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Post by jeffersoncntycutie on Apr 4, 2017 17:01:28 GMT -5
Has anyone ever asked David about his experiences making the mini-series The Blue and the Gray with Julia Duffy etc...?
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Post by goodnight on Apr 4, 2017 20:03:26 GMT -5
Off topic, but you might find it interesting. The actress that played the mother of David's character (she played the mother of Julia Duffy's character too, their characters were brother and sister) also played the mother of JohnBoy's wife Janet in the later Walton movies.
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Apr 4, 2017 23:39:41 GMT -5
Has anyone ever asked David about his experiences making the mini-series The Blue and the Gray with Julia Duffy etc...?
Yes. David told us about it in October 2015. Right now I don't have the time to comment about what he said. I will try to do that in the next day or so.
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Apr 5, 2017 16:30:49 GMT -5
Has anyone ever asked David about his experiences making the mini-series The Blue and the Gray with Julia Duffy etc...?
Yes. David told us about it in October 2015. Right now I don't have the time to comment about what he said. I will try to do that in the next day or so.
Here it is jeffersoncntycutie:
David Harper (Jim Bob) joined us Friday night (10/16/2015) for an hour at an impromptu question and answer session. I asked him if he could tell us anything about filming "The Blue and the Gray." He played James Hale in it. Some of the things he told us:
He enjoyed being a part of it even though they had him playing a Northerner and having him die off early of dysentery. He filmed his parts at Fort Smith Arkansas. His agent arranged for him to stay on for two more weeks after his filming was done. He mentioned that Warren Oates and David Doyle was in it and that people remember David best as Bosley on Charlie's Angels. *Stacy Keach's room was above David's (Harper not Doyle) and Stacy's 'secretary' would visit Stacy quite often and David could 'hear' them. Girls found out what hotel the cast was staying at and they would be banging on their doors at all hours. He talked about what an honor it was to meet Gregory Peck (who played Abraham Lincoln in the film).
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*Shame on Stacy Keach.   This mini-series was shown on TV in November 1982 and it was filmed in the fall of 1981. Stacy had married Jill Donahue on 5/31/1981. Shame! Shame! 
Read more: waltonswebpage.proboards.com/thread/7379/24-hours#ixzz4dPevU3Wu
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Post by jeffersoncntycutie on Apr 12, 2017 14:18:49 GMT -5
Thank you very much! Very interesting.
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Post by goodnight on Apr 13, 2017 18:51:04 GMT -5
Have many of you watched the mini-series The Blue and the Grey? I think it's quite good myself. Gregory Peck played Lincoln in it and I thought he seemed to be made for the role.
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Post by Miss Amy on Apr 14, 2017 10:32:49 GMT -5
Have many of you watched the mini-series The Blue and the Grey? I think it's quite good myself. Gregory Peck played Lincoln in it and I thought he seemed to be made for the role. I love that miniseries. So many good actors in it. |
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Post by goodnight on Apr 14, 2017 22:14:21 GMT -5
Have many of you watched the mini-series The Blue and the Grey? I think it's quite good myself. Gregory Peck played Lincoln in it and I thought he seemed to be made for the role. I love that miniseries. So many good actors in it. It's on Youtube, a part 1 and a part 2. The mini-series was released in 3 parts in it's first run, but this on Youtube is one that has had some scenes cut out. Even still each of the 2 parts are over 2 hours long with no commercials. And yes, many great actors. Besides Gregory Peck, there was Lloyd Bridges and Colleen Dewhurst as the parents of the main character John Geyser. Hey Miss Amy, did the character of John Geyser remind you a little bit of JohnBoy of the Walton's. I thought so. I know JohnBoy was a writer and John Geyser was an artist (an artist journalist actually, sketching the war for the newspapers and Harper's Weekly). But there was something about him that reminded me of JohnBoy. |
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Post by Miss Amy on May 9, 2017 9:01:53 GMT -5
I love that miniseries. So many good actors in it. It's on Youtube, a part 1 and a part 2. The mini-series was released in 3 parts in it's first run, but this on Youtube is one that has had some scenes cut out. Even still each of the 2 parts are over 2 hours long with no commercials. And yes, many great actors. Besides Gregory Peck, there was Lloyd Bridges and Colleen Dewhurst as the parents of the main character John Geyser. Hey Miss Amy, did the character of John Geyser remind you a little bit of JohnBoy of the Walton's. I thought so. I know JohnBoy was a writer and John Geyser was an artist (an artist journalist actually, sketching the war for the newspapers and Harper's Weekly). But there was something about him that reminded me of JohnBoy. I bought a copy of the movie a few years ago -just love it so much. Now that I think of it, the John Geyser character does remind me of John Boy. |
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Post by dave on May 17, 2017 14:58:26 GMT -5
excellent series. I watch it all the time.
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Post by Sussie of Teckelhut Acres on May 20, 2017 12:21:07 GMT -5
I love The Blue and The Grey too. Gregory Peck has always been one of my favorites. A true gentleman. I met him once as a child. He was very kind to me. The story David related about Stacy Keach is not surprising. He has a less than stellar reputation, even among the elite in Hollywood. Good Actor though!
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Post by Johnny on Oct 7, 2018 4:54:36 GMT -5
I just began watching this series. I remember hearing Gregory Peck reading the narration of Abraham Lincoln on Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait. on an album originally released in 1942. (on this vid clip he begins at 7:31, the audio was recorded in 1942, but someone also pieces together slides to accompany the music & narration. The slides appear to be authentic taken during the period & several likely made by Mathew Brady). Perhaps that is one reason why they cast him as Lincoln on this miniseries.
Here is David playing James Hale as he is signing up for enlistment in the Blue & the Gray.  |
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Post by dave on Oct 7, 2018 11:44:43 GMT -5
David just had a birthday a few days ago. Happy Birthday!
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Post by goodnight on Oct 7, 2018 20:10:25 GMT -5
I just began watching this series. I remember hearing Gregory Peck reading the narration of Abraham Lincoln on Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait. on an album originally released in 1942. (on this vid clip he begins at 7:31, the audio was recorded in 1942, but someone also pieces together slides to accompany the music & narration. The slides appear to be authentic taken during the period & several likely made by Mathew Brady). Perhaps that is one reason why they cast him as Lincoln on this miniseries. Here is David playing James Hale as he is signing up for enlistment in the Blue & the Gray. I remember that scene in the mini series. I think his character was only 16, but he wrote 18 on the inside of his shoe or on a paper he put in his shoe before he went in to sign up. When he was asked if he was over 18, he swore that he was. He even said something like, "I stand on my statement". |
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Post by lorijean on Oct 9, 2018 20:02:41 GMT -5
Love it and watch it every year. He plays a great character. I get tearful when he dies and says to his brothers " Tell Mama to come upstairs. Tell her I'm feeling poorly"
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This mini-series was shown on TV in November 1982 and it was filmed in the fall of 1981. Stacy had married Jill Donahue on 5/31/1981. Shame! Shame! 
