Hopping Mad Hopper
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Donna Rosenthal’s Nov. 5 article on Dennis Hopper brought to mind an incident I saw at the Santa Monica Pier about 1960. Hopper was acting in a scene in the movie “Nighttide” in which a sailor meets a girl.
As the cameras rolled, three young rowdy onlookers yelled, just to disrupt the scene. They thought it a big joke until an angry Hopper in a sailor costume came tearing out of the pier’s merry-go-round. They suddenly became three scared little boys and disappeared fast.
Through the years, I have admired Hopper for the courage he showed that day. His movie work is not bad either.
HENRY L. DUVAL
Santa Monica
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