In 1948 was Fort Apache - JWs' role was Kirby York.
In 1949 was She Wore . . Yellow Ribbon - JW was Nathan Brittles.
In 1950 was Rio Grande - JWs' role was Kirby York.
All were John Ford movies, but I always thought those three were the trilogy, until this week when between three channels, I saw all three movies, and realized Nathan Brittles stood out and separate. Believe it or not after seeing all these movies several times each, this was the first time the character names dawned on me. Doesn't it seem natural that She Wore. . . (1949) should have had JW playing Kirby York? In Fort Apache, JW was comparatively young, in Rio Grande, he was middle aged but with his own command, finally in Yellow Ribbon, he was retiring, his wife was dead, and he was alone.
What exactly is the trilogy?
Some say Fort Apache, Rio Grande, and Red River, Some throw the Searchers in there, and others put Yellow Ribbon in. What have I missed in all these years?
HAPPY 100TH MR. WAYNE!!!!
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Anne