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The Man Who Shot Them All - The Top Ten John Ford Westerns

26 Jun 2009 23:07:34 PDT

Written by Robert Silva
Stagecoach helped raise the Western's profile into A-picture territory. It's also the first of Ford's films to be shot in the region that would become his favorite stage, Monument Valley. And finally, it's the movie that marked the director's most important invention: John Wayne as West...

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The Worst Game Ever Played

14 Jun 2009 12:24:51 PDT

CA When John Wayne played two seasons at tackle for USC. When Cornell was a football powerhouse. The college football season started with the Washington Huskies beating Willamette College 108-0 and ended with the Huskies losing to Alabama 20-19 in a game ...

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Wimbledon Rewind: Roger Federer Vs. Pete Sampras 2001

14 Jun 2009 11:47:18 PDT

CA John Wayne, crippled and dying, draws one last time in The Shootist. In American cinema, the Western is an art form with traditional plot conventions and classic heroic characters. The image of the aging gunfighter being challenged and eventually ...

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Could McConaughey, Affleck, or Maguire Usurp Eastwood's Crown as Western King?

13 Jun 2009 10:50:17 PDT

Written by Cory Abbey
Is it the sparkly spurs or the chance to practice a Southern drawl? Even thoroughly modern actors like Christian Bale and Tobey Maguire can't help heading out West for a taste of the action. Everyone, it's time to let go. The days of John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Glenn Ford patrolling the frontie...

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REVIEW: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

12 Jun 2009 10:50:25 PDT

PA In a dizzying display the actors skewer John Wayne, the '60s sitcom "the Patty Duke Show," "The Godfather" and Elton John, among others. Even former president George Bush takes a shot. (Hint: He's a stand-in for a long-eared character in "Midsummer ...

Original story at Allentown Morning Call .

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REMEMBERING JOHN WAYNE ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH

11 Jun 2009 03:40:00 PDT

Written by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
John Wayne has always been, and probably always will be, my favorite actor. My earliest memories of going to movies are filled with images of John Wayne. I was about four years old when I remember seeing him on-screen for the first time in The Horse Soldiers - and I knew who he was even then. He was...

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John Wayne news and blogs - July 05, 2009

05 Jul 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit John Wayne news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• June Movie Mad-ness Discussion -- by greytone from Global
• ED MCMAHON, TV'S TOP SECOND BANANA, DIES AT AGE 86 -- from Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
• Louisiana Sports: Donte Stallworth, Hollywood, New Orleans Saints ... -- from Bayou Buzz
• SECRET LIFE OF ACTING ICONS -- from Javno.hr
• TV4U.Com Adds Six Classic Series to its TVS Western.Com IPTV Channel - The Open Press -- from press release
• Grandson Brendan Wayne Makes Thrilling Remake Of John Wayne's ... -- from Post Chronicle
• Talk to the Newsroom: Entertainment Editor Lorne Manly -- from New York Times
• The War Wagon -- from Google Video - -site:youtube.com "John Wayne" "John Ford" OR Gunsmoke OR Filmography OR "The Shootist" OR westerns OR "California Hall of Fame" OR "True Grit" OR "stomach cancer" OR episode OR "Panama Canal Treaty" OR DeMille OR Biography OR Duke OR "Gene Autry" OR "Knox Martin" OR "Jim Beaver" OR pp OR Olson OR uncredited OR Narrator OR "The Quiet Man" OR "Notes and sources" OR Pilar OR "The Searchers" OR "Howard Hawks" OR Hollywood OR "May 26" OR "The Wings of Eagles" OR "Presidential Medal of Freedom" OR "Sands of Iwo Jima" OR Stagecoach OR "Gary Cooper"
• TV Movies for the week of June 14 -- from Pittsburgh Post Gazette
• John Wayne: America's Greatest Movie Star -- from Big Hollywood

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Oh, for a Western

08 May 2009 22:06:58 PDT

WA Would such a phrase ever escape the lips of John Wayne? What kind of President expects the American people to take such nonsense seriously? That one has been worth a lot of good laughs in every barber shop in the country! So what are we missing from ...

Original story at American Thinker .

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TCM TO BROADCAST DIRECTOR'S CUT OF JOHN WAYNE'S "THE ALAMO" ON MARCH 17

14 Mar 2009 04:36:00 PDT

Written by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Yet another occasion in which we use a reader's letter to give a cheap plug to a Cinema Retro book. In case you are not aware, TCM is broadcasting a letterboxed 203 minute version of The Alamo on March 17 @ 2:15pm. I have to assume that is the directors cut that was released on laser disc some years...

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Paul MacInnes: Would Marlon Brando have been flogging a dead horse on QVC?

23 Dec 2008 01:51:57 PST

Written by Paul MacInnes
Many of the best Hollywood stories, like John Wayne chasing Dennis Hopper around the Paramount lot with a loaded revolver, the nocturnal habits of Richard Gere's pet gerbil, or Frank Sinatra securing a part in From Here to Eternity, have an air of the apocryphal about them.

Original story at The Guardian (UK) .

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Philip French's screen legends

08 Nov 2008 16:04:18 PST

Written by Philip French
Alternative career She took a business course at 16, had a typing speed of 90 words a minute and helped type the screenplay of The Quiet Man. Essential DVDs How Green Was My Valley, The Black Swan, Sitting Pretty, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, The Wings of Eagles.

Original story at The Guardian (UK) .

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Providence

02 Nov 2008 20:16:48 PST

William McIntosh, the "White Warrior" of the Creek nation, had risen to the leadership of the Creeks in spite of being of mixed Creek and Scottish blood. That Scottish ancestry offered no shame to a warrior people: he was of the blood of John Mohr McIntosh (the Gaelic byname meaning, "the Gr...

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Miracle at St. Anna

26 Sep 2008 11:57:21 PDT

Rating: 2 Stars Starring: Omar Benson Miller, Michael Ealy, Derek Luke, Laz Alonso Review: Critics are raining down hard on Spike Lee's first war epic. And it's not like I don't have objections. Miracle at St. Anna is too long, lazily constructed, and crammed with too many characters and sub...

Original story at Rolling Stone .

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Opinion: Goody's Q&A with Spike Lee

25 Sep 2008 07:58:44 PDT

We think, John Wayne is that guy. That's Mr. America, whether he was kicking Japanese butt or Nazi butt or in one of John Ford's Westerns, ... Spike Lee is doing the right thing National Post Review: 'Miracle at St. Anna' Los Angeles Times San Jose Mercury News - USA Today

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Classic Ten - Greatest Slackers

29 May 2008 18:28:00 PDT

Written by Michael Rowin
America prides itself on being a land of hardworking go-getters, ready to make good on the promise of that coveted Dream with a little fortitude, gumption, and inventive spirit. Yet at the movies, it's often the type B losers who win our hearts: John Wayne may be what we want to be, but Benjam...

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DVD Review: The John Wayne Film Collection Box Set

01 Jul 2007 12:25:14 PDT

Written by Ian Woolstencroft
Wayne looks like he’s having a good time and with much of the film shot on location in Hawaii, it’s no wonder. From an acting point of view he seems uninterested but this isn’t a film about character it about making a political statement. Big Jim McLain makes Wayne’s The Alamo and The Green Bere...

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DVD Review: The John Wayne Film Collection Box Set

01 Jul 2007 12:25:14 PDT

Written by Ian Woolstencroft

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Opinion: John Wayne Centenary: The '70s - Big Jake, The Cowboys and The Shootist

25 Jun 2007 18:03:40 PDT

Written by Ian Woolstencroft

Original story at Blogcritics .

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Alex Remington: The Coolest Guy in the Room

19 Jun 2007 16:21:18 PDT

Written by Alex Remington
In earlier days, moviegoers got to see Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, and Toshiro Mifune. We get Chow Yun-Fat. Trust me, we're not getting the short end of the stick. In earlier days, moviegoers got to see Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, and Toshiro Mifune. We get Chow Yun-Fat. Trust me, we're not ge...

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Opinion: John Wayne Centenary: The '60s - The Alamo, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, McLintock!, The Sons of Katie Elder, El Dorado, The War Wagon, and True Grit

18 Jun 2007 08:03:14 PDT

Written by Ian Woolstencroft
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) The ‘60s was Wayne’s decade for making fun films, even when not out-and-out comedies like McLintock! his westerns, with the exception of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, had a easy going sense of fun that is hard not to like. True Grit (1969)

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John Wayne Centenary: The '30s - The Big Trail and Stagecoach

28 May 2007 11:10:27 PDT

Written by Ian Woolstencroft
While John Wayne’s film career started in the 1920s it wasn’t until the 1930s that he got his first shot at stardom. This series of articles will take a wander through five decades of Wayne movies from the '30s to the '70s, picking out classics and personal favourites along the way.After spen...

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By: vronsky

27 May 2007 23:24:04 PDT

Written by vronsky
Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of film history and criticism has to know that The Searchers is the most influential film of all time. From the first google hit for "the searchers + influential." Andrew Sarris on Ford and Wayne But over the past three decades, it has gained the respect of...

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Podcast: John Wayne legacy remembered

16 May 2007 09:12:00 PDT

The daughter-in-law of iconic Hollywood actor John Wayne has been speaking about his legacy.

Original story at BBC News .

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Movie Review: Rooster Cogburn - Katharine Hepburn Centenary

15 May 2007 21:16:27 PDT

Written by Ian Woolstencroft
Blending elements of True Grit and The African Queen must have seemed like a good idea at the time but it inevitably draws comparisons with those superior films. Wayne was almost always at his best with a strong director behind the camera - John Ford and Howard Hawks are, between them, respo...

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Movie Review: Rooster Cogburn - Katharine Hepburn Centenary

15 May 2007 21:16:27 PDT

Written by Ian Woolstencroft
This follow-up to True Grit sees Wayne reprising his Oscar-winning role as Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn six years after that western classic. The pairing of John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn should have been a recipe for cinema gold, but thanks to a less than original story and some o...

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TV Review: March Round-Up, Including New Shows Blood Ties, Raines, and The Riches

15 Apr 2007 11:53:54 PDT

Written by Ian Woolstencroft
US TV 24 Day 6: 5pm – 9pm" “Maelstrom” “Crossroads, Part 1” “Crossroads, Part 2” Blood Ties Blood Price" Criminal Minds Ashes and Dust" CSI “Empty Eyes” Heroes “Parasite” Lost “Enter 77” “Par Avion” “Exposé” Raines “Pilot” “Meet Juan Doe” The Riches “Pilot” “Believe the Lie” UK TV

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