A Movie with a Luger...

Johnny C. Kitchens · 07-05-2003, 04:12 PM

This is a very good movie with a Luger in it...

Sergeant York

I know he really didn't use a Luger...

Here is a good history article to read about Alvin York...

The Real Sergeant York...

Big Norm · 07-05-2003, 10:50 PM

In the above picture, either that Luger is very small or Garys hand is monsterous. Maybe we can sue the movie producer. Good movie though.
Big Norm

tracyp · 07-05-2003, 11:03 PM

That's one of the things that is incorrect in the the movie. York really used a Colt .45.

This is from the article.

"York put the German major at the head of the column with him holding his Colt .45 to the majorÃ¢??s back."

Strider · 07-08-2003, 02:33 PM

This may be a bit off topic since it is not about Sgt. York, but I watched a movie this weekend called "The Pianist". You can see a Luger in use in one of the scenes. It shows an officer using the pistol and changing the clips after he empties the first one. The movie was really excellent. Check it out if you get a chance.

Edward Tinker · 07-08-2003, 04:36 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr /> It shows an officer using the pistol and changing the clips after he empties the first one. <hr /></blockquote>This in itself is an oddity, as hollyweed likes to have those 22 shot pistols.

Ed

Strider · 07-08-2003, 05:12 PM

You are not kidding on that. I had heard about the scene from my cousin earlier when we went out to shoot my Luger. I had to count the number of shots. He fired 7 shots then changed it and fired once more. Sometimes Hollyweird does get it right.

AGE · 07-08-2003, 11:39 PM

John Wayne always used a belt fed Colt SAA. Never saw him reload. I guess your officer must have been operating under magazine size restrictions. Too bad.

Pete Ebbink · 07-18-2003, 07:33 PM

The new Sean Connery movie that is just out ("The League of Extraordinary Gentleman") has one luger pistol in a scene.

It looks like a 6" Navy that the Dorian Gray character uses to shoot the 1st. mate that serves on Capt. Nemo's vessel...

If you blink, you will miss seeing the luger. I am not sure, but it might have been gold-plated, as well...

Movie was quite off-the-mark historically. It is set in 1899, but you have WWI type tanks, guys in uniforms that look like SS or Nazi, and many grease-gun type machine guns...

Whoever was the technical advisor probably got paid well, but needs some history lessons...

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

ViggoG · 07-19-2003, 04:44 AM

I would not want to have to prove it but I used to watch every Gary Cooper Movie that I could, and I seem to remember him as one of the larger Stars.
I always had the opinion that he was very near to the size of John Wayne.
Just what I seem to remember of the old Movies.
How many out there remember the silent movies where they had captions and played music on an old Victrola ?
I remember as a small child of five in 1930 going to tent shows of that sort.

Viggo

Lugerdoc · 07-19-2003, 09:16 AM

Another miscue that one also sees quite often in movies or on TV, is someone holding prisoners with a M1911 type pistol with the hammer down. TH

07-05-2003, 04:12 PM	#1
Johnny C. Kitchens User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Arlington, Texas Posts: 518 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 8 Posts	A Movie with a Luger... This is a very good movie with a Luger in it... Sergeant York I know he really didn't use a Luger... Here is a good history article to read about Alvin York... The Real Sergeant York... __________________ Johnny C. Kitchens

07-08-2003, 02:33 PM	#4
Strider User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Posts: 256 Thanks: 26 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	This may be a bit off topic since it is not about Sgt. York, but I watched a movie this weekend called "The Pianist". You can see a Luger in use in one of the scenes. It shows an officer using the pistol and changing the clips after he empties the first one. The movie was really excellent. Check it out if you get a chance. __________________ Sid. Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit. ~German Proverb If it is made before 1930 ..........It is a prototype.

07-08-2003, 04:36 PM	#5
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> It shows an officer using the pistol and changing the clips after he empties the first one. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">This in itself is an oddity, as hollyweed likes to have those 22 shot pistols. Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

07-08-2003, 05:12 PM	#6
Strider User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Posts: 256 Thanks: 26 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You are not kidding on that. I had heard about the scene from my cousin earlier when we went out to shoot my Luger. I had to count the number of shots. He fired 7 shots then changed it and fired once more. Sometimes Hollyweird does get it right. __________________ Sid. Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit. ~German Proverb If it is made before 1930 ..........It is a prototype.

07-08-2003, 11:39 PM	#7
AGE User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 597 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	John Wayne always used a belt fed Colt SAA. Never saw him reload. I guess your officer must have been operating under magazine size restrictions. Too bad. __________________ Al Eggers (AGE) NRA Life Member

07-05-2003, 10:50 PM	#2
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	In the above picture, either that Luger is very small or Garys hand is monsterous. Maybe we can sue the movie producer. Good movie though. Big Norm

07-05-2003, 11:03 PM	#3
tracyp User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Kalifornia Posts: 391 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	That's one of the things that is incorrect in the the movie. York really used a Colt .45. This is from the article. "York put the German major at the head of the column with him holding his Colt .45 to the majorÃ¢??s back."

07-18-2003, 07:33 PM	#8
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	The new Sean Connery movie that is just out ("The League of Extraordinary Gentleman") has one luger pistol in a scene. It looks like a 6" Navy that the Dorian Gray character uses to shoot the 1st. mate that serves on Capt. Nemo's vessel... If you blink, you will miss seeing the luger. I am not sure, but it might have been gold-plated, as well... Movie was quite off-the-mark historically. It is set in 1899, but you have WWI type tanks, guys in uniforms that look like SS or Nazi, and many grease-gun type machine guns... Whoever was the technical advisor probably got paid well, but needs some history lessons... Regards, Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

07-19-2003, 04:44 AM	#9
ViggoG RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: South Side Virginia Posts: 534 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I would not want to have to prove it but I used to watch every Gary Cooper Movie that I could, and I seem to remember him as one of the larger Stars. I always had the opinion that he was very near to the size of John Wayne. Just what I seem to remember of the old Movies. How many out there remember the silent movies where they had captions and played music on an old Victrola ? I remember as a small child of five in 1930 going to tent shows of that sort. Viggo

07-19-2003, 09:16 AM	#10
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	Another miscue that one also sees quite often in movies or on TV, is someone holding prisoners with a M1911 type pistol with the hammer down. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

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