Born On this Day, John "Duke" Wayne

John Wayne place ^

[RJCogburn]

The greatest scene in the history of the silver screen!

Wish to disagree....the scene I prefer starts, "Where's the girl, Ned?"

[LibertarianInExile]

Best of the bunch: The Quiet Man.

No, it's not a western. But it's his best. All the John Ford stock, plus Maureen O'Hara, pretty much the best looking woman ever to grace the silver screen, at her best, too.

She's STILL a damn fine looking woman, and I hope to God her personality's just like it is in the movies. I'm less than half her age, and I still wonder what she's like today at 80-something. Would that cloning were legal.

[No Dems 2004]

Don't get too many stars in your eyes about John Wayne - he was a rock-ribbed Republican, and a strong supporter of Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford. However, Reagan and Wayne apparently broke their friendship when Wayne pushed like crazy for giving back control of the Panama Canal to Panama, actively helping Jimmy Carter to do this. Wayne was also a very immoral man at the personal level.

According to actors who knew him well, Wayne was an alcoholic and a womaniser, with a specific lust for Hispanic (Mexican) women. As is often the case in Hollywood, he was quite an adulterer - and he also went through quite a few marriages. I also once knew a guy who worked on the set of a John Wayne movie and he was the same way.

Come on folks, we've got better people to admire.

[Redleg Duke]

Very sad news. Michael Wayne was a good actor in his own right, but standing in the shadow of such a Father, he was best known as a foil for this Dad.

Isn't it interesting that he lived a good life, without the usual problems of children of celebrities? God Bless Him and His Dad.

[Redleg Duke]

He didn't die in "Flying Leathernecks" or in "Fighting Seabees". Remember him climbing onto the transport with his arm in a projecting cast in "Flying Leathernecks"?

[united1000]

Go Here to hear John Wayne in "America, Why I Love Her"

 

 

[Redleg Duke]

No, you just continue to enjoy your own private hell.

And don't waste your time trying to convince us about whom we should be admiring. By your standards, none of us are worth concerning your moral self with, so bugger off!

[RJCogburn]

You're rightabout "Flying Leathernecks" , but In "Fighting Seebees" he is shot driving a bulldozer which then hits the gasoline tanks and explodes.

[RJCogburn]

Remember him climbing onto the transport with his arm in a projecting cast in "Flying Leathernecks"?

"I'll be looking forward to the stateside wingding."

[Frapster]

Some of my greatest childhood memories involve sitting with my entire family watching John Wayne movies.

[TexasBarak]

that may be- it was adapted from Louis L'Amour's first novel, of the same title.

[united1000]

Some of my greatest childhood memories involve sitting with my entire family watching John Wayne movies.

 

Same here!!  I have got to tell you a story.  My brother moved to AZ about 4 years ago.  I have been to a lot of places, but the southwest was one I had not visited.  I really enjoy it there- an unbelievably stark beauty.  We went to Monument Valley one November a couple years ago.  It was cold and windy and we went out with a driver and jeep mid afternoon to late in the day.  The sky was mostly blue with the monuments casting deep shadows, and the FIRST thing I though of was John Wayne.  In my minds eye I saw him come riding right toward me --- it was a visceral feeling...

[battlegearboat]

Here we were, remembering the Duke and you had to come in with the bucket of muck.

Windage and elevation FReepers!

[Tijeras_Slim]

I guess my mind is going... Well, I'll just have to watch them both again! (It's been awhile)

[TexasCowboy]

"Heroes will help you find good in yourself......."

MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN HIS ARMS, DUKE!

THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR LIVES!

[LaraCroft]

Mine too.

My dad was ulrtra cool,and always a bit of a rebel. He flipped Steve McQueen off after he spotted two little kids asking him for his autograph and Steve was rude to them, and didn't do it. You can see I leaned 'boycotting' early, and have never wanted to see a McQueen movie after hearing that. You never know what consequences your actions have, huh?

One day though, my dad saw a couple coming up from the courts and asked them if they had a good game and John Wayne turned around and smiled and talked to my dad, though he doesn't remember just what he said because he was in shock and awe.. it was John Wayne!

That reminds me of a joke... on why John could never go into public bathrooms... all the men would just turn and go "It's John Wayne!

[Squantos]

Salute to all who emulated the acts of Mr Marion Michael Morrison in real life ! And to Mr John Wayne for making America a better place by promoting it's heritage and history, accurate in some cases, to all who saw his films.

Stay Safe TexasCowboy and Thanks for your service to your country .

[OPS4]

To Duke and all the men and women who have supported This Great Nation, We will carry the Torch you have passed us, and may God keep you all in his Eternal Light!

Ops4 God BLess America!

[Rockpile]

I think that the ship launching story was in "The Yard", the book about Bath Iron Works.

[Rockpile]

I'm looking at my vhs copy of Hondo right now as put out by MPI Home Video and Batjac Productions. It's got a 1994 date in small print on the back of the cover and the number MP 7021.

The front cover shows a picture of Hondo Lane walking with saddle in left hand, rifle in right and dog at heel.