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with two or three other members
of the cast...
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and part of the crew.
:40:08
Afterwards, everybody would come
to Withers USO at night...
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but we'd first go to the country club,
because there was a lovely pool there...
:40:15
and it was cool.
:40:18
We'd play water polo.
:40:22
They had these big, old,
what do you call them? lnner tubes!
:40:27
For old-fashioned tires, you know?
:40:29
The boys would get them, Rock especially.
:40:32
He would have a hoot and holler of a time,
where he'd get the two big, round things...
:40:37
and then everyone would have
to dive off the board to get through there.
:40:41
Dennis did it every time,
usually two at a time.
:40:43
He was a very good swimmer.
:40:46
He had a lot of fun with us there.
:40:48
We all had a good time
at the country club.
:40:53
It was the only pool anywhere around.
:40:56
It was greatly appreciated by all of us.
:41:00
When Dad first talked with Jimmy Dean...
:41:04
about playing Jett Rink...
:41:07
Jimmy had been here on the lot
at Warner Brothers...
:41:10
and used to hang around the office...
:41:12
and would come over wearing costumes
that he thought suggested Jett Rink.
:41:17
It was a part he really wanted to play.
:41:20
It was a gamble.
:41:22
He was young. They were talking
about Montgomery Clift...
:41:25
and more experienced actors.
:41:28
I thought that Jimmy was a terrific actor.
I really did.
:41:33
He believed in bringing
as much of himself...
:41:37
to the part as possible.
:41:39
There were a lot ofstories
about how kooky he was...
:41:43
because he spent all his time
with the cowboys.
:41:47
He was roping, he was riding.
:41:50
He was learning how to shoot a rifle
for the first time.
:41:56
Actually, that was all research for the film.