Michelle: Yes. More famous in Europe than America, yet she seduced John Wayne in North to Alaska and was the perfect comic foil as Peter Sellers' wife, Simone, in the classic Pink Panther. In the 1950s, Capucine decided to travel to New York, and it's there that she began an affair with producer Charles Feldman, who took her to Hollywood to study both acting and English. Studio publicity material contained in the film's production file at the AMPAS Library added that the U.S. missile base at Port Magu, CA served as the Nome waterfront, and that additional location filming was done at Lone Pine and Mammoth, CA. Sam McCord : [Sam returns, sees what is happening, and knocks out Ole with one punch; says to Angel] Brought you some coffee. 2023 American Profile, All Rights Reserved. Studies show that 60% of the time, our search works every time. Collect, curate and comment on your files. Ole Sam McCord 2023 Getty Images. Blake Edwards cast Capucine in The Pink Panther, playing Inspector Clouseau's wife, who is having an affair with a jewel thief, played by David Niven. When George learns that Jenny is married, he rushes off before Sam can mention Michelle. var gEmbedCodeWhite = ''; She played a French prostitute who becomes the love interest of John Wayne. He has worked in films like Jailhouse Rock and Pocketful of Miracles. Angel : Oh, please go away. Angel Capucine made her film debut in Jean Cocteau's The Eagle with Two Heads (1948), in a small, unbilled role. Producer William Goetz said, "You can teach a girl to act, but nobody can teach her how to look like a princess. : [28] After the affair ended, she and Holden remained friends until his death in 1981. [25], Capucine appears in episodes of Srie noire, Voglia di cantare, Murder, She Wrote, Honor Thy Father, Sins, Delirium (1987), My First Forty Years (1987), Gila and Rik (1987), Una verit come un'altra (1989), Quartier ngre (1989), Blaues Blut (1990) and Il giudice istruttore. The audience recognizes him for his role in entertaining films like Bell Book and Candle and The Ernie Kovacs Show. [21] She inherited the rights to the book Zandy from his estate and sold them to the makers of Zandy's Bride. Comment moderation is enabled. Claim jumpers are killing miners and filing bogus documents; Angel has fallen in love with Sam; George's teenage brother Billy has fallen in love with Angel; and Angel turns out to have a secret past with Kovacs's character, Frankie Canon, an incorrigible con artist. Among them was North to Alaska, which not only made money but partly shaped the later phase of Wayne's career, helping him reinvent himself as a cowboy with a comic touch and pointing the way to True Grit (1969) and Rooster Cogburn (1975), the first of which won him his only Academy Award. Virginia Mayo and Joel McCrea meet a tragic end in this 1949 Western directed by Raoul Walsh and based on his 1941 film, "High Sierra." In 1957, film producer Charles K. Feldman spotted Capucine while she was modeling in New York City. Whatever you're cooking smells good, too. Mickey Shaughnessy can be seen playing the role of Peter Boggs in the film North To Alaska. North To Alaska is a comedy film which released in the year 1960. By using this site, you agree to our updated, Two prospectors (John Wayne, Stewart Granger) cope with woman problems and a con man in. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver. She looks like a horse, a beautiful horse, I know that, I was a trainer. : After angrily locking herself in her cabin, Michelle reconsiders and agrees to make George happy, but Sam, who is now falling in love with Michelle, vetoes the idea and books her passage back to Seattle. They starred in the films The Lion (1962) and The 7th Dawn (1964). Copyright Fandango. I guess I got sore, that's all. When there are two men and one girl on top of a mountain, its trouble. You even sound like a wife! NORTH to ALASKA (DVD, 2003) Sam McCord (Wayne), George Pratt (Stewart Granger), and his little brother Billy (Fabian) are prospecting for gold in turn of the 20th Century Alaska. The script is based on the 1939 play Birthday Gift by Ladislas Fodor and is set during the Nome gold rush. After a break of a few years, Capucine appeared in Mademoiselle from Paris (1955) and Frou-Frou (1955). A post shared by Collector's Shangri-La (@collectorsshangrila) on Jan 23, 2015 at 11:27am PST. [13], She was then William Holden's love interest in The Lion (1962). Angel : [as Ole paws her] No. This marked the only Western for Capucine, who was 32 at the time and had already enjoyed a successful modeling career. Sam finds she is already married, and returns instead with Angel. Angel Clickr on one of the buttons below to install: To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:
