http://parallax-view.org/2009/05/21/john-fords-wilderness-the-man-who-shot-liberty-valance/ Smart Words About Cinema Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:32:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://parallax-view.org/2009/05/21/john-fords-wilderness-the-man-who-shot-liberty-valance/comment-page-1/#comment-1822 admin Fri, 22 May 2009 21:51:37 +0000 http://parallax-view.org/?p=2295#comment-1822 It is indeed Vera Miles and has been corrected. Thanks for the correction. It is indeed Vera Miles and has been corrected. Thanks for the correction.

]]> http://parallax-view.org/2009/05/21/john-fords-wilderness-the-man-who-shot-liberty-valance/comment-page-1/#comment-1820 nitramnaed Fri, 22 May 2009 19:50:21 +0000 http://parallax-view.org/?p=2295#comment-1820 Tom (John Wayne) and Hallie (Vera Ellen) in the kitchen.......That would be "Vera Miles" not Vera-Ellen. Tom (John Wayne) and Hallie (Vera Ellen) in the kitchen…….That would be “Vera Miles” not Vera-Ellen.

]]> http://parallax-view.org/2009/05/21/john-fords-wilderness-the-man-who-shot-liberty-valance/comment-page-1/#comment-1819 Kalai Strode Fri, 22 May 2009 07:01:09 +0000 http://parallax-view.org/?p=2295#comment-1819 It is true that Woody Strode’s visage at the beginning of the movie is rather cotton-haired. This was done, not out of any idea of an Uncle Remus characterization, but in order to make Woody look older. In 1962 he was already 48 years old, and with a bald head it was difficult to find ways to age him. My second point is that the image of Pompey "standing guard" and reverently solo by Tom's casket was a flash-forward to the day when Woody held John Ford's hand as he passed away. Only Woody and John Ford's sister were present. They toasted John Ford and threw their glasses into the fireplace. Woody sat in the church by John Ford's casket, solo, just as in Liberty Valance. Tom was, in essence, John Ford - a relic of a past long gone, remembered faithfully by only a few. In an earlier John Ford movie, Stepin Fetchit faithfully stands guard on the porch as Judge Priest walks into the darkened room of death. These were not meant to be subservient images, but a homage to faithfulness and friendship. It is true that Woody Strode’s visage at the beginning of the movie is rather cotton-haired. This was done, not out of any idea of an Uncle Remus characterization, but in order to make Woody look older. In 1962 he was already 48 years old, and with a bald head it was difficult to find ways to age him. My second point is that the image of Pompey “standing guard” and reverently solo by Tom’s casket was a flash-forward to the day when Woody held John Ford’s hand as he passed away. Only Woody and John Ford’s sister were present. They toasted John Ford and threw their glasses into the fireplace. Woody sat in the church by John Ford’s casket, solo, just as in Liberty Valance. Tom was, in essence, John Ford – a relic of a past long gone, remembered faithfully by only a few. In an earlier John Ford movie, Stepin Fetchit faithfully stands guard on the porch as Judge Priest walks into the darkened room of death. These were not meant to be subservient images, but a homage to faithfulness and friendship.

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