05-12-2022, 02:08 PM
I read most of the James Arness autobiography yesterday...
https://imgur.com/a/zvRCyNN
Released in 2001 when he was about 78.
Tells about his family history which was very interesting.
There was a lot of detail on even very old memories, along with an admission that he can remember faces from 50 years ago, but he doesn't remember names... I have concluded that he most likely had a photographic memory.
He hopped trains, slept in his car, slept out on the beach...
He was impervious to hot temperatures and could hike for long distances like it was nothing...
These are all qualities in a man that get me very excited, so I wasn't all that surprised by it, I had begun to figure James Arness was just my kinda guy from what I've seen so far.
There were some other very interesting tidbits of info regarding Gunsmoke that I wouldn't have guessed, just as far as his own personal interpretation of his acting abilities etc.
I was right about the season 3 era confidence he had found and how he'd become one with his character, it was confirmed by something I read in the book.
There was a lot more to living the Gunsmoke life for 20 years than just shooting the show weekly.
https://imgur.com/a/zvRCyNN
Released in 2001 when he was about 78.
Tells about his family history which was very interesting.
There was a lot of detail on even very old memories, along with an admission that he can remember faces from 50 years ago, but he doesn't remember names... I have concluded that he most likely had a photographic memory.
He hopped trains, slept in his car, slept out on the beach...
He was impervious to hot temperatures and could hike for long distances like it was nothing...
These are all qualities in a man that get me very excited, so I wasn't all that surprised by it, I had begun to figure James Arness was just my kinda guy from what I've seen so far.
There were some other very interesting tidbits of info regarding Gunsmoke that I wouldn't have guessed, just as far as his own personal interpretation of his acting abilities etc.
I was right about the season 3 era confidence he had found and how he'd become one with his character, it was confirmed by something I read in the book.
There was a lot more to living the Gunsmoke life for 20 years than just shooting the show weekly.
