Conductor 71


«One is starved for Technicolor up there.»

Recommend Conductor 71

Giant (Stevens, 1956)

My Winter Movies # 12

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«We know that Mr. Stevens is very meticulous and will demand perfection in selecting props, wardrobe, cast, etc. causing expenditures that are impossible to foretell (I mention as an example that he interviewed 1,500 horses before selecting Alan Ladd’s horse in Shane)».

[Memo from Eric Stacey to Jack L. Warner (in Marilyn Ann Moss, Giant: George Stevens, a Life on Film, Madison, The University of Wisconsin Press, 2004, p. 201)]