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THE SHINING AUTOGRAPHS
The movie The Shining was based on the Stephen King novel directed by Stanley Kubrick. King was not happy that Kubrick took many liberties with the film that differed from the book. King would later produce the television miniseries based on his novel. Kubrick's breathtaking cinemaphotography and extraordinary acting skills of the main cast created what is considered a modern horror classic. It is a movie that people either love or love to hate.
After the first theatrical release, Kubrick decided to abruptly change the ending by eliminating the last two minutes of the movie. The movie ends by showing a shot of Jack Nicholson in the 1921 photograph. The original ending had Mr. Ullman showing up at the hospital where Wendy and Danny had gone. All that remains is the original script that shows Ullman visiting Wendy and Danny in the hospital. He invites them to come and stay at his house to recuperate.
Sadly, no known footage that remains since Kubrick ordered all cut pieces of the film returned to the studio where he presumably destroyed them. All that is left are some stills and the script. Views are mixed if the ending helped or hurt the film.
There are many often nonsensical "theories" about the ending and movie itself that often say more about the person espousing the theory than the movie itself. As with most theories, nothing can be proved one way or another now that Kubrick is deceased.
I will not attempt to go into a scene-by-scene autopsy of the movie. The movie is one that in the beginning I did not fall in love with, unlike every other movie or television show I collect. The movie grew on me after I purchased the DVD and watched it one night. The opening sequence of the VW driving the winding mountainous road to the Overlook Hotel was wonderful. The music also adds so much to the slightly menacing tone of the opening.
The Shining has three main stars and the remainder are supporting roles albeit important ones. Nicholson, Duvall, and Lloyd make up the three leading actors. Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel, and Tony Burton are the main supporting cast. Except Lisa and Louise Burns the remaining cast are minor supporting roles. Of the 22 credited actors and actresses I believe only 19 appear in the 144-minute version of the film as it exists now.
I believe the role of the nurse and the receptionist in the hospital scenes are gone forever. Barry Nelson had a bigger role in the theatrical release of the film prior to the Kubrick cut.
I have added full names rather than just the last names of some of the characters as appear in the credits. Anne Jackson portrayed Danny's physician and is only called "Doctor" no name is used in the movie. Similarly, Joe Turkel's role as the bartender is only called "Lloyd" with no last name given. Barry Nelson has a nameplate on the desk that reads "STUART ULLMAN."
The ones listed in the opening credits were all established actors and actresses except Danny Lloyd. The closing credits were largely supporting actors and newcomers like Lisa and Louise Burns the "Grady twins." Manning Redwood a British actor played one of the forest rangers he usually was cast as a military officer in many of his roles.
Among the people who appear in the movie but are uncredited is Glenn Rinker who was a real television newsman from Florida and the wife of Stanley Kubrick is seen sitting on the couch in the ballroom. There were close to 30 extras that appeared as party guests and hotel workers. The following are the opening and closing credits
[OPENING CREDITS]
Jack Nicholson (Jack Torrance)
Shelley Duvall (Wendy Torrance)
Danny Lloyd (Danny Torrance)
Scatman Crothers (Dick Hallorann)
Barry Nelson (Stuart Ullman)
Philip Stone (Delbert Grady)
Joe Turkel (Lloyd the Bartender)
Anne Jackson (Doctor)
Tony Burton (Larry Durkin the garage owner)
[ENDING CREDITS ONLY]
Lia Beldam Young (Woman in Bath)
Billie Gibson (Old Woman in Bath)
Barry Dennen (Bill Watson)
David Baxt (Forest Ranger #1)
Manning Redwood ( Ranger #2)
Lisa Burns (Grady Daughter)
Louise Burns (Grady Daughter)
Robin Pappas (Nurse in Hospital)*
Alison Coleridge (Secretary to Ullman)
Burnell Tucker (Policeman)*
Jana Sheldon (Stewardess)
Kate Phelps (Receptionist)*
Norman Gay (Injured Party Guest)
*Scenes believed to be deleted. These would be credit only now.
I will be adding the major players below but have put some biographical material so they will be in order.
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JACK NICHOLSON (1937- ) is among the handful of actors who need no introduction. He was a huge star by the time The Shining was made. Hits like Chinatown and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest were under his belt by then. Nicholson appeared as the masochistic dental patient in the original Little Shop of Horrors and had a starring role in the confusing and inexplicable horror film The Terror starring Boris Karloff. Below is a cropped autograph (the entire one is in my photo album).
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SHELLY DUVALL (1949- ) began her career in the 1970s in both television and films. Duvall appeared in shows like Cannon, Love American Style, Baretta, and the new series The Twilight Zone. She appeared as "Pam" in Woody Allen's comedy Annie Hall (1977) her biggest film until she was cast in The Shining in 1980. She and Stanley Kubrick were often at odds, and it is doubtful a director today would be able to make an actress do 127 takes of a highly charged and emotionally draining scene. Duvall later said the baseball bat scene was one of her best even though getting there was painful. She played "Olive Oyl" in the movie Popeye (1980) with Robin Williams. The movie was not a critical success although in the years following it has gained an audience. It is difficult to say if the movie affected Duvall's career, but she has never been cast in any great movies since then. She returned to acting in the 2023 movie The Forest Hills after an absence of just over 20 years.
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DANNY LLOYD (1972- ) was so young when cast as Danny that Stanley Kubrick tried to shield him and the "Grady daughters" from the horror aspect of the movie. He was not allowed to see the movie until he was much older. Two years after The Shining he would play a young G. Gordon Liddy in made-for-television movie Will: The G. Gordon Liddy Story (1982). His only other movie was a cameo spot as a spectator in The Shining sequel Dr. Sleep (2019).
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DANNY LLOYD as Danny Torrance in The Shining. His autograph was elusive until a few years ago.
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SCATMAN CROTHERS (1910-1986) had a long career in both television and movies he was a familiar face in such television shows as Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Bewitched, The Odd Couple, Sanford and Son, and many more. It was being cast as Louie Wilson in the Jack Albertson and Freddie Prinz comedy Chico and the Man in 1974 that made Crothers a household name. He appeared in 65 episodes of the show. He was cast in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) along with Jack Nicholson.
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BARRY NELSON (1917-2007) was clean-cut and reliable in both movies and television. His first credited role was The Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) being billed third under William Powell and Myrna Loy. He starred in his television show My Favorite Husband 1953-55 co-starring Joan Caulfield. Richard Denning and Lucille Ball had starred in the radio version. Nelson starred in a very good episode of The Twilight Zone entitled "Stopover in a Quiet Town" in 1964. He appeared in Suspense, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Cannon, Battlestar Galactica, Taxi, Magnum, P. I., Fantasy Island, and his last work was in Monsters (1980). He also appeared in an episode of the British series Thriller. Nelson appeared in the 1980 Sci-Fi/Horror movie Island Claws. His best movie was The Shining and he gave a superb performance as Stuart Ullman the manager of the Overlook Hotel. His role was much larger in the theatrical release of the movie but the ending hospital scenes involving him were cut by Kubrick and destroyed.
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