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John Wayne’s Birthday
canadafreepress.com ^ | May 26, 2011 | Alan Caruba

Posted on 05/26/2011 1:42:53 PM PDT by Snuph

It’s not a national holiday but, for some, it should be. On May 26, 1907 Marion Robert Morrison came into the world in Winterset, Iowa. When he left on June 11, 1979, he was John Wayne, an American icon.

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To: The4thHorseman

I put that amazing zoom close up of Ringo in Stagecoach on my facebook page - daring my liberal friends to say anything. So far no one has the courage to take me on (or they are all eating their dinner!)


41 posted on 05/26/2011 3:46:00 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (.)
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To: ohioman
All thosae FR folks who were ripping the Duke to you should be forever banished from FR.

I got a tip for 'em; stay out of my neighborhood. Long live The Duke.

42 posted on 05/26/2011 3:50:53 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
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To: miss marmelstein

Seems to me that for the most part, not all, but for the most part, the younger generation is more feminine than the prior generation. They simply don’t understand masculinity enough to appreciate John Wayne.


43 posted on 05/26/2011 4:11:45 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

Yes, of course, that is true. But I had one older woman who insisted that because her husband was a “real” cowboy, John Wayne was nothing but a lousy actor who deserved no respect from the American people. She said he was afraid of horses (a ridiculous assumption!) and appeared to have no idea of his body of work or his support of our Vets. A very strange, depressing day but made better by you guys, lol!

Happily, I accused all of those haters that their favorite Western must be “Brokeback Mountain.” That didn’t go down well, either!


44 posted on 05/26/2011 4:18:41 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (.)
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To: miss marmelstein

“Happily, I accused all of those haters that their favorite Western must be “Brokeback Mountain.””

LOL! Perfect.


45 posted on 05/26/2011 4:20:37 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: arrogantsob

“...he was the bravest man of allllll....”


46 posted on 05/26/2011 7:17:47 PM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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To: Snuph; stylecouncilor
Island In The Sky (1953)

The religious undertones are very poignant.

47 posted on 05/27/2011 5:32:19 AM PDT by onedoug (If)
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To: Inyo-Mono

I agree. Also, is where you live not far from the Alabama Hills - where they filmed many Westerns.


48 posted on 05/27/2011 5:56:19 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: Vendome

That settles it. Liberty Valence next.


49 posted on 05/27/2011 12:48:08 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: miss marmelstein

And don’t forget that incredible one, The Quiet Man, with the incredible Maureen O’hara. Hilarious, touching, dramatic and thought provoking through and through.

Speaking of Rio Bravo have you noticed how often the Duke’s movies had pop singers as semi-major characters: Ricky Nelson, Fabian, Glen Campbell? Roles later frequently played by one of his sons.


50 posted on 05/27/2011 1:18:19 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: brivette

“grew 4* read3yn”

Not quite sure what your post even means.


51 posted on 05/27/2011 1:22:05 PM PDT by RickB444 (Worry about and distrust anyone who fears a lawful person owning a gun.)
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To: Rebelbase

“Seems to me that for the most part, not all, but for the most part, the younger generation is more feminine than the prior generation. They simply don’t understand masculinity enough to appreciate John Wayne.”

Limp wristed girly men the bunch of them. Real men scare them. We’re becoming a nation of nancy boys. John Wayne craps bigger than they are.


52 posted on 05/27/2011 1:27:15 PM PDT by RickB444 (Worry about and distrust anyone who fears a lawful person owning a gun.)
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To: arrogantsob

I believe the pop stars were the studio’s idea - not Wayne’s or his directors. In the case of Ricky Nelson, it did produce a really pretty little folk song and the theme from True Grit isn’t bad either.


53 posted on 05/27/2011 4:37:21 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (.)
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