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By: Wayne Stone

Wayne Stone — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:42:48 +0000

This movie was filmed at my ex wifes uncles house. It was the big 2 story house that was mentioned. Alan Alda liked the uncle’s straw hat so much that it was given to him. He wore it several times on the MASH show.

By: Anne Richardson

Anne Richardson — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:11:40 +0000

Dear Cherie,

I believe you might be thinking of Rough Romance, a logging film shot in Oregon ( but set in Canada). I have never seen Rough Romance. Internet Movie Database lists John Wayne as an uncredited member of the cast. He played a lumberjack. He also worked in the art department, in charge of props.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021319/

I would love to know more about this production!

Anne

By: Cherie

Cherie — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:15:13 +0000

I was told that John Wayne (when he was still known as Marion Morrison), was in a logging film done in Coos County, Oregon. I cannot find any mention of it on-line.
There are no known copies of the film; yet stills were used hung in the Taylor Maid Donut shop located in Bunker Hill (Coos county).
Can you confirm this? or shed any light as to its history?

By: Anne Richardson

Anne Richardson — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:17:48 +0000

Thanks, Lori! Thanks to you, I wrote about Isn’t It Shocking? I hope anyone who knows more about it will contact Oregon Movies, A to Z with more information. Don’t think there is any way to see it today — how unexpected to learn about a TV movie ( looks like it was in the horror genre) which starred Louise Lasser ( aka Mrs. Woody Allen.)

By: Lori

Lori — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:04:46 +0000

Lovely thing you’re doing here, and massive amounts of work. There’s an apparently forgotten movie made in Mt Angel in 1973 with Alan Alda called “Isn’t It Shocking?” I remember seeing it back then and only recall that the Angel’s Table diner was renamed “The Horse Creek Diner” in the movie and the folks at the Angel’s Table kept the movie’s sign up for years afterward.

My mother and I were driving back roads in the country and came across a film crew in a an old 2 story house. Traffic had to stop while they filmed a scene with Alan, which you could hear from the road. It had something to do with a cat being thrown, or jumping from on high on to Alan? perhaps.