In Hollywood As In Life You Never Reach The TopWritten by Stephen Schochet
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"Nice plane John." "Thanks Steve." "Hey John, when you walk into your plane do you have to duck your head?" "Yeah doorway is too low." Spielberg turned to his wife. "Thank god we don't have to duck our heads, Do we honey?"
Stephen Schochet is the author and narrator of the audiobooks "Fascinating Walt Disney" and "Tales Of Hollywood". The Saint Louis Post Dispatch says," these two elaborate productions are exceptionally entertaining." Hear realaudio samples of these great, unique gifts at www.hollywoodstories.com.
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could delay filming. Ford turned to a local Navajo Medicine Man. "Sir I will pay one hundred dollars if you can accurately predict weather." The Shaman shut his eyes went into a trance and said,"Rain!" Sure enough it did rain. The grateful director asked him to repeat his efforts next day. "Mmm, cloudy!" Again success. But on third day when asked Medicine Man shook his head sadly and said,"Can not tell weather today" Ford's pipe fell out of his mouth." Really. Why is that?" The Medicine Man replied," Transistor radio broke!" Ford's relationship with Navajo in Utah was usually cooperative. He would offer them parts in films and generally provide a welcome boon to a depressed economy. In 1948, while filming another Wayne Western called Fort Apache, he hired two locals to create smoke signals. It took several hours but then finally technicians finished task. As smoke arose from ground assembled cast and crew watched in awe. The silence was broken when one of Navajo Extra's stated,"Wow, I wish I'd said that!"
Stephen Schochet is the author and narrator of the audiobooks "Fascinating Walt Disney" and "Tales Of Hollywood". The Saint Louis Post Dispatch says," these two elaborate productions are exceptionally entertaining." Hear realaudio samples of these great, unique gifts at www.hollywoodstories.com.
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