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To commemorate their work on the film, director Howard Hawks had special Western belt buckles made up for certain members of the cast and crew of Red River. The solid silver belt buckles had a twisted silver wire rope edge, the Dunson brand in gold in the center, the words "Red River" in gold wire in the upper left and lower right corners, the ...
John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian-American actor and film director. [1] Born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in New York City, he came to prominence with film audiences for his supporting roles in several high-profile Western films, including My Darling Clementine (1946), Red River (1948), Vengeance Valley (1951), and Gunfight at the O.K ...
Reportedly, Wayne's 1948 performance in Red River changed Ford's mind, causing him to exclaim, "I didn't know the big son of a bitch could act!" [ 8 ] Ford realized Wayne had grown considerably as an actor, and was now capable of playing the character he envisaged for this film.
Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. [1] He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940), making him one of only six actors to win three Academy Awards, and the only male or female actor to win three awards in the supporting actor category.
Kuhn went on to appear as the adoptive son of John Wayne's character in Red River in 1948 and then in Broken Arrow in 1950 starring James Stewart. [4] The film A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) reunited him with Vivien Leigh twelve years after they first worked together in Gone with the Wind.
English: Trailer for the film Red River (1948), directed by Howard Hawks. December 26th is the anniversary of Hawks' death. In 1990, Red River was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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Johnson's film career began with the Howard Hughes film The Outlaw. [6] [7]Johnson liked to say later that he got to Hollywood in a carload of horses. [8]His work as a stuntman caught the eye of director John Ford, who hired Johnson for stunt work in the 1948 film Fort Apache, and as the riding double for Henry Fonda. [3]