Posts from itdo in thread „Barrel Cactus Scene“

Trust me on this one, jeeptours. Wayne's first film shot in Old Tucson was in 1958, Rio Bravo (for which he had some buildings added to the town).

Come to think of it, there IS a scene that fits your description although not a Wayne western:
NEVADA SMITH, 1966, directed by Henry Hathaway. Steve McQueen crosses the desert, cuts a cactus with his knife and DRINKS WITH TWO HANDS out of it. Some cactus!

Hi Jeeptours
Arthur gave you the right name in his first post: STAN JONES.
When I mentioned a Stan LEE I messed the guy up with another Stan (the creator of Spiderman, now you see how my sick mind works!)

The town you saw in 3 Godfathers wasn't Old Tuscon. Yep, these old main streets often look alike. But Godfathers, an MGM production, was probably shot on a Hollywood backlot. All interior scenes were shot at the RKO-Pathé-studios (Wayne's first film at Old Tucson was Rio Bravo).

That's the cultural impact movies can have! Although I believe there must have been films before 3 Godfathers, since Ford was trying to get the same effect until Lee told him it wouldn't work. The whole story of this incident is told on the backside of the record "Rio Grande", because Stan Lee from then on worked for Ford, providing folk songs.