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Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Fitters make adjustments to the tail of Mosquito HJ728 aeroplane at the de Havilland factory, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Britain, 1943. Photo by Ministry of Information official photographer / IWM
Villainous theory
Hi everyone! I'm pretty sure I've figured out what the encoded text in the BHO handbook means, but if I'm right, then it's major spoilers, so it'll be under the cut.
EDIT: I made a part 2 to revise some of the things I say here, so that the conclusion can be as accurate as possible, but a lot of the overall points still stand.
Polk Road 29, Hatfield, Arkansas.
Stagecoach (1939)
First off, I really liked the premise. Iām a sucker for a good ensemble cast and this movie has it! John Ford was notorious for using his stock company of actors well (and apparently emotionally abusing them a bit to get the scenes he wanted).Ā Ā
The premise for Stagecoach is great: Nine strangers cramped together in a stagecoach traveling across Apache territory, hoping to not get ambushed (spoiler alert: of course they do).Ā
And whatever you assumed about their characters and what you think you know?Ā
No, you donāt.
As for John Carradine, this is peak performance right here. Playing the shady Southern gambler Hatfield escorting Mrs. Mallory to her husband, heās exuding just enough protective charm to make his final scene during the attack hit even harder.
Also, the lighting is doing wonders for that bone structure. šā„ļø
Rewatch factor: Very high! You have the likes of John Wayne and Thomas Mitchell entertaining us with solid performances! Plus, knowing what you know about the charactersā moral values by the end, I think Iād be more prone to watch for those little clues of who they really are early on.
Carradine factor: *still staring at him in that costume*
ā¦sorry, what was the question again? Uhh, yes. Yes.
Also, I see no point in creating gifs for this film when others have perfected it. An ample cruise on the tags for this movie will verify my point, but to highlight a few under the cut:
Hatfield
Hatfield played by John Carradine in John Ford's Stagecoach.
The Great Staircase of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom,
Completed in 1611.Ā
Credit: Country Life