Happy Birthday John Wayne May 26.
 

John Wayne - Rotten Tomatoes

I have seen about 2/3s of his movies.

Some of them were very entertaining.

So many outstanding movies

"The Hell you have!" :crap2:

Hate to burst your bubble, but Marion is dead.

My guess is "600 Photo sq" hasn't seen this thread yet.

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20 years or so ago I happened to be in a small store in Costa Mesa, CA and overheard a conversation between a retired cop and the owner. A few years before the cop had stopped an older bald headed fellow driving a station wagon to ticket him for a traffic violation. The cop looked at the man's drivers license and tells him he looked familiar. The response was "Ya ever been to the movies?". The cop of course recognized the voice. lol. John Wayne had his real name on the driver's license. He used to live on the Back Bay in Newport Beach with his wife, Pilar. Oh - the cop said he let him go!

You can recognize some people just by their voice, and even over the radio. I was working in St. Pete/Clearwater Tower one night about 1975 and a Beech Baron, a high performance twin, was inbound for landing. When I talked to him, I knew right away it was Arthur Godfrey. After he landed and taxied in, I said I'm going down to the ramp. I walked up the aircraft when the door opened it was Arthur Godfrey flying by himself a twin at night and he was in his early 70's. I asked if he needed a hand, and helped carry in his bags.

https://www.nndb.com/people/613/000065418/godfrey4.jpg

Arthur Godfrey did have a distinctive voice! I bet he was a good guy, too.

When John Wayne passed Pratt & Whitney took out a full page in the WSJ with the following:


Duke, we're gonna miss ya

When you came riding into town, varmints scrambled, dance hall girls powdered their noses, and yellow-bellies ran for the hills.
You ambled into our hearts, stiffened our spines, and made us stand taller.
From the sands of Iwo Jima to the gates of the Alamo, you taught us all a lesson.
Sure, your movies were play-acting.
But they showed that our true strength is in our people.
The worker on the production line, the fighting man, truck driver, waitress, miner, farmer, nurse, cowboy.
Wherever you’re going, Duke, roll yourself a smoke, take a slug of whiskey, lean back, put a thumb under your suspenders –
and take pride that you taught us the true meaning of grit.
John Wayne gave more to America than he took from America.
How many of us can say the same?

Thanks for sharing

Patriotism

Well, he starred in 142 movies, some of which are iconic war movies and inspire patriotism. Some romanticize our nation's frontier heritage, a source of national pride and identity. Many foreigners think of Monument Valley as John Wayne Country so his movies have helped the Navajo Nation economically by generating tourism. I could go on...

Never heard any of this before