The Man Who Saw a Ghost: The Life and Work of Henry Fonda (71 page)

One angry man: making
You Only Live Once
(1937, with Sylvia Sidney), Fonda incurred bruises and lacerations in fight scenes, and “jokingly” fired a prop gun at director Fritz Lang.
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“I presume y’all know who I am.” The opening of
Young Mr. Lincoln
(1939), with John Ford (in beret) directing.
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“I never saw a man mourn for a companion more than he did for her.”
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Fonda with Frances and stepdaughter Pan on the set of
Blockade
(1938). Her father’s bequest made Pan one of the wealthiest heiresses in America.
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With Peter and Jane, before they started talking back.
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Darryl F. Zanuck, c. 1940, minus cigar and polo mallet.
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Shooting
The Grapes of Wrath
with John Ford, late 1939. Fellow Fox star Alice Faye visits.
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“They’re all gone ’r dead.” Fonda, John Carradine, and John Qualen in
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940).
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Preston Sturges shows Fonda how to take a flying leap for
The Lady Eve
(1941).
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With Harry Morgan in
The Ox-Bow Incident
(1943). Director William A. Wellman’s instruction to Fonda: “Don’t shave.”
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Receiving the Bronze Star from Vice-Admiral G. D. Murray, Marianas Islands, August 1945. Fonda will soon go home to a depressed wife, needy children, Darryl Zanuck, and a paternity suit. He can’t wait.
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Frances and Henry at the Hollywood premiere of Alfred Hitchcock’s
Spellbound,
a love story set in a mental hospital. Late 1945.
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The real Wyatt Earp was a pimp and a killer. But John Ford printed the legend, and made a classic. Fonda dances with Cathy Downs in
My Darling Clementine
(1946).
(Jerry Ohlinger’s)