John Wayne, Lest We Forget
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I wonder how many regular kids have that kind of freedom anymore, either!
When I met Ethan here in New York a year or two ago, he told me a little detail about his childhood that also speaks to this subject. He said his father disliked having entourage or personal security around his home, so that even when one night he heard what sounded like a prowler around the house, he remembers his father just getting out of bed like any Dad and going to check things out for himself. Celebrities today have so much personal security which was unknown to the Wayne family, even though he was arguably the most famous man alive.
When I met Ethan here in New York a year or two ago, he told me a little detail about his childhood that also speaks to this subject. He said his father disliked having entourage or personal security around his home, so that even when one night he heard what sounded like a prowler around the house, he remembers his father just getting out of bed like any Dad and going to check things out for himself. Celebrities today have so much personal security which was unknown to the Wayne family, even though he was arguably the most famous man alive.
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Not to many I suspect. I know my brothers reaction when I suggested if my niece wanted to come up and ride when he could not drive her was that she get on the train and I would meet her at the station. I may as well have suggested she travelled alone to Afganistan. She was 15.I wonder how many regular kids have that kind of freedom anymore, either!
I always like the stories of John Wayne meets real people
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-kin ... 46552.html
http://www.raylindstrom.com/Stories.html
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those are great. the first one was very moving. it's incredible that he went out to the Rx himself.
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Thanks for those links, tinker. I enjoyed those articles immensely.
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Those were great, except for this line:
"After all, John Wayne practically invented the iconic actor who can't really act;"
Er, yes he could. Act, that is.
OK to repost these links over at the John Wayne Message Board? My friend the Ward Bond fan will especially like the second one. :)
"After all, John Wayne practically invented the iconic actor who can't really act;"
Er, yes he could. Act, that is.
OK to repost these links over at the John Wayne Message Board? My friend the Ward Bond fan will especially like the second one. :)
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No problem at all Paula
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[b]But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams[/b]. (William Butler Yeats )
[b]How did I get to Hollywood? By train.[/b] (John Ford)
[b]How did I get to Hollywood? By train.[/b] (John Ford)
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Here is another nice article about John Wayne and his thoughtfulness toward fans:
http://www.hbindependent.com/opinion/tn ... 4778.story
http://www.hbindependent.com/opinion/tn ... 4778.story
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That is a lovely story. Everything I ever read about John Wayne shows him to have been a very decent man.
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[b]But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams[/b]. (William Butler Yeats )
[b]How did I get to Hollywood? By train.[/b] (John Ford)
[b]How did I get to Hollywood? By train.[/b] (John Ford)
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This is another John Wayne as a normal person (if you happen to own a boat). I saw it ages ago but it took me a while to find it.
http://www.rossink.com/2008/02/articles ... ne-memoir/
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http://www.rossink.com/2008/02/articles ... ne-memoir/
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Thank you for finding that article...I think I enjoyed it the most. Talk about normal life, that may have been the closest he could get to it. I find it amusing that people now find the way the Wild Goose was fitted out to be "spartan".
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I wasn't sure where else to post this, but here is a John Wayne movie (that I have never seen) I just found on YouTube:
His Private Secretary (1933)
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It's a young Duke Wayne in a contemporary setting and his leading lady is Evelyn Knapp. I'm sure it's nothing great, but should be fun
His Private Secretary (1933)
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It's a young Duke Wayne in a contemporary setting and his leading lady is Evelyn Knapp. I'm sure it's nothing great, but should be fun
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Happy Birthday to John Wayne, born 106 years ago today. Sometimes I forget that there was once a time when Mr. Wayne was not just a legendary presence (and underrated actor). He was also a strikingly angelic looking youth, as evidenced from this screen cap from Arizona (1931), a moist little movie about a triangle between sisters Laura La Plante (boo, hiss!) and June Clyde vying over this 24 year old, not long out of West Point in the course of the story: