And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The best movie opener in history. The only thing amiss is the train whistle, which was from a European manufacture instead of an American one.
Trivia: The fourth actor in the opening scene who is mostly unknown (the knuckle cracker, Al Mulock) committed suicide in costume, jumping out of his hotel window after a day of filming. The screenwriter and a production director saw him plummeting past their window.
Cowboy hats are good.
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The best movie opener in history. The only thing amiss is the train whistle, which was from a European manufacture instead of an American one.
ReplyDeleteTrivia: The fourth actor in the opening scene who is mostly unknown (the knuckle cracker, Al Mulock) committed suicide in costume, jumping out of his hotel window after a day of filming. The screenwriter and a production director saw him plummeting past their window.