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Sun May 16, 2021, 12:06 PM May 2021

On this day, May 16, 1905, Henry Fonda was born.

Henry Fonda


Fonda in a publicity still, 1959

Born: Henry Jaynes Fonda; May 16, 1905; Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.
Died: August 12, 1982 (aged 77); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater: University of Minnesota

Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American film and stage actor who had a career that spanned five decades in Hollywood. Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in several films now considered to be classics, earning one Academy Award for Best Actor on two nominations.

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From what I sometimes think is the best movie ever made. When Henry Fonda was asked, of all the roles he had played, what was his favorite, he said this one:

This scene is not truncated, but it has not been posted in an official channel.



Once Upon a Time in the West - The Massacre of McBain Family
330,873 views•Dec 21, 2011

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"Now that you've called me by name..."
Sick scene from the western movie "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968) directed by Sergio Leone. Music: Man with the Harmonica
Starring:
Henry Fonda as "Frank"
Frank Wolff as "Brett McBain"
Enzo Santaniello as "Timmy McBain"
Simonetta Santaniello as "Maureen McBain"
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Once Upon A Time In The West



Once Upon a Time in the West (2/8) Movie CLIP - McBain Family Slaughter (1968) HD
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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Frank (Henry Fonda) and his henchmen murder Brett McBain (Frank Wolff) and his three children.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
In Sergio Leone's epic Western, shot partly in Monument Valley, a revenge story becomes an epic contemplation of the Western past. To get his hands on prime railroad land in Sweetwater, crippled railroad baron Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti) hires killers, led by blue-eyed sadist Frank (Henry Fonda), who wipe out property owner Brett McBain (Frank Wolff) and his family. McBain's newly arrived bride, Jill (Claudia Cardinale), however, inherits it instead. Both outlaw Cheyenne (Jason Robards) and lethally mysterious Harmonica (Charles Bronson) take it upon themselves to look after Jill and thwart Frank's plans to seize her land. As alliances and betrayals mutate, it soon becomes clear that Harmonica wants to get Frank for another reason -- it has "something to do with death." As in his "Dollars" trilogy, Leone transforms the standard Western plot through the visual impact of widescreen landscapes and the figures therein. At its full length, Once Upon a Time in the West is Leone's operatic masterwork, worthy of its legend-making title.

CREDITS:
TM & © Paramount (1968)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Enzo Santaniello, Frank Wolff, Simonetta Santaniello
Director: Sergio Leone
Producers: Bino Cicogna, Fulvio Morsella
Screenwriters: Sergio Donati, Mickey Knox, Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Leone

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