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The choice to cast a white woman, Linda Darnell, as the Hispanic Chihuahua (nice name) seems to reflect a general trend in Hollywood at this time. Dr. McClurken mentioned in class that Gone With the Wind was unusual in that it featured African-American actors instead of white actors in blackface. That being said, I wasn't at all surprised to see an Anglo-American with dark hair playing a Hispanic woman in My Darling Clementine. - Sarah Richardson | The choice to cast a white woman, Linda Darnell, as the Hispanic Chihuahua (nice name) seems to reflect a general trend in Hollywood at this time. Dr. McClurken mentioned in class that Gone With the Wind was unusual in that it featured African-American actors instead of white actors in blackface. That being said, I wasn't at all surprised to see an Anglo-American with dark hair playing a Hispanic woman in My Darling Clementine. - Sarah Richardson | ||
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| + | What always strikes me about these older movies are the power punches pack. With one single blow Wyatt knocked Doc over and unconscious - Hollywood's fist fights were always so clean and dramatic. ~Juliann | ||
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