He’d walk up and down the hall in his bathrobe and practice drawing his guns. One of his classmates was Budd Boetticher who recalled Holt ""used to walk around in our suite of rooms there…and he often had on his. Holt was educated at Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, graduating in 1936. He was the inspiration for his father's book, Lance and His First Horse. During his early years, he accompanied his father on location, even appearing in an early silent film. I can see why it's regarded as such a classic.Tim Holt was born Charles John Holt III on February 5, 1919, in Beverly Hills, California, the son of actor Jack Holt and Margaret Woods. This film has some genius writing going for it. It was a character shift that I couldn't have been happier with. Curtin on the other hand, began as a humble side character and rode off as the hero in the final scene. I look at him and think to myself: "This is the kind of person I want to become." Similar to what someone else already said here, but it's worth repeating.ĭobbs started out as the hero, but became the villain and got exactly what he deserved in the end. He resisted it because he had the conscience which his partner lacked. He could have just as easily succumbed to the gold fever. Curtin stayed good and decent, right until the last frame. But now I understand that it wasn't in Curtin's character to exact revenge. Literally! A part of me had hoped that we would see one final confrontation between him and Dobbs. As soon as he makes it back to Howard and recovers, he's right back on the horse again. It said a lot about his moral compass that even though Dobbs betrayed him, shot him and left him to die, Curtin doesn't give up or lose that optimistic spark. It was so suspenseful, I was invested in every second of Dobb's descent into insanity. I was even happier when he got away to safety. I watched Sierra Madre for the first time about a week ago and I was enormously happy when Curtin was revealed to be alive. I was rooting for him during the entire film. Shame on you! Didn't your mom raise you, "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all". PS What's with all the snarky people on the web? Last night I read about Dorothy Lamore and someone dismissed her as "average". It would have been half the film (2 stars instead of 4) without him. I think Tim Holt is somebody!! Especially in this movie. And poor Tim Holt, he became an RKO B cowboy but it was too late (end of 40's, early 50's). He died in the Boston Coconut Grove fire, probably a Blessing. He crawled to Hollywood for $300 a week (when he made thousands!) then WHAM!! The Singing Cowboy hit him and Buck was done. Buck produced his own film "the Big Hop", it flopped then he put a Wild West Show on the road and lost everything. But in the case of Buck Jones and Tim Holt it's true, they just didn't have the luck. His sister Jennifer was quite popular in the B Westerns, but alas Tim just didn't have the luck. He had the pedigree his dad Jack was a major silent star. Too bad he didn't get more parts like this, Tim Holt could have been a major star. He never worried about who was gonna gun him down (greed is an ugly thing). You don't know my friend Brett Norman but he's exactly like the Tim Holt character good, and kind, and true.
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