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Yakima Canutt publicity photo c.1933 Poster
by David Lee Guss
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Yakima Canutt publicity photo c.1933 poster by David Lee Guss. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Pioneer stunt man Yakima Canutt (1895-1986) worked with Duke from 1932 to Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo (1959).... more
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Pioneer stunt man Yakima Canutt (1895-1986) worked with Duke from 1932 to Howard Hawks' "Rio Bravo" (1959).
Yak's most daring stunt on a Wayne picture was retrieving the dangling reins from the out of control horse's hooves in "Stagecoach."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C43x88DbuIY
Yakima is best remembered today for his staging of the chariot race in William Wyler's "Ben-Hur" (1959). He also doubled for Charlton Heston.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La70eV1mTe0
Like Duke 'Yak' got into films with the help of Tom Mix. He last worked at 80 as stunt coordinator for "Breakheart Pass" (1975), having been awarded a special Oscar in 1966.
@2013 - David Lee Guss - Film homage, Yakima Canutt, c.1933-2013
About David Lee Guss
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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