Photograph, Press - Arthur Hunnicutt, "El Dorado"
Object number2012.091.01
Date1966
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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Arthur Hunnicutt was born on February 17, 1910, in Gravelly, Arkansas. Hunnicutt was an actor who appeared on both stage and screen. Hunnicutt attended Arkansas State Teachers College (now known as the University of Central Arkansas) in Conway. He began his acting career working on Broadway and eventually moved into film work. He acted in over 50 films and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1952 western “The Big Sky.” Hunnicutt died on September 26, 1979.
The movie is about a group of men helping a rancher in a fight with a rival rancher over water.
Color photographic publicity still from the movie "El Dorado," starring John Wayne and Arkansas native Arthur Hunnicutt. Black print at bottom. The image shows Hunnicut and Wayne in a cabin. Wayne is wearing an orange shirt and brown vest and holding a coffee can and cup. Hunnicut is in the background, leaning against closed wooden window shutters of the cabin. The movie was made by Paramount Pictures.
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