[in Jack's boyhood bedroom]
An ancient magazine photograph of some dark-haired movie star was taped to the wall beside the bed, the skin tone gone magenta.
=aside=
I had to check how the BBM movie script handled that line.
"An ancient photograph of a handsome, dark-haired movie star, Maximilian Schell, is taped to the wall beside the bed, curled and yellowed." [script]
And they (McMurtry and Ossana) were more specific, and maybe more accurate. They identified the actor, and yellowed is probably a better description of what magazine articles did back then. Magenta is more what happened to coloured photos from the '70s and '80s.
Maximillian Schell won the Academy Award for best actor in 1961, defeating Paul Newman and Spencer Tracy and he would have been familiar to an 18 year old "boy" in 1961/2. Max looked good too. (See period photo of M Schell below.) Ennis had something to live up to. And he did, in my mind.
No magazine photo seemed to make it to the bedroom of the finished movie.
::okay, back to the ABCs::
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Thanx Mr. Toast for that fascinating 411! One of the many purposes of the "ABCs" is education about BBM facts. At the BBM Board, it was the subject of multiple files as to who was the actor or actress on the wall near Jack's bed. As I recall, the #1 vote-getter was Judy Garland! Others named were Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Sal Mineo, Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, et al. -- and even Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Liz Taylor -- but no one thought of Max! Indeed, this is very interesting 411. BTW, U're right, the photo was not in Jack's bedroom in the movie. That was a mistake of omission! Interestingly, Ennis has a sure resemblance to Max!
Will-U