[ConservativeStatement]

[mirkwood]

[Mr. Jeeves]

The best man Hollywood produced int he last century. I can watch his movies over and over - today’s films, just once or twice.

[Sender]

“We’re burnin’ daylight...plenty of time to sleep in the grave.” -Happy Birthday, JW! Fill yore hand!

[No Blue States]

[festus]

I’ve been working through every one of his movies via netflix. I’m probably only 1/4 in.

Pity we can’t put him in the White House.

[yield 2 the right]

This nation has lost the right to wish “The Duke” a happy 100th birthday....

[Tuxedo]

Happy Birthday to my hero - John Wayne!!!!

[Bommer]

What If John Wayne Was Alive Today?

[Reagan Man]

Happy 100th Birthday to a great American and a pretty darn good actor too.

"Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be."
~~~ John Wayne

[P8riot]

I had the distinct pleasure of spending time with him on a couple occasions.

The first time was when we lived in Newport Beach, CA. When I was in my early teens, my cousin Ron was a cabinetmaker at a local boatyard, and was working on the Duke's boat (a converted minesweeper). I went to visit him for lunch one day. While I was there the Duke showed up to look things over, I remember he was very friendly, and even made an attempt to laugh at my juvenile attempts at humor (I do a pretty good John Wayne impersonation even today).

The last time was when I had landed a part as an extra and happened to run into him a couple of times during filming. We talked a couple of times and he told me that I reminded him of some skinny kid who did a really bad imitation of him a few years prior. I asked him if it was at the boatyard, and he said, "Yes! Dammit! It WAS you. You son of a bitch!" We had a laugh about it, and he told Denver Pyle (also on the set) about it. They both had a laugh on my account.

[Reaganesque]

Fill your hands, you son-of-a-b*tch!!

[TheLion]

John Wayne wasn’t the greatest actor but he was the biggest star ever to hit the silver screen. I salute him. I am never bored watching a John Wayne film that I have seen countless times before.

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[P-40]

Cleaning out an old vault a few years ago I found a Tom Mix film. Anyone remember him? Even got an old projector to work so we could watch it. Fiddled it with a long time to try and get the sound to work...before I realized there wasn’t any.

[My Favorite Headache]

One of my favorite John Wayne quotes:

“Battles are fought by scared men who would rather be some where else...” - John Wayne - In Harms Way

[BigCinBigD]

The Sons Of Katie Elder.

[potlatch]

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[Cousin Eddie]

I’ve read many times that whenever his movies appear on TCM or AMC, their ratings shoot through the roof. Been gone 30 years and he’s still a top draw.

IIRC, he was a top ten box office draw for something like 25 years in a row. No one else has come close.

Unbelievable.

[potlatch]

[Rainbow Rising]

My mom was a big John Wayne fan, and she passed it on to me. We watched a lot of his films together. For a few months after her death, I couldn’t bear to watch any of his movies, because I associated them with her. But I couldn’t stay away from the Duke, and before long I was adding his movies to my Netflix queue, and taping them when they aired on TCM. I’ll always be grateful to my mom for getting me hooked on John Wayne, and I’ll always remember the special times we had watching his movies.