4/2/2023 0 Comments Faith domergue![]() ![]() “I did about every western TV series that WB produced. I wore flats when Kenneth and I worked together (“It Came From Beneath The Sea”) and I don’t think he was very pleased about it, but I am fairly tall!”Īlthough not satisfied with her career as a whole- “I took what came along-I had two children, no support from my ex-husband, and there were bills to pay.” However, there are exceptions like Kenneth Tobey. Rod Cameron (also in ‘Santa Fe Passage’) and Jocko Mahoney (‘California’, ‘63) were probably the tallest. You know, many of my leading men were tall-because I’m tall. We shot it mostly at a studio-even the campfire scenes were done inside, but there was an occasional location somewhere in the upper part of Malibu. “He is a big, clumsy man with the most enormous hands I ever saw. Her next-to-final western feature, “Escort West”, starred Victor Mature. The inter-racial theme-I was a half breed who falls in love with Indian-hating John Payne-couldn’t be used today, but it worked very well then, and there were no problems with the public, due to its theme.” ![]() I went over to Universal on my lunch hours to prepare for ‘Cobra’, while completing ‘Santa Fe’ at Republic the rest of the time. “There was a little hassle when we returned to do the interiors-I owed Universal some pictures, and they put me into ‘Cult of the Cobra’ which was already in production. We were there so long, in fact, that we turned golden red from all the dust! I saw the film again recently, and I still consider it my favorite feature.” His wife Sandy and I had known each other since the late ‘40s when my husband and I were in Buenos Aires. John Payne was a great big guy, so handsome. Queried about “Santa Fe Passage”, “Oh yes, that was lots of fun to do. In fact (laughs), they kept falling off! There was an ambulance standing by because these poor Indians who wanted to be in the movie, simply couldn’t ride a horse!” These people were into harvesting winter wheat, and they knew nothing of horses, like the Sioux did. We were on location in Pendelton, OR, where they had the Yumatilla Indians, not the Sioux tribe. “My first film was ‘The Great Sioux Uprising’ (‘53) with Jeff Chandler. Susan Cabot was his girlfriend in the picture, but when we were making it, she was on the ‘outside’, as Audie and I became great chums.”įinally obtaining her release from RKO, Faith almost immediately signed a two-picture-per-year pact with Universal-International. Although I am not domestic, I gave him my opinion, and he was very pleased. ![]() One day he asked my advice about a kitchen appliance he was going to purchase for his new wife. my horse slipped-almost went down-but luckily it got back up, or else I would have been run over by all those people following us! As a result, the studio said I could no longer do my own stunts! They complained about all the costs, time, trouble there would be if they had to reshoot-they didn’t seem to care about me at all!”Īlthough many people state Audie Murphy wasn’t that warm a person, Domergue has to disagree. “There were no far-away locations on that one-nothing except Vasquez Rocks! There was one scene, where the posse is chasing us. Marrying, and baring two children, she was left to sit out her RKO contract until finally allowed to do a loan-out picture at Universal, “Duel at Silver Creek”, with Audie Murphy. Debuting in a small role in ‘46’s “Young Widow”, it was “Vendetta” (eventually released in ‘50) that brought her public notice. Signed to a studio contract at Warner Brothers when only 15, Faith soon switched to Howard Hughes (thus RKO) who bought her Warners contract. I always loved the westerns because I got to be outside and, of course, ride which I could do side-saddle as well.” “My father taught me to ride horses when I was very young. The beautiful star of such ‘50s Science Fiction classics as “This Island Earth” and “It Came From Beneath The Sea”, Faith Domergue, counts as her favorite films two westerns-the 1955 Republic Trucolor “Santa Fe Passage” and a “Bonanza” episode, “The Lonely House” (‘61).īorn in New Orleans, Faith’s family moved to California when she was barely two years of age. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |