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The back of this publicity still reads

TBS-115---PARLEY---- Kirk Douglas and Dewey Martin prepare to parley with frontier renegades in this scene from "The Big Sky," Winchester Pictures' historical drama distributed by RKO Radio.

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Hombres errantes (1952)

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Fun Facts About My Grandpa, Mack McCoy

Was a good friend of Roy Disney

Ran moonshine during prohibition when he was 9/10 years old

Lived in an old farmhouse without running water until his late 20's.

Was classified 4F during the war, so he joined the Forest Service. The Forest Service was used to build roads and fight forest fires. Ever see a movie where fire fighters parachute out of air planes into the middle of burning forests? That's what he did during the first half of the 40's.

While he was in the Forest Service he met and became lifelong friends with a young man named Francis McCown, who would later be known as the actor Rory Calhoun. (My dad tells a story of meeting his dad's friend "Frank" sometime around 1966. Frank was in town to pick up a new car from the Ford dealership and also wanted to take my grandpa out to lunch. My dad tagged along. Boy, was my dad surprised when Frank turned out to be the guy from the western movies.)

He built engines and chassis for Indy cars, Sprint cars and Midgets. His work was said to be very high quality and because of this he became well known in racing circles.

After 2 years of building cars he started racing. They say he was fast, especially in midgets. One quote I've heard about him, "If Mack passes you, that's it. You won't be able to get in front of him."

AJ Foyt had a bad habit of physically fighting anyone who beat him. When he tangled with my grandpa though, he regretted it.

One of the cars that my grandpa built was used in the Clark Gable movie To Please A Lady (1950). It can be seen in the first race sequence around 9 minutes in. It is car #36 with the square grille and "M" insignia. He never knew that his car was used in a movie, but he would have been honored.

Among the racers that have driven his cars are Bill and Eli Vukovich, Parnelli Jones and Bobby Unser.

He retired from racing and became a mechanic for a Ford dealership around 1960 because his wife requested that he change careers. He never really talked about racing ever again after that.

He was also a rodeo rider for a time in the 1930's and 40's.

Also among his well known friends were Henry Hull and Arthur Hunnicut, but I don't know how he met them.

That's all I can really remember at the moment. I'll probably update this later as I learn more. Bonus Facts:

Bill and Eli Vukovich and Parnelli Jones (who went by the name Rufus) used to spend weekends at my family's house when they were racing near town. They used to get drunk on cheap beer, start good natured fist fights and break up my grandmother's furniture. But they never failed to replace the broken coffee tables and chairs.

Bill Vukovich was at my family's house for dinner just two weeks before his fatal crash at Indianapolis on May 30 1955

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Arthur Hunnicut as "Chloroform" Wiggins in a screencap from Stars in My Crown (1950). Art was born in Gravelly, Arkansas, and had 91 acting credits from 1942 to 1975. His entries among my best 1,001 movies are Murder He Says, Border Incident, Red Badge of Courage, The Tall T, The Big Sky and El Dorado. His other honorable mention is Lust for Gold.

His other notable credits include Pinky, episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, The Donna Reed Show, The Twilight Zone, two episodes of Perry Mason, a two part episode of Lassie, The Outer Limits and Wagon Train, Cat Ballou, Bonanza (four episodes), My Three Sons (2). The Million Dollar Duck, and Harry and Tonto.

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Arthur Hunnicut and Gary Cooper

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8.5.19

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El Dorado - Not to be confused with Rio Bravo

I always found it odd that Howard Hawks would remake the same film within the span of ten years. This is one is basically the same story as 'Rio Bravo', and also features John Wayne as the hero. Still re-playing the 'alamo' scenario, barricaded in a jailhouse waiting on the authorities, while the bad guys' compatriots are gearing up to break him out. In this one, the 'drunken sheriff' is played in superior fashion by Robert Mitchum, but in exchange we have to put up with Arthur Hunnicut instead of the great Walter Brennan -- and I didn't think it was possible, but James Caan isn't really all that much of an improvement on Ricky Nelson.

Still, you really can't go wrong with John Wayne, no matter who they surround him with.

3.5 stars out of 5

Released 1966, First Viewing May 1986

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SEASON 3 EPISODE 19 "THE HUNT" STARRING: ARTHUR HUNNICUT

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“ELDORADO” 1966 DIRECTED BY: HOWARD HAWKS/ STARRING: JOHN WAYNE, ROBERT MITCHUM, JAMES CAAN, ED ASNER, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE AND ARTHUR HUNNICUT

FEATURING R.G. ARMSTRONG AND JOHNNY CRAWFORD

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Arthur Hunnicut, Elizabeth Threatt, and Kirk Douglas in The Big Sky (1952). Art was also in Howard Hawks’ El Dorado (1966). This was Liz’s only film appearance.

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John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and Arthur Hunnicut in an original lobby card for El Dorado (1966)

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Arthur Hunnicut and John Wayne in an original publicity still for El Dorado (1966)

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original publicity still for El Dorado (1966) with Charlene Holt on vocals

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foreign promotional booklet for The Big Sky (1952)

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Arthur Hunnicut, Kirk Douglas, and Dewey Martin in an original publicity still for The Big Sky (1952)

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Elizabeth Threatt, Arthur Hunnicut, and Dewey Martin in a foreign publicity still for The Big Sky (1962)