DVD: Shane

Shane

by George Stevens, Director

Starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde, Walter Jack Palance, and Ben Johnson

Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, California, 1952. 117 min.

Though it's a fun movie with classic values, you might wonder how it fits the CSS Library's collection. Our spiritual director, Joel, is about the same age as Brandon De Wilde who plays the homesteaders son, and enjoyed this movie in his youth (and beyond). One of our practitioners at the fall 2016 retreat picked this up for us after hearing Joel use a few of the following lines to describe his teachings.

Taken from a scene with Alan Ladd in which Shane is teaching the young Joey how to draw his pistol and shoot:

Joey asks, "Gee, is that how real gun fighters do it?"

Shane replies, "No, different gun fighters have their own methods. One, for instance, likes to have a shoulder holster. Another one puts it in his - the belt of his pants. And there are some who like two guns. But one's all you need if you can use it."

Joey then asks, "Which is the best way?"

Shane replies, "What I'm telling you is as good a way as any and better than most."


[Thank you Kathy H. for this addition to the CSS Library.]

-- submitted by Jennifer Knight