Jimmy Stewart looked like someone's grandpa
He was 46 or 47 in real life but he looked older and of course I couldn't believe the character was playing professional baseball.
He was 46 or 47 in real life but he looked older and of course I couldn't believe the character was playing professional baseball.
He was 46 or 47 in real life but he looked older and of course I couldn't believe the character was playing professional baseball.
IMO the biggest change is the widespread prevalence of cigarette smoke before about the 1970s. Even if you didn't smoke yourself, you were probably exposed to cigarrette smoke for several hours every day.
Look at any number of photos from the 1950s and now -- people of comparable ages looked MUCH older back then. The boundary line between 'middle aged' and 'elderly' used to be about 55 -- now it's 65 or older.
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4) You ever seen Superman $#$# his pants? Case closed.
I've never been able to swallow the whole baseball player scenario. I assume he was in the minor leagues, but majors or minors he was making $70K, which was quite a salary in those days. Young enough to be a top baseball star, yet old enough to be brought back in as a lieutenant colonel and colonel in the Air Force. Not buying it.
shareIn the movie, he was a veteran ball player in the twilight of his career with St. Louis. Maybe 1 or 2 seasons left in him and he was done. The Air Force routinely brought back pilots during the cold war, most at their former ranks, depending on their job. I worked with a guy that was a captain and was brought back in and they made him a Master Sergeant. Needless to say, he was NOT happy.
"We're paratroopers lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded"
Captain Winters, Bastogne, 1944