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| JazzGuyy | Dec 31 2007, 09:26 AM Post #1 |
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Was just watching "The Hangman's House" (1928) from the Ford at Fox collection. I noticed that John Wayne shows up in a couple of crowd scenes. I didn't realize that his association with Ford went this far back. Was this also one of his earliest film appearances? I know he was in a few silents. |
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| panzer the great & terrible | Dec 31 2007, 11:07 AM Post #2 |
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Here's what IMDb has to say: # The Forward Pass (1929) (uncredited) .... Extra # Salute (1929) (uncredited) .... Bill (midshipman) # Words and Music (1929) (as Duke Morrison) .... Pete Donahue # The Black Watch (1929) (uncredited) .... Extra ... aka King of the Khyber Rifles (UK) # Speakeasy (1929) (uncredited) .... Extra # Noah's Ark (1928) (uncredited) .... Flood Extra # Hangman's House (1928) (uncredited) .... Horse Race Spectator/Condemned Man in Flashback # Four Sons (1928) (uncredited) .... Extra # Mother Machree (1928) (uncredited) .... Extra # The Drop Kick (1927) (uncredited) .... USC Football Player ... aka Glitter (UK) # Annie Laurie (1927) (uncredited) .... Extra # The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926) (uncredited) .... Extra # Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) .... Guard # Brown of Harvard (1926) (uncredited) .... Yale Football Player I've seen Salute, and Wayne is pretty much himself in it. He was a natural from the beginning -- it's funny people didn't catch on for so long (especially Ford). |
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| Frank Hale | Dec 31 2007, 05:24 PM Post #3 |
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I believe Mother Machree, coming a few months before Hangman’s House, is the earliest Ford-Wayne-Fox collaboration, but only 3 or 4 reels of 7 exist, and, from what I’ve read, Wayne, variously billed as a stagehand or extra, is not really visible. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Jan 1 2008, 08:40 AM Post #4 |
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According to the FORD AT FOX book in the mammoth set, Wayne (then Marion Morrison, of course) and a teammate on the USC football team met Tom Mix, who got them jobs on the Fox lot as "prop boys". The stately Wayne's manner caught Ford's eye while the young man was, believe it or not, herding geese for a scene in a picture, and Ford called the guy over, met him, found out he was a football player, tried a few moves on him, got knocked on his ass, and used him as an extra in a couple of scenes in Hangman's House, Wayne's film debut. Because this account was written by Richard Ashton, I'd hate to argue with it. |
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