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by David Lee Guss
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Purchase a tote bag featuring the photograph "Film homage Iron Eyes Cody The Big Trail 1930 Black Canyon City Arizona 2004-2008 " by David Lee Guss. Our tote bags are made from soft, durable, poly-poplin fabric and include a 1" black strap for easy carrying on your shoulder. All seams are double-stitched for added durability. Each tote bag is machine-washable in cold water and is printed on both sides using the same image.
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Iron Eyes Cody (1907-1999) was best known as The Crying Indian in the Keep America Beautiful commercial narrated by William Conrad (1920-1994).... more
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Iron Eyes Cody (1907-1999) was best known as "The Crying Indian" in the "Keep America Beautiful" commercial narrated by William Conrad (1920-1994).
He appeared in over 200 films from 1930 to 1987. His first film was as an extra in Raoul Walsh's "The Big Trail," which starred a 23 year old John Wayne.
Cody became enamored of all things Native American. While even looking Indian he was in actuality the son of Sicilian immigrants, with the birth name of Espera de Corti. He falsely claimed to be of Cherokee and Cree ancestry.
Cody played Native Americans in all his movies.
Cody also worked as a technical advisor on several films, with an Indian theme, including "The Great Sioux Massacre" (1965) shot at Old Tucson, Arizona.
Besides playing an extra in "The Big Trail," he was uncredited as a stunt man.
The 70mm "Trail" was expected to make a star of the then unknown John Wayne. It didn't, and Duke then spent nine years making ch...
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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