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Which John Wayne and WWII movie to introduce my kids to westerns and classic American films.
Posted on 01/19/2016 12:32:17 PM PST by Sparticus
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To: aomagrat
“The Horse Soldiers”..superb movie based on a true story about a heroic cavalry raid thru Mississippi in 1863.
(William Holden co-stars)
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:11:03 PM PST
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AFret.
To: Sparticus
Interesting to see this post.. I was watching old westerns on Encore’s Western Channel with my 6-year-old granddaughter. She loves ‘em — she’s intrigued with the idea of using horses for transportation. I’d much rather she be intrigued with flicks like that, than the foul-mouthed crap churned out these days.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:12:26 PM PST
by
ScottinVA
(If you're not enraged...why?)
To: Sparticus
Also “The Flying Leathernecks”
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:12:29 PM PST
by
Timber Rattler
("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
To: DesertRhino
I didn’t find it a bore when I was a kid. I loved it. But, I show it as we begin the unit in Bible on the Mosaic Covenant. Good introduction.
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01/19/2016 1:12:32 PM PST
by
Jemian
(War Eagle!)
To: vbmoneyspender
Red River is just about the greatest Western ever, period.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:12:41 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Let us now try liberty.)
To: AFret.
“Do you prefer the leg... or the breast?”
To: Sparticus
My favorite John Wayne movie is "The Green Berets." John Wayne stopped by my Special Forces Camp, Trai Bi, in June 1966 and had a beer with us before he departed.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:14:24 PM PST
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DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: BJ1; Sparticus
both posts 2 & 3 are recommendations 2 & 1.
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01/19/2016 1:14:35 PM PST
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PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
To: DJ Taylor
To: CondorFlight
âThey Were Expendableâ â John Ford, director.
This movie should be seen in the original black and white. The colorized version has the officers and chief petty officers dressed in blue dungarees.
To: Sparticus
John Wayne: Hellfighters, The Green Berets, The Shootist.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:16:52 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
To: Sparticus
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:20:21 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: colorado tanker
âDo you prefer the leg... or the breast?â
Ha!...”Miss Hannah Hunter, of Greenbriar”..
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:20:32 PM PST
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AFret.
To: Sparticus
Personally I love “The Man That Shot Liberty Valance”. Wayne is sort of in a supporting role almost, playing second fiddle to Jimmy Stewart which is rare to see. But his role is pivotal to the whole story. And how can you go wrong with John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart as the good guys and Lee Marvin as the villain?
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01/19/2016 1:21:57 PM PST
by
pepsi_junkie
(Politics: from the greek "poly" [many] and the english "ticks" [blood sucking parasites])
To: Sparticus
It’s not a WWII or Western, but a great movie nevertheless: “The Quiet Man” with Maureen O’Hara (RIP).
To: Sparticus
For WWII movies, you can have them see the good version of Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor.
That would be Battle of Britain, Tora Tora Tora and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. In that sequence, followed by Midway.
To: Sparticus
War movie: 12 o’clock High.
Western: The Searchers.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:28:12 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(I think Hillary looks tired, don't you?)
To: Sparticus
I would add the Band of Brothers series.
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01/19/2016 1:29:36 PM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
(I think Hillary looks tired, don't you?)
To: Sparticus
In Harm’s Way is one of the BEst John Wayne war pictures ever.
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posted on
01/19/2016 1:30:33 PM PST
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: Sparticus
The Searches, Sands of Iwo Jima, and the Quiet Man.
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