I understand the talent of those directors but I still don't think that treatment was necessary. Those actors stayed with them because of the power of those directors. They knew they could make or break them. Because of their great desire to make it in the business they would put up with anything. 
Posts from JWAngel in thread „Harry Carry Sr.“
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Okay I'm getting on my soap box. It's stories like the rib cracking incident that absolutely infuriate my anger towards John Ford! I know he was a fine film maker but some of the things I've heard about him make my skin crawl. I believe the accounts are correct. Sometimes it makes me so mad I can hardly stand to watch his films.I think to myself "Here he had this wonderful group of actors working for him. All very talented and he was so cruel to them." He is portrayed as being their best friend off the set and then being a dictator on. I think he was a man drunk with power and he loved to excercise that to get his own way. What a shame. I think he could have done so much more if he would have sought to inspire them rather than control them like slaves.
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Thanks for all the great info. I read Maureen O'Hara's book and she had plenty of horror stories to tell of John Ford. How many are there in Harry Carry, Jr.'s book? -
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Why was Harry Carry, Sr. so popular in the silent movie days but then when the Talkies came out he was reduced to character roles? The only main role I've seen him in is Shepard of the Hills which I thought he was great in. What a wonderful experience that must have been for Duke to work with his hero! :lol:
