Heh heh, I CANT---imagine him as a Cowboy though. Cagney was always good but-him as a Cowboy didnt work either.
Posts from The Ringo Kid in thread „Van Johnson“
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I must admit, not a big fan of Van!!
Me neither but--thanks to movies like: Battleground, Go For Broke and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo--he kinda grows on you.
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Quite welcome and im currently looking for my pix of Van Johnson in: Battleground--to post in here too ;-))
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PS, I think its funny that Kerwin Matthews is wearing on his tunic--a 3-place all Imperial Ribbon bar for Oldenburg. He wouldnt have been old enough for WWI, and his ribbon bar doesnt have the WWII ribbon for the EKII--which would be where the Oldenburg ribbon is placed. At least van Johnson's ribbon bar has the 1939 EKII ribbon on it and in the correct place.
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No problem and apparently the scars showed in that movie
Ill have to rewatch that movie too--been awhile.
Oh and, before I forget--Johnsons "Tunic" is West German--you can tell by the cheap ""polyester--looking"" material used--as well as the French Cuffs--are not original to the tunic. Lots of other stuff on their various tunics are schlecht too. The SS and rank tabs are horrible.
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Thank you Keith.
Alos on his accidnet--I read it happened when he was about to do: The Caine Mutiny.
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Always liked Van Johnson. He did some great roles and was in some other really good war movies, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, A Guy Named Joe, Battleground, and Go For Broke. Notice those scars on his forehead? They were from a near fatal car accident he had during the filming of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. I read that they held up filming while he recovered.
Same here and, I also have a great still of him in Battleground along with Marshall Thompson and Denice Darcel. I got that still along with an Actors print of him and the cast of B/ground from his daughter Janet. I know they are here somewhere? not sure where?
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Here is one fo two photos I have with Van Johnson in them. Here he is as a German PoW in: The Last Blitzkrieg--a movie ive never seen. Based on the looks fo the BADLY put together """German"""" uniforms--ill almost bet that the movie was not up to standard.
