Walk of Fame Movies: Straight Shooting with Harry Carey

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Harry Carey in Straight Shooting
Harry Carey, Dan Duffy, and Vester Pegg in Straight Shooting

This is John Ford’s first full length film, and he made it through trickery. He was supposed to shoot a two-reeler, but pretended some of the film was damaged during shooting so they’d give him more stock.

Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Harry Carey's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Harry Carey.

This was not Harry Carey’s (1521 Vine Street) first appearance as Cheyenne Harry. He first play the character a decade earlier, and played him in dozens of movies. When movies went to sound he was too old to play leads, but he was a popular character actor for decades.

Today’s fake poster is all about shooting.

A fake poster for Straight Shooting mimicking the poster for A Shot in the Dark.

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