Lone Star studios hated to waste footage...
...so failed stunts were worked into the action whenever possible.
Here's an exciting one from John Wayne's 1934 western THE TRAIL BEYOND, performed by either Yakima Canutt or Eddie Parker. (Looks like Eddie.)
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During the key flood sequence, safety was ignored in favor of spectacle.
Extras were not warned of the severity of the water that would engulf them.
These included a young Marion "Duke" Morrison (John Wayne).
While the stars were doing their closeups...
...the unwary extras were being deluged by deadly torrents of water.
Their fear is real as they scramble for their lives.
Several extras were seriously injured.
Three of them were killed.
Originally posted on 8/31/18
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(Originally posted on 2/25/18)
Since the brain of Ygor (Bela Lugosi) was placed into the Monster's skull in GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN(1942)...
...Lugosi was chosen to play the Monster in the follow-up, FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN (1943).
Thus, the Monster, now partially-blind, would speak with Ygor's voice.
But before the film's release, all references to the Monster's speech and blindness were removed.
The Monster's stiff, lurching walk is now unexplained...as are his silent mouth movements.
At 60, Lugosi was in need of stand-ins for the more strenuous scenes.
Actor/stuntman Gil Perkins looked so good in the makeup, it is he whom we first see in close-up as the Monster. Another actor/stuntman, Eddie Parker, also plays the Monster.
Perkins and Parker then take turns as Monster and Wolf Man during their climactic fight...with Bela appearing in the close-ups.
During the key flood sequence, safety was ignored in favor of spectacle.
Extras were not warned of the severity of the water that would engulf them.
These included a young Marion "Duke" Morrison (John Wayne).
While the stars were doing their closeups...
...the unwary extras were being deluged by deadly torrents of water.
Their fear is real as they scramble for their lives.
Several extras were seriously injured.
Three of them were killed.
I neither own nor claim any rights to this material. Just having some fun with it. Thanks for watching!
Edd Byrnes first gained fame on "77 Sunset Strip"...
...as the cool hair-combing, jive-talking Kookie.
In "Grease" he plays an equally cool television DJ...
...who hosts Rydell High's big dance contest.
But the amazing part is the stunt at the end...
...when Edd does a front flip into the frame and catches the mike!
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Sometimes in a big action scene where one hero fights many henchmen...
...the henchmen take turns going one-on-one with the hero.
While waiting their turn, they often simply hop around in keen anticipation.
Here, however, the henchman suddenly and inexplicably decides to fall flat on his back...
...as though he'd been dealt a hero-powered knockout blow...
...when in fact, nobody has even touched him!
It's a case of either bad planning, bad timing, or...who knows?
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