"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Sadly, the second story didn't come up. I didn't realize Lee Marvin was buried at Arlington.
A friend told me a story about Lee Marvin in his hard drinking Hollywood years. One night he was out drinking with friends. He got plastered, and passed out. They tied him onto the roof of the car, and started home. One of Hollywood's finest pulled them over. They explained, and the officer left them off when they revealed that it was Lee Marvin. I don't remember, but I think the officer escorted them.
We'll never see their like again. It just puts that squishy crowd in today's Hollywood in perspective.
ReplyDeleteAdd Neville Brand to that list.
ReplyDeleteDamn... http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/military/neville_brand.html
ReplyDeleteHe was one tough MF for a guy who often played such goofy characters.
ReplyDeleteNeville Brand I mean. Thanks for the link Gregory.
DeleteSadly, the second story didn't come up. I didn't realize Lee Marvin was buried at Arlington.
ReplyDeleteA friend told me a story about Lee Marvin in his hard drinking Hollywood years. One night he was out drinking with friends. He got plastered, and passed out. They tied him onto the roof of the car, and started home. One of Hollywood's finest pulled them over. They explained, and the officer left them off when they revealed that it was Lee Marvin. I don't remember, but I think the officer escorted them.
Neville Brand's wiki page reads "soldier and actor"
ReplyDeletePaco - in The Ninth Configuration he was both.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97uD7Ax_Ukw
His first scene starts at about 07:00.