The Ugly Side of John Wayne
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Marion Robert Morrison, also known as Duke or John Wayne, was a Hollywood icon from the late 1930s till he passed away in 1979. The actor and filmmaker graced the screen in a whopping 179 productions over three decades of hits. Interestingly, his first leading role in The Big Trail tanked at the box office, and the roles that followed in the coming years on the big and small screen, such as in The Deceiver, The Three Musketeers, and Riders of Destiney, among others, did little for his career.
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Wayne became a mainstream star with the box-office success of the 1939 American Western Stagecoach, which made him a household name across the country. After that, Wayne delivered many stellar performances, of which the most notable ones were in Sands of Iwo Jima, The Alamo, and True Grit. He received Oscar nominations for Best Actor for all three of the roles and bagged the Oscar for his portrayal of the U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 Western True Grit. The interesting fact is Wayne not only acted in the 1960 epic The Alamo, but he directed and produced it as well.
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Not if they are just to point out your leftist views of them.
Being far right conservative and a little bit racist was normal in the 50s it was normal that's the way everyone was or the majority of people homosexuals were seen basically the same as child molesters deviance degenerates freaks and that's the way they were seen and minorities wasn't seen much better that that's the way it was back then that's the way it was that's the way people were raised that's why people were taught it was normal then that was so you can't look back and you know judge someone sitting on your Ivory Tower from the 21st century for what was considered normal in their time period
It is so hypocritical and arrogant to judge someone from the 21st century for their backward and primitive beliefs when it was normal in the time period that they live in when it was mainstream in their time period people did not have access to all the knowledge of humanity back in the average person did the most educated professors in the world back then didn't know a quarter of the stuff that a Junior high kid can look up today that can know just looking at their phone there wasn't this free knowledge back then like there is now
@@kennethalbert1360 John Wayne was a conservative. He didn’t have a ugly side. He was honest and professional.
My mum worked in an airport terminal at LHR. John Wayne was in the shop to buy UK chocolate telling my mum (who had nearly fainted with shock) he just loved British chocolate and chatted away to my mum for at least ten mins even signing his autograph for her. She came home from work and as a child, I remember how she went on for weeks and weeks about him and how kind he was. Mum passed away aged 92 just 18 months ago and she still chatted to everyone about the day she met John Wayne. RIP. Both 🙏🏻❤️
Thanks for sharing this, Jay!
@@FactsVerse so welcome
Nonsense
A beautiful story. Thank you.
@@matimus100 Take a hike dirty commie
I was 4 and my Daddy was having major surgery ..I believe it was 1965..Mr Wayne was visiting a relative at the same Hospital, he picked me up in his large arm's cause I was crying and told me to be brave for my Daddy that he would be sad if he saw my tears😢 Then he said what's this pointing to a bow on my dress and when I looked
he touched the tip of my nose
I started to laugh he handed me to my Mom and headed down the hall...
It was a very sweet gesture..
He has always been one of my heroes ❤
Beautiful!!!!!
It's heart warming to see so many positive comments on a video designed to "expose his dark side".
You would hope that when one is producing a documentary is found to mispronounce character names in the movie in which the subject won an Oscar.
“Broad at the shoulders, narrow at the hips, everyone knew you didn’t give no lip to Big John “. I love John Wayne ❤️👍.
I grew up, watching his films with my late Dad. Lets face it who is 100%
Did he do his own horse riding scenes? Accomplished rider?
JW, nothing but a phony. He had so many excuses for not serving in the military in WWII, HOWEVER, for every excuse he had, someone else served. By the way he wouldn't have dared giving CLINT WALKER any lip.
@@jackrobinson8328 My father served.
@@jackrobinson8328 my Dad served and still loves John Wayne... he is 95 and a real man’s man - like Mr Marion Morrison!
The most surprising thing to me about John Wayne's career is that he did not receive an academy award for his work in "The Searchers".
Well he didn't play ball with the perverts in Hollywood with their libtard ways. Also it was a different time.
"What do ya want me to do; draw ya a picture?!!! What ever ya do, never ask me about it again; never ask me as long as ya live!!!!! Those lines should have earned John Wayne the Oscar for The Searchers! I also liked "That'll be the day..." Apparently, so did Buddy Holly, who immortalized those words in a song! 🎵
@@sharmawall2861 Right. On. The. Money!
@@sharmawall2861 Yes he should have. It is a wonderful movie but difficult to watch from several perspectives. I think it was just a period when the country didn't want to think and just wanted happy.
@@tomsampson8084 a period when America didn t want to think and just wanted happy 1865----2021
I’m willing to bet all people have said things in the past they wish they could go back and change. I will still continue watching and enjoying the old movies with John Wayne.
Thanks for watching!
Back in 1978 a friend of mine and I got to spend an afternoon with John Wayne on his boat, the Wild Goose. I found him to be personable, generous, and thoughtful, a genuine person rather than a self-important Hollywood actor. We talked about boats, salmon fishing (a huge passion for him), and everything else...but NOT about acting & movies. He just reveled in being a regular guy, hanging out with other regular guys. I have to tell you, he was one of the nicest, most genuine people I've ever had the pleasure to meet.
What a great encounter! Thanks for sharing this, Mike!
@@FactsVerse oh but wasn't he rassssscist???
were any black folks there too? no you say? really. hmm.
@@meesalikeu What on earth was that all about??
@@80spodcastchannel I never asked him.
He was the grand martial of the Pegasus Parade in Louisville, KY in 1976. I was in a marching band in the parade. Before it started we were formed up waiting for it to start but suddenly everyone started parting in the street moving to the sides. Here comes John Wayne riding up the center of the street on a horse making his way to the front of the parade. I couldn't believe my eyes. I was maybe 20 feet from him as he passed. He looked at us and tipped his cowboy hat as he passed with a smile. I'll never forget it.
how much was the tip? hehe
I am a 75 year old lady and I loved all of John Waynes movies they don’t make them like him any more he always give 100%
John Wayne, has given hours apon hours of entertainment to millions. My daughter is twenty three and has been brought up watching the dukes movies.
There are a lot of people who are considered heroes or icons. Who have actually done a lot worse than made comments, that are deemed unacceptable today. There's no campaign's to remove their names from places named after them, so stop the mud slinging at John Wayne and remember he has a family that are still alive. Have some some respect.
He should have been nominated & won the Oscar for The Shootist. As many times as I’ve seen it, the ending still brings tears to my eyes!!!!!
Yeah, the ending kinda hurts and pisses you off at the same time. Assholes just couldn't leave a dying man alone.
They also neglect to mention that JW got the talk, walk & mannerisms from meetings he had with Wyatt Earp, who lived near the studios the last few years of his life. He tried to sell the real story of the OK Coral situation to Hollywood. He died in 1929.
THE SEARCHERS was in my opinion his best work. Some of the anger he portrayed throughout the movie scared me. Then when he held Lucy up at the end was very heart warming.
@@spacecowboy3095 I can’t disagree with you here. The Searchers was his favorite. That’s why he named his son Ethan.
Yes bad acting brings tears to my eyes also.
Had the opportunity to meet John Wayne while he's boat was docked in Gibraltar, at the time I was in the Royal Gibraltar Police Force. He came down the walkway shook my hand and thank me for standing watch over his boat, asked if I needed anything. He made my day,
i met him in '68 when his boat was docked at a marina near Hermosa beach. He was a cool guy. Genuine, no BS. I liked him immediately.
Question, are you non-white?
@@cnwil4594 Why ask a question like that, white pure Anglo Saxon,
@@gaga140012 I see why he treated you so respectful....
@@cnwil4594 Lol....what?
He filmed the Alamo on my uncles Texas ranch and my uncle told me that he was a wonderful man who gave them lots of his time on the set,and my uncle still has his signed football the Duke had given him...
It's crazy going thru picture books with pics of stuffed prop horses and rows and rows of extras standing around in the scrub brush...
For the most part, he portrayed masculinity on the screen without the negative, toxic incarnations seen in modern movies. Most kids could think of him as a father, uncle, grandfather figure.
Yeah, handling every argument with a gun isn't toxic at all lol
@@510tuber Wayne was an archetype. Anyone who isn't infected with the decadence of woke disease would understand that. It is you who is poisonous to modern society not Wayne.
I think you're a retarded tool
@@510tuber and considering it was the wild west
@@510tuber No that's not true at all. He more commonly settled his arguments with men with a punch in the mouth like the scene in one of his movies where he stopped a racist lynching that way. Duke Morrison the heavyweight boxing champ a few years ago was interestingly enough John Wayne's cousin. In none of his films did he ever once shoot, rape, or smack around or punch out a woman like you see all the time these days which is what I believe was what Mr. Russo meant by non-toxic. Pretty much everybody he shot was in self-defense from somebody else trying to shoot him or one of his friends which you sort of need to do to win a war or stop heavily armed violent criminals from murdering people. As a 101st Airborne veteran who was waiting for my retirement orders to come back from the Pentagon on 911 I don't have a problem with that. :)
I lived across from Warner Bros. studios when the movie "The Cowboys" was being shot and our upstairs neighbor worked there and got my mother and I in to the studio set to watch . Mr. Wayne approached me (geez he was big to a 9 year old) and he was the most decent kind man to us. He gave me a signed production book of the movie and one of the bullets from his gun belt. I still have them both to this day.
Betting you aren't a minority.
@@DavidBrown-ke8cb Betting you are a dumbass.
What you possess is one of the greatest things a nine-year-old could’ve ever gotten. I know I would have loved to gotten to even seen him in person just once.
@@stewarthunt5444 this is Mike hunt
@@stewarthunt5444 He might have let you play with his doll collection.
Greatest western actor of all time.
He was a vicious gay!
@@rossbrown6641 where’d ya get this from
He was a huge racist, how can you like that.
Eastwood was better. Plus John Wayne was an admitted white supremacist.
@Christopher Crosswhite You should work on your spelling before posting.
I remember the day John Wayne died. I was 11 years old and I cried for an hour. Their has never been or will be another actor that can fill his saddle. Regardless of what people think. He will always be the man's man in my eyes.
Maybe not the same genre but what about Chris Farley
“There” , not “their”.
I was also 11 years old when the Duke passed . It was a couple of weeks after my birthday and I was devastated. I still watch his movies weekly a d he will always be my favorite actr.
@@rayperry7315 it's people like you who ruined America!
John Wayne and Clint Eastwood I felt were among two of the best western stars and enjoy watching their movies and I am only 35 years old almost 36. I grew up watching them with my Dad who would have a John Wayne western or Clint Eastwood western playing weekly.
John Wayne had a dark side like any other human being, that doesn't detract from the fact that he was a great actor. He was a product of the times he lived in. He's still a great person in my book.
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My father (MSG Joseph Morin) was one of 10 or 12 soldiers from Fort Bragg who was selected to appear in the Green Berets movie which was filmed at Fort Benning. I remember in 1968 going to a movie theater at Fort Bragg to watch it with the family for the first time. He had a speaking part in the movie, and I was so proud of him for that. The two weeks he was at Fort Benning for the filming, he told me John Wayne (The Duke) treated them like gold. Thanks Duke for treating my father so well, he remembered that the remaining 32 years of his life.
Thank you for sharing that touching memory!
I never got to meet John Wayne but always wanted to. I lived in Columbus, Georgia which was close by Ft Benning, where my dad was stationed. We moved to Texas just before the filming of The Green Berets began.
What a nice tribute!
A friends dad was stationed at Fort Benning during filming. He said John Wayne and all the rest were cool except for David Jansen. He said David Jansen was a jerk.
@@charlesrobison6962 It’s funny you said that. My dad (MSG Joseph Morin) who appeared in the movie said the same thing to me about David Jansen. My dad told me that 54 years ago and I still remember it today. He also said John Wayne treated him very well and he also told me The Duke loved his whiskey…
You left out The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
And The Shootist
@@sharonstanley5054 The Alamo, which he also directed!
Yes, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, in which Wayne costarred with a real military hero: James Stewart. Stewart piloted in many combat missions in Europe, rising from private to colonel in four years.
The cowboys great film👍👍
❤👍
Everyone has a side they’d rather not have, but to me John Wayne IS American Westerns, and adore his films and more!❤
Beautiful words, thank you for your message for John Wayne! Which film of his appealed to you the most?
My sentiments on John Wayne are summed up by the hip hop group Public Enemy.
Only OneJohn Wayne. (. The Duke ) never be another.
America has no need for another one of those! Thank god for that, lady!!!!
John wayne best actor ever don't care what yous think in my eyes he is everyone to his own opinion he will and always wi be my western hero and best film star so there
WhT do you say about that daffy.
@@daffyslooney2867 I see you are apply named.
@@daffyslooney2867 yes..your name merits your opinion! 🙄
I would say my biggest surprise was you didn't know the director of Red River's first name was Howard, not Robert and that your reader didn't know how to pronounce Cogburn.
Cockburn
The narrator is a boob
@@raywilson1313 no its cogburn. rooster cogburn.
🤣🤣🤣exactly
Don't forget to hit the "dislike" button.
I grew up with John Wayne as my hero, and I cried for days when he died. At 74, he is still my hero. As far as I'm concerned, he is the epitome of what a man should be, and a fine roll model for all men.
Everyone can be tough in the movies.
I was never a John Wayne fan but I did respect his accomplishments. He certainly was better than today's breed of Hollywood actors.
He should have won an oscar for The Searchers. A brilliant performance.
I Say "The Sands of Iwo Jima" 1949.
And I say his last movie was his best....
True he should have got it, but I don't think it was so much a performance as u saw the real man's views.
It was a brilliant performance! It did NOT reflect his personal views. It really saddens me that people today only look at one article and judge a man’s life on it! It doesn’t take much research to find what a kind, generous friend he was... and how much he did for the Navajo Indians and how many friends of many races he had... he was a human being but basically a good man who loved his children and his friends and made poor choices in wives and smoked and drank too much! I’m not casting any stones... I’m not perfect! I’m just another flawed human being!
@@michaelacevedo7476 Good God. Get a life.
Veteran and Writer/Director Rod Serling, on John Wayne (1971): "There was a time, 20 years ago, when somebody said, "and now here is Rod Serling who served... in the Pacific for three years" and I kind of preened like a nice young rooster, and now I look a little shame-faced about that... But I note with interest Mr. [John] Wayne, for example, has none of these compulsions and none of these compunctions. Mr. Wayne, he gets up on every public podium and he says, "Drive 'em, hit 'em, kill 'em. Knock off the dink, kill the gook, do this, do that." And I think to myself, now wait a second I think John Wayne is a pretty fair actor, I really do. But I question the credentials of a man who has fought three major wars on the back lot of Warner Brothers Pictures."
In the late sixties Wayne encountered Paul Newman in a studio commissary , MR Wayne asked Paul how the revolution was going? , to which Newman replied , " Hell Duke , with you on the other side how could we possibly expect to win! "
How can anyone give this any credence when the narrator calls his character in “True Grit” Rooster Coburn? Obviously uneducated as to anything John Wayne. This is an embarrassment to anyone who loves (or shares a name with) the “Duke!”
Do U understand that the narrator is reading? Could U accomplish better in a 10 min presentation? Engage your brain before your Mouth Johnny Boy
@@chuckkady7282 that’s your argument? Lol. The point is he is reading garbage get it!
@@claudiocorleone7856 The America youth, U included have been brainwashed (dumbed down) to Civics and US history. They're taught to be rebellious of our Bill of Rights and to overthrow our American Dream as an act of Welfare.
Your opinion of shallow understandings is well understood. You sacrifice logic for your opinion lacking the history that founds it! = Shame on your lack of understanding and Schooling
@@chuckkady7282 Garbage In. Garbage Out. By the way, a decent 'narrator' does a little basic research before he puts his voice on a video presentation. He understands names, places and events that actually happened and doesn't let personal biases cloud what 'facts' he is trying to present. In this case, however, the facts he's trying to present are nothing more than his biased personal opinions.
@@craigpetroskey8934 Ok Know it all Craig (laughing at you) What's so hard for you to understand Craig? He's reading a script. A narrator tells a story. A real narrator would unlikely broadcast on RUclips unless it was an expensive documentary. Would you agree?
I am amazed and disappointed that he never received any awards until later in his career.
Searchers for sure
Maybe it was because of his conservatism. There are no worse bigots than liberals.
He never received any awards because his movies were garbage..
@@lucdion3363 you would not know a good movie if came and bit you in the ass
@@michelletatum2896 I Guess you like movies where a man can just grab a woman and give her a spanking..check this site on how many scenes your John Wayne grabs a woman and starts to spank her...Maybe your type of movie..not mine
The duke was/is my idol.
I’ve seen every movie he made.
I have a tattoo of the duke.
I always enjoy watching his movies over an over. He was the shinning light of Hollywood. I miss him greatly. No one has been able to fill his shoes. No one could ever fill his shoes . Miss you Duke. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
The night I heard the news that Duke had passed, I was in Tennessee on business. I got dressed and went to a bar with a couple of friends and raised a glass to his memory. I totally agree that THE SEARCHERS was his best movie, and , along with RED RIVER, THE ALAMO (sure, why not ? He believed in it and it cost him much of his own money.), THE COWBOYS and THE SHOOTIST, he proved that he was an excellent actor. Nice look at a true legend, however, it was HOWARD Hawks that directed him in RED RIVER, not ROBERT Hawks….and he played Rooster COGBURN, not Rooster COBURN. Just trying to help.
Thank god you pointed that out. Cogburn NOT Coburn. And since we are talking about him, ... my favourite film of all time is ........ THE QUIET MAN! Joy from start to finish.
I like all his movies Western wise anyway, my Father had a John Wyne look about him and could even walk like the Duke too. But the one thing I'll never forget is how both my father and John Wyne viewed life in general, They never held anything against anybody on this planet, until they were giving a reason too. I feel the same way, color of skin matter not, character matters more so, but not to be heled in judgment action speaks louder than words, always.
Right let's put a spotlight on every human being who wasn't perfect despite the good things they done in their life. I wonder if the narrator has any flaws or imperfections that need a spotlight so others can virtue signal of how good they are
hell, I clicked this just to see if what I figured would be said.
it was.
you're completely correct
Yep! I gave this video a downvote for that reason.
I for one aren't perfect lmao 😂💀
And I wouldn't change anything about John W loved him
Obviously there’s one person putting negative comments all over the John Wayne tag I see you’ve answered them many times thank you
I felt he was slighted for oscar recognition. He will be my favorite forever.
Should have one an Oscar for Red River too.He said :The only time i was ever afraid of an actor was when i worked on Red River with Montgomery Clift.( he was talking about talent)He knew his acting had to be better than ever before and he gave a terrific performance in this classic.
Erik, that would be - should have won an Oscar.... But the liberal spell check police aren't here, that would be from the narrorator of this vid. To call John Wayne " far right and racist " is a disgrace!!!
I agree John Wayne is also my favorite actor of all time
@@cykablyat7634 Completly TRUE and a disgrace
@@raymonddavis1370 m a mà l9vde a billy B4 than the
Never be an actor like him all his cowboy films other films but the quite man in Ireland is well up there all the actors in it are just remarkable. My memories are when the tears run down off my eyes , I am 66 now from tipperary Ireland . True grit . R.i.p John Wayne .
My favourite John Wayne film was his last one, The Shootist. He played a character who was dying of cancer as he was in real life. It's a deep picture with great supporting characters like Harry Morgan, the sheriff that always wanted to kill Wayne's character, told him that what he would do on his grave, "Wouldn't pass for flowers". Great line in a great movie.
One of our favorites too, you've got taste! May John find peace 🙏
Yes great film and Ron Howard and Lauren Bacall also starred. John Wayne John Bernard Books or J.B Books a gunfighter dying of cancer
Who said his sides we're ugly? Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion! USA!
Apparently not in the year 2020.
🙁
Yes you are entitled to you opinions. Even in 2020. Just know that your opinions can have consequences when expressed. Yiu speak down about a race publicly, people will have their own opinions about you.
According to the Left, you do indeed have a right to an opinion.
You just need to make sure the communists agree.
@Paul Kryder
Ain't it so.
Stagecoach established him in 1939,not Red River.
Well, when the people that came up with this so-called short Documentary on John Wayne don't do their research, they will just make mistake's. Just like when the voice said that he was call Duke when he would go out with his Dog named Duke. His Dog was named Duke and John Wayne was called Little Duke. Also get the director's name wrong and can't even get the name right of the person he played in True Grit. Rooster Cogburn and not Coburn. This person knew exactly what he was doing with the title of the vid, The Ugly Side of John Wayne. He knew it would get clicks and comment's from a lot of John Wayne fan's of which I am a BIG John Wayne fan!
God bless John Wayne.
ROOSTER COBURN LOLOL. THINK ABOUT THAT YA'LL 🤣🤣🤣
Iwo Jima. Green Berets. Longest Day. She wore a yellow ribbon. John Wayne’s pride in America. I’m a Brit. Loved John Wayne. Would watch an old Duke movie way before the stuff available to day.
Yup. The greatest action hero who never served for his country. Did he even entertain the troops ? played em all. In the shootist ..death had the draw on him....
@@degsbabe President Roosevelt asked John Wayne to stay at home to boost public morale.
are you speaking abpout Marion Morrison OR John Wayne
Amen!
There where a lot of greats back then. Because they could act.
Now it's special effects.
John Wayne was great. So was
Randolph Scott
Gregory Peck
James Stewart.
Even Elvis was excellent in Flaming Star.
Just to mane s few !!
Called the ugly side of John Wayne is actually like 8 minutes of his history with an ad and 30 seconds of the ugly stuff then closing
He may have played a hero in the movies.
But, sadly, he was an actor.
And never stepped up like oh so many actors in Hollywood did to serve their country.
And one or two directors never ever let him forget that.
We need more people in Hollywood like John Wayne. Like him or hate him. He wasn’t a perfect man but he loved his fans passionately and he fiercely loved his country. He always made time to talk to his fans or sign an autograph. I had the great pleasure to meet him in the late 60’s when I was a kid. I was little and he lifted me up in his arms and treated me like I was his own. He signed an autograph while holding me and he was very gracious to my father. It was very sad to see him at the Oscars shortly before he died. He will always be my favorite actor and hold a special place in my heart. RIP Duke. I miss you to this day.
I am not American. John Wayne has been always the image of a real American to me. My father, born in 1932, was a hughe fan of him.
YOUR FATHER WAS A FOOL
@@eddriver7815 That's no way to talk to your brother.
@@eddriver7815 What an idiot comment.
If any person represents America, it’s freedom and what it hopes to be, it’s John Wayne.
Vintage Brown Guitars, Ed Driver the guy that made the idiotic comment is a beta male that’s why he doesn’t like John Wayne.
He was my Dad's favourite, he wasn't a bad man, he did a lot of good. I will not dislike him
Love u!
@Michael Gerber
The real problem is the implication : “one mistake makes a moron”
Statement could be applied to narrator and John Wayne?
I say the person that throws the baby out with the bathwater is the true moron.
To me, John Wayne will always be the greatest movie icon e ver. I almost had to think about whether to give this a thumbs up or thumbs down, simply because if you are going to do a piece on anyone, you need to get your facts straight. It was not Robert Hawks that directed Red River, it was Howard Hawks. Also, John Wayne played Rooster COGBURN, not COBURN.
I always thought that he should have gotten an Oscar for his performance in The Shootist. I thought that was one of his best films. It was like his own epitaph.
Mr. John Wayne is an American Icon. 🇺🇸 Being a conservative does not make him a racist. He is gone and he can not defend himself. He also was down to earth guy raising cattle in the West including Maricopa, Arizona. His feed lot the “ Red River Valley “ is a symbol of his entrepreneurship as a hard working American. As of today, the feed lot is operational contributing to the local economy. There also is a golf course named after him. RIP. 🙏
I met John Wayne in Summer 1966 In Bien Hoa Vietnam. He acted just like the way he appeared in all of his movies. Nice, friendly, big smile. He was a Great Man and my favorite for the last 70 years. He appeared the same as he did in all of his movies. Strong, Straight Talking, and he did not put on airs of being Special. The day before, while speaking to the marines in Da Nang everyone started running, jumping into ditches and he said that he just stood there. Finally someone hollered at him to get down there was a sniper shooting. He said "you would think that after making all those war movies I would have known what was happening." Then he laughed. HE WAS A GREAT AMERICAN.
Thanks for sharing your encounter with him, macv9959!
Semper Fi to John Wayne and to all his many admirers. Duke Wayne was no racist.
@@andymckane7271 He was a BIGOT.
@@titusmccarthy He was a Bigot in a world of Littleots
@@titusmccarthy I don't know about him being a bigot but he was a draft dodger.
To be fair his racism sounded more paternal and patronising but still inexcusable. There is a degree of ambiguity in his character Ethan in The Searchers. He seems to hate everything about Native Americans yet his knowledge of them and sometimes his interaction with them puts the lie to this. This movie was not just well acted and totally believable in itself but well photographed. That final scene where Wayne walks out the door alone - wonderful emotive shot.
John Wayne - They broke the mold with this guy. One of my earliest hero's.
I’ll trade every actor in Hollywood today to get one John Wayne back on the screen.
Me too!!
You got that right!!! These panty waist Hollywood " elitists" have turned me off to movies.
@@jonrudd4733 No kidding 👍👍👍
Go dig up his grave, old timer.
@@daffyslooney2867 How about we put you in one? How's that for an old timer?
Hollywood isn’t worthy to carry John Wayne’s boots, best of all time... period
No, he was not a good actor at all but he had screen presence. There is a huge difference between a good actor and a movie star.
A LOT STUPIDS FOLLOW HIM AND WENT TO VIETNAM....A SERIAL KILLER AND AN ASSHOLES
@@leonardocastagna9295
I think you need to call Walgreens and renew your prescriptions!
@@dukegrapewin9440 Amen!
He is far from the best actor of all time.
And if another actor came along today and played the same movies and character for 30 years, you would complain why hollywood is still letting him act.
Then again, conservatives movie watchers are the same people who keep paying to see Adam Sandler and Kevin James movies. And let's not forget, the same people who thought Larry the Cable Guy was funny. So sorry if I don't trust conservatives taste in acting and movies.
By all accounts from first hand knowledge in books like biography's of John Wayne and people who knew him and meet him he was a great guy a real stand up kind of guy and a good friend and he was good to his fans as he really appreciated them. John Wayne didn't care what race or creed or color they were as long as they were decent human beings as he was. John Wayne never let the fact that he was such a "big star" a real "movie star" go to his head! John Wayne was a real down to earth stand up guy. A good man. A real decent human being.
I can't believe anyone would say anything bad about our beloved John Wayne.. I miss him so much!
I enjoyed all his movies, from the 'Lone Star' days in the 30's all the way to the 'Shootist' Days in the 70's. His personal life was his business and he didn't interfere in my business. In fact, I admired his on screen personas very much. His memory gets a well deserved pass in my book.
Are you part of the group that suffers because of people like Wayne and if not how do you feel it's proper to forgive him on behalf of his victims?
Words are one thing, it’s practices that make one racist.
@@brandons9398 He was not ever a racist! If Sammy Davis Jr or Roscoe Lee Brown were around they would stand up for him! He made mistakes like all of us humans- guess the nay- sayers are perfect!!?!
@@margpetit1 I was not implying the Duke was a racist, far from it.
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Sorry, I misconstrued! I think I meant to reply to someone else! My bad!
The Internet has spawned, anonymous cowards!!
Mario is not anonymous........ Everybody knows what a gutless coward he was...... Never heard a shot fired in anger.
People hated John Wayne then and they still hate him now, what have changed are the reasons why. He was a good actor.
His best movies are by Howard Hawks,but John Wayne is a movie hero,Audie Murphy is a real life hero
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The overall picture of John Wayne was a man of conviction and kindness. Was he truly prejudice? Many are at least in part a product of their time. Who of have not evolved in our thinking and feelings over time? None one would like a snapshot of a mistake to epitomize their whole live. We shouldn't rewrite history but rather try to understand the times. I'm sixty years old and I hope I'm not done growing as a person. RIP Mr. Wayne
Once in Balboa, Ca my brother was playing games at the arcade when John Wayne walked in and loaded my brother up with coins. It was a highlight of his life.
Got to love THE DUKE.
Leave him alone.he was a great man
He was a great patriotic
Shirley Fox Yeah, a real patriot--- while other movie stars and athletes at the PEAK of their careers were volunteering to fight the Germans, you're Patriotic John Sweetums Duke said he'd rather sit WWII out making patriotic gung ho films out of harms way...MEANWHILE, Jimmy Stewart (please stand and salute THAT MAN) was drafted and, with his fame could've opted for a cushy job but instead becomes a bomber pilot flying 20 missions destroying oil and ammunition depots. When he was drafted, he's already won an academy award...and after the war, only months after being in combat missions, he filmed "It's A Wonderful Life". Stewart stayed on in the reserves, finally retiring in 1968 as a Brigadier General.
Shirley, if you're looking to defend a PATRIOT, give you're admiration to an ACTUAL Patriot hero!!
John Wayne was a disgraceful coward and a hate monger to boot. That's not mean, that is accurate, madame. I wish you well.
If he was a "great patriotic" as you say, why didn't he join other fellow Americans and fight for his country during World War II?
@@1060michaelg You have to give Shirley a break, her understanding of patriotism comes from watching TV. She sees someone on TV and think they are heroic such as John Wayne and for this reason I'm guessing that she and several million fellow Americans feel the same way for the reality TV Donald Trump, making him out to be more than what he is because he was on TV. I feel sorry for these TV intellects.
@@radarplotextractor3168 Radar---yeah, that's why I was polite in my end of missive regards. Having said that, your take on how things are is incredibly on point.
TV intellects.(Matt Dillon in Drugstore Cowboy: "They're TV babies. They see people shooting and killing one another---they probably even think it's the right thing to do.) May I use that, Radar? I will cite my source, naturally.
It's so very tragic that there are not more people...like you and I, who are not capable of the lost art of Reading Between The Lines. And now, as we enter the age of post-literacy (The closing of Borders Books was the shot that SHOULD have been heard around the world), it is far too late...the skill is trapped in people who are surrounded by the TV intellects of which you speak...and are not receptive or even capable of receiving.
They have not read the canon. No foundation on which to build. Ah, but I am a pessimistic sort and maybe, just maybe there is a way out. But even an optimist would have to call that long odds. Thanks for your great comment, my friend. You're one of the bright lights still shining out there. Peace.
@@1060michaelg There are many bright shining lights out there, they tend to be not as boisterous or narcissistic.
I truly believe that with the advent of, and general acceptance of the internet and its ability to give anyone including the devisive and ignorant a voice which can be spread to millions, that human kind has peaked in its intellectual evolution, and we are slowly on the decline as the primary species on the earth. The misleading wannabes will twist and misuse data to forward their own agenda without truth or fact and the gullible will suck it up as God given truth.
John Wayne was a great American and everything he said was spot on, people need to listen to the whole interview and his inflection and tone of voice before cherry picking quotes to support their agenda.
Wayne was a piece of crap. Didn't serve his country, walked through his movies and couldn't act as well as my cat.
For his faults, he did have a big personality and was pretty generous to those he considered friends and had both an on and off set friendship with not just John Ford, but Ward Bond whose friendship goes back to his college years I believe.
He believed in our country. He worked for everything he got. He believed everyone one should earn what they are given. If they are able. This proves again what happens in Hollywood if you can’t be controlled. John Wayne should have a wall full of awards. This only proves that to get your recognition in Hollywood, you have to earn it on your knees. And the people know Mr. Wayne walked tall. A very tall man. With big boots that no one can fill.
Well simplify you sure picked the right handle-that was the most simple-minded thing you could've said
I met John Wayne in London during the filming of 'Brannigan'- I went into a lift (elevator) at London Weekend Television and heard a voice "Hold the door buddy" and it was none other than John Wayne. He filled the lift, not only due to his size but his sheer persona and charisma. Others working there at the same time said he smoked constantly and the rumour was he got through 100 or so cigarettes a day! He was a great guy to work with so I'm told and an absolute icon in the world of film for sure.
What age are you now ? 100 ?
Red river and The Quiet Man how could anything be better than those 2. I'm 80 and I drink out of my Duke mug everyday
I was told as a young man if you can't say something nice then just be silent
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Wayne was criticized for having Japanese gardeners. He said in his defense "I force them to surrender to me every morning." People who are so sensitive they cannot handle criticism are institutionalizing permanent adolescence & destroying themselves.
Smart move , Japanese make pretty good gardeners , I love to garden myself 👌🏻
@@rafaelramirez1507 I hire illegal Mexicans
John Wayne has a boat on our dock. Recently sold to a wonderful local couple. John Wayne used to boat in the San Juan islands. The boat is called the nor western. He used to boat with his family a lot. Especially in the later years.
Yes I was on that boat many times the wild goose not sure what the north west is maybe they change the name
@@rollsgracie268 The "Norwester" was his 1st yacht. "Wild Goose" came later and was much larger. The 1st yacht Norwester recently sank while Wild Goose is still docked in Newport Beach..
@@benharvey6219 I grew up traveling on the wild goose As a Young Boy. I don’t know about the first boat . Thanks for your thoughts . I’m gonna let you in on some deep wisdom. Love people with all your heart. But when they go let them go.
We all get recycled. Life is short. Think about this every day not just once in a while. Your life will get joyful even Exstatic.
I know nothing if this doesn’t interesting you throw it in the trash
have a great day
Westerns, sure. But one of my favourites is The Quiet Man. I've seen most of his early (40s) movies..they were filmed at Corriganville in my hometown: Simi Valley, CA😎
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Whatever a person's beliefs they belong to them and should not tarnish the legacy of a great actor who brought joy and fulfillment to many including myself. He was and always will be a legend in my eyes.
Exactly shame on this fake video!!!
Even here in my country the Philippines John Wayne was well loved.
he makes me puke
People in the Philippines adore caucasians.
@@eddriver7815 Do it, maybe you will get rid of the evil in you.
I clicked on this link to learn about John Wayne’s ugly side. I am still waiting to hear about it.
He was basically a fascist coward.
I hear that, I am too! As if actors of other ethnicities don't make racist comments right in front of our faces on TV....
@@titusmccarthy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 cry baby
@@titusmccarthy how
Sounds to me like he was a bit of a racist prick
Actually, the thing that surprised me most was seeing pics of him as a young man. What a snack! Seriously, seeing him in True Grit at the drive-in was one of the high points of my childhood. Still love him.❤️
Marion Morrison (John Wayne) a WW2 Draft Dodger.
Met John Wayne when I worked for Technicolor in the 60's -- he was quite a man always had a smile and loved my candy dish (on my desk). He came to the office often. He was one of the few that was far right, my kind of guy. Now we have Eastwood to take his place. Oh and he dressed like he did in his movies -- . He was my hero -- the world would be a happier place if we had more like him.
He was a pièce of shit like all fascists. And frankly as a actor he was a one trick horse.
@@ermannomassarella6528 And how many movies have you been in? I agree with The Duke's opinion, if you want something, work for it. Don't expect a hand out from my tax dollars, work for it you lazy f**k. Do you even know what the word fascist means or is that just some word you have regurgitated from your fellow insane leftism "friends." You imbecilic free loader.
We're u at the capital?
@@ermannomassarella6528 your douche bag is showing
@@ermannomassarella6528 gtfo....
Dipshit.
I grew up with John Wayne - I wouldn’t trade those movies for a million bucks....the real man!
Wayne was a racist bigot
@@daredevil5292 - Go find a "safe space".
@@bobriedel3277 fk you billy
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I grew up with him as well what’s your name?
No racism there just honest truth most people can’t hand the truth
John Wayne was an honest man. He only said what many of us still believe. In his day he was not worried about offending those that still offend us till this day. God Rest his soul. Miss you Duke.
what is that racism hitting native women what is it please clarify?
It's just awful that people take offence at racism and misogyny
@@velvetunderpants44 Yes it's just awful that people like you are just so sensitive to real life and your pie in the sky belief system is held by a minute minority. Cute comment, but always anticipated.
@@velvetunderpants44 WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU? 'IT'S AWFUL THAT PEOPLE TAKE OFFENCE AT RACISM AND MISOGYNY"?
WHAT IS EVEN MORE AWFUL IS THAT PEOPLE SUCH AS YOU BELIEVE THAT BEHAVIOR IS OKAY.
IT'S NOT OKAY.
Believe the feeling is reciprocal.
History is proof.
I saw the title and thought, well this is going to be garbage. I see my instincts are still on point.
u r right
My favourite actor of all time, any John Wayne film - brilliant
Loved all of John Wayne's movies, but the one not mentioned in this RUclips piece was Wayne's production of "The Alamo". This is one of the best movies that helped characterized the state of Texas's early beginnings. This movie was full of well-known actors like Chill Wills, Richard Widmark, Richard Boone, and many more. This movie had a strong message about being a patriot and the sacrifices that were made at the Alamo.
A JOHN WAYNE Fan all my life' He was the Greatest cowboy ever'
The most astounding achievement he had acquired is the rank of EAGLE SCOUT. AND THERE IS A BOY SCOUT CAMP NAMED IN HIS HONOR !!! GOD REST YOUR SOUL DUKE.
Hi I’ve been an Eagle Scout for over 40 years and never knew that I appreciate it it makes it all seem better or more understandable as to his character maybe not some of the statements but definitely his character
Yes my Dad myself and my SON are all EAGLE SCOUTS !!!
@@genekleppingerii3804 this is a very funny thing in the family my brothers that are seven and nine years older than me are both Eagle Scouts. They each got 21 merit badges of course well I got 44 merit badges each other 21+ one more I said I could hold it over their head the rest of their life my father the scoutmaster and everybody in my family thought that was hysterical because you can’t go back and fix the past but I just did it for the fun of it plus I never knew an eagle that have a pump and I had four but it has been the corner stone in my life and I’m not trying to brag but it is important and then days society I have a nephew the guy Eagle Scout and they asked if he was going to get 89 to beat everybody and he didn’t again thank you for replying to my comment have a great day fly high for a crowd sorry Siri messed that up fly high fly proud
Well you can go back and fix the past. It took 31 years to find out that I made EAGLE SCOUT. 28 YEARS to find out that I'm a veteran of foreign wars.and 40 years for my son to be born . THANK SO SO MUCH HEAVENLY FATHER PRAISE BE TO GOD !!!
@@genekleppingerii3804 May the God Almighty hold you and your family safe in the palm of his hand
You could do the 'ugly' side to everyone, just hope that they have a 'good' side
“In Harms Way” is my best naval World War 2 movie.
Thank you forJohn Wayne story !!
I have been A fan of John Wayne all my life enjoyed the story very much
Thank you
There is something you did forget to mention and that is that John Wayne was a patriot. He believed in America the free where everyone is free to express their views. He wasn’t a racist it’s true that the more educated a people are the more responsibility they should be given. He helped a lot of people. He also believed that it was every Americans job do do good for their country. The man is dead. Leave him the hell alone. He is America!!!!
But he shirked his duty in not doing his military time.
@@nitaswann8668 if you will do your research you will find out that he tried to insist twice and was turned down both times. He then worked tirelessly for the military members. He supported them always. Even when it was unpopular like the Vietnam era. If you’re going to run someone down who isn’t around to defend themselves at least know what you’re talking about,
@@nitaswann8668 He did not. He was too famous to be regular troops, so he did what he could selling War Bonds and doing training films, etc.
You are a lying sumbitch. Wayne was 34 when Pearl Harbor jumped off, was 3A, family deferment but still tried to enlist. John Wayne shirked nothing war related. So screw off, you are just repeating left wing shit.
John Wayne, Charlton Heston, and Clint Eastwood were the epitome of American Patriots!!!!
@@nitaswann8668 maybe you should do a little research before you tell everybody how young and naive you are by opening your mouth!
I was named after him because my mother's water broke while she was in the theater watching the Quiet Man.
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I was a Marine and our P38 aka John Wayne
Our D. I. Mentioned that when the Marines fought at Iwo Jima the Duke visited the Marines and told them that they were the real heros
My dog is named Duke many great people had that title the Surfer Duke Kahananamoku, the Duke of Earl🤣🤣🤣
But Steve McQueen is still the King of Cool👍🏽
Great story!
One of his better movies that you ignored was "Sands of Iwo Jima" Personally I thought it was one of his best army or military movies. Also liked "McLintock".
Not a word about Duke's shenigans with avoiding the draft & military service in WW2.
Iconic western legend loved his films, such a presence on screen
In all my 77yrs I have never seen a more charismatic actor than John Wayne, don't think I ever will now. Years ago he was the epitome of everyones idea of a hero. I am not an American but a Welsh woman and everyone over here loved him. Over the years we disregarded his thoughts as a right winger believing that everyone has.. a right to their own beliefs be that the opposite to our own or not. Do not put him down or discredit him by his beliefs, you do yourself no credit by this. In later years he did many excellent wonderful things for others so I for one will always continue to watch my videos of him with pride and joy. (shame he wasn't Welsh) 😁
Thank you so much Meg , Mr.Wayne will always be an American Hero and I to shall watch videos of him with pride and joy too!
Meg Freeman Oh Meg, surely Errol Flynn was the one!
Shame Tom Jones wasn't a cowboy! Thank you for your kind words!
I thought he should have won an academy award for Red River.
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One of favorite movies was Donovan Reef funny and entertaining