Freemasonry in cinema : The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Some viewers, mason and non-mason alike, will purport to find masonic references based on the slightest of evidence. Here Judge Roy Bean and his deputies salute the camera with their left hand raised and their right hand over their hearts. [00:35:38] Is this a masonic sign—with the addition of firearms—or is it merely an all too common posture of piety, oath-taking, and respectful regard?

Roscoe Arbuckle and Al St. John swear an oath. [00:25:00]
Coney Island (1917).

Roscoe Arbuckle swears an oath. [00:20:00]
He Did and He Didn't (1916).

Similarly, in Pirates of the Caribbean (2003), Captain Jack Sparrow sails into harbour past three dead men, hung outside the high tide mark, whereupon he salutes them by raising his left hand and placing his right hand over his heart.

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972). Directed by John Huston, written by John Milius. Paul Newman, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs, Fred Brookfield, Bennie E. Dobbins, Richard Farnsworth, Leroy Johnson, Fred Krone, Terry Leonard, Dean Smith, Margo Epper, Jeannie Epper, Stephanie Epper, Victoria Principal, Barbara J. Longo, Anthony Perkins, Frank Soto, Ned Beatty, Jim Burk, Matt Clark, Bill McKinney, Steve Kanaly, Francesca Jarvis, Karen Carr, Lee Meza, Dolores Clark, Tab Hunter, Neil Summers, Jack Colvin, John Huston, Howard Morton, Stacy Keach, Billy Pearson, Roddy McDowall, Stan Barrett, Dean Casper, Don Starr, Alfred G. Bosnos, Anthony Zerbe, John Hudkins, David Sharpe, Jacqueline Bisset, Ava Gardner, Michael Sarrazin, Mark Headley, Duncan Inches, Rusty Lee. 120 min. USA, English. Technicolor, Mono.

He Did and He Didn't (1916). Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle, written by Roscoe Arbuckle. Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, William Jefferson, Al St. John. 15 min. USA, English. Black and White (tinted), Silent.

Coney Island (1917). Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle, written by Roscoe Arbuckle. Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Agnes Neilson, Al. St. John, Buster Keaton, Alice Mann, Joe Bordeaux, Jimmy Bryant, Alice Lake. 24 min. USA, English. Black and White, Silent.

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