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Originally Posted by manaboutown
Here is a John Wayne story. 20+ years ago I was in a store in Costa Mesa and overheard a retired policeman tell the sales clerk about how he once stopped this old beat up station wagon with an old bald guy driving it for running a stop sign. He asked for the man's license which identified him as Marion Morrison. The cop then said "I don't know you but you sure look familiar." The guy responded "Ya ever been to the movies?" in his John Wayne voice! The cop then realized who he was as Wayne wore a toupee in films. The clerk then asked the cop if he gave Wayne a ticket. The cop responded "Nah, I let him go."
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Had not known John Wayne was bald. Kind of paints a new picture like Sylvester Stallone sneaking into the Red Lion Inn with a nun's habit. The press did not park out at the hotel. It was not an item well known to anyone but people who lived in Rohnert Park, CA that some movie studios had contracts with that hotel or something like that.
Lots of movies were and still are filmed in that area of Northern CA. Stallone was in
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) - Rotten Tomatoes which has parts of it filmed in that area. Terrible movie by-the-way.
IMDb: Most Popular Titles With Location Matching "Santa Rosa, California, USA" - IMDb