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My folks loved John Wayne.

[ClearCase_guy]

"They keep bringing up the fact that America's for the downtrodden. But this new thing of genuflecting to the downtrodden, I don't go along with that. We ought to go back to praising the kids who get good grades, instead of making excuses for the ones who shoot the neighborhood grocery man."

True then. True now.

RIP

[Cicero]

I have a lot of his westerns on disk. I think the greatest western of them all is Red River--that early scene when they start the cattle drive, in particular.

[berdie]

I know lot of people hate on John Wayne. I loved the guy.

I'm not naive, I know he was an actor. But he projected a strong, positive image. In private (and yes, I know his foibles) as well as public.

Hollywierd, today, has very few that did what Wayne and the other old guys did.

I love all of his flicks. But of the later ones...I'll never forgive Bruce Dern for shooting him (The Cowboys) and I will stay up and watch True Grit every stinkin’ time to see him put the reigns in his teeth and ride.

(As an aside, I tried that once. I didn't notice how loosely the reigns were held. Darn near pulled my teeth out and gave myself whiplash,lol)

[ConservativeMind]

That was a very good article from Roger.

In case anyone was wondering, yes, read it.

[davisfh]

One of my all-time favorite human beings, that John Wayne. What a better world it would be if we had more like him.

[Lancey Howard]

John Wayne was the greatest movie actor of all time.

I loved his westerns (naturally) but also enjoyed his war films. There were a handful of miscasts, I think, but a John Wayne movie was a John Wayne movie and it couldn’t be bad. ‘The Sons of Katie Elder’ and ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ were always favorites of mine, but ‘Trouble Along the Way’, where Wayne played a football coach at a Notre Dame-type college, may be at the top of my personal list.

[Liberty Valance]

~ John Wayne Bump ~

[Billthedrill]

I believe he would have had contempt for the latter-day weirdos of the Right.

No, Roger, he would not. We didn't change, you did.

[RoseofTexas]

"In 'True Grit,' for example, that scene where Rooster shoots the rat. That was a kind of reference to today's problems.

LOL how SO very TRUE!

[RedStateRocker]

It also reminds us that, although Ebert can profess some flaky ideas at times, the man knows movies- why they are important and how they work in our society; and he can write.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Wow, awesome read about the Duke! Long article, but worth it.

[Bodleian_Girl]

Wow, that was a good article, especially considering the source!

[Viking2002]

"They keep bringing up the fact that America's for the downtrodden. But this new thing of genuflecting to the downtrodden, I don't go along with that. We ought to go back to praising the kids who get good grades, instead of making excuses for the ones who shoot the neighborhood grocery man."

Man, did he ever have that pegged, even 35 years ago........!

"We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power..... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave."

--Patrick Henry, to the Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775

[PghBaldy]

John Wayne on list of favorite movie stars, by Harris Interactive:

Forget the youthquake. What America really loves is... old. Whatever Wayne represents — the Old Testament God, a Mount Rushmore face with a permanent scowl, the craggy soul of Frontier or Sunbelt America — he has made the list in each of the Harris poll's 13 years, and he's figured in the top three slots eight times. It's as if the People's Choice Awards kept picking Elvis as favorite singer.

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1580564,00.html

[Cincinatus]

Top five John Wayne westerns, in order of importance and quality:

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Fort Apache
Rio Bravo
True Grit
The Shootist

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