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Thread #31397   Message #408340
Posted By: DonMeixner
28-Feb-01 - 06:24 PM
Thread Name: the quietman song titles
Subject: RE: the quietman song titles
"The Isle of Innsfree", of which there appears to be no such place, was written for the movie.

"The Rakes of Mallow" is the primary song we, in these parts, use for a "Siege of Innis", followed by almpest anyother reel, but always ending with "Mallow"

There is alittle jig that keeps popping up from time to time that sounds like a harmony version of "Haste to the Wedding".

To my way of thinking, John Wayne deserved and oscar many times but none more so than he did with this film. Not quite the short story, By Jack Finney I believe, but a good solid glimpse at rural Irish life as seen by John Ford.

Ward Bond makes a believeable priest and a more believeable trout/salmon fisherman. Be sure to watch the full length film, not the shortened for commercial television film that is out and about.

Don