Helen of Troy (1956)


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Post by Ciavazzaro » 20/11/2023, 0:52

You can see them behind the second guard who is at the end of the shot, (the closest part to the end of the pic) of which you can't see his face (not talking about the others you can see by profile, im talking about the ones you don't see the face) tending on the left

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Post by PeplumParadise » 20/11/2023, 11:29

Ciavazzaro wrote:
20/11/2023, 0:52
You can see them behind the second guard who is at the end of the shot, (the closest part to the end of the pic) of which you can't see his face (not talking about the others you can see by profile, im talking about the ones you don't see the face) tending on the left
So somewhere here?
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 20/11/2023, 16:19

I will try later to make a pic, because i understand is not easy to spot.

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Post by ChristofferSlotte » 21/11/2023, 18:09

Some comments to the unbilled cast:

Jack Cooper - IMDb as "Stunts": UK stuntman who doubled Helen in a jump into water (according to more than one source)
John Sullivan - IMDb as "Stunts": UK stuntman doubling Jacques Sernas (source: my interviews with other stuntmen)
Nazzareno Zamperla - IMDb as "Stunts": I think he mentioned to me that he, too, doubled Helen
George Leech - IMDb as "Stunts": UK stuntman (interviewed 1988)
Joe Powell - IMDb as "Stunts": UK stuntman (interviewed 1988 + mentions the film in his autobiography)
Ralph Moratz - IMDb as Trojan soldier (interviewed somewhere on the internet)

Additions:
Larry Taylor - UK stuntman doubling Stanley Baker (interviewed)
Patrick Crean (fencer) (according to Variety 14 July 1954 + also mentions the film in his autobiography)
Ken Buckle - UK stuntman doubling Harry Andrews (interviewed 1989)
Peter Brace - Uk stuntman doubling Maxwell Reed (interviewed)
Fred Haggerty - UK stuntman (interviewed 1988)

John Sullivan also doubled Kirk Douglas in all the Spanish scenes from Spartacus, according to that film's production reports + doubled Richard Burton in Cleopatra.

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Post by PeplumParadise » 21/11/2023, 18:22

ChristofferSlotte wrote:
21/11/2023, 18:09
Some comments to the unbilled cast:

Jack Cooper - IMDb as "Stunts": UK stuntman who doubled Helen in a jump into water (according to more than one source)
John Sullivan - IMDb as "Stunts": UK stuntman doubling Jacques Sernas (source: my interviews with other stuntmen)
Nazzareno Zamperla - IMDb as "Stunts": I think he mentioned to me that he, too, doubled Helen
George Leech - IMDb as "Stunts": UK stuntman (interviewed 1988)
Joe Powell - IMDb as "Stunts": UK stuntman (interviewed 1988 + mentions the film in his autobiography)
Ralph Moratz - IMDb as Trojan soldier (interviewed somewhere on the internet)

Additions:
Larry Taylor - UK stuntman doubling Stanley Baker (interviewed)
Patrick Crean (fencer) (according to Variety 14 July 1954 + also mentions the film in his autobiography)
Ken Buckle - UK stuntman doubling Harry Andrews (interviewed 1989)
Peter Brace - Uk stuntman doubling Maxwell Reed (interviewed)
Fred Haggerty - UK stuntman (interviewed 1988)

John Sullivan also doubled Kirk Douglas in all the Spanish scenes from Spartacus, according to that film's production reports + doubled Richard Burton in Cleopatra.
Thanks, I will add the information.

Do you know what any of these stuntmen look like and can maybe ID them in the images, as (besides Zamperla obviously) I have no idea.

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Post by ChristofferSlotte » 21/11/2023, 18:24

No I don't think I could recognize them but I can try when I get the new blu ray. Just ordered it

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Post by PeplumParadise » 21/11/2023, 18:32

ChristofferSlotte wrote:
21/11/2023, 18:24
No I don't think I could recognize them but I can try when I get the new blu ray. Just ordered it
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The images here are from the blu ray, not as sharp as it would have been with a proper remaster, but still a big improvement over the old DVD print.

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