Born On this Day, John "Duke" Wayne

John Wayne place ^

[ALOHA RONNIE]

MICHAEL WAYNE
PATRICK WAYNE
ALOHA RONNIE

Loyola University of Los Angeles Alumni

[ALOHA RONNIE]

Happy Memorial Day =

See Post No. 96


ALOHA

[duckman]

'The turning point had been the film True Grit.'

I always liked John Wayne movies. However I feel that Dustin Hoffman should have received the award for Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy. IMHO John Wayne got that Oscar due to Hollywood politics and his longitivity in the business.

[VOA]

Thanks for the ping...

My personal pick for best John Wayne movie:
"The Searchers"

I tell friends a bit younger than me that if they think Mel Gibson was
great in "The Road Warrior"...they also need to see "The Searchers".

Both great movies about the type of guy who protects civilization...but can't really
ever be comfortable being part of it.

[VOA]

MICHAEL WAYNE

Passed away in April.
I heard about it on the radio, but here's a link to info at The Internet Movie Database.

http://us.imdb.com/Name?Wayne,%20Michael%20(I)

[Old Professer]

I blame that one on the success of the Dirty Harry movies; I like Eastwood, but I respect Wayne.

[RAY]

Jimmy was truly a patriot and reached the rank of Reserve General, at that. Jimmy did fly B-29s and maybe the B36, but did not command the B52 in Viet Nam. He like me was too old for Viet Nam.

Thank you for you for being a patriot!

[RAY]

THANKS!!!!!!

[Eaker]

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

Squantos, thank you for your service to our country too!

Eaker

[Squantos]

Thank You Sir !

Hope the day was easy on you and yours........heck I have to go back to work an rest !!

Too much BBQ and Cervesa, Now I have to go fix stuff !!

Stay Safe !!

[TexasCowboy]

I didn't have to worry about too much cerveza and bar-b-que today, old pard.
We're drilling at 9550' in Lavaca County trying to find another gas well to supply you with gas to burn that grill!
LOL!

Thank you for your service, my friend.

[TexasCowboy]

Tom, I'll be in on the 9th of June.
Maybe we can plan a trip to look at gunner's range that next week-end.
Whatcha think?

[No Dems 2004]

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

I only speak the truth. Do you have a problem with that? I prefer to hold people to a real standard of what they really are, not what we want to fantasise them for being.

[Budge]

I just had to go check the John Wayne movies for sale on e-bay.

Bid on some, bought others - such as;
The Alamo, How the West was Won, - DVD, The Cowboys, His Private Secretary and one other I'm high bidder on. Already bought Hellfighters, Rooster, True Grit, Flying Tigers, Angle and the Badman, Green Berets, Hurricane Express, The Quite Man. All DVDs

I went nuts over there. :) Some I already have on VHS but want DVD.

And which movie did I not bid on? Yup, "Hondo!"

[TaMoDee]

"True Grit" is now on Direct TV Ch 529.

In about 1 hour those famous lines:

"Those are mighty big words for a one eyed fat man."

"Fill you hand you SOB!"

Enjoy!

[battlegearboat]

In the words of Redleg Duke, "bugger off"!

In my own words, you're a slanderer, a crusty know nothing, new around here and certainly not welcome on this thread.

You're a real piece of work Mr. "Holier Than Thou."

I'm giving a heads up to Redleg Duke because it appears you didn't have the balls to respond to his reply.

[andysandmikesmom]

My husband will watch any movie with John Wayne....he just loves John Wayne movies...among his favorites are the war movies, as the hubby has served for many many years in the army, as did his dad and his uncles...so seeing John Wayne in any war movie, just brings great pleasure to the hubby...

Being that he is also 1/2 Irish, no St Pats. day is complete in our house, unless we are drinking Guiness and watching 'The Quiet Man'...

Here is a little bit of trivia about John Wayne....

We live up in Western Washington...on one of our camping trips up to the Peninsula of Washington State, we noticed a sign directing traffic to the 'John Wayne Marina'....well, at first we said, Naw, that would not have anything to do with the actor John Wayne....but we just had to check it out...

So we got to the marina, a lovely place where boats moor, and there is also a restaurant...and an area, where one can sit at tables and eat a picnic meal, and just watch the beautiful scenery, and the boats, coming and going...

But, did this marina, have anything to do with John Wayne, the actor...so the hubby went into the clubhouse/restaurant, and made enquiries...

Sure enough, this Marina was named in honor of John Wayne, the actor, because in 1975 he had been up this way, on his boat, named I think, the 'Wild Goose', and he was so impressed with the beauty of the area, and he thought that someone should build a marina in that area...

And eventually Wayne and his family gave a large amount of money, to whoever it needed to be given to, to start building the marina, and that is exactly what happened....

Today the Marina sits between Port Townsend, and Port Angeles, probably around the town of Sequim, all three towns up on the Peninsula of Washington State...

While the hubby was in the marina, he also was able to purchase some extra nice glossy photos of the Duke, and that just made his day...

Every time we go up that way, we always go to the John Wayne Marina, sit down at the concrete picnic tables, watch the boats coming and going, and hoist a beer, and give a toast to John Wayne...

[andysandmikesmom]

I remember 'The High and the Mighty'.....saw it when I was a very young girl, but I also remember the ending...

And I remember the song, that was whistled at the end...

That is actually one of my favorite John Wayne movies...

[No Dems 2004]

Call me the slanderer? Your post is nothing more than slanderous drivel. Whether or not I'm welcome on the Wayne-worshipping thread is of no consequence to me. I don't retreat an inch, and I certainly have no regard for your coarse style or shameful, grade school-level insults.

Can't you see? You don't want your beloved little idol to be tarnished - just like many Democrats don't want Bill Clinton to be tarnished in their eyes.

If you can't stomach that, well I guess that's just tough, amigo.

[battlegearboat]

I'm not your amigo. Rather than prolong this battle of words, I've sent you a brief mail message.

When reading my private mail message, try to imagine it is John Wayne speaking to you. For you truly are a "dirtbag".