Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 One of my wife's favorite movies and I like it, too. Watched it tonight for maybe the 25th time and spotted something I had never noticed before: in the first scene in Cohan's pub they were singing The Wild Irish Boy.......but the mouths weren't making shapes the match the words. Other that it is still a great movie with the best fight scene ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Have you noticed who plays the accordion and sings lead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 Oh, crap.! Now I have to watch it all over again. Give me a hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 That's Festus, ain't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 43 minutes ago, Alpo said: That's Festus, ain't it? Yup, who also sings to John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in Rio Grande. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Yup, who also sings to John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in Rio Grande. Ken Curtis had quite a good voice. I believe he also sang with The Sons of the Pioneers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 34 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Ken Curtis had quite a good voice. I believe he also sang with The Sons of the Pioneers. Yes. Sang with Tommy Dorsey's band briefly and was married to John Ford's daughter for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choctaw Jack Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I believe he sang a bit in The Searchers, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 9 hours ago, Alpo said: That's Festus, ain't it? Could well be. He surely had the voice for it and was one of the early Sons Of The Pioneers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 Oh. lookie der. Some other hombres beat me to the punch. S'all right though. I don't like punch much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alpo Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I knew that the old man that got up from his deathbed to go see the fight was John Ford's brother. But I was not aware how many relatives were in that film. This movie is, in many ways a family affair. Francis Ford, who played the old man who gets up from his deathbed to watch the fight, is John Ford's older brother. Patrick Ford, the directors son, did much of the stunt work for Victor McLaughlin during the fight scene, and was a unit director. Arthur Shields, who played the Reverend Playfair, is the younger brother of Barry Fitzgerald, Michaeleen Óge Flynn, who was born William Joseph Shields. Charles B. Fitzsimmons, who played Hugh Forbes, and James O'Hara, who played Father Paul, are the brothers of Maureen O'Hara. In addition, four of John Wayne's children are seen in the horse race scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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