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...Governor Charles A. Sprague, an erstwhile McKay supporter, has come out foursquare for Hitchcock. The dangers in this situation are not lost on McKay. Says he: "You'd think I was a carpetbagger coming here from Washington instead of the grandson of a Hudson's Bay Co. trapper who settled in Oregon in 1842. It's pure nuts that two men in Washington told McKay to run. I made up my own mind...
Seemingly insignificant details might be the material for a winner. For example, you might show genuine interest by this offering, "Canada, the land of Rose Marie, interests me because I want to know just why Fernando Lamas was cast as a rugged Canadian trapper." You could use the same technique with Howard Keel as a Mountie, or with any of the production staff...
Scenes filmed in Grand Teton National Park give the feeling of the northwest's sprawling magnitude, of the raw, vast, lonesome land. And in the performances of Dewey Martin as the moody, savage Boone and Arthur Hunnicutt as the grizzled old fur trapper, The Big Sky captures some of the book's roughhewn poetry and its dark strain of violence...
...winnowed out of a Pulitzer-prize history by Bernard DeVoto, the story tamely recalls 1950'S Broken Arrow, without its surprise or suspense. Trapper Gable marries a proud Indian maiden (Maria Elena Marques) so he can use her to ease his way into the beaver-rich bailiwick of her grandfather, a Blackfoot chief (played by well-disguised Oldtimer Jack Holt). On the trail, he learns to love and respect her. Their marriage wins the blessing of the Blackfoot ruler and gives them a son. But when one of Gable's men kills the old chief to satisfy...
Boot Spur cabin was built in 1938 by students with the help of an old trapper. Members claim the cabin's bedding facilities will house 24, but add that more can sleep on the somewhat damp ground floor. Since the U. S. Forestry Service requires the door to be always unlocked, many college groups use Boot Spur cabin. The H.M.C., however, asks each visitor to contribute 25 cents to the "kitty...