Scatman Crothers

Made films the shows talk about.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (5 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (5) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (next film): Scatman Crothers → Clint Eastwood. Scatman's next film after The Shining was Bronco Billy, an Eastwood film.
    “the movie he did after this was Bronco Billy, which is a Clint Eastwood movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:23:12 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (shared films): Scatman Crothers → Jack Nicholson. Scatman had been in a bunch of Nicholson movies, including The Fortune and Cuckoo's Nest.
    “he had been in a bunch of Nicholson movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:21:17 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (recommended): Jack Nicholson → Scatman Crothers. Nicholson recommended Scatman Crothers for the role.
    “And so Nicholson recommends him for this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:21:23 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Scatman Crothers: Crothers on Kubrick's takes: one shot of him crossing the street from a snow cat, no dialogue, took fifty.
    “One scene, I get out of a snow cat and I walk across the street with no dialogue, 50 takes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:21:51 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Scatman Crothers: After months of Kubrick, Crothers cried when Clint Eastwood shot one take on Bronco Billy and moved on.
    “Scatman says, like, he started crying because he was like, yeah, that was good.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:23:30 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)