crego
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Post by crego on Jun 5, 2009 11:52:15 GMT -5
In 1954, Bronson still went by his real name of Charles Buchinsky. And in " VERA CRUZ", the exciting Lancaster-Cooper vehicle, he had a small role : he played Pittsburgh, one of Joe Erin's men, a filthy "gringo", with a bad habit of raping girls. His only redeeming quality, was his talent for music. Pittsburgh played the harmonica ! 14 years before " ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST", Bronson played the harmonica in " VERA CRUZ", and Jack Elam and Ernest Borgnine danced on his music.  Long before Cinecittà . |
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Post by chaney on Jun 16, 2009 20:11:49 GMT -5
Ernest Borgnine relates a story in his biography about he and Charlie running out of smokes on the Mexican set and leaving in costume to hunt down some cigarettes. They were soon cornered by soldiers with guns who thought they were local banditos. They were eventually able, with the help of locals, to prove that they were only actors on the movie. Ernie says that he was pretty shaken, but that Charlie was too tough to ever admit that the incident rattled him.
Incidentally, Ernie also says that he and Charlie exchanged Christmas cards for years. A few years back a young man came up and introduced himself to Ernie as Charlie's son. Ernie hadn't heard from Charlie for a long time and was saddened to learn Charlie was suffering from Alzheimer's. Ernie did say he was very proud of what a fine young man Charlie's son was.
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Post by maphillips3 on Oct 17, 2009 16:20:35 GMT -5
I feel Charlie acquitted himself quite nicely, in this movie, especially considering the amount of talented actors, in this picture.
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Apr 1, 2013 22:02:41 GMT -5
Ernest Borgnine relates a story in his biography about he and Charlie running out of smokes on the Mexican set and leaving in costume to hunt down some cigarettes. They were soon cornered by soldiers with guns who thought they were local banditos. They were eventually able, with the help of locals, to prove that they were only actors on the movie. Ernie says that he was pretty shaken, but that Charlie was too tough to ever admit that the incident rattled him. Incidentally, Ernie also says that he and Charlie exchanged Christmas cards for years. A few years back a young man came up and introduced himself to Ernie as Charlie's son. Ernie hadn't heard from Charlie for a long time and was saddened to learn Charlie was suffering from Alzheimer's. Ernie did say he was very proud of what a fine young man Charlie's son was. Thanks for this interesting piece of trivia. Nice to know those two got along so well. Ernie was famous for being a very kind person. This was a good western, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Lancaster really made you despise his character. |
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