http://movies.dcealumni.com/archives/pyare-mohan-comedy-with-a-difference/ India's premier Bollywood News And Movie Review Portal Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:51:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://movies.dcealumni.com/archives/pyare-mohan-comedy-with-a-difference/#comment-6449 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:14:33 +0000 http://movies.dcealumni.com/archives/pyare-mohan-comedy-with-a-difference/#comment-6449 The Shepherd of the Hills—director Henry Hathaway's (True Grit) tale of backwoods moonshiners—is a Harry Carey vehicle more than a John Wayne picture. Carey not only plays the title character, he is the film's heart and soul, delivering a gentle performance imbued with unassuming nobility. It's a treat to see Wayne and Carey share the screen with one another as Wayne replaced (and eclipsed) Carey as director John Ford's go-to leading man. Wayne's respect and admiration for Carey was such that in the iconic closing shot of Ford's The Searchers, he mimicked Carey's mannerism of holding his left elbow in his right hand as a sly tribute to the actor, who had been dead a little less than a decade when the film was shot. Wayne's respect for Carey comes through in every scene they share in The Shepherd of the Hills, though Young Matt is Dan Howitt. The Shepherd of the Hills—director Henry Hathaway’s (True Grit) tale of backwoods moonshiners—is a Harry Carey vehicle more than a John Wayne picture. Carey not only plays the title character, he is the film’s heart and soul, delivering a gentle performance imbued with unassuming nobility. It’s a treat to see Wayne and Carey share the screen with one another as Wayne replaced (and eclipsed) Carey as director John Ford’s go-to leading man. Wayne’s respect and admiration for Carey was such that in the iconic closing shot of Ford’s The Searchers, he mimicked Carey’s mannerism of holding his left elbow in his right hand as a sly tribute to the actor, who had been dead a little less than a decade when the film was shot. Wayne’s respect for Carey comes through in every scene they share in The Shepherd of the Hills, though Young Matt is Dan Howitt.

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