Blogcritics | by Ian Woolstencroft | Sat, Jun 2
Sat, Jun 2
The first film in John Ford’s famous cavalry trilogy saw Wayne in a secondary role with Henry Fonda playing Lt. Col. Owen Thursday, the film's central character. The story was inspired by the massacre at the Little Big Horn with Thursday based on George Armstrong Custer.
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source: Petticoats & Pistols
My guilty pleasure is John Wayne westerns. No matter how often I happen upon “She Wore A Yellow Ribbon” or “Rio Grande,”I always have to watch them yet again.I love other western Cavalry films as well, although part of me cringes at the portrayel of native Americans. But there is something abo...
Published Sun, Nov 1
Marine fought in three wars and dared challenge John Wayne 
source: latimesblogs.latimes.com
CA his remembrances as a screenwriter, feature writer and sometime stuntman during the heyday of low-budget westerns. As a technical advisor to the 1949 movie "Sands of Iwo Jima," filmed at Camp Pendleton, Lewis struck up a friendship with John Wayne. ...
Published Wed, Jun 10
Jack Lewis, Marine, novelist and movie writer, dies at 84 
source: Los Angeles Times
CA While in the military, he became technical advisor to the 1949 movie 'Sands of Iwo Jima' and befriended star John Wayne. He was a combat correspondent and also wrote books and screenplays. By Tony Perry Jack Lewis, a decorated Marine Corps officer, ...
Published Wed, Jun 10
Pan in: Turner Classic Movies takes a fresh look at some of ... 
source: Examiner.com
At Republic, he took a break from low-budget Westerns to helm one of their rare A-pictures, leading John Wayne to his first Oscar nomination in Sands of Iwo Jima. John Farrow – Farrow came to filmmaking as a technical advisor on nautical films after ...
Published Tue, Jun 2
UPDATED - Films on TV - May 23 to 29 
source: Northallerton Times
UK John Wayne – reprising his Fort Apache role – is Lt Col Kirby Yorke, who experiences some strange emotions when his estranged wife and son turn up at his post. The stunt-riding by Ben Johnson, a former cowboy and future Oscar-winner, has to be seen to ...
Published Sat, May 23
UPDATED - Films on TV - May 23 to 29 
source: Nidderdale Herald
UK John Wayne – reprising his Fort Apache role – is Lt Col Kirby Yorke, who experiences some strange emotions when his estranged wife and son turn up at his post. The stunt-riding by Ben Johnson, a former cowboy and future Oscar-winner, has to be seen to ...
Published Fri, May 22
For Memorial Day, Part 3: Five Best War-Movie Deaths 
source: blogs.houstonpress.com
TX Sgt. John M. Stryker (John Wayne) -- The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) Smoking kills. Not that you need to tell the five-pack-a-day smoking Duke that. It killed him in real life, taking a lung and his stomach before finally finishing him off, ...
Published Fri, May 22
source: videodetective.com
The first of John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy, Fort Apache stars John Wayne as captain Kirby York and Henry Fonda as Custer clone Lt. Col. Owen ... videodetective.com
Published Wed, May 13