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Quotes and quizzes - a tiny foretaste from a chapter in the (forthcoming) book on the horse in film

Quotes

“I have two acting styles – with or without a horse” Robert Mitchum

"Bring on the empty horses" Michael Curtiz

"Neigh! Honk! Honk! Bam!" The Horse Whisperer



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Quiz

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(1) In which Western does a dog ride a horse?   

(2) Horses are seen to fall on riders in several films, but which contemporary actor has a mule sit on him

 

(3) In which film with no horses does “a Horse and Hound reporter” quiz the heroine about working with horses in a science fiction film? 

 

(4) What happened to the real Trigger?

(5) In which film does an actress ask "Hey you, could you hold my horse's thing?" [and yes, that is what she means]

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Answers

(1) Six Black Horses

(2) Danny DeVito, in Jewel of the Nile

(3) Notting Hill, - William Thacker (Hugh Grant ) has to pretend to be a journalist in order to interview famous actress Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) – unfortunately, Horse and Hound magazine is the first that comes to mind.

(4) He was eaten.

Roy Rogers had several Triggers and according to the IMDB, when the last one died in 1965 its hide was placed in Rogers and Dale Evans' museum in Victorville, California – but later an investigation revealed that Trigger's meat had been sold to several small eateries in the South West. Butcher John L. Jones was sentenced to five years in prison.

(5) Ned Kelly