I gotta let you know about a comment you made. My late Pop, RIP, was military. He retired military, Army. He was on a ship and Elvis Presley was on that ship too. Pop said, Elvis did not act like he was too good. He would mop up vomit just like anyone else. That earned my respect for the man. It may have been a publicity stunt for the money makers stealing from him, but for Elvis, he was serious.
100% Many people got to meet and serve with Elvis and my Uncle Kenneth Lightfoot had that honor and every single person that ever served with him could not say enough about Elvis and how normal and nice he was. He was no celebrity while he served and didn't like being treated like one.
I have another Elvis story for you, Olivia. Years ago, I listened to a radio interview with Max Baer Jr.(Jethro from The Beverly Hillbillies). He said early in his career, he and some of his aspiring actor friends used to gather in one of L.A.'s parks and play touch football. None of them were working much at the time and that was about all the entertainment they could afford. He said Elvis would show up occasionally. Elvis had the flashy car, all the money and all the girls. Baer said that touch football would always turn into tackle football, and poor old Elvis would bear the brunt of the other's jealousy. He said they would hit Elvis as hard as they could and it didn't matter. He'd jump straight back up and come back for more.
In all roles he played, he played John Wayne. I admit, I have kind of a hero worship complex when it comes to this man. He was the 1st man that I saw on the big screen sitting with my grandfather who was a World War II veteran. He taught me what American values are. He showed me what that when the chips are down you can always stack them back up. In short, John Wayne was a surrogate father to me. He was one of the great ones and I don't think we will ever see his likes again. If you want a movie that is not quite as popular as all of his other stuff, watch Hatari!. Nothing like the Duke in Africa.
He was a draft dodger, not a hero. He coward in fear and stayed home while real heroes fought for our country like your grandpa, don't diminish what he did by shining a false light on what Wayne did,
I'm 47 and John Wayne is hands down my favorite actor and always will be. McClintock is 100% my favorite film and I watch it at least once a month. True Grit wasn't my favorite John Wayne movie but I don't think it was because of him at all I just didn't like how it was wrote vs the book. The book was amazing. I'll take any John Wayne movie over the crap they have on tv today. I don't even watch tv. I have my old movies and shows that I'll stick to.
@@janetbaker645 Yvonne De Carlo was absolutely gorgeous too. People my age associate her with The Munsters and had no idea she was in other films. Maureen O'Hara I absolutely love too. Firey red head. The McClintock movie had a bit of everything in it. Nothing to do with John Wayne but "4 For Texas" it's a tradition on New Years that I watch and then McClintock before midnight. Both movies make me laugh like a fool.
@@alanmarsden4422 When I was at Disney in Florida there was a ride I was on that had a John Wayne statue (so life like) but we couldn't get out of the moving cart we were in. (A BIG NO NO!) I begged the guy to please let me in there after it closed so I could get a picture standing next to John Wayne. No one had ever requested that but as promised he walked me through the back when the ride was down for the night and took a picture of me standing next to the Duke. I was elated! Best part of my vacation.
My parents were rabid John Wayne fans. My Dad's company, while serving in the Marines was used as extras. He's in the scene where Marines are marching down a dock towards a troop ship. He said they had to do that march about a dozen times. They collected a copy of every movie he ever did on VHS tapes. Dad would sit for hours watching John Wayne movies. I like to think my Dad was just like John Wayne's persona. Me, I will forever be a John Wayne fan. Hard to pick a favorite movie. But a top ten list would include, In no particular order, The Quiet Man, McClintok, The Sands Of Iowa Jima, They Were Expendable, Flying Leathernecks, The Alamo, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, The Undefeated, and The Horse Soldiers.
He was truly an international icon. Loved around the world. I'll never forget the night in Barcelona, Spain when I (an American) came home to the Argentine family I lived with and they were all around the TV crying and wailing. Word of John Wayne's death shocked the world. He was a great man.
One of the only actors I have shed a tear for upon hearing of his death. John Wayne was a big man in so many ways and there will never be another like him again. Thank you for bringing him back into our lives again and again showing how human yet immortal he truly was.
My& my sisters favorite JW movie: Donovan’s Reef. My mom’s: the Quiet Man. My Dad’s : the Searchers. (My dad appeared as an extra in a couple of Wayne films notably Red River) 2 underrated Wayne films: McClintock & the Undefeated.
As an old deactivated Marine, I miss John. To me he was the Old West and a hero galore ! In my day, most Marines loved him, I guess because patriotism was what we had in common. Goodnight Mr. Wayne and Chesty, I'll be seeing you both someday soon !
Thanks for sharing memories of John Wayne. I remember driving home from west Texas in the late 1970s and hearing news of John Wayne being on his death bed. It was clearly a sad story.
I am now 89 and have enjoyed and admired this man, great American who has inspired so many, since I was a young lad. I am pleased that so much he did is still being viewed, please keep up the grand job you are doingkto keep this memory alive. Thank you Mr. John Wayne,
I am 89 also. We lived in the days when actors and citizens were patriotic, joining the military, and movies were great, as Turner Classic Movies testifies. Love Wayne and all our VETS.
He was actually exposed to nuclear ☢️ radiation contamination in the 1950s. He, his own son, Agnes Moorehead, Susan Hayward, and also others while making a movie called the Conqueror. At a Utah and Nevada desert from a nuclear ☢️ weapon that the government knew about it and refused to tell them about it.
Yes! I was waiting for this very life changing event to pop up and was surprised it didn't. That's where the cancer and health issues started. Very sad for them all!
Of the 220 crew members, 91 (comprising 41% of the crew) developed cancer during their lifetime, while 46 (or 21%) died from it. When this was learned, many suspected that filming in Utah and surrounding locations, near nuclear test sites, was to blame.
@@Tarabull7353 The people in the film had no variance in cancer rates and health compared to people in the same lifestyles who never went to Nevada. It's always been a false equivalency passed as fact.
@@Tarabull7353 they actually blame his lung cancer from smoking but yet it could have came from being exposed to nuclear ☢️ radiation. He played as Genghis Khan in the Conqueror.
I have always put John Wayne at the top of my favorite actors. He was from a time of what I consider a more admirable time in motion pictures, and many great actors and actresses. Not so much nowadays. He wasn't perfect, but his dedication to patriotism and morals, and his direct approach to right and wrong with no apologies, will keep him at the top of my favorite actor list. I can't make a list of favorites, too many great ones.
@user, As long as it didn't get in the way of his making a buck or taking advantage of a situation. My family knew a guy just like him, an opportunist. Morrison would wave the flag all day as long as there was no danger and people were paying him for it.
And he was too scared to enlist, so he made a deal to get let off his enlistment, and with a yellow streak that large, he would’ve made an easy target…….
How do you pick just one, this man made you believe. You thought you actually knew him. He was the man I shared with my father on Sundays. Sitting with my dad watching one of his films. Special moments with two wonderful men.
@@rhondae8222 Maybe his personal relationship life wasn't of the highest standards but at least to the public his outside example was, and that is what people were exposed to him as a role model that influences society's values. The standards that he presented were very different and the polar opposite of the Hollywood stars role models and values today.
Mark. A friend is a tour guide in Europe. She frequently does tours in Ireland and sometimes the tour includes the location of The Quiet Man (my favourite John Wayne film). The locals claim that it was a maid at the hotel they were staying at who saw them together in one of their rooms early in the morning. Whether it was true or not … ? But it is a local rumour to this day.
I grew up watching John Wayne films, and he helped me form my sense of strength, patriotism, and masculinity, although I purposely did not attempt to emulate him. One of the best biographies of his life is "John Wayne: The Life and Legend" by Scott Eyman. One interesting story from that book is that he never responded when anyone called him "John" because that for him was a character name. He went by "Duke", a name given to him by some neighborhood firefighters when he was still a kid. According to Eyman's book, his dog was named Duke and the firemen referred to him as "Little Duke". As he grew to manhood, the "Little" part of that name was dropped, for obvious reasons.
I was a big fan of The Duke. I have the Courage quote in two places in my house. I have most of his movies. I was 23 when he passed away. I remember his album on America is, back in the 1960s. I had a friend whose grandfather was friends with both Wayne and Ward Bond, and he said they were pretty much the same on and off screen. Jim passed a few years ago, so I can't ask him for more details. That is a rough part of getting old losing good friends you can count on
Quite simply, I have never seen a John Wayne film I didn't like! The man was the epitome of a true Patriot American. I am a retired Marine, and I think John Wayne did more for the country by not serving in WWII, than he ever could have serving. RIP Patriot, JOB WELL DONE!!
He died of radiation poisoning from the location shoot for "The Conqueror." It was near a fresh atomic test site. Many of the cast and crew suffered because of it.
@@AITreeBranchesThat story is all theory. There is no proof that the numerous deaths that occured after the filming on the Nevada Test Site were conclusively attributed to the radiation at that particular site. Although I myself believe it - there are many who say it is coinsidental. We'll never know.
As a John Wayne fan, picking a favorite is very hard. Some ones to not miss are the Quiet Man, Daktari, They Where Expendable and Big Jake. An underrated one people don't think about is Hell Fighters with Jim Hutton.
Yes all Great movies. I agree about Hell Fighters and Hatari too. He worked with Jim Hutton in a few movies they had a great Chemistry. I love the Searchers and Chisum.
It not Daktari but Hatari, in which he played as a hunter of life animals, to stock zoo’s. This movie has a great storyline full of humor and beautiful scenes!
My Dad owned just about every John Wayne western ever made. He was a huge fan of both Wayne and westerns. I grew up on these films. My favorite is The Quiet Man but I also favor North to Alaska and McClintock. I don't always agree with his morals and politics but he was a hell of an actor.
John Wayne made many great films, my personal favourites are "The Cowboys" and the last film he made "The Shootist". A great actor and played the parts perfectly, was a legend of the big screen, and still is. RIP John, we are still enjoying the films.
An Icon for sure - but he was Not a great actor ! A Great actor plays different characters and in different ways (like Alec Guiness) ! John Wayne Always played John Wayne, no matter in what movie he was in !
My Dad looked just like John Wayne, people would do a double-take when we were out in public. My Father as well, was a strong patriot as well as fair as the day was long. When my Dad became ill we bought every John Wayne VHS and would play them for him. Good memories of good men
Love John Wayne! He is one of my very favorite actors and people of all time! I just visited the John Wayne Experience Museum in Ft Worth, TX, great presentation! Also, his birthplace museum in Winterset, IA is a must for every Duke fan. Such a patriotic man. There'll never be another one.
I’m not a John Wayne fanatic but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen ever movie he ever made at least a dozen times and his picture hangs on my bedroom wall. Second thought maybe I am a fanatic.
In his early years, he performed almost all his stunts. In the last scene of True Grit that is Wayne jumping a 3-rail fence on the back of his horse. McLintock and the Cowboys he did all his own stunts. A true-blooded American hero.
When Wayne filmed Hatari in 1960 in Arusha Tanganyika East Africa, I lived in Arusha with my family. His double came a few months earlier than Wayne & did all the dangerous catching of the wild game. When Wayne arrived, he did every scene, Ted White his double, has already filmed . What a man! I miss him!
@@michelleprice5097 When I was at Memphis State, I worked part-time at Memphis Funeral Home. I met an old cowboy there. He had worked 35 years for Gene Autry. He had a Zippo lighter John Wayne had given him engraved "stolen from John Wayne". When Elvis died Autry and Wayne came to Memphis and my old cowboy pal picked them up at the airport. Autry fussed at him cause he was still driving and old 63 Ford he had when he worked for Autry. He also introduced me to Minnie Pearl when she came to Memphis for a friend's service. He knew everybody.
My mother died in 1979 at 56 years of age and the only thing I was able to deal with her death was the fact that she and the duke were both able to meet
God bless our mothers and The Duke, and may they rest in peace. Mine also got to meet him (on set somewhere); my GM took her. JW wanted to whisk her off to Paris to get engaged... but my GM said No! He was gentlemanly enough to ask my GM to go with and be chaperone. My Mom was sweet 16 at the time. When we used to watch movies at the drive-in or at home, my Mom would say "He could've been your father, but your granny wouldn't let me elope / marry him!" - my granny would say ' but you were too young '. My Mom would then play up, saying, "...and how old were you when you married grandpop!?" "Oh hush your mouth!" 😁 😂 ... It was like a well established theatrical performance! 😁 My, my, how I miss my old folks - they had so many neat stories, and they were great actors and good old fashioned family and fun-loving too!
And I'd like to add this. John Wayne gave us some of the greatest Westerns of all time. What would have happened if he'd gone to war and been killed? There was no other western star like him. He made those westerns and I have many of his movies and I never grow tired of watching them.
My 3 best Wayne movies are:- 1. The Searchers 2. The Man That Shot Liberty Valance. 3. The Shootist. Always better in Westerns ( I feel) than in War movies . He was in many ways ",The Cowboy". A truly great contemporary would be James Stewart. Argueably, Jimmy had more "breadth" and variety. Clint Eastwood changed the whole Western Genre with The ,"Dollar" films. Giving Westerns a much harder edge. 2 roles Wayne should have turned down were:- The Roman Centurion in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" And :- "The Conqueror" where he played Genghis Kahn. He was ridiculous in both. Appalling casting !! This is my view only, therefore very subjective. There will be others with different view points. Wayne was extremely good "Box Office" for the studios and made them, and himself, a lot of money. He was "Old School" Hollywood Super Star. You cant take that away from the man.
If you look up the history of the conquer he made the studio make that movie he wanted to star in it They didn't even wanna make it He found the script they threw out
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is the greatest western ever made, and the sound track for it is too the greatest movie sound track ever made. 💥🔫🤠 Yeehaw
I have watched a great many of John Wayne’s movies. My favorite is The Searchers with Stagecoach running a close second. Others that I love are The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, The Shootist, Rio Bravo, andThe Sands of Iwo Jima. If people want to see John Wayne in his early movies they should look for his Republic movies.
Quite Man Eldorado, Chisum, True Grit, Rooster Coburn, Cahill US Marshall. Sons of kitie elder, Rio Bravo, Tall in the saddle, and any other film John Wayne made. All my favourites.
In 1960 John Wayne filmed Hatari in Arusha, Tanganyika, Aka Tanzania. I lived with my family in Arusha. Wayne was beloved for his down-to- earth interaction with everyone. The little street kids would wait for him in the evening to come in from filming all day. He was usually dog tired and crusted with dirt & dust from filming the famous catching of the wild game that made Hatari so fascinating. I have many stories all tucked away in my memory bank. Thanks JW for the great memories.
My father adored John Wayne and have memories of watching TV with him. My father was a moral man that I have tried to incorporate in my life. My mother also loved John Wayne and both knew about his moral character. My father was in WWII and I remember wondering why he didn't serve in the war but if you look at his movies he served our nation without having to pick up a gun and our government gave him special status so he didn't have to serve. John was used his name and worked with others to help promote support for the war. John was not perfect but he was a human that tried so hard to live honorably. Just as my imperfect father tried to live after the war. The war hurt my Dad's mind in sever ways. I miss them all.
John Wayne did not have to serve he was a husband and had children they were exempt from serving. He also tried to join several times. They said he was better serving by acting He still is one of my great hero’s. The did the quiet man in cong and ashford castle my great grandfather worked there as a wheelright one of my fav film. They even show it in the cinema in the castle
John Wayne came here to England in 1974 to make 'Brannigan ' a rather underated film which ,none the less, was a very watchable yarn,like the best film actors Wayne played himself in his films no dodgy character acting and was admired for it, quite rightly , his beliefs and personal life were his own to which we're all entitled .
I loved John Wayne with Maureen O Hara in the Quite Man. It was a beautiful touching movie. John Wayne was a very tall very good looking man, he played the role in the Quiet Man brilliantly I think to perfection. I loved it, I expect everyone loved it. ❤❤❤.
Simple music can make you sing, simple hug can make you feel better and simple thing can make you happy. i hope my simple "Hello" bring smile on your face 😊
my intellectually disabled brother loved westerns, and he loved loved LOVED John Wayne...he passed last year and we sent nearly all his DVD's to the Op shop...I'm now spewing because I should have kept some of them because they don't seem to be on any streaming services here in Australia...I can't tell you how many copies he managed to have of some of those movies..when we held his funeral we offered many of them, along with many pictures of classic cars and trucks, as gifts to those who attended to remember him by...I also enjoyed watching JW movies, whether they be westers, action or romance...always enjoyed his work Maureen O'Hara...probably my most favourite was HITARI...
Simple music can make you sing, simple hug can make you feel better and simple thing can make you happy. i hope my simple "Hello" bring smile on your face 😊
@@MrYatesj1 they tried to draft Wayne, and he was afraid he would be too old to advance his career much when he returned after serving , so had the studios pull some strings and get his draft status changed, multiple times.
My parents loved John Wayne and every movie he ever made. There will never ever be another soul like him. Eastwood was completely the opposite and never quite could fill the boots of the legendary Duke. RIP cowboy.
I met John one day in 1970 at a hotel in the middle of the desert of South Central Arizona about 40 miles from his cattle ranch. The hotel was where the SF Giants had their spring training HQ. It was called Francisco Grande, about 8 miles west of the small town of Casa Grande. We were there having Sunday brunch and in walked the Duke who sat down for brunch as well. My dad told me to take my two little sisters over to ask for his autograph. I was petrified but I did what dad told me to do. John was so gracious and put me at ease and signed three napkins for us and shook my hand. He'll always be my fave actor. 😊
My favorite John Wayne film and probably a lesser known film is Riders of Destiny. John Wayne is singing Sandy , a tuneful but tough undercover agent out to help besieged farmers regain their water rights. This is one of the few films in which the Duke is a singing cowboy - truly a unique side of his early career ........... only John Wayne couldn't sing much like me he couldn't carry a tune if you put it in a bucket. They had to dub in someone else singing the songs.
Elvis was drafted. It may have given the Army publicity, & they made the best of it, but I doubt that it was a "publicity stunt", since that insinuates, that it was planned from the start.
Right, Elvis was drafted. But not by any random method or process. It was done by governmental fiat, for social reasons. I offer no evidence, but that's what I've always suspected.
My favorite is Rio Beavo. Good mix of comedy action and drama. Been watching it a lot lately in memoriam to an uncle who just past a couple months ago who used to call me Dude in reference to Dean zmartin's character in that movie. A fun fact missed here though is the movie Sands of Iwo Jima, the one where the clip 'if I can't teach you one way, I'll teach you another. But I'll get the job done' comes from, is still used in military training to my knowledge. Another one being the Green Berets is, to my knowledge, the only pro Vietnam War film... I see both sides of the issue, but there's no denying the horrors of agent orange...
As a child here in England I was bought up on Laurel and Hardy also Western's, John Wayne was my favourite actor especially in Western's. My absolute favourite Western was THE SEARCHERS and my favourite scene was at the end when he opened the door and walked away into the sunshine. That was just perfect and very moving. John Wayne the Duke was in my opinion the King of Western's, he was a giant in films and a Legend the likes that we will never see again. 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🤠🤠
In December, 1968 I had just finished boot camp and infantry training in the USMC. I would eventually ship out to Vietnam in January, 1969 but in December of '68 I was on a 30 day leave we all got before we shipped out. I was just 18. I was in my home town of Houston, Texas and John Wayne's movie "The Hellfighters" which was based on the life of Red Adair premiered in Houston on December 19. 1968 in four of the movie palaces in downtown. And I was there, in my Winter Greens, a slick sleeve private. In the front row center. Just before the movie started John Wayne and one of his co-stars went up on the stage, said a few remarks about the movie and then went down the stairs. He was about to go up the left aisle when he glanced over and saw me looking at him. He stopped, walked over and shook my hand. I was 5'6" tall...and he was 6'4" tall. God he was big. He said "Hello, Marine. Nice to see you." Then he smiled and went on his way. I'm 73 now...but I remember that date. (Pretty easy actually...I got married on that date in 1981.)
Did a hell of a lot more to make sure he stayed out of WWII than he did to make sure he served in it. Much bigger stars at the time, who could have stayed out or gotten easy duty, chose to put themselves in harm's way. Jimmy Stewart, for one. It wouldn't have been so disgraceful if Wayne hadn't cast himself as a super-patriot in real life afterwards.
@@michaelpower4372 If he hadn't been a movie star, we'd never have heard of him doing--or not doing-ANYTHING. That wasn't my point, anyway. Which was his hypocrisy in wrapping himself in the flag and casting himself as the avatar of American patriotism after spending four years watching others march off to fight and die.
Now I have your hatred your a dem John was a rep. I sure if he was fit to go he would have went. Petty he was never President of the United states of America.
So many good John Wayne films to choose from, I'd probably recomend any made after 1939. For me, the top choice has to be The Cowboys, followed closely by The Alamo. Wayne wasn't wrong in turning down Dirty Harry, it wasn't a good fit for him. Eastwood was perfect for the role. I could see Sinatra doing it fairly well, but it didn't fit Wayne's image. I read in some bio years ago that Wayne wanted to volunteer after Pearl Harbor, but the studio intervened. If Wayne had died in some Pacific battlefield in 1942, America would have been the looser. It worked out better as it was. Nice job on the video, thanks for the content.
Dam I hate a man that whistles. He said to Glen Campbell in True Grit. I think Hepburn spoiled Rooster Coburn. That role should have went to Maureen Ò Hara.
He actually tried 3 times to join during WW2, but was denied because he was the sole provider for his children...he was a patriot and wanted to serve. I commend him for that.
I grew up in the 50s watching John Wayne movies. He was my favorite, when it came to action hero movies. And as time went on he never disappoint me. I guess the majority of the movies from my childhood were my favorites. I liked "The Alamo", The Green Berets,' Hell Fighters", "North To Alaska", "The Cowboys", "The Searchers", "Legend of the Lost", and last but not least, his last film, "The Shootist". I guess that's the best of his 80+ films. I have 20 in my collection of films. I still watch them from time to time. Just saw "McLictock!" the other night. I will always remember "The Duke". No matter what they said, he's still my hero.
True Grits is my favorite John Wayne movie, it's the movie to me that conveys the honest, tough, onery, and no nonsence type of persona that he had culminated through out his movie career, and that my fellow American is the example we can all aspire for.
John and Clint were a generation apart.,, Wayne born in 1907 and Clint born in 1930. Clint was young enough to be his son so you can't xay that they came along at the same time. Wayne's first starring role was in "The Big Trail" in 1929. a year before Clint was born.
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I gotta let you know about a comment you made. My late Pop, RIP, was military. He retired military, Army. He was on a ship and Elvis Presley was on that ship too. Pop said, Elvis did not act like he was too good. He would mop up vomit just like anyone else. That earned my respect for the man. It may have been a publicity stunt for the money makers stealing from him, but for Elvis, he was serious.
100% Many people got to meet and serve with Elvis and my Uncle Kenneth Lightfoot had that honor and every single person that ever served with him could not say enough about Elvis and how normal and nice he was. He was no celebrity while he served and didn't like being treated like one.
Yes, Elvis was a good soldier.
I have another Elvis story for you, Olivia. Years ago, I listened to a radio interview with Max Baer Jr.(Jethro from The Beverly Hillbillies). He said early in his career, he and some of his aspiring actor friends used to gather in one of L.A.'s parks and play touch football. None of them were working much at the time and that was about all the entertainment they could afford. He said Elvis would show up occasionally. Elvis had the flashy car, all the money and all the girls. Baer said that touch football would always turn into tackle football, and poor old Elvis would bear the brunt of the other's jealousy. He said they would hit Elvis as hard as they could and it didn't matter. He'd jump straight back up and come back for more.
The Army is not on ships. That's Navy or Marines.
@@David-kq6vy I know that. He was on the ship for some reason, I don't know about.
I just love him!
So many sweet memories watching with my Dad.
He was The MAN. ❤
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My grandfather loved him we have his old republic movies
No man could ever fill John Wayne's boots!!Well and truly a very great man.R.I.P. John.
In all roles he played, he played John Wayne. I admit, I have kind of a hero worship complex when it comes to this man. He was the 1st man that I saw on the big screen sitting with my grandfather who was a World War II veteran. He taught me what American values are. He showed me what that when the chips are down you can always stack them back up. In short, John Wayne was a surrogate father to me. He was one of the great ones and I don't think we will ever see his likes again. If you want a movie that is not quite as popular as all of his other stuff, watch Hatari!. Nothing like the Duke in Africa.
He was a draft dodger, not a hero. He coward in fear and stayed home while real heroes fought for our country like your grandpa, don't diminish what he did by shining a false light on what Wayne did,
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I love the movie Hatari! It has a great supporting cast!
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I'm 47 and John Wayne is hands down my favorite actor and always will be. McClintock is 100% my favorite film and I watch it at least once a month. True Grit wasn't my favorite John Wayne movie but I don't think it was because of him at all I just didn't like how it was wrote vs the book. The book was amazing. I'll take any John Wayne movie over the crap they have on tv today. I don't even watch tv. I have my old movies and shows that I'll stick to.
Yes John Wayne was massive in our house too. My older brother & his wife called Thier son Wayne when he was born.
McClintock was my favorite movie of John Wayne
@@janetbaker645 Yvonne De Carlo was absolutely gorgeous too. People my age associate her with The Munsters and had no idea she was in other films. Maureen O'Hara I absolutely love too. Firey red head. The McClintock movie had a bit of everything in it. Nothing to do with John Wayne but "4 For Texas" it's a tradition on New Years that I watch and then McClintock before midnight. Both movies make me laugh like a fool.
@@alanmarsden4422 When I was at Disney in Florida there was a ride I was on that had a John Wayne statue (so life like) but we couldn't get out of the moving cart we were in. (A BIG NO NO!) I begged the guy to please let me in there after it closed so I could get a picture standing next to John Wayne. No one had ever requested that but as promised he walked me through the back when the ride was down for the night and took a picture of me standing next to the Duke. I was elated! Best part of my vacation.
No doubt. My favorite film is Eldorado.
My parents were rabid John Wayne fans. My Dad's company, while serving in the Marines was used as extras. He's in the scene where Marines are marching down a dock towards a troop ship. He said they had to do that march about a dozen times. They collected a copy of every movie he ever did on VHS tapes. Dad would sit for hours watching John Wayne movies. I like to think my Dad was just like John Wayne's persona. Me, I will forever be a John Wayne fan. Hard to pick a favorite movie. But a top ten list would include, In no particular order, The Quiet Man, McClintok, The Sands Of Iowa Jima, They Were Expendable, Flying Leathernecks, The Alamo, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, The Undefeated, and The Horse Soldiers.
I agree with your choices. I think The Horse Soldiers is my favorite, it seemed like when he had good costars it pulled his acting up.
You can add The High and the Mighty and Hondo to that list!
The Duke was a great actor & a great super star.
Love John Wayne and all his movies. There will never be another like him.
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My dad loved John Wayne and Johnny Cash- had so many of his movies and we would watch them and quote the movies all the time.
Who Shot Liberty Valance is a great film. John Wayne and James Stewart were quite a duo in that story!
He was truly an international icon. Loved around the world. I'll never forget the night in Barcelona, Spain when I (an American) came home to the Argentine family I lived with and they were all around the TV crying and wailing. Word of John Wayne's death shocked the world. He was a great man.
nah, not really. Nothink like a Yank to project onto the world.
A, ‘Great man’ ! Really ?
One of the only actors I have shed a tear for upon hearing of his death. John Wayne was a big man in so many ways and there will never be another like him again. Thank you for bringing him back into our lives again and again showing how human yet immortal he truly was.
he was a racist pos
He was a racist anda draft dodger your proud of him shame on you
My& my sisters favorite JW movie: Donovan’s Reef.
My mom’s: the Quiet Man.
My Dad’s : the Searchers.
(My dad appeared as an extra in a couple of Wayne films notably Red River)
2 underrated Wayne films: McClintock & the Undefeated.
Donovan's Reef was fantastic and the chemistry he had with Lee Marvin was truly great.
As an old deactivated Marine, I miss John. To me he was the Old West and a hero galore ! In my day, most Marines loved him, I guess because patriotism was what we had in common. Goodnight Mr. Wayne and Chesty, I'll be seeing you both someday soon !
Love our vets!
Thanks for sharing memories of John Wayne. I remember driving home from west Texas in the late 1970s and hearing news of John Wayne being on his death bed. It was clearly a sad story.
I am now 89 and have enjoyed and admired this man, great American who has inspired so many, since I was a young lad. I am pleased that so much he did is still being viewed, please keep up the grand job you are doingkto keep this memory alive. Thank you Mr. John Wayne,
I am 89 also. We lived in the days when actors and citizens were patriotic, joining the military, and movies were great, as Turner Classic Movies testifies. Love Wayne and all our VETS.
My favorite is and always will be "the cowboys"! Adore that movie and watch it whenever I can! RIP Mr Wayne! ❤
For me it is a toss up between The Cowboys and True Grit.
He was actually exposed to nuclear ☢️ radiation contamination in the 1950s. He, his own son, Agnes Moorehead, Susan Hayward, and also others while making a movie called the Conqueror. At a Utah and Nevada desert from a nuclear ☢️ weapon that the government knew about it and refused to tell them about it.
Yes! I was waiting for this very life changing event to pop up and was surprised it didn't. That's where the cancer and health issues started. Very sad for them all!
He was a chain smoker and a heavy drinker Are you sure that didn't have an effect on his life
Of the 220 crew members, 91 (comprising 41% of the crew) developed cancer during their lifetime, while 46 (or 21%) died from it. When this was learned, many suspected that filming in Utah and surrounding locations, near nuclear test sites, was to blame.
@@Tarabull7353 The people in the film had no variance in cancer rates and health compared to people in the same lifestyles who never went to Nevada. It's always been a false equivalency passed as fact.
@@Tarabull7353 they actually blame his lung cancer from smoking but yet it could have came from being exposed to nuclear ☢️ radiation. He played as Genghis Khan in the Conqueror.
I have always put John Wayne at the top of my favorite actors. He was from a time of what I consider a more admirable time in motion pictures, and many great actors and actresses. Not so much nowadays. He wasn't perfect, but his dedication to patriotism and morals, and his direct approach to right and wrong with no apologies, will keep him at the top of my favorite actor list. I can't make a list of favorites, too many great ones.
@user, As long as it didn't get in the way of his making a buck or taking advantage of a situation. My family knew a guy just like him, an opportunist. Morrison would wave the flag all day as long as there was no danger and people were paying him for it.
The "Duke" is truly an American Icon 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Was my fathers favourite actor
And he was too scared to enlist, so he made a deal to get let off his enlistment, and with a yellow streak that large, he would’ve made an easy target…….
How do you pick just one, this man made you believe. You thought you actually knew him. He was the man I shared with my father on Sundays. Sitting with my dad watching one of his films. Special moments with two wonderful men.
Much respect for John Wayne because of his integrity and high moral standards!
Well, he purportedly had an affair with Maureen O’Hara!
I doubt he had high moral standards. He married three times, and he had affairs with other women. TBT
@@kathleenclark5877Source?
@@rhondae8222 Maybe his personal relationship life wasn't of the highest standards but at least to the public his outside example was, and that is what people were exposed to him as a role model that influences society's values. The standards that he presented were very different and the polar opposite of the Hollywood stars role models and values today.
Mark. A friend is a tour guide in Europe. She frequently does tours in Ireland and sometimes the tour includes the location of The Quiet Man (my favourite John Wayne film). The locals claim that it was a maid at the hotel they were staying at who saw them together in one of their rooms early in the morning. Whether it was true or not … ? But it is a local rumour to this day.
I grew up watching John Wayne films, and he helped me form my sense of strength, patriotism, and masculinity, although I purposely did not attempt to emulate him. One of the best biographies of his life is "John Wayne: The Life and Legend" by Scott Eyman. One interesting story from that book is that he never responded when anyone called him "John" because that for him was a character name. He went by "Duke", a name given to him by some neighborhood firefighters when he was still a kid. According to Eyman's book, his dog was named Duke and the firemen referred to him as "Little Duke". As he grew to manhood, the "Little" part of that name was dropped, for obvious reasons.
Patriotism ??😂😂 This movies were only racist ideologist.
WOW, going to look into this book
I was a big fan of The Duke. I have the Courage quote in two places in my house. I have most of his movies. I was 23 when he passed away.
I remember his album on America is, back in the 1960s.
I had a friend whose grandfather was friends with both Wayne and Ward Bond, and he said they were pretty much the same on and off screen. Jim passed a few years ago, so I can't ask him for more details. That is a rough part of getting old losing good friends you can count on
All of his work I love ❤️ he has always been my hero and still is
Quite simply, I have never seen a John Wayne film I didn't like! The man was the epitome of a true Patriot American. I am a retired Marine, and I think John Wayne did more for the country by not serving in WWII, than he ever could have serving. RIP Patriot, JOB WELL DONE!!
I have….
He died of radiation poisoning from the location shoot for "The Conqueror." It was near a fresh atomic test site. Many of the cast and crew suffered because of it.
Similar to what happenwd to Tarkovsky and his crew.
That was in the 1950s radioactive ☢️ soil from a nuclear ☢️ weapon
@@AITreeBranchesThat story is all theory. There is no proof that the numerous deaths that occured after the filming on the Nevada Test Site were conclusively attributed to the radiation at that particular site. Although I myself believe it - there are many who say it is coinsidental. We'll never know.
@@stevenbaer5999 They also trucked a bunch of radioactive dirt back to Hollywood to match the ground in studio scenes. Oops.
John Wayne was more of a man than anyone from our current time when folks can’t even define what a man is. Let alone a woman
As a John Wayne fan, picking a favorite is very hard. Some ones to not miss are the Quiet Man, Daktari, They Where Expendable and Big Jake. An underrated one people don't think about is Hell Fighters with Jim Hutton.
I really like “Hell Fighters.”
Yes all Great movies. I agree about Hell Fighters and Hatari too. He worked with Jim Hutton in a few movies they had a great Chemistry. I love the Searchers and Chisum.
It not Daktari but Hatari, in which he played as a hunter of life animals, to stock zoo’s. This movie has a great storyline full of humor and beautiful scenes!
My Dad owned just about every John Wayne western ever made. He was a huge fan of both Wayne and westerns. I grew up on these films. My favorite is The Quiet Man but I also favor North to Alaska and McClintock. I don't always agree with his morals and politics but he was a hell of an actor.
R. I. P.
Mr. Wayne.
Thank you. My dad got me to love John Wayne and his movies. I have to say all of them. is my favorite movies
John Wayne made many great films, my personal favourites are "The Cowboys" and the last film he made "The Shootist". A great actor and played the parts perfectly, was a legend of the big screen, and still is. RIP John, we are still enjoying the films.
An Icon for sure - but he was Not a great actor ! A Great actor plays different characters and in different ways (like Alec Guiness) ! John Wayne Always played John Wayne, no matter in what movie he was in !
John Wayne & Clint Eastwood's careers may have overlapped a little, but they were clearly from two different eras.
Clint was a swimming lifeguard during the Korean war.
@@geraldperyman6535 Army Swimming Instructor.
My Dad looked just like John Wayne, people would do a double-take when we were out in public. My Father as well, was a strong patriot as well as fair as the day was long. When my Dad became ill we bought every John Wayne VHS and would play them for him. Good memories of good men
Loved watching John Wayner as my dad called him movies. The Quiet Man is still in my top five faves of all time. RIP dad and The Duke.
He actually played in a few episodes of Rowan and Martin Laugh In.
Love John Wayne! He is one of my very favorite actors and people of all time! I just visited the John Wayne Experience Museum in Ft Worth, TX, great presentation! Also, his birthplace museum in Winterset, IA is a must for every Duke fan. Such a patriotic man. There'll never be another one.
I can remember watching The Cowboys with my Dad. That was a special movie and memory. RIP to both of my heroes
John was the greatest. I saw all his films and many again and again. Not anyone can match him!
I loved John Wayne and everything he stood for throughout his life.
He was a white supremist racist
John Wayne was instrumental in changing the way horses were tripped in films and saved many from being put down.
I’m not a John Wayne fanatic but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen ever movie he ever made at least a dozen times and his picture hangs on my bedroom wall. Second thought maybe I am a fanatic.
In his early years, he performed almost all his stunts. In the last scene of True Grit that is Wayne jumping a 3-rail fence on the back of his horse. McLintock and the Cowboys he did all his own stunts. A true-blooded American hero.
Maureen O'Hara did all her own stunts in McClintock as well, including the fall into the water trough and the mud slides.
When Wayne filmed Hatari in 1960 in Arusha Tanganyika East Africa, I lived in Arusha with my family. His double came a few months earlier than Wayne & did all the dangerous catching of the wild game. When Wayne arrived, he did every scene, Ted White his double, has already filmed . What a man! I miss him!
You dont know what heroism is 😅
@@Ganiscol you dont know what knowing is, phony.
And drank Guinness as good as irish man in the quite man
Elvis didn't join the Army, he was drafted, There is a difference. He didn't ask for a deferment which was honorable.
You are correct. I had to scroll down to find someone else who knew. From everything I have heard, Elvis was a good soldier.
Thank you. I was about to point that out.
@@michelleprice5097 When I was at Memphis State, I worked part-time at Memphis Funeral Home. I met an old cowboy there. He had worked 35 years for Gene Autry. He had a Zippo lighter John Wayne had given him engraved "stolen from John Wayne". When Elvis died Autry and Wayne came to Memphis and my old cowboy pal picked them up at the airport. Autry fussed at him cause he was still driving and old 63 Ford he had when he worked for Autry. He also introduced me to Minnie Pearl when she came to Memphis for a friend's service. He knew everybody.
@@oldblue7837 Who was he?
The bioflick Elvis said it was either the Army or jail. But the actor, Austin Butler, was phenomenal, bringing Elvis to life.
Thanks for his story. The Duke.
Wayne was a graduate of Glendale
High, and went to USC. What a man,
Saw awards in the high school trophy case.
50 years ago. 💯🤙🏻😎
My mother died in 1979 at 56 years of age and the only thing I was able to deal with her death was the fact that she and the duke were both able to meet
God bless our mothers and The Duke, and may they rest in peace. Mine also got to meet him (on set somewhere); my GM took her. JW wanted to whisk her off to Paris to get engaged... but my GM said No! He was gentlemanly enough to ask my GM to go with and be chaperone. My Mom was sweet 16 at the time. When we used to watch movies at the drive-in or at home, my Mom would say "He could've been your father, but your granny wouldn't let me elope / marry him!" - my granny would say ' but you were too young '. My Mom would then play up, saying, "...and how old were you when you married grandpop!?" "Oh hush your mouth!" 😁 😂 ... It was like a well established theatrical performance! 😁 My, my, how I miss my old folks - they had so many neat stories, and they were great actors and good old fashioned family and fun-loving too!
Thank you for this, we need Johns lead today ! He truely Loved this country !!!
The Quiet man was my favorite 😍
And I'd like to add this.
John Wayne gave us some of the greatest Westerns of all time. What would have happened if he'd gone to war and been killed?
There was no other western star like him. He made those westerns and I have many of his movies and I never grow tired of watching them.
Not surprised he was close with Muareen O'Hara. You could tell in McClintok. Chisolm is my favorite John Wayne movie.
My 3 best Wayne movies are:-
1. The Searchers
2. The Man That Shot Liberty Valance.
3. The Shootist.
Always better in Westerns ( I feel) than in War movies .
He was in many ways ",The Cowboy".
A truly great contemporary would be James Stewart. Argueably, Jimmy had more "breadth" and variety.
Clint Eastwood changed the whole Western Genre with The ,"Dollar" films. Giving Westerns a much harder edge.
2 roles Wayne should have turned down were:-
The Roman Centurion in "The Greatest Story Ever Told"
And :-
"The Conqueror" where he played Genghis Kahn.
He was ridiculous in both. Appalling casting !!
This is my view only, therefore very subjective. There will be others with different view points.
Wayne was extremely good "Box Office" for the studios and made them, and himself, a lot of money.
He was "Old School" Hollywood Super Star. You cant take that away from the man.
If you look up the history of the conquer he made the studio make that movie he wanted to star in it They didn't even wanna make it He found the script they threw out
RIO BRAVO
I like and still do "In Harms Way" with Kirk Douglas.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is the greatest western ever made, and the sound track for it is too the greatest movie sound track ever made.
💥🔫🤠 Yeehaw
Showing Leonardo dckhead in the same video with the Duke is an injustice
Loved him!
I have watched a great many of John Wayne’s movies. My favorite is The Searchers with Stagecoach running a close second. Others that I love are The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, The Shootist, Rio Bravo, andThe Sands of Iwo Jima. If people want to see John Wayne in his early movies they should look for his Republic movies.
he originally started out as s singing cowboy for republic, but that fantasy only lasted for two pictures.
Stagecoach is my all-time favorite/ They seldom came any more handsome than the "Duke" when he was young.
The quiet man, a film that had nothing to do with war or shoot outs. Just a lovely love story with a beautiful leading Lady.
☘Yes☘ ☘Maureen ò☘ ☘Hara. ☘☘☘☘☘☘
My favourite John Wayne movies are The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Red River, Stagecoach, and True Grit.
Quite Man Eldorado, Chisum, True Grit, Rooster Coburn, Cahill US Marshall. Sons of kitie elder, Rio Bravo, Tall in the saddle, and any other film John Wayne made. All my favourites.
In 1960 John Wayne filmed Hatari in Arusha, Tanganyika, Aka Tanzania. I lived with my family in Arusha. Wayne was beloved for his down-to-
earth interaction with everyone. The little street kids would wait for him in the evening to come in from filming all day. He was usually dog tired and crusted with dirt & dust from filming the famous catching of the wild game that made Hatari so fascinating. I have many stories all tucked away in my memory bank. Thanks JW for the great memories.
My father adored John Wayne and have memories of watching TV with him. My father was a moral man that I have tried to incorporate in my life. My mother also loved John Wayne and both knew about his moral character. My father was in WWII and I remember wondering why he didn't serve in the war but if you look at his movies he served our nation without having to pick up a gun and our government gave him special status so he didn't have to serve. John was used his name and worked with others to help promote support for the war. John was not perfect but he was a human that tried so hard to live honorably. Just as my imperfect father tried to live after the war. The war hurt my Dad's mind in sever ways. I miss them all.
John Wayne did not have to serve he was a husband and had children they were exempt from serving. He also tried to join several times. They said he was better serving by acting He still is one of my great hero’s. The did the quiet man in cong and ashford castle my great grandfather worked there as a wheelright one of my fav film. They even show it in the cinema in the castle
There's no way he could have done a better job in the Dirty Harry movies than Eastwood (who did serve on active duty).
IIRC, as a swimming instructor at Fort Ord.
Two of his movies two different genre! Big Jake and The Longest Day! Both are great!
John Wayne came here to England in 1974 to make 'Brannigan ' a rather underated film which ,none the less, was a very watchable yarn,like the best film actors Wayne played himself in his films no dodgy character acting and was admired for it, quite rightly , his beliefs and personal life were his own to which we're all entitled .
I was trying to remember what that film was called. Thank you for reminding me.
I loved John Wayne with Maureen O Hara in the Quite Man. It was a beautiful touching movie. John Wayne was a very tall very good looking man, he played the role in the Quiet Man brilliantly I think to perfection. I loved it, I expect everyone loved it. ❤❤❤.
I watch it every St. Patricks day. Great movie and my favorite also... "Here's a good stick to beat the lovely lady" 🤣
Rooster Cogburn with Katharine Hepburn was my
favorite John Wayne movie.
Simple music can make you sing, simple hug can make you feel better and simple thing can make you happy. i hope my simple "Hello" bring smile on your face 😊
my intellectually disabled brother loved westerns, and he loved loved LOVED John Wayne...he passed last year and we sent nearly all his DVD's to the Op shop...I'm now spewing because I should have kept some of them because they don't seem to be on any streaming services here in Australia...I can't tell you how many copies he managed to have of some of those movies..when we held his funeral we offered many of them, along with many pictures of classic cars and trucks, as gifts to those who attended to remember him by...I also enjoyed watching JW movies, whether they be westers, action or romance...always enjoyed his work Maureen O'Hara...probably my most favourite was HITARI...
Simple music can make you sing, simple hug can make you feel better and simple thing can make you happy. i hope my simple "Hello" bring smile on your face 😊
@morrisonscott702 thank you.
@@grandmasmagic3858 You’re welcome Carol... it’s nice meeting with you here. Where are you texting from?
I love and miss the Duke. I don't have a favorite film. I love his old black and white films as much as his latest movies.
I was never a fan of westerns, but I have fond memories of Hatari. When I think of John Wayne, I think of him in that movie.
Just a note - Elvis was drafted and chose to serve.
Well you serve or goto Jail but yeah Elvis was Drafted for real and he did serve. He met his young wife while serving
@@MrYatesj1 they tried to draft Wayne, and he was afraid he would be too old to advance his career much when he returned after serving , so had the studios pull some strings and get his draft status changed, multiple times.
I watched all of his movies. I liked all of his movies! He was the Duke!! ❤️❤️
My parents loved John Wayne and every movie he ever made. There will never ever be another soul like him. Eastwood was completely the opposite and never quite could fill the boots of the legendary Duke. RIP cowboy.
He tried but that would be the day he could fill my boots. Like hell he will. As john Wayne would say.
@@michaelpower4372; You take chances my friend. Rio Bravo
@@CVenza I thought I told you to get back in there. Rio Bravo 🤠
I met John one day in 1970 at a hotel in the middle of the desert of South Central Arizona about 40 miles from his cattle ranch. The hotel was where the SF Giants had their spring training HQ. It was called Francisco Grande, about 8 miles west of the small town of Casa Grande. We were there having Sunday brunch and in walked the Duke who sat down for brunch as well. My dad told me to take my two little sisters over to ask for his autograph. I was petrified but I did what dad told me to do. John was so gracious and put me at ease and signed three napkins for us and shook my hand. He'll always be my fave actor. 😊
People from the greatest generation are in a class all their own.
Hatari ! As a little kid I was blown away by the whole trucks racing across the Savanna scenes...
My favorite John Wayne film and probably a lesser known film is Riders of Destiny. John Wayne is singing Sandy , a tuneful but tough undercover agent out to help besieged farmers regain their water rights. This is one of the few films in which the Duke is a singing cowboy - truly a unique side of his early career ........... only John Wayne couldn't sing much like me he couldn't carry a tune if you put it in a bucket. They had to dub in someone else singing the songs.
He may have actually been the first "singing cowboy" -- a fact that he no doubt wished to bury.
John Wayne was and is my favorite actor. Loved him and his thoughts and feelings about America! He loved our country!
"The Shepherd of the Hills" has to be up there near the top. Plus the film was beautifully shot... And you just never see trees that size anymore.
Elvis was drafted. It may have given the Army publicity, & they made the best of it, but I doubt that it was a "publicity stunt", since that insinuates, that it was planned from the start.
Agreed
Right, Elvis was drafted. But not by any random method or process. It was done by governmental fiat, for social reasons. I offer no evidence, but that's what I've always suspected.
My all time favorite John Wayne movie is Hartari, 2nd is the Searchers then Green Brevets. Really love all his movies.
My favorite is Rio Beavo. Good mix of comedy action and drama.
Been watching it a lot lately in memoriam to an uncle who just past a couple months ago who used to call me Dude in reference to Dean zmartin's character in that movie.
A fun fact missed here though is the movie Sands of Iwo Jima, the one where the clip 'if I can't teach you one way, I'll teach you another. But I'll get the job done' comes from, is still used in military training to my knowledge.
Another one being the Green Berets is, to my knowledge, the only pro Vietnam War film...
I see both sides of the issue, but there's no denying the horrors of agent orange...
As a child here in England I was bought up on Laurel and Hardy also Western's, John Wayne was my favourite actor especially in Western's. My absolute favourite Western was THE SEARCHERS and my favourite scene was at the end when he opened the door and walked away into the sunshine. That was just perfect and very moving. John Wayne the Duke was in my opinion the King of Western's, he was a giant in films and a Legend the likes that we will never see again. 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🤠🤠
My dad was a busy man, but i could get to spend time with him watching John Wayne, he love John Wayne.
Love John Wayne ...The Searchers and of course True Grit..
In December, 1968 I had just finished boot camp and infantry training in the USMC. I would eventually ship out to Vietnam in January, 1969 but in December of '68 I was on a 30 day leave we all got before we shipped out. I was just 18. I was in my home town of Houston, Texas and John Wayne's movie "The Hellfighters" which was based on the life of Red Adair premiered in Houston on December 19. 1968 in four of the movie palaces in downtown. And I was there, in my Winter Greens, a slick sleeve private. In the front row center. Just before the movie started John Wayne and one of his co-stars went up on the stage, said a few remarks about the movie and then went down the stairs. He was about to go up the left aisle when he glanced over and saw me looking at him. He stopped, walked over and shook my hand. I was 5'6" tall...and he was 6'4" tall. God he was big. He said "Hello, Marine. Nice to see you." Then he smiled and went on his way. I'm 73 now...but I remember that date. (Pretty easy actually...I got married on that date in 1981.)
Did a hell of a lot more to make sure he stayed out of WWII than he did to make sure he served in it. Much bigger stars at the time, who could have stayed out or gotten easy duty, chose to put themselves in harm's way. Jimmy Stewart, for one. It wouldn't have been so disgraceful if Wayne hadn't cast himself as a super-patriot in real life afterwards.
If John Wayne wasn't a movie star. There wouldn't be a word about him not joining the army in WW2.
@@michaelpower4372 If he hadn't been a movie star, we'd never have heard of him doing--or not doing-ANYTHING. That wasn't my point, anyway. Which was his hypocrisy in wrapping himself in the flag and casting himself as the avatar of American patriotism after spending four years watching others march off to fight and die.
Now I have your hatred your a dem John was a rep. I sure if he was fit to go he would have went. Petty he was never President of the United states of America.
McClintock ..... all time favorite!!
Enjoyed his work. True Grit was special. Though or father was a lot like him, I still wished I was his kid lol.
MARVELOUS ACTOR!!! ALL HIS FILMS ARE MY FAVORITE ONES!!!
So many good John Wayne films to choose from, I'd probably recomend any made after 1939. For me, the top choice has to be The Cowboys, followed closely by The Alamo. Wayne wasn't wrong in turning down Dirty Harry, it wasn't a good fit for him. Eastwood was perfect for the role. I could see Sinatra doing it fairly well, but it didn't fit Wayne's image.
I read in some bio years ago that Wayne wanted to volunteer after Pearl Harbor, but the studio intervened. If Wayne had died in some Pacific battlefield in 1942, America would have been the looser. It worked out better as it was.
Nice job on the video, thanks for the content.
One of my favorite actors. My absolute favorite growing up.
True Grit....hands down
Dam I hate a man that whistles. He said to Glen Campbell in True Grit. I think Hepburn spoiled Rooster Coburn. That role should have went to Maureen Ò Hara.
My favorite John Wayne movie that isn't well known is Tall In The Saddle. Love that movie
He actually tried 3 times to join during WW2, but was denied because he was the sole provider for his children...he was a patriot and wanted to serve. I commend him for that.
BS
Why do people pick on John Wayne for Alleged draft dodging , but glorify Cassius Clay who was a blatant draft dodger ??
@@riprapter6322 What about Muhammed Ali refused to join the army. Still loved by most of the world.
I grew up in the 50s watching John Wayne movies. He was my favorite, when it came to action hero movies. And as time went on he never disappoint me. I guess the majority of the movies from my childhood were my favorites. I liked "The Alamo", The Green Berets,' Hell Fighters", "North To Alaska", "The Cowboys", "The Searchers", "Legend of the Lost", and last but not least, his last film, "The Shootist". I guess that's the best of his 80+ films. I have 20 in my collection of films. I still watch them from time to time. Just saw "McLictock!" the other night. I will always remember "The Duke". No matter what they said, he's still my hero.
True Grits is my favorite John Wayne movie, it's the movie to me that conveys the honest, tough, onery, and no nonsence type of persona that he had culminated through out his movie career, and that my fellow American is the example we can all aspire for.
True Grit
I was bought up watching John Wayne movies and could watch them over and over again.
John and Clint were a generation apart.,, Wayne born in 1907 and Clint born in 1930. Clint was young enough to be his son so you can't xay that they came along at the same time. Wayne's first starring role was in "The Big Trail" in 1929. a year before Clint was born.
Right! Lol
Uncle Ethan in The Searchers is my fav. Lesser known would be as Captain Ralls in Wake of the Red Witch.
Thanks for posting.