Pipe-Sighting: "The Quiet Man"
SANDRE746
pleased at the amount of pipe-smoking contained in that film. I've seen that
particular flick many, many times but not recently. Had forgotten how prevalent
the pipes were in that one! Neat film! Andy S.
redd peety
Redd
buck12ga
says...
> Yes. All Petersons too! I couldn't quite make out the nomenclature though.
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> Redd
buck
Ken Burton
A lot of the Duke's early movies had pipes in 'em.
Just watched "The Fighting Seabees" and lots of pipe sightings in there
including the Duke himself.
Watch closely early on when the Duke is standing next to the rail on the
freighter taking him to his doom. Is he actually using the infamous
"smoke your pipe upside down" method to keep his flame out of the wind ?
Later,
KB
Mikey
looked in that movie - it was obvious that they were all enjoying their
smokes.
What is our fascination with that movie? It is a great film, but why does
such a simple story (and an old movie at that) hold such a place in our
hearts?
I enjoyed 3 pipes across the double-watching time, and look forward to the
movie showing again later this month.
- Mikey
"It's all smoke...and mirrors!"
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>Yes. All Petersons too! I couldn't quite make out the nomenclature though.
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> Redd
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>I love the duke quick question for all you John Wayne nuts !!!
How many movies did he die in
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ah i hit the button to fast the question post is from me
Guy
Paul Iannetti
in the morning watching that last night on AMC. Never noticed the
pipes before last night, although they were beauties.
The pub scene during the fight is an all-time classic--the squire
spitting teeth and telling the Duke he's growing fond of him sets me
rolling every time.
Paul
Fred Krafcik
It's a great scene, Paul. I love when the old lady runs up offering "a
nice stick to beat the lovely lady..." So un-PC, and yet so funny at
the same time!
Anybody know what they might have had burning in those pipes of theirs?
I'd like to think it was something good, not some goopy aromatic...
Fred
SANDRE746
country folk in "The Quiet Man" were smoking some sweet virgina and smoky
orientals, pressed together and kissed with only the slightest hint of deer's
tongue. Not a big fan of deer's tongue here, but that sounds, uh, well, er,
"interesting." Rubbed out and stuffed into an old Pete, it somehow sounds
charming--especially if smoked out in the Irish countryside, and ever the more
so if in the company of a young and beautiful Maureen O'Haura! Va-va-va-voom!
Andy S.
Fred Krafcik
What a great picture you paint! I've never tried deer's tongue, but I
think you've nailed it with the Virginia-Oriental mixture... But, most
important(!) is the company of Maureen O'Hara!!! =)
Fred
david bull
They were probably smoking Condor!!
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Up in Smoke!
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The Duke's fights are always classics.
SCOTTY
BiggHobbit
>
That just ruined the whole romantic image of being with Maureen O'Hara in
County Sligo.
I hope they were smoking a toasted cavendish or other nice aromatic (so as not
to offend the noses of Maureen, the old widow and the other nice lasies of
Innisfree!).
Terry McGinty
"SANDRE746" wrote in message
> Just finished watching "The Quiet Man" on AMC a short while ago, and
was
> pleased at the amount of pipe-smoking contained in that film.
The pipe smoking in the Quiet Man and many other films by the famous
director John Ford can be attributed to Ford himself. Ford was an
avid pipe smoker, as were many people of that era. Not to depict them
with pipes would be less than genuine.
In my travels in the West of Ireland,I would find myself in a country
chemist shops(drug store) in search of tobacco. Mick McQuaid square
cut, a flake tobacco in the round tins was always present. There were
others too, but many long gone. Many virginia flakes and St. Bruno
and Condor flakes, as were the English mixtures of Mullingar and
Clarke.
The Quiet Man was filmed in and around the village of Cong near Lough
Corrib, just inside County Mayo north of Galway City. But even Cong
has changed over the years. When I first visited Cong, milk was
delivered by horse drawn cart, a common practice in the 50s. Horse
drawn carts delivering milk and other goods could be seen in many
towns up until the 70s. Those times a gone, along with many of the
tobaccos, but one can still enjoy the fresh wit of the delightful
people along with the beautiful countryside. Like in the States, pipe
smokers are not as prevalent today, but it's not uncommon to see the
likes of an old Barry Fitzgerald type roaming next to a remote
stream - in waders with rod in hand and a pipe in the craw. It is in
the more remote areas of the western islands and mountains that I've
seen these pipe smokers.
terry
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