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by crollyson
November 7th, 2015, 1:22 pm
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Walter Brennan Biographer Carl Rollyson Visits 11/7 & 11/8
Replies: 42
Views: 89026

Re: Walter Brennan Biographer Carl Rollyson Visits 11/7 & 11/8

Mr. Rollyson, I've read rumors that Mr. Brennan was not a supporter of the civil rights movement, and was actually against it and its leaders (such as MLK). Can you set the record straight on that subject? Walter Brennan did not support the civil rights movement and was quite suspicious of African ...
by crollyson
November 7th, 2015, 9:52 am
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Walter Brennan Biographer Carl Rollyson Visits 11/7 & 11/8
Replies: 42
Views: 89026

Re: Walter Brennan Biographer Carl Rollyson Visits 11/7 & 11/8

Ike Clanton in My Darling Clementine is certainly one of Brennan's greatest roles. And you're right. He is vicious. John Ireland who was in the film was once asked if Brennan was anything like that. And Ireland said yes! Well, I don't think he meant Brennan was vicious, but Brennan could be stern if...
by crollyson
November 7th, 2015, 8:17 am
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Walter Brennan Biographer Carl Rollyson Visits 11/7 & 11/8
Replies: 42
Views: 89026

Re: Walter Brennan Biographer Carl Rollyson Visits 11/7 & 11/8

thanks for all the wonderful questions, Moira. To someone looking at my books it may seem puzzling that I would write about Amy Lowell, a poet, on the one hand, and Walter Brennan, a character actor, on the other. But what links all my biographies is my biography. The biographer Paul Murray Kendall ...