And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
The Quiet Man. Maureen O'Hara wasn't quiet in this movie.
My father's all time favorite movie. Pretty close to mine also. Wife absolutely hates it. Father and I have no Irish blood, but wife is 1/4 Irish. Go figure.
Being half Irish, I am vouching for the fact that there are in fact, some Irish folks who have an amount of self-hate (self-loathing?) in them. Sad but true.
The wife and I went to Kong where the movie was shot. They faithfully keep the movie alive. We stayed a couple of nights in a BandB. A wonderful experience for those who love The Quiet Man.
Can't find the original fight scene anymore. One of the longest on film. They always cut it at the bar in the middle of the fight. There's still as much fight after that as there was to get to the bar.
Didn't know that, I'll have to read up on it. This pic is from the scene where she sees her brother with a fist full of cash, having sold his livestock, and she prods Wayne to go collect her dowry.
If you get a chance read Maureen O'Hara's auto-biography. When John Wayne was pulling her along through the field where it was a cow pasture. Wayne drug Maureen O'Hara through every cow paddy that he could find in the field. This was in retaliation for a prank she had pulled on him the night before.
This past weekend, I saw another Maureen O-Hara movie named SPENCERS MOUNTAIN (or something like that). Henry Fonda played her husband. Filmed in 1963 (year of my birth). Great movie - Americana at its finest. Highly recommended viewing.
"Well Sean it's nice soft night so I think I'll go talk a little treason with my comrades."
My wife and I just attended it the local theatre a couple of weeks ago. Had never seen it on the big screen before and it was a treat. My all time favorite movie. Second on my list is "The Dish". Look that one up!
"a nice, soft night" means it's raining. Often seen as a "fine, soft day". Wayne's best in my opinion, and the Abby Players do a great job as the townsfolk. We have it on a DVD and on the DVR.
I used to really, really love this film. Been to the house in Ireland.
Then I became sensitized to highly repetitive soundtracks. After that, this film, the Wayne/O'Hara western, Night Shift, On the Beach, etc., became supremely irritating for me to watch. I can't unhear it.
Go ahead, make my day... ...reprise "That's What Friends are For" or "Waltzing Mathilda" just one more time...
A great film and a snapshot in to a real past in my homeland – now lost. My father and I visited the village of Cong and the grounds of Ashford Castle – where most of the iconic scenes were filmed - Think of the Maureen O’Hara and the priest fishing scene. That prick Bill Clinton stayed there.
My father's all time favorite movie. Pretty close to mine also. Wife absolutely hates it. Father and I have no Irish blood, but wife is 1/4 Irish. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteBeing half Irish, I am vouching for the fact that there are in fact, some Irish folks who have an amount of self-hate (self-loathing?) in them. Sad but true.
DeleteWonderful movie. Reportedly Wayne's favorite.
ReplyDeleteThats because she's not a man, Man. (And we are all blessed because of it too)
ReplyDeleteThe wife and I went to Kong where the movie was shot. They faithfully keep the movie alive. We stayed a couple of nights in a BandB. A wonderful experience for those who love The Quiet Man.
ReplyDelete...she's not a man.
ReplyDeleteName one quiet redhead!
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
My middle daughter is a fairly quiet red headed women.
DeleteThe red hair is a warning sign
DeleteOne of my top 5 all time also- if not higher.
ReplyDeleteCan't find the original fight scene anymore. One of the longest on film. They always cut it at the bar in the middle of the fight. There's still as much fight after that as there was to get to the bar.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know that, I'll have to read up on it. This pic is from the scene where she sees her brother with a fist full of cash, having sold his livestock, and she prods Wayne to go collect her dowry.
DeleteThe lovely Mary Kate Danaher.
ReplyDeleteTCM is actually the only channel i will watch and has been for years now. I will only watch old movies.
ReplyDeleteKlaus
This was just on TCM on St. Patrick's Day...I enjoyed it very much!
ReplyDeleteI always spit up my drink when the old woman from town comes up and offers, "Here's a good stick to beat the lovely lady!"
ReplyDeleteMy favorite too, wife, not so much! Then I tell her we have lost so much, woho fun!
DeleteIf you get a chance read Maureen O'Hara's auto-biography. When John Wayne was pulling her along through the field where it was a cow pasture. Wayne drug Maureen O'Hara through every cow paddy that he could find in the field. This was in retaliation for a prank she had pulled on him the night before.
ReplyDeleteAnd The Duke got his Oscar for True Grit. Not that it was a bad movie, but there were plenty of others that were better.
ReplyDeleteThis past weekend, I saw another Maureen O-Hara movie named SPENCERS MOUNTAIN (or something like that). Henry Fonda played her husband. Filmed in 1963 (year of my birth). Great movie - Americana at its finest. Highly recommended viewing.
ReplyDeleteIt was what the Waltons was based on.
Delete"Well Sean it's nice soft night so I think I'll go talk a little treason with my comrades."
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I just attended it the local theatre a couple of weeks ago. Had never seen it on the big screen before and it was a treat. My all time favorite movie. Second on my list is "The Dish". Look that one up!
"a nice, soft night" means it's raining. Often seen as a "fine, soft day". Wayne's best in my opinion, and the Abby Players do a great job as the townsfolk. We have it on a DVD and on the DVR.
DeleteAre you referring to the 2000 movie "The Dish" with Sam Neill?
DeleteOld movies are my favorites. I watched this one last night
ReplyDeleteI used to really, really love this film. Been to the house in Ireland.
ReplyDeleteThen I became sensitized to highly repetitive soundtracks. After that, this film, the Wayne/O'Hara western, Night Shift, On the Beach, etc., became supremely irritating for me to watch. I can't unhear it.
Go ahead, make my day... ...reprise "That's What Friends are For" or "Waltzing Mathilda" just one more time...
A great film and a snapshot in to a real past in my homeland – now lost. My father and I visited the village of Cong and the grounds of Ashford Castle – where most of the iconic scenes were filmed - Think of the Maureen O’Hara and the priest fishing scene. That prick Bill Clinton stayed there.
ReplyDeleteGood spot. The Duke always delivered