Re: Mis-Remembered Mumblety-Peg . . . 
| April 14, 2021 07:45PM |
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Jim Armstrong Wrote:
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> . . . The character you're thinking of might have
> been Brad Dexter, the often-overlooked, easily
> forgotten member of the cast.
Russo Loco Wrote:
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> I mis-remembered (happens more and more of-
> ten these days) that Kennedy had a bit part as a
> really nasty bad guy . . . OTOH, it was definitely
> NOT Brad Dexter, who was actually one of the
> Seven good guys – a gunfighter who had lost his
> nerve . . . No, wait — that was Robert Vaughn.
> Dexter's character had an even smaller role . . .
That's not all that you've mis-remembered, Roosso -
Fired up by all the meanderings here, I dug out my old DVD of 'Magnificent Seven' and watched your favorite scene a couple of times. First of all, the featured loco is NOT lettered as NdeM #268, but FCI #67. Thankfully, she's not all gussied up with Hollyweird make-up, but she does appear to be wearing a fake balloon stack (mostly hidden behind James Coburn in one brief shot at the end of the warm-up, but clearly on display during the winner-take-all main event), and the top of her tender is lined with logs to make her seem older than she really is. I reckon she got off easy compared to what has happened to some narrow-gauge engines north of the border . . .
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/14/2021 08:00PM by Johnson Barr.
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> . . . The character you're thinking of might have
> been Brad Dexter, the often-overlooked, easily
> forgotten member of the cast.
Russo Loco Wrote:
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> I mis-remembered (happens more and more of-
> ten these days) that Kennedy had a bit part as a
> really nasty bad guy . . . OTOH, it was definitely
> NOT Brad Dexter, who was actually one of the
> Seven good guys – a gunfighter who had lost his
> nerve . . . No, wait — that was Robert Vaughn.
> Dexter's character had an even smaller role . . .
That's not all that you've mis-remembered, Roosso -
Fired up by all the meanderings here, I dug out my old DVD of 'Magnificent Seven' and watched your favorite scene a couple of times. First of all, the featured loco is NOT lettered as NdeM #268, but FCI #67. Thankfully, she's not all gussied up with Hollyweird make-up, but she does appear to be wearing a fake balloon stack (mostly hidden behind James Coburn in one brief shot at the end of the warm-up, but clearly on display during the winner-take-all main event), and the top of her tender is lined with logs to make her seem older than she really is. I reckon she got off easy compared to what has happened to some narrow-gauge engines north of the border . . .
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/14/2021 08:00PM by Johnson Barr.
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