Fencer Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Did the Duke use a Thompson in "They Were Expendable"? (1945 btw) I know he did in "Return to Bataan" (1945). I think that is the only film he used one in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamm Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 Anybody remember " Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" 1974, by Sam Pekinpah? Real good Thompson scenes, Gig Young mowing down a line of folks with what I believe was a 28', with vertical foregrip. And the end is a business end perspective shot of a Thompson barrel dumping a mag. Real nice, have not seen it in quite a long time, would love to see what models were used. Cheers, Zamm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrISM Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Band of Brothers...but I guess I'm just a young fella. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/tongue.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Bloody Mama, with a very young Robert DeNiro,Shelly Winters, Pat Stroud, Bruce Dern and a full cast of Thompson's! It's a old Roger Corman flick so you know lots of blood and nudity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Fliegenheimer Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Shelly Winters nude?....Even Roger Corman wouldn't subject an audience to such mental cruelty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Thank God ,no Shelly wasn't nude. But damn close. Too close for me but she kept them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
must Posted January 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 I seem to remember seeing a John Wayne movie back in the '60's where he came over a hill firing a Tommygun in each arm at the Japs (I tried that once, that was a blast). Does any remember these movie at all? P.S. I was shooting at tin cans incase any one was wondering. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/dry.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIONHART Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 My favorite? 1973 "Dillinger". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Must, you mean like this. Oh and I was shooting at Japs that day. Old Ling Chow will never be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawksnest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Double your pleasure, double your fun ... shoot double tommygun. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZDoug Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Also, The Wrath of God, circa 1972 with Robert Mitchum. Best scene: Mitchum (dressed a s a catholic priest), walks into a cantina in Old Mexico circa 1925, where a bunch of banditos are raping, piilaging, and murdering. Head bandito asks for Mitchums priest credentils. Mitchum replies, "credientials?, I have very good credentials", sets down his big carpet bag, opens it up, whips out a '21 sans buttstock, and hoses the place down. The TSMG's in this flick were possibly still from the MGM collection before JCE got his hands on them Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Fliegenheimer Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Earl sold the last of his MGM guns in 1971. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt21a Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 yep the 8245 numbered gun ended up in phx,from there who know's,and i sold #3965 years ago...i still know who has it but its not for sale....a nice piece of thompson movie history...................and not many left like that.....take care,ron just think frankie wielded a mp-40 in "von-ryan's express",and a thompson in "never so few" i figured he liked the tommy better................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZDoug Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 What year did JCE acquire the MGM collection? I know he still was selling the MGM collection catalogues as late as 1973, as that is when I got mine. Of course, knowing earl, he would still be selling catalogues long after all the stuff was sold! :-D Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Jr Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 The one with me in it. Silly question http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/wink.gif Jr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Fliegenheimer Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 AZDoug, Earl had an addendum page in his 1971 catalog stating that the MGM guns were all sold. By 1973, Earl was busy engaging in much subterfuge, such as his Guns & Ammo article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gijive Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Arthur, Since you seem pretty knowledgeable about the late J. Curtis Earl and his marketing schemes, what is your take on his catalogue describing the different types of compensators? I used to have that catalogue, but unfortunately discarded it sometime in the seventies. Didn't he fabricate some unusual compensator and claim it was the first type used on the Colt guns? I don't recall all the details, but I'm sure you may know what I'm referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIONHART Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Gi, I know what your talking about! WOW, I haven't heard anybody speak about that in years! Indeed, J. Curtis Earl did cause some confusion in relation to the various Compensators, and their years of production. However, I also recall a dealer back east that was further messing the issue up on the different models of Comps. That brings back a lot of memories..No, I don't know whether Earl made up an unusual one or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Fliegenheimer Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 What Earl did was to make 1st pattern unmarked Cutts compensators and not care if the world confused them for original Colt ones. The confusion about how many models of Cutts compensators were made for Colt TSMGs may stem from Cox's catalog where he apparantly includes the sight fitted to all the 1921 guns as the first type compensator. He also does not account for the third pattern Cutts with bullet trademark over Cutts diamond on top of the compensator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIONHART Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Arthur, I wasn't aware that Earl produced fake Compensators, but there was a humour back in the 70's, of someone other than Earl making bogus 1st Model Comps. Can't seem to remember all of the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter63a Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Two other movies which I think deserve to be tied for second place are U-571(2000), with Mathew McConaughey, Bill Paxton and Harvey Keitel, and The Untouchables (1987), with Kevin Costner, Robert DeNiro, and Sean Connery. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/tongue.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/cool.gif Happy viewing, Walter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Regarding those supposedly 1st model comps; they were crude boxy looking things, not at all what you would call 1st pattern unmarked Cutts. But when I first looked at Earl's catalog back in the early 70's I sure didn't know they were frauds. It wasn't until I got and read Roger Cox's book that I learned the rest of the story, at least as far as Roger knew, anyway, I guess. Back to the movies, one of my favorite Tommygun films is...Home Alone 1 and 2. "Take THAT ya filthy animal." No, seriously, I just thought of that one. I like "Objective Burma" with Errol Flynn, if only because it was produced by Warner Brothers. And THEY had the BEST sounding sound effects for their guns. Very sexy. I have always noticed that each movie studio, MGM, Warner Bros. RKO, 20th Century,etc. used their own distinctive sounding gun shots in their movies. And you can tell one from another if you watch and compare them. Sounds crazy, maybe, but it's easy to hear the difference. Am I the only one who's ever thought about this?? Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gijive Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 QUOTE (Charlie @ Jan 17 2004, 03:35 AM) I have always noticed that each movie studio, MGM, Warner Bros. RKO, 20th Century,etc. used their own distinctive sounding gun shots in their movies. And you can tell one from another if you watch and compare them. Sounds crazy, maybe, but it's easy to hear the difference. Am I the only one who's ever thought about this?? Charlie, I am a big WWII buff and I guess I'm as crazy as you are. I've noticed the different gun shot sound effects varied from studio to studio. In some cases the same "patterns" of sound effects can be heard in movies over the years. One such example is the old televsion show Combat! The post-production sound work was done at MGM Studios, although the show was a joint production by Selmur Corp. and ABC, much of the filming and technical work was preformed at MGM. The distinctive sounds of the various weapons and ricochet effects can be heard in several MGM film productions prior to and subsequent to Combat! One that come to mind is "The Bridge at Remagen." You are not the only obsessed sound effects junkie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Fliegenheimer Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Perhaps the most distinctive/unusual sound effects for a movie Thompson is "Merrill's Marauders" with Jeff Chandler. The rapport sounds as if they recorded what a blank would sound like. They didn't goose the sound effects like they usually do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt21a Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 some thompsons sound like a 30 cal belt feed in some movies, man are you guys forgetting: "bataan"take that you dirty rotten rat's" tracy in the early days printed in the newsletter alot of thompson movies.......... not all of them but i am sure at least 100 its just hard to find one showing them putting one together,however the untouchable series:1960 forward, had a good one.based on the "scaramuzzo thompson's. anyhow i like them all.............take care,ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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