John Wayne And William Holden shooting a Model 29

[Wyatt Burp]

Here's a "The Horse Soldiers" behind the scenes shot of William Holden and John Wayne showing actress Constance Towers how to handle his Model 29. Or pre 29? I assume it's Holden's gun since I know he owned one. I probably got that from this forum. I've seen pictures of him with it. The movie came out in '59 so this was probably 1958.

 

[Jessie]

Does being naked help with recoil?
I wonder if she lost that blanket when she touched one off?

 

[Rustyt1953]

At 89 she is still a head turner.

 

[Laketime]

I knew it the Duke was the first Dirty Harry. Only he didn't know it !

 

[Hair Trigger]

Here's a "The Horse Soldiers" behind the scenes shot of William Holden and John Wayne showing actress Constance Towers how to handle his Model 29. Or pre 29?

If she's actually shooting that one-handed, she's a better man than me.

Does being naked help with recoil?
I wonder if she lost that blanket when she touched one off?

I guess that's why she's holding the gun one-handed. If I'd been The Duke, or Bill Holden, I would have chivalrously offered to keep the blanket firmly about her shoulders.

 

[DWalt]

And no earmuffs.

 

[Keith Brown]

I’ll bet it’s this one !

 

[rockquarry]

And no earmuffs.

Growing up in the '50s and '60s, we knew gunfire only made our ears ring for a day or two but caused no permanent damage, kind of like cigarettes did no long term harm either.

I don't know of anyone using bonafide hearing protection until the early '70s.

 

[Rudi]

That is a great photo!

 

[Greyman50]

Growing up in the '50s and '60s, we knew gunfire only made our ears ring for a day or two but caused no permanent damage, kind of like cigarettes did no long term harm either.

I don't know of anyone using bonafide hearing protection until the early '70s.

WHAT????Can’t hear you!……

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

And miss Connie is shooting left handed with her right eye open, squinting
the left eye.

 

[Greyman50]

She has something on, bet the blanket is cause it's cool..

 

[Countrycuz]

I think there's a scene in the movie where she's covered with a blanket.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[armorer951]

Left hand and right eye...could be a problem.

 

[Rustyt1953]

My brother was and my eldest grandson is cross eye dominant.

Never a problem with handguns for them.

 

[DWalt]

She appeared in a fair number of movies in the 50s and 60s but most of them were forgettable. Her later work was mainly on the stage and TV. I don’t remember ever seeing her in anything other than The Horse Soldiers, which was never one of my favorites. I remember long ago having the Vinyl LP soundtrack recording of The Horse Soldiers. I don’t remember why or how I got it, or anything about the music.
[ame]https://www.amazon.com/Horse-Soldiers-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B00V010J5O[/ame]

 

[Rustyt1953]

My mom kept up with her on GH.

"Towers' best-known soap part is as villainous Helena Cassadine on General Hospital which she began playing late in 1997, continuing until her character was killed off in 2015, but made guest appearances in 2016, 2017, 2019 and most recently February 2020."

 

[Alpo]

I think there's a scene in the movie where she's covered with a blanket.

This thread got me to wanting to watch the movie tonight.


They caught her listening in on their plans, so they had to take her along. Suddenly she makes a run for it, but her horse goes down in the slough. So she's wrapped up in a blanket while the men are drying her clothes over a fire.

 

[yaktamer]

The Horse Soldiers is actually one of my favorite John Wayne movies, maybe because William Holden, my second favorite actor (after Robert Duvall) is in it. Also some pretty good dialogue. "Ding-dong, ding-dong."