Posted on 02/25/2005 4:27:11 PM PST by churchillbuff
Get back, pilgrim. Legendary movie cowboy John Wayne has outshot Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" and has cruised by Tom Cruise.
The late actor has been named as the Top Money-Maker of All Time in the Quigley Publishing Company annual star poll.
...In order to compare The Duke's box office sales to that earned by contemporary stars, a weighted score was given to the star's ranking for each year
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Not surprising. He personifies everything there is about America.
The Duke is the Man
I remember an interview where the interviewer asked him what he thought about nudity in feature films. His response.."what, you mean pornography?"
My daughter named our cat Big Jake. And he's a Killer.
"Not surprising. He personifies everything GOOD there is about America."
Just a small edit, and I agree, the Duke was and still is the best. John Wayne's movies most often had the kind of values, character traits and decency that anyone would want to emulate.
Long live the Duke!!!
Speaking of J.W. "The Quiet Man" is on AMC right now.
I agree, The Duke was one hell of an actor, whether he was playing the part of The Duke, or portraying the brave American fighting soldier on film.
No arguments there. LOL
When I saw Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible I almost laughed. Come on the guy is about 5 foot 4 playing a tough guy, Humphrey Bogart got away with it but Tom Cruise is no Humphrey Bogart. He's a midget pretty boy.
The Quiet man has been on AMC right now for the last two weeks LOL.
I think you're right.
Maybe Tom Selleck too.. as I thinking right now..
My favorite was The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. Not the typical John Wayne character, but the best western ever made.
I don't think it would be a stretch to add Clint Eastwood in among the list of genuine actors. When I was younger, I never really was into the Western genre. Recently as 2 years ago, I saw the complete series of spaghetti westerns Clint become famous for.
One thing I love about the DVD's aside from the pristine quality of the film quality, is the fact that the DVD's have alot of extra features and I truly love the letterbox (director cut) format.
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