The quality and characteristics of the actors and characters will always color my perceptions of a film. Just like my perceptions of comics colors my regard for their work. Bill Cosby ceased to be funny when I discovered he was a rapist, for example.
Give me a list of your top ten favorite films. I’ll find some horrid person associated with most of them.
No doubt.
I’m curious if you are referring to Barry Fitzgerald. What are his ties to terrorism?
Openly showing up to the confrontation with Danaher with the IRA.
“It’s a fine, soft night. Think I’ll head down to the pub and talk a little treason.”
Ah. Not the the actor, the character he portrayed.
Got it.
That’s what I thought too. I didn’t think it would have been Maureen O’Hara. Apparently it was.
What was the joke?
I didn’t “get it.”
“Get it?”
“Got it.”
“Good”
is a scene from the movie.
Thanks! I thought that was going to be it, but it’s been a long time since I’ve seen that movie. I was going to say “good.”
Did you check out Maureen O’Hara?
Good.
And I didn’t like John Wayne movies before I knew anything about him. I sort of HAD to watch The Quiet Man recently and didn’t like it. I basically tuned it out and played games on my tablet.
I could find nothing that linked her to support for terrorism.
I think she supposedly supported the IRA (Irish Republican Army).
Apparently that is not true at all. Maureen O’Hara did not support the IRA. Not sure where I saw that info when I looked it up originally.
It seems some people mix her name up with Rita O’Hara a known supporter of the IRA.
silenus -
Could you clarify this for us. Thanks
#3 billed character was Barry Fitzgerald playing Michaleen Oge Flynn. I noted the characters support for the IRA above. The character, not the actor. Wayne was a total bigot. Read his Playboy interview for the details.
Thank you.
To everyone else, sorry for all the hijacks. I missed the distinction earlier between the actor and the character.
IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD
… IMHO, one of the funniest movies ever made - starring Spencer Tracy and an amazing cast of classic comedians, directed by the great Stanley Kramer