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Venting Cattle on the Frisco System

Movie: Giant
Painting: Venting Cattle on the Frisco System
Author: Frank Lewis Van Ness
About the film
Cast: Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat', 'James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Mercedes McCambridge, Rock Hudson, Sal Mineo, Earl Holliman, Rod Taylor, Jane Withers
Actors in scene: James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Mercedes McCambridge, Rock Hudson
Country (movie): USA
Genres: melodrama, western
Director: George Stevens
Writers: Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat
Time of scene: 00:49:20
Release year: 1956
About the painting
Title: Venting Cattle on the Frisco System
Author: Frank Lewis Van Ness
Date of creation: 1902
Style: unrecognized
Size: large
Artist's country: USA
Room: hotel
Room colors: brown, black
Theme: landscape, genre scene
Color: green, brown
Additional information:

In this scene, Jett Rink (James Dean) and Lynnton Leslie Benedict (Elizabeth Taylor) arrive to the hotel in which the dying (after fell from his horse) Luz Benedict is lying on the sofa. Jordan “Bick” Benedict (Rock Hudson) is waiting for them with the Doctor and servants. The painting is now in the lobby Menger Hotel (Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA). It is a historical hotel built in 1858.