a kiss in a cemetery in ireland
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Album:The Quiet Man
I contend that there is one moment in cinema history when John Wayne was sexy, and this is it. (The Quiet Man, 1952, directed by John Ford.) It helps, of course, that his wooing partner was the radiant colleen Maureen O"Hara (who in fact recorded albums of Irish music).
The Quiet Man music was by Victor Young (composer of, among others, "When I Fall in Love," "Sweet Sue," "Street of Dreams," "Love Letters," "Stella By Starlight," and "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You"), and many film scores (and Oscar nominations).
But really, this is just an excuse to post this ravishing scene
Comments (7)
This movie is Mrs. Ivylander's "Rocky Horror Picture Show." She has entirely memorized the script. I cannot coimment on Mr. Wayne's desirability, but Maureen O'Hara was pretty much the textbook uberbabe this time around....
She has sublime taste, does Mrs. I.
With one notable lapse....
Consider me ravished.
You wouldn't add 'Stagecoach' to John Wayne = sexy? Maybe it's me, but the first time I properly saw it, on a big screen at film school, inadvertently I found myself wishing I was a handsome hunk like him. The only time I've ever thought that about him.
Haven't looked at Stagecoach in a while (might have been in film class, actually), but... no, he never did it for me, with this one exception. Something about the combination of wet shirt and no dialogue. ...
The way Angie Dickinson gets Wayne all flustered in 'Rio Bravo' is pretty sexy, but as in a lot of Hawks movies, it's the woman that does all the work in the seduction department.
Well, pilgrims, I will admit that this scene does glow with Hollywood magic - and the score is a big reason why it works for me.