Sepia Saturday: Packy May Have Been Kidding about Rita Hayworth

The photo that is the prompt for this week's Sepia Saturday challenge features a handsome man who is sitting in a chair and pointing a finger. That man happened to be an actor, and the theme for this week's post is FILM. As I looked through my image archives, I first thought I wouldn't be able to participate this week, but soon, by stretching the theme of the photo prompt as far as I possibly could, I made a couple of tenuous connections.

First, I came across a photo of my own in which a man was sitting in a chair. This was my grandfather, Lewis (known to all his grandchildren as Packy), whistling as he bounced my little sister and our cousin on his knee about 1950:

As for the "film" connection, I remember at least two occasions when Packy told us with a straight face that he used to pull Rita Hayworth in her little red wagon. I've spent a ridiculous amount of time researching online, trying to prove his story by putting them in the same place at the same time,  but haven't been able to do so. It's a shame, really. I think Rita would have  liked Packy.

And then I found a photo of a man who was pointing.  Pointing guns, actually. The man in the photo below was my children's paternal grandfather, Charles. This photo was taken in 1920 when he had just turned 21 years old and was working in North Africa. After  studying his pose in this photo, I can make still another film connection: I think he may have seen too many movies.

Another photo of Charles, this one from about 1933, shows his undeniable, film-star good looks.

As is customary here, I am also posting a Saturday song selection. This time I've chosen a movie theme, and, in honor of Charles, it's from a classic gunfighter movie.  Coincidentally, it is rumored that the star of this movie, Gary Cooper, may also have a connection to our family. I haven't been able to prove that one, either.

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The song is "High Noon" as sung by Frankie Laine.

Thanks to RikkyHeeHa for posting this video on YouTube.
(Click here to read the lyrics.) 

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To see other people's photos and posts related to this week's theme, click the image below and visit the participants listed on the Sepia Saturday site.