Posts from Dexter Woodruff in thread „Patton (1970)“

I've always loved the theme from "Patton". Sorry, Ethan...didn't know how to post it like you've been posting them.

[extendedmedia]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu11QRO9BrQ[/extendedmedia]

And let me correct myself....I was thinking of Darryl Zanuck & wrote William Wellman instead. It's Hell getting old & forgetful! Heeheehee....

Ha! Perfect! I had forgotten the mantra...."Google" (and "YouTube") are our friends. Thanks for posting those. They were great. And Halsey does sound like what I had imagined!

True, I saw a few historic reals and his voice was much higher than Scott's. I like Scott's Scrooge also for the gravely voice.
Eisenhower, Patton, Montgomery all had voices of higher pitch. I never heard Rommel's, Marshall's was a lower voice, be interesting to see what other Generals of that era spoke like.

I have all kinds of videos on WWII, but footage with audio of these generals is rare. I've never heard Rommel speak either. Given all of the film shot during the war, you'd think more footage with sound would be available. I mean, the war department enlisted such film greats as John Ford & William Wellman to document the war! Ford himself shot a great deal of footage at the Battle Of Midway! Wonder if Bull Halsey sounded like he looked?

"Your knees almost go weak, at the tremble of Scott's voice as Patton."

Scott sounded like everyone wished the real Patton sounded. In actuality, the real George Patton had a rather high pitched, squeaky type of voice. He sounded nothing at all like you anticipated he'd sound. There's not a lot of footage with him speaking, but the footage I have seen is so different from what you'd expect.