EP275: Hollywood Goes to War and 99 Reasons Why A Typewriter Is Better Than A Computer!!

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McGrath veteran George O'Brien became store in Hollywood with breakout performance as the lead in John Ford's silent film epic iron horse handsome and built like a top athlete. He was O'Brien would appear in 11 more John Ford movies 85 films altogether and serving two more wars, World War II and Korea. O'Brien represented all that was best in America and in Hollywood, which may be why he is forgotten today by different Hollywood in a different America George J.

O'Brien comes into the world in April 1899 in San Francisco. His father is Daniel J. O'Brien and his mother, the former Margaret both born in the Irish immigrant families in 19 to market gives birth to a second son, Daniel J. O'Brien, Junior was almost immediately called Jack, George and Jack will be the best buddies.

George one day shy of his seventh birthday early on the morning of April 1819, six, and earthquake strikes an earthquake unlike anything. San Franciscans have ever experienced.

George and Jack rolled out of the land of the 415 way her mother looks out the window of their two-story brownstone house and exclaimed the street burst open, people are running from their houses. The rumbling and quaking continues for some time and then there is an eerie silence in the O'Briens or in the street and their houses crumbly with a low rumble quaking begins again. Certainly Margaret thinks of what she left behind in the house and says my wedding ring my marriage certificate for Dan brownstone is swaying and heaving.

Dan O'Brien goes back into the house and retrieves the precious items. George Peter describes his father as extraordinarily calm but stern throughout the earthquake and the fire that follows George's shocked by what he sees in the streets dying people have buried in rubble and pleading for help.

Familiar landmarks obliterate corpses in grotesque positions – lines exploding in balls of fire San Francisco gradually recovers from the great quake in fire of 19 six and so to does the O'Brien family then becomes a placement first working as a patrolman at nights and then rapidly rising through the ranks become chief of the San Francisco Police Department in 1920 was my luck. Have a wonderful father says George. He knew how to manage a boy. He showed me what was what and then gave me my head with full liberty to make an ass of myself if I felt like his life and standards give me plenty to live up to my father, weighed 220 pounds, 6 feet tall and an amateur boxer in his younger days when the West Coast was a rough and ready place by the time George arrives at San Francisco's Polytechnic I his physical prowess is already well known becomes the star receiver on the football team and an Allstate guard in basketball also letters in track and swimming in spirit time he learns to write group and bulldog on the family, friends, ranch near Los Gatos Lydia college especially Santa Clara University one Georgian pads on the gridiron with the United States and World War I. George goes to recruiting office to join the Marines. After graduation from high school.

Recruiter tells him the quota for the Marine Corps is full at the moment and he will have to wait for impulsive the patient. George goes to the Navy recruiter in and enjoying office and is duly sworn in. George excels in training and later in the service aboard the submarine chaser SC 397 here in several different readings in the Navy commendation was stationed at San Diego after the war ends boxes is way through a series about to become a champion of the Pacific Fleet is mustered out of the service at the end of August 1990, and you been listening to Roger McGrath was sorry screen star Mrs. Beckman really good silent screen your American film iron horse John Ford's silent classic while he was start and many many more. John Ford movies only John Wayne could make the claim, the George O'Brien born in 1899 live through the San Francisco earthquake of one of thing is a seven-year-old witness and Through a star athlete and when the Marines say no. During World War I, he joined the Navy instead.

As he leaves is also the heavyweight champ of the Pacific Fleet.

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Hobart tells George get in there and show those birds out to fight O'Brien's and then works on the movie until it's completed three weeks later and is given a second small part in Bosworth's next movie more movies, but parts follow O'Brien is earning $25 is now known as an actor is a handsome visage physique and athletic prowess give them an audition for the lead in Ben Hur for time. It looks as if he might get the part is high hopes are dashed when the studio decides it needs a big-name actor O'Brien so disappointed. He thinks of returning to San Francisco and joining the police department. He stays in Hollywood and works regularly in small roles usually is a sailor or cowboy 1924. John Ford is hired by Fox Studios Jamaica Western epic to top all others a story about the building of the transcontinental railroad title the iron horse dozens audition for the lead role of daily branded before it remains unsatisfied.

Fox finally sends O'Brien over for an audition for rigorously test O'Brien in several scenes and is happy with what he sees, especially a fight scene that has O'Brien faulting on the horse. After pummeling an enemy. O'Brien's vault is as good as any stuntman when he gets to settle the sense breaks O'Brien hits the ground hard.

Nonetheless, immediately springs to his feet and is ready for action forward is sold, the iron horse is both a critical and commercial success. George O'Brien is suddenly a star in John Ford become fast friends. They have a lot in common to both Irish Catholics, four-star football players. Lovers of the sea, and American patriots. There are important differences to forward smokes and drinks often to access and experiences periods of alcoholic depression and rage.

O'Brien is a physical for this book shuns drinking and smoking and because he is on screen thinks it important to set a good example for the youth of America Georgia branch great success with John Ford in the iron horse means top directors now demand O'Brien for leading roles from 1924 through 1928 stores in 24 movies and in addition, John Ford works with such directors as Emma Flynn, Jack Conway, Howard Hawks, Frederick Morneau Allen and Michael Cortese. By 1920 in 1929 the studios are abandoning silence for talkies.

After the success of the Jazz Singer late in 1927. Some stores don't have a voice to make the transition. But George O'Brien has a voice rich in timber and residents and makes the transition easily as first all sound movie is salute attribute to West Point and Annapolis. In football rivalry between the academies, directed by John Ford O'Brien plays West Point's star halfback. The movie is mostly forgettable but does have scenes with a couple of football players from the University of Southern California. John Wayne and work on 1929 through 1940 O'Brien stores nearly 50 films, mostly westerns when using a cowboy is a cop or a soldier or sailor becomes a husband in real life.

In 1933 when he marries Marguerite Churchill. A year later they have their first child, Brian dies 10 days after birth a daughter Warren is born 1935 she will become an accomplished musician and a member of the New York Philemon orchestra in 1966. A second son, Darcy was born in 1939 he will become an English professor and a prize winning novelist then you been listening to Roger McGrath tell the story of George O'Brien went to Santa Clara after his time in the Navy you're playing football and realized pretty soon, but being premed and being a doctor. These were someone else's dreams, not his and he goes to Hollywood picks up every job could and lives in a YMCA with a buddy and then comes his big break. A couple of small pictures that working with the vendor, not so great but soon to be great. John Ford what would turn out to be a classic and a big hit. The iron horse still back movies at no words silent screen time and the stars were big when we come back more of the story of George O'Brien and more of our Hollywood goes to war series with Roger McGrath graph is the author of gunfighters Philemon vigilantes violence on the frontier US Marine and former history professor UCLA McGrath's appeared on numerous history Channel documentaries is a regular contributor for us here at our Americans when we come back more of this remarkable story George O'Brien story part of our Hollywood goes to war series here on our American stories. Millions will make Medicare coverage decisions for next year and United healthcare can help you feel confident about your choices for those eligible Medicare annual enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7. If you're working past age 65.

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Well, this premeditated people and life just might well when role with Willie.

People will you will gain so the Japanese monster sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. George O'Brien is 41 years old and the married father of two children is also stored in movies including a dozen in the three years leading up to Pearl Harbor.

Moreover, O'Brien is already served the country were one. So what does he do 10 days after the Japanese sneak attack George O'Brien goes back in the Navy. O'Brien is Commissioner Lieut. and is assigned to the San Diego Naval base to improve physical training for recruits who do not. O'Brien implements programs in boxing weight training in hand to hand combat techniques which apparently borrows from similar programs.

His father developed for the San Francisco Police Department.

After his training regimens are fully implemented in producing excellent results. Lieut. O'Brien requests a combat assignment is strained as a beach master beach master is the officer responsible for landing craft getting to the beach in a court needed pattern to the right location and on time because of all things go wrong at each step of the BSA operation. The task of beach mass is very difficult.

Moreover, beach master is in the thick of the action exposed to enemy, rifle, machine gun mortar and artillery fire. O'Brien sees his first action in the Aleutian Islands in the battle that during May 1943 Japanese force 3000 men occupied at two island since invading the island gets no opposition.

In June 1942, there were only 40 Hollywood Indians on the island.the Japanese took him prisoner dalliance was shipped off to Japan and have them died in captivity considering the wet weather and heavy Japanese fire landings on how to go fairly well, but they're not without O'Brien himself also comes down with will be many weeks before is for duty again was recovering. He learns that Chester Bennett directed one of Ryan's movies was captured in Hong Kong by the Japanese for eating the Chinese and the resistance Japanese portrait Bennett and then sliced off his head with the sword, George O'Brien, now Lieut. Cmdr. is back in action is a beach master in the invasion of Saipan in the Mariana Islands. June 1944. Initial landings of the Marines are met by fierce Japanese resistance, which includes highly accurate artillery fire dozens of landing craft were hit and exploding balls of flame before they reached the beach. O'Brien is in the thick of the action, but this time he comes through the campaign without a scratch. O'Brien's next landing is at least island in the Philippines in October 1944 resistance is relatively light and American forces land with few casualties. By the afternoon.

The Americans have established a beach 1 mile deep and 5 miles wide. This enables Gen. Douglas MacArthur to wade ashore from the landing craft and declare people of the Philippines. I have returned, by the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil. The next day will come. A series of Japanese air rates make shuttling troops and supplies back and forth from the beaches at Leyte, a death-defying task. O'Brien is fortunate to come through unscathed. Promoted to commander naval rank equivalent to Lieut. Col. George O'Brien becomes one of the many thousands of Americans preparing to invade the Japanese home islands. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 go because Japan surrendered in a monumental bloodbath is avoided. O'Brien is with the American fleet sales into Tokyo door. O'Brien is reduced to character roles of those include plane cavalry officers into a John Ford greatest westerns Fort Apache in 1946, and she wore a yellow ribbon in 1949, I was slowly but surely rebuilding my second career in films, when the troubling career started set O'Brien maybe was my inner sense of loyalty, but whatever was forced me to again abort my career in films and resume the life of an officer in the O'Brien serves in the Naval intelligence unit during Korea and then later in the 1950s as a naval attaché tomato. He also helps make several films for the government, including two that have significant relevance for today Korea battleground for liberty and Taiwan island. The freedom George O'Brien retires from the Navy in 1960 at the rank of Capt. at age 65.

O'Brien appears in his final movie John Ford directed Cheyenne autumn in 1964, O'Brien again plays a role of the cavalry officer O'Brien lives for another 21 years and dies at age 86 and 1985 the Hollywood motion picture*who appeared 85 movies is buried at sea by the U.S. Navy in a formal ceremony off San Diego as Capt. George O'Brien decorated veteran of World War I, World War II and Korea and a terrific job on the production by Greg and a special thanks to Roger McGrath. As always, sharing the story of those Hollywood stars who served our country in war and this time George O'Brien story. My goodness, World War I, World War II and the Korean War and his service in World War II possibly the toughest combat zones in my goodness where he starts is tough enough illusions. First, then the Mariana Islands of Emily Tia easily. The high point of his life filling into Tokyo.

No acting. The course call of duty comes again is resurrecting his acting career one more time.

This time with the Naval intelligence serving his country once again in the Korean story of George O'Brien, a remarkable story of public service and was here on our Americans. Millions will make Medicare coverage decisions for next year and United healthcare can help you feel confident about your choices for those eligible Medicare annual enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7.

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I asked why in the world typewriter. He told me I always wanted one dad thought I he got the typewriter store in our town. The reason he was at the thrift store was because of the age of 12, he decided he did not want to attend the cotillion at his school wearing khaki colored chinos. He wanted to wear Nantucket red colored chinos. I told my wife I don't feel like spending like $100 of Brooks Brothers and Nordstrom's or some other place for kids where Nantucket red chinos for six months and then grow out of. So I said take a thrift store came back from the thrift store without the chinos but with the typewriter so so what did you pay for $15 that $15 for type okay. The guy wanted 30 dad but I told him it didn't work so it only given 15 I tried to get him but he insisted on 50 kids 12 years old negotiating with the thrift store manager or owner.

Whatever is this $15 typewriter that doesn't work like to give typewriter doesn't work so I figured you could fix that that I write this reasonable answer. Let's take it down the bench and see what we can do is take it down to my workbench. Finally, we get the thing working or we proceed to then argue over who gets to use the typewriter I wanted to use it. He didn't want to let me. I argued I fixed. He argued I paid for. Why don't you get your own typewriter so I did that I got another and then another not.

The next thing I know I'm collecting and storing old manual type started writing in the process of that I realized typewriter writing on a computer. One day I'm typing away on the typewriter writing. Heaven knows what I'm thinking, this is great. I also start thinking about the Boswell list. What if I can come up with 99° via typewriter is better than a computer. So put a piece of paper, typewriter started, and here's what I came up with some really go through the list. Some of them are a little overdone fact that some are absolutely for those of you who've never typed on a typewriter just going to have your imagination. For those of us old enough to have type. I think some of these things might strike. Speaking of which, the number one reason is there are no power to no cords connecting to printer three. No cords connecting to an external hard drive for no cords connecting to anything. Five. No software to install six no software to download 10 typewriter can't crash 11 no fatal system error messages 24 no font to choose. 25. No font color to choose unless you have a two tone ribbon 26 no font size to choose 27. You don't have to format 29 no print button to push 33 no leaving your desk to retrieve your printed work 34.

The typewriter can reflect your mood. If you are upset and you type harder as a result, it will show in your work because the keys will penetrate the paper. 39.

I like baseball. Shirley Povich is the type need I say 40. There is no chance what you type will be uploaded universally to the Internet all the world to see whether you wanted to not type writers are secure and private. 41. There is no spell check need to learn how to spell and use a dictionary in the process you will improve your vocab 42. There is no grammar check read Strunk and White, and learn how to use it, you will improve your grammar.

43 no annoying perforated red underlines telling you something is misspelled before no annoying perforated green telling you something is punctuated there are not always correct any 51 if you're working late and happen to fall asleep at the keyboard with one of your fingers pressing against the key you won't wake up later to discover that you just type MMCCCLIX pages of the letter. 53 no mouse 56. You don't get interrupted with emails. 57.

No one tries the friend 67 when I'm working on my typewriter can't be confused with playing solitaire or shopping on the way 71 when I type. I'm not distracted by all the other things on the computer ultimately less fulfilling 72.

Most of the good old typewriters were made in America 77. There are no gamers, typewriters 78. If a typewriter breaks, they rarely, if ever, do you take it to some old guy that has interesting stories to tell, rather than some young kid doesn't know any may not know probably have more in common, even if not 79 don't need extended. Can't get 83.

If someone sees you were here typing on a typewriter they will stop and ask you about it and you will have something interesting to discuss.

No one ever asks me about my computer. 91. If I want to quote unquote carbon copy someone I get to use real carbon 92. Now my kids can learn what real carbon paper is and why they cc some 93 another personal one. I now have a use for those three bottles white out.

I am saving in my desk for so many years. 99 you never have to type and what a terrific piece by Bert rustica is still back in the way of the typewriter and loves it. Bert Ross because 99 reasons why a typewriter is better than a computer here on our American store millions will make Medicare coverage decisions for next year and United healthcare can help you feel confident about your choices for those eligible Medicare annual enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7.

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