Posts from arthurarnell in thread „Charlton Heston“

Hi

I have never mentioned this before because people might think that I am off my head, but as I live and breathe this happened to me.
As I have said before I wrote to Charlton Heston and he signed a photograph for me. I also bought his autograph at a film fair. This one I put in a frame with a photo from 55 days in Peking and it sat on the wall for a couple of years quite happily.
On the day I heard of his death I heard a loud crash coming from the front room and Hestons photograph had fallen of the wall bringing down a signed picture of Vera Ellen and Ed Asnor with it.
I do not believe in the supernatural or any thing like it. Inspecting the frame (It was cheap) I saw that the staple holding it all together had come loose and that was the reason the thing fell off of the wall.
But the timing was spooky for all of that.
To date I haven't replaced any of the three pictures back in their position.



Regards

Arthur

Hi

In his book 'In The Arena'' Charlton Heston mentions John Wayne only three times.

The first and second occasion conerns 'The Longest Day'. Heston writes that when he was approached for a role in the making of the Longest Day he fancied the part of the Col who injured himself on landing and led the advance riding on a wheelbarrow.

Committed to making a picture at the time, Heston said that he was willing to arm wrestle his director to be let off for the couple of days that it would take to make the scene. He alludes to himself as being a six hundred pound gorilla.

He then went on to say that John Wayne also fancied the role and as he was a thousand pound gorilla Zannuck snapped him up immediately.

Certainly there was no rancour on Hestons part.

His third reference to Wayne is about John Ford's ability to mis treat his senior actors like Wayne Fonda and Stewart.

Regards

Arthur