Wow Sue that was very well written , very respectful and just plain
great story.. thanks for shareing it..
and I can tell he left a imprint on you as a pro.. also your openess on
the feminism was very honest and soulful.. just the entire post was
uplifting and fair. very touching tribute and what i think shows
You have salot of depth and compassion I
Very powerful post and thank you for allowing us to hear some good stuff
about him.
best, Tom.
Susan Heim wrote:
No matter his politics, Charleton Heston was a very kind man. I went
to school with his son Frazier, who happened to be in one of my
classes that I was the teaching assistant on.
One day there was a buzz around campus that one of the film classes
was showing Touch of Evil that evening and Charleton Heston might show
up. I decided to grab a few friends and "sit in" on the class. We
arrived and no sight of Mr. Heston, but I figured "hey, a free
screening of Touch of Evil, I'm staying". When the lights went up
after the film, there he was sitting in the front row. I saw Frazier
also and he sort of gestured to come up and meet his Dad. My friends
were "no way", but I'm a game girl and up I went. He introduced me and
his Dad took my hand in his hand and leaned over and said "what a
pleasure it was meeting me". Now, I'm not normally the faint of heart
type, but I swear my legs almost went out from under me. He was so
gracious and so handsome and so charming (and so tall), that all my
feminist strength went right out from under me. (Oh well, I still take
notice when a man opens a door for me, don't shoot me!!) I swore to my
friends that I would never wash that hand again (that didn't last long
as I am a clean nut). That was about 1974.
I did have the occasion to see him a couple of other times at studio
functions, but I hold dear that first time of meeting someone I had
always admired on film. While my political beliefs were different, I
was able to delineate his beliefs from his craft and admire him for
his work.
Many of us here on the group have very different value systems and
opinions than others, and that comes up sometimes very vocally on
certain subjects. However, that doesn't mean that we can gauge the
whole volume of a person by opinions on certain subjects that differ
from ours. While I, too, did not like the way Michael Moore went
after Mr. Heston in his film, Michael Moore does bring up a lot of
good information and, I think, makes films that are thought provoking.
He makes them in a way that adds humor and sometimes that is the only
way to get certain people to even watch the movie. So, because I
didn't like his approach with Mr. Heston doesn't mean, for me, that I
can negate all of the work he does, because I think some of it is
worthwhile.
Anyway, just a few thoughts. I was saddened to hear of Mr. Heston's
passing but I believe he had a great life and he touched this old
girl's life in that one little moment.
Sue
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----- Original Message -----
From: channinglylethomson
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Subject: [MOPO] I met Charlton Heston. . .
. . . in London in 1985. I was on a vacation and went to see a
production of THE CAINE MUTINY COURT MARTIAL in which he played the
Captain. Afterwards, I went backstage and was allowed with a few
other "hounds" to go into his dressing room. I got to shake his
hand
and also had my program autographed. Charlston Heston was gracious
that night as I suspect he always was with his fans. Like the
classier stars of yore, he respected his line of work and the
quality
of his craft AND he knew that it didn't happen without the
audience.
Consequently, he showed tremendous consideration toward the public
as
well. I think today's Hollywood could really use more of his
ilk! RIP.
Channing thomson
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