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Re: CDC 3x00 pictures

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From: Charles Richmond
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2018 13:51
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On 6/4/2018 4:38 PM, maus wrote:
> On 2018-06-04, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 12:50:42 -0700 (PDT)
>> hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>
>>> On Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 3:00:04 AM UTC-4, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>>
>>>> 	What's really amazing is that at the time (well into the 1970s
>>>> too) it wasn't noticable it was just normal.
>>>>
>>>> 	One of Arthur C Clarke's books had a character whose job was
>>>> editing the smoke and cigarettes out of old films so as not to offend
>>>> modern sensibilities. It seemed unlikely when I read it, recently I read
>>>> that there are people doing just that today - score another one for
>>>> Arthur!
>>>
>>> In old works shown on TCM and the rerun channels (e.g. METV) lots
>>> of people are shown smoking.  I'm surprised they would bother editing
>>> it out.
> 
> 
> I notice while watching "The Quiet Man", that John Seemed unable to get
> through a scene without lighting a cigarette. He died later of cancer.
> In this country at the moment, its an easy way to spot foreigners.
> 

John Wayne was subjected to radioactive particles from an above-ground 
nuclear test in 1956 while acting in the movie "The Conqueror".  Many of 
the actors in that movie later died of cancer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conqueror_(1956_film)#Production


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