Film Homage Iron Eyes Cody The Big Trail 1930 Crying Indian Black Canyon Arizona 2004
by David Lee Guss
Title
Film Homage Iron Eyes Cody The Big Trail 1930 Crying Indian Black Canyon Arizona 2004
Artist
David Lee Guss
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
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; which had a cameo appearance by former KVOA TV news director
Jake Crellin, shot in the lobby of Tucson's Santa Rita Hotel.
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 cheap Westerns. The newly opened Fox Tucson theater showed "The Big Trail."
In a 1930 still photo of the Fox, no mention was made of Wayne on the marquee, only Raoul Walsh. The marquee claimed that "Trail" was: "The most important picture ever made."
Iron Eyes was a friend of artist Ted DeGrazia.
Uploaded
July 19th, 2016
Statistics
Viewed 139 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/18/2024 at 3:05 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Tags
Comments
There are no comments for Film Homage Iron Eyes Cody The Big Trail 1930 Crying Indian Black Canyon Arizona 2004. Click here to post the first comment.