Here's the image of Charlton Heston's autograph that I scanned from the book in which he wrote it. Next to Duke's autograph that I have in the book "Shooting Star", I treasure this most among my many collectibles.
Posts from Stumpy in thread „Charlton Heston“
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Spooky story Arthur,
I hope there are no ghosts if I visit you!!
C'mon, Keith, all the really great ghost stories have originated from the Emerald Isles, if I remember correctly.
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Awesome, WaynamoJim! That can only be a rare treat that most of us will never enjoy in our lives. Could you scan that autograph for us to see. We'd love to see it.
Cheers
Hondo
I have Mr. Heston's autograph too. I think I related somewhere earlier how I managed to meet him and get his autograph while he was visiting his sister at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany. The sister was married to one of the generals who was assigned there the same time I was. -
With all respect, admiration and love for John Wayne, I think Charlton Heston starred in the greatest movie ever made ("Ben Hur").
But having said that, the Duke is still my all-time favorite movie star. -
He seemed like a good guy off screen which is refreshing
I wholly agree, Rob. He was married to the same woman for 64 years and in my eyes, that makes him an exceptionally good man just about anywhere but most emphatically in Hollywood, where some marriages last about 3 hours. -
An appropriate picture, I think. -
During my last assignment in Germany (1970-'74), I was sitting in my office one day when one of my subordinates ran in and breathlessly announed, "Hey, Sarge, guess who's down on the tennis courts?" I said "I have no idea". He then said "Charlton Heston". Naturally I said, "You're BSing me, right?" He said "No BS, he's really down there".
Well, since Mr. Heston was one of my favorite movie stars, I tore off down to the athletic field tennis courts to see if it was true. Sure enough, there the man was, big as life. I couldn't believe it.
I ran to my quarters and grabbed one of those big coffee table movie books (as a lifelong movie fan, I have several such books) and raced back to the tennis courts. After waiting for about half an hour for the man to finish his match, I shyly approached him as he walked off court and asked him to autograph my book. (I felt like an absolute fool, as I'm not ordinarily an autograph hound type, but decided I couldn't pass up the opportunity.) He very politely autographed my book, spoke a few very nice words, then walked away. I was on Cloud 9 for the rest of the day.
I later learned that his sister was married to one of the many generals we had on the post and that he had came to visit his sister for a few days. I treasure that book to this day. -
I believe both Olivia de Havilland and her sister, Joan Fontaine are still alive. Oscar winners and great actresses, both.
I agree Ms. de Havilland was one of the greatest actresses of my lifetime. I really liked her best when she starred opposite Errol Flynn.
I never was that impressed with Ms. Fontaine. -
I'm old enough to have lived through and viewed many if not most of the films produced during what is known as the "Golden Age of Hollywood", which I believe is the phrase used to characterize the Forties and Fifties (I've also seen most of the outstanding movies of the Thirties).
Anyway, after reading about the deaths during the past week of two of the stalwarts of that era, Richard Widmark and Charlton Heston, I began reflecting upon the fact that there aren't more than 3 or 4 noteworthy film stars of the "Golden Age" left on this earth. Maureen O'Hara, Tony Curtis, Karl Malden........can't think of any more. Can y'all think of any others I've forgotten?
Oh, I forgot Elizabeth Taylor. -
Really hate to hear that as he was always a favorite of mine.
I thought "Ben Hur" was one of the greatest movies ever made and I also loved his performances in "The Big Country", "The Ten Commandments" and "Will Penny". Didn't care much for those Ape things though.
Another reason I liked and admired him was his strong advocacy of gun ownership.
RIP, Mr. Heston. You'll be missed.
