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Happy 100th birthday, John Wayne!
The Orange County Register ^
| May 24, 2007
| NIYAZ PIRANI
Posted on 05/25/2007 6:44:54 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
If there's one thing I've learned from asking readers to send in stories about John Wayne, it's this: people really loved the guy.
Even if they didn't know him personally, many speak of brief encounters with his gentle ways and humorous personality as if they're talking about somebody they've known for years.
The Duke turns 100 years old Saturday, so we thought we'd celebrate with our very own birthday card.
(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: birthday; hero; hollywood; howdypilgrim; johnwayne; movies; wayne
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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1926 - GREAT K & A TRAIN ROBBERY |
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1926 - BROWN OF HARVARD |
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1926 - BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT |
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1927 - THE DROPKICK |
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1927 - ANNIE LAURIE |
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1928 - MOTHER MACHREE |
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1928 - HANGMAN'S HOUSE |
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1928 - FOUR SON'S |
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1929 - WORDS AND MUSIC/Duke Morrison |
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1929 - SPEAKEASY |
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1929 - SALUTE |
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1929 - NOAH'S ARK |
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1929 - THE FOWARD PASS |
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1929 - THE BLACK WATCH |
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1930 - ROUGH ROMANCE |
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1930 - MEN WITHOUT WOMEN |
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1930 - CHEER UP AND SMILE/Duke Morrison |
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1930 - BORN RECKLESS |
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1930 - THE BIG TRAIL |
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1931 - THREE GIRLS LOST |
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1931 - THE RANGE FUED |
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1930 - MEN ARE LIKE THAT |
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1931 - MAKER OF MEN |
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1931 - GIRLS DEMAND EXCITEMENT |
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1931 - THE DECEIVER |
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1932 - THE VOICE OF HOLLYWOOD No.13 |
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1932 - TWO-FISTED LAW |
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1932 - THAT'S MY BOY |
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1932 - TEXAS CYCLONE |
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1932 - THE SHADOW OF THE EAGLE |
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1932 - RIDE HIM COWBOY |
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1932 - LADY AND GENT |
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1932 - THE HURRICANE EXPRESS |
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1932 - THE HOLLYWOOD HANDICAP |
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1932 - HAUNTED GOLD |
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1932 - THE BIG STAMPEDE |
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1933 - THE THREE MUSKETEERS |
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1933 - THE TELEGRAPH TRAIL |
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1933 - SOMEWHERE IN SONORA |
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1933 - SAGEBRUSH TRAIL |
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1933 - RIDERS OF DESTINY |
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1933 - THE MAN FROM MONTEREY |
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1933 - THE LIFE OF JIMMY DOLAN |
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1933 - HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY |
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1933 - COLLEGE COACH |
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1933 - CENTRAL AIRPORT |
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1933 - BABYFACE |
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1934 - WEST OF THE DEVIDE |
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1934 - THE TRAIL BEYOND |
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1934 - THE STAR PACKER |
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1934 - RANDY RIDES ALONE |
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1934 - THE MAN FROM UTAH |
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1934 - THE LUCKY TEXAN |
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1935 - THE LAWLESS FRONTIER |
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1934 - BLUE STEEL |
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1934 - `NEATH THE ARIZONA SKIES |
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1935 - WESTWARD HO |
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1935 - TEXAS TERROR |
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1935 - RAINBOW VALLEY |
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1935 - PARADISE CANYON |
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1935 - THE NEW FRONTIER |
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1935 - LAWLESS RANGE |
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1935 - THE DESERT TRAIL |
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1935 - THE DAWN RIDER |
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1936 - WINDS OF THE WASTELAND |
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1936 - SEA SPOILERS |
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1936 - THE OREGON TRAIL |
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1936 - THE LONELY TRAIL |
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1936 - THE LAWLESS NINETIES |
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1936 - KING OF THE PECOS |
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1936 - CONFLICT |
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1937 - IDLE OF THE CROWDS |
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1937 - I COVER THE WAR |
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1937 - CALIFORNIA STRAIGHT AHEAD |
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1938 - BORN TO THE WEST |
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1937 - ADVENTURES END |
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1938 - SANTA FE STAMPEDE |
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1938 - RED RIVER RANGE |
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1938 - PALS OF THE SADDLE |
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1938 - OVERLAND STAGE RAIDERS |
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1939 - WYOMING OUTLAW |
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1939 - THREE TEXAS STEERS |
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1939 - STAGECOACH |
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1939 - THE NIGHT RIDERS |
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1939 - NEW FRONTIER |
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1939 - ALLEGHENY UPRISING |
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1940 - THREE FACES WEST |
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1940 - SEVEN SINNERS |
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1940 - THE LONG VOYAGE HOME |
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1940 - THE DARK COMMAND |
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1941 - WHEEL OF FORTUNE |
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1941 - STARS PAST AND PRESENT |
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1941 - THE SHEPARD OF THE HILLS |
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1941 - A MAN BETRAYED |
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1941 - LADY FROM LOUISIANA |
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1941 - LADY FOR A NIGHT |
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1942 - THE SPOILERS |
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1942 - REUNION IN FRANCE |
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1942 - REAP THE WILD WIND |
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1942 - PITTSBURGH |
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1942 - IN OLD CALIFORNIA |
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1942 - FLYING TIGERS |
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1943 - A LADY TAKES A CHANCE |
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1943 - WAR OF THE WILDCATS (IN OLD OKLAHOMA) |
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1944 - TALL IN THE SADDLE |
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1944 - THE FIGHTING SEABEES |
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1945 - THEY WERE EXPENDABLE |
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1945 - FLAME OF THE BARBARY COAST |
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1945 - DAKOTA |
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1945 - BACK TO BATAAN |
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1946 - WITHOUT RESERVATIONS |
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1946 - DESERT COMMAND |
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1947 - TYCOON |
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1947 - ANGEL AND THE BADMAN |
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1948 - WAKE OF THE RED WITCH |
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1948 - RED RIVER |
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1948 - FORT APACHE |
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1948 - 3 GODFATHERS |
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1949 - SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON |
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1949 - SANDS OF IWO JIMA |
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1949 - THE FIGHTING KENTUCKIAN |
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1950 - RIO GRANDE |
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1951 - OPERATION PACIFIC |
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1951 - FLYING LEATHERNECKS |
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1952 - THE QUIET MAN |
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1952 - BIG JIM McLAIN |
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1953 - TROUBLE ALONG THE WAY |
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1953 - ISLAND IN THE SKY |
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1953 - HONDO |
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1954 - THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY |
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1955 - BLOOD ALLEY |
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1955 - THE SEA CHASE |
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1955 - ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (TV) |
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1956 - THE CONQUEROR |
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1956 - THE SEARCHERS |
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1957 - JET PILOT |
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1957 - LEGEND OF THE LOST (TIMBUCTU) |
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1957 - THE WINGS OF EAGLES |
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1958 - THE BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA |
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1958 - CHINA DOLL |
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1958 - I MARRIED A WOMAN |
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1959 - THE HORSE SOLDIERS |
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1959 - RIO BRAVO |
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1960 - THE ALAMO |
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1960 - NORTH TO ALASKA |
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1961 - THE COMANCHEROS |
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1962 - HATARI! |
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1962 - HOW THE WEST WAS WON |
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1962 - THE LONGEST DAY |
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1962 - THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE |
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1963 - DONOVAN'S REEF |
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1963 - McLINTOCK! |
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1964 - CIRCUS WORLD |
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1965 - THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD |
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1965 - IN HARMS WAY |
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1965 - THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER |
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1966 - CAST A GIANT SHADOW |
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1967 - EL DORADO |
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1967 - THE WAR WAGON |
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1968 - HELLFIGHTERS |
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1968 - THE GREEN BERETS |
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1969 - TRUE GRIT |
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1969 - THE UNDEFEATED |
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1970 - CHISUM |
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1970 - RIO LOBO |
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1971 - BIG JAKE |
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1972 - THE COWBOYS |
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1973 - CAHILL -UNITED STATES MARSHAL |
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1973 - THE TRAIN ROBBERS |
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1974 - MCQ |
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1975 - ROOSTER COGBURN |
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1975 - BRANNIGAN |
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1976 - THE SHOOTIST |
To: sushiman; All
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:23:59 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(www.BulletBras.net)
To: RobbyS
There is some interesting info on IMDB.com. I'm not sure if it is all accurate but here goes (it is probably too long to post in its entirety):
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/bio
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Thanks. I will check it out. Obviously I am a big fan.
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:27:03 PM PDT
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
my stories about John Wayne.........The Duke’s neighbor in Orange County was named Jack Early and a friend of mine.
Remember the old Oldsmobile station wagon with the glass paneled roof ? Duke bought one and took it to the coach builders ( the ones that make limos) and had the roof raised 6 inches so he could wear his hat. Mr Early said when the station wagon came back from the coach builders it was spotless and the Duke drove it everywhere. But he never washed it EVER....Mr Early said he thought John Wayne thought it was a stage coach.............lol
2nd story......some will remember the chinese man always in the Duke’s movies. That man was a dear freind of his and never had much money and the Duke hired him to be his gardner.Now the Duke’s house was western styles with rocks and cactus everywhere. Rod Taylor,a Wayne friend was visiting once and saw the china man and asked the Duke why he needed a gardner since John Wayne’s house did not have one blade of grass...............the Duke looked at Taylor ,smiled and answered, Ohhh, I make him surrender to me every day............lmao
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:29:45 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
To: Little Bill
I can’t remember the first time I saw Stagecoach but it had to be in the early 50’s, I was a kid and it was a great movie.
It’s still a great movie and may well be the best Western ever made.
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:29:46 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(http://warchronicle.com/TheyAreNotKillers/DefendOurMarines.htm)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
''Not the brandy, you dope!!!'' John Wayne to Lee Marvin, bar fight, Donovan's Reef, 1963. One of the best movies -- and certainly the best scenery -- ever made.
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:30:13 PM PDT
by
Fast Moving Angel
(Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. --Einstein)
To: The Mayor
On June 20, 1979, the Orange County Board of Supervisors renamed Orange County Airport to John Wayne Airport.Sad thing is, that would never happen today. They'd name it after some "oppressed" illegal alien who died in the desert because the gringos failed to rescue him .
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:30:18 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: united1000
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:30:19 PM PDT
by
laotzu
To: Jet Jaguar
John Wayne stands for everything the left is trying to destroy. He is a real man, unlike the two gay cowboys/sheep molesters from Brokenback Mountain. America was a great country when its men were like John Wayne. It suffers today because there are less John Wayne types and too many fairies like John Edwards and John Kerry.
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:32:12 PM PDT
by
peeps36
(OUTLAWED WORDS--INSURGENT,GLOBAL WARMING,UNDOCUMENTED WORKER,PALESTINIAN,TERMINATED PREGNANCY)
To: fso301
On his album, “America, Why I Love Her,” Wayne recorded a narrative of “The Hyphen” which might well be the shortest and best summation of his feelings for this country;
THE HYPHEN
The Hyphen, Webster’s Dictionary defines,
Is a symbol used to divide a
compound word or a single word.
So it seems to me that when a man calls himself
An “Afro-American,” a “Mexican-American,”
“Italian-American,” An “Irish-American,”
“Jewish-American,”
What he’s sayin’ is, “I’m a divided American.”
Well, we all came from other places,
Different creeds and different races,
To form a nation...to become as one,
Yet look at the harm a line has done-
A simple little line, and yet
As divisive as a line can get.
A crooked cross the Nazis flew,
And the Russian hammer and sickle too-
Time bombs in the lives of Man;
But none of these could ever fan
The flames of hatred faster than
The Hyphen.
The Russian hammer built a wall
That locks men’s hearts from freedom’s call.
A crooked cross flew overhead
Above twenty million tragic dead-
Among them men from this great nation,
Who died for freedom’s preservation.
A hyphen is a line that’s small;
It can be a bridge or be a wall.
A bridge can save you lots of time;
A wall you always have to climb.
The road to liberty lies true.
The Hyphen’s use is up to you.
Used as a bridge, it can span
All the differences of Man.
Being free in mind and soul
Should be our most important goal.
If you use The Hyphen as a wall,
You’ll make your life mean...and small.
An American is a special breed,
Whose people came to her in need.
They came to her that they might find
A world where they’d have peace of mind.
Where men are equal...and something more-
Stand taller than they stood before.
Happy birthday to the Duke. May we never forget him nor what he stood for.
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:33:47 PM PDT
by
Moolah
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
There are some great patriotic things from John Wayne here you can listen to or download, Wavs and MP3s:
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:40:07 PM PDT
by
mirkwood
(I started out with nothing and still have most of it left.)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
The best man Hollywood produced int he last century. I can watch his movies over and over - today’s films, just once or twice.
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:40:08 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
“We’re burnin’ daylight...plenty of time to sleep in the grave.” -Happy Birthday, JW! Fill yore hand!
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:41:22 PM PDT
by
Sender
("America is at that awkward stage..." - Claire Wolfe)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Ever see The War Wagon?I saw it when it was in the theaters.
To: Fiji Hill
How would you grade it? I may watch it later tonight.
To: jazusamo
"Stage Coach" and the "Maltese Falcon", are the only films that I have watched more than 20 times, most are once and out the door.
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:45:13 PM PDT
by
Little Bill
(Welcome to the Newly Socialist State of New Hampshire)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
To: HoosierHawk
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posted on
05/25/2007 7:46:16 PM PDT
by
quikdrw
(Life is tough....it's even tougher if you are stupid.)
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