That they used real bullets in the guns the actors shot at each other? I have a friend who thinks so. He is a movie buff, an old movie buff. He is a fanatic of old gangster/James Cagney type movies. He read somewhere that Cagney, Bogart and the rest were having real bullets shot at them in those movies because blanks had not been invented yet. I say this is just nonsense. What do you say? Real bullets or not?
2007-01-20 12:58:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I agree with everyone here. The idea of real bullets being shot at actors is just silly. I only was asking because i get a kick out of this guys claims.
2007-01-20 13:22:55 · update #1
They did use blanks, all they did remove the bullets and cap the shell with wax. you should watch the old movies, and see for yourself. You'll never see any actor with hole in the shirts nor blood on their shirts. Blank bullets were used back before movies,
wild west shows used them all the time.
2007-01-20 13:05:08 · answer #1 · answered by railroad_joe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-07 11:40:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's retarded. Who in their right minds would want to work on a movie where real bullets are being shot at you? No amount of choreography on earth could keep anyone save in an environment like that.
2007-01-20 13:05:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did not use real bullets in those movies. There have been blank cartridges since the 1800's. Real bulltes would have been unfeasable as there would have been too much risk of injury and death and they wouldn't risk loisng somone that was making them millions of dollars.
2007-01-20 13:06:13 · answer #4 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't you belive it. Blanks were made even before silent movies. They were using them at sporting events in starter guns.
2007-01-20 13:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by tazman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Howdy,
Friend, it was good common sense got those early settlers through. Don't underestimate the power of your own good senses.
LS
2007-01-20 13:06:56 · answer #6 · answered by Li'l Spoon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, for that is stupid, for if you kill your lead actor, you are really in a pickle
2007-01-20 13:07:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no way
it wouldn't make sense
2007-01-20 13:01:18 · answer #8 · answered by Robbie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your friend is smoking something!!!
2007-01-20 13:01:06 · answer #9 · answered by feel/the/need/to/fly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
myth, pure myth
2007-01-20 13:01:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋