Six Degrees of Bacon for August
Happy first day of August. First of the month means another round of Six Degrees of Bacon. Hard to believe we're up to the eighth film in my 2017 Classic Movie Poster Calendar.
This month it's "Stagecoach," (1939), described on the poster as "A Powerful Story of 9 Strange People."
I admit I didn't know much about "Stagecoach," other than John Wayne was in it and John Ford directed it. And it was a western filmed on location in Arizona's Monument Valley.
Sure am grateful for IMBd.com.
Turns out Westerns were not all that popular once talkies came around. People had lost interest in the genre, but with the breathtaking scenery of Monument Valley, and the climactic chase scene in which stuntman Yakima Canutt jumped from galloping horse to galloping horse while they were pulling the coach, audiences now couldn't get enough cowboy shoot-'em-ups.
Because I can't resist powerful stories about strange people, I decided to watch it this morning. Right off, I noticed that Doc Boone, played by Thomas Mitchell, looked really familiar but I couldn't place him. A quick check of IMDb explained why. He also played Scarlet O'Hara's father Gerald in "Gone With the Wind," and the scatterbrained Uncle Billy in "It's a Wonderful Life."
By the way, Mitchell won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Stagecoach."
All right, let's make our way to Bacon starting with John Wayne,
Who was in "The Sons of Katie Elder" with Dean Martin,
Who was in "What a Way to Go" with Shirley MacClaine,
Who was in "Terms of Endearment" with Jack Nicholson,
Who was in "A Few Good Men" with KEVIN BACON!!!!
Any different routes to Bacon are always appreciated. See you next month.
Judy Nichols is the author of several mysteries available on Amazon.
This month it's "Stagecoach," (1939), described on the poster as "A Powerful Story of 9 Strange People."
I admit I didn't know much about "Stagecoach," other than John Wayne was in it and John Ford directed it. And it was a western filmed on location in Arizona's Monument Valley.
Sure am grateful for IMBd.com.
Turns out Westerns were not all that popular once talkies came around. People had lost interest in the genre, but with the breathtaking scenery of Monument Valley, and the climactic chase scene in which stuntman Yakima Canutt jumped from galloping horse to galloping horse while they were pulling the coach, audiences now couldn't get enough cowboy shoot-'em-ups.
Because I can't resist powerful stories about strange people, I decided to watch it this morning. Right off, I noticed that Doc Boone, played by Thomas Mitchell, looked really familiar but I couldn't place him. A quick check of IMDb explained why. He also played Scarlet O'Hara's father Gerald in "Gone With the Wind," and the scatterbrained Uncle Billy in "It's a Wonderful Life."
By the way, Mitchell won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "Stagecoach."
All right, let's make our way to Bacon starting with John Wayne,
Who was in "The Sons of Katie Elder" with Dean Martin,
Who was in "What a Way to Go" with Shirley MacClaine,
Who was in "Terms of Endearment" with Jack Nicholson,
Who was in "A Few Good Men" with KEVIN BACON!!!!
Any different routes to Bacon are always appreciated. See you next month.
Judy Nichols is the author of several mysteries available on Amazon.
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