Ricky Nelson as Jeff Rose

Kristen Nelson as Hannah Rose

William Smith as Amos

Myron Healey as Deputy Tucker

Rex Holman as Deputy Dolby

Bruce Glover as Deputy

Allen Pinson as Deputy Steel

Burt Mustin as Old Man

Almira Sessions as Mrs. Fletcher

Robert Karnes as Sheriff

Dennis Cross as Sheriff

William 'Billy' Benedict as Joe (telegrapher)

Harlen Carraher as Nash Crawford's grandson

Larry Michaels as Nash Crawford's grandson

#The Over the Hill Gang #TV #1969 #ABC Movie of the Week #Western #Walter Brennan #Pat O'Brien #Chill Wills #Edgar Buchanan #Gypsy Rose Lee #Andy Devine #Jack Elam #Edward Andrews #Ricky Nelson #Kristen Nelson

[craigfernandez]

#Rio Bravo #John Wayne #Walter Brennan #Angie Dickinson #Dean Martin

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The Gnome-Mobile

1976 theatrical re-release poster

#Disney #illustration #1970s #The Gnome Mobile #1976 #poster #Walter Brennan

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#Tammy and the Bachelor #Debbie Reynolds #Walter Brennan #Leslie Nielsen #Mala Powers #Sidney Blackmer #Mildred Natwick #Fay Wray #Louise Beavers #Joseph Pevney #1957

[citizenscreen]

Walter Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974)

#walter brennan

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My Darling Clementine (1946) John Ford

December 11th 2023

#my darling clementine #1946 #john ford #henry fonda #victor mature #linda darnell #cathy downs #walter brennan #ward bond #tim holt #alan mowbray #j. farrell macdonald #john ford's my darling clementine

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Hangmen Also Die

Because we were at war with Germany, Bertolt Brecht was credited with the less Teutonic “Bert” for Fritz Lang’s HANGMEN ALSO DIE (1943, TCM, Hulu, Prime, Tubi, YouTube). He was only credited for co-writing the story with Lang, though later scholars have suggested he had much more influence over the writing than previously thought. Shot when the public had no knowledge of who had killed Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi’s commander in Bohemia and Moravia (now the Czech Republic), the film ascribes the assassination to a Czech doctor (Brian Donlevy) who’s unwittingly helped in his initial escape by the requisite sweet young thing (Anna Lee). When the Nazis fail to find the killer, they take hundreds of Czechs hostage, including Lee’s father (Walter Brennan), and start executing them until the killer comes forth.

There are lengthy discussions of whether Donlevy should sacrifice himself to save the hostages that smack of Brechtian philosophizing, particularly since there’s no right answer. There are also places where the Resistance is shown to be almost as ruthless as their occupiers, particularly a scene in which a crowd tries to stop Lee from going to the Gestapo with what she knows. But there are also a lot of complications involving Lee’s fiancé (Dennis O’Keefe), who thinks she’s having an affair with Donlevy, that reek of Hollywood. Fortunately, whenever the action flags, there’s a Lang touch — a quirk or gesture that gives a minor character more of an identity, rapid cutting to capture the plot’s repercussions on the city, a murder committed in silence and depicted through details— to liven things up.

Lee is lovely, as usual. She’s both natural and committed. Donlevy has good moments but suffers in the debate scenes, where he doesn’t seem to know what to do. The film also has strong support from Brennan along with Nana Bryant as his wife, Margaret Wycherly as his sister, Gene Lockhart as a Nazi informant, Alexander Granach as head of the Gestapo, Jonathan Hale and Byron Foulger as Resistance leaders and Lionel Stander as a Resistance fighter. German actor Hans Heinrich von Twardowski only has a few moments as Heydrich, but his body language as he sadistically dominates his underlings provides everything you need to understand the monster who helped craft the Final Solution. James Wong Howe did the cinematography and captures some wonderfully stark black-and-white images. And Brecht’s frequent collaborator, Hans Eisler did the effective score, including music for a Resistance song that runs through the film’s latter half.

Co-writer John Wexley appealed to the Writer’s Guild for sole credit and won, although at least one member of the jury called him a “credit-stealer” and said he’d only won on a technicality. Years later, HUAC labeled the film Communist propaganda, and its sole credited screenwriter was blacklisted. I think there’s a moral there somewhere.

#fritz lang #bertolt brecht #brian donlevy #anna lee #walter brennan #james wong howe #gene lockhart #lionel stander #hans eisler #reinhard heydrich #film noir