Why I like John Wayne.

Cheers for these Ray. Burl Ives was a damned good Actor and Singer. I always liked him in whatever he appeared in-which was not enough IMO.

 

the ugly bug ball..ha!ha!

 

Now wait a minnit!?!? ISNT the guy supposed to be riding the Horse?!!?!? :lol:

The other pic I suspect is a pic of all the Rangers that were ambushed and had only one survivor (Clayton Moore) who then became: The Lone Ranger I could cheat by digging out my DvD that has the first 4 episodes of The Lone Ranger mit Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels-on it. The 4 Episode had Deforrest Kelley (future Star Treks: Dr McCoy) in it as a young Ranch Owner. The first 3 eps were the ""Pilot/origin eps"".

 

strange pics carl..I have know Idea what it's all about?








I threw this one in, carl..a good pick of top actors....


Frank and Jesse James with fellow members of the James Gang - This photo was taken in Nashville, Tennessee in 1880 at a cedar barrel factory that Frank, Jesse, and other gang members worked at times. The man fifth from left in the front row is Jesse. The man fourth from left with his arm around Jesse is Bill Ryan, a member of the James Gang. The man first from left in the back row is believed to be Wood Hite, a cousin of Jesse and Frank and a member of the James Gang. The man second from left in the back row is Lorenzo Merriman Little, an alleged member of the James-Younger Gang and the James Gang. The man third from left in the back row is Andrew Moreman "Mome" Diggs, another alleged member of the James-Younger Gang and the James Gang. The man fourth from left in the back row is Dick Liddle, a member of the James Gang as well as a confederate guerrilla during the Civil War. The man seventh from left in the back row is Frank James. This also happens to be the last known photo of Jesse James in life.
This photo was used on the cover of Uncommon Men: The Secret Network of Jesse James Revealed by Ralph P. Ganis.

 

These are good ;-)) Nice signed pic by Ray "Crash" Corrigan. Did you know that doazens and dozens of Westerns were filmed at his Ranch? It was called: Corriganville, and he leased his land to many studios who shot both "B" and "A" Westerns there.

Ahh, Lawrence Harvey (Col W.B.Travis) and Ken Curtis (Capt Dickenson) @ The Alamo. One of Dukes Daughters plays the daughter of the Captain. Also, did you know that Ken Curtis was a part of: The Sons of the Pioneers? also took Frank Sinatras place as lead singer at some club or palace or somehting? That was when Frankie was just breaking bigtime into movies.

Nice shot from: The Shootist. That movie was tailor-made for Duke even though he wasnt the first one offered the lead role.

Ive seen that Frank and Jesse James pic before. I had forgotten that they worked in a Barrell making factory.

 

Ronald Reagan , Noah Beery Jr. à coté de lui





cant find the character with hat..

 

Mmmhhh...... Buster Keaton

Sorry!

Regards

Ulrich

 

Hi RAy, thanks for trying to find the "Gentleman" from Washington (Expediter) He had a prominent role in the movie but I dont know if he was a wellknown Character Actor or not?

Pic 1) is absolutely great. Great shot of Bruce Bennett with his "Reb" Brother Reagan ;-))

Pic 2) Thats also a great shot with the Captain and his two Sergeants as Yankees ;-)) Beside Noah Beery Jr, I dont know who the other actor is.

Pic 3) Just after they arrive at the Apaches Camp and Reagan is talking about "going to the Anthill with his two men" thing ;-))

Pic 4) This is just after they ambushed a Yankee wagon train near the beginning of the movie.

Pic 5) The Reb Captain and his ex-fiancee.

Pic 6) Great end of movie pic and the Reb Officer directly behind Reagan is Hugh Beaumont-the future Father of Wally and Theodor Cleaver in: Leave It To Beaver. Sadly, I think it was about 1980 when he wa on a trip to Germany to visit his Son, when he died from a Heart-attack. You might recognize him in many movies where he mainly had just bit parts but, if you have seen: Go For Broke-with Van Johnson, Beaumont is in it near the end of the movie as an American Chaplain who is giving aid and comfort to some of the Wounded Neisei.

 

I'll keep looking, you never know!

 

Thanks Ray, and hope there is a shot of the portly gent with the Abe Lincoln hat ;-))

Hondo, is one of my top 5 most favorite Duke films. I remember the first time I saw it-it was played on HBO at the sametime when The Big Red One was played on The Movie Channel and Cinemax. I remember this because those were the only two movies I watche dthat month alternating between the two and sometimes both were on at the sametime or back-to-back. I never tired of watching either and a conservative estimate was that in a 3 month period of time, I probably watched both those movies (because they were on) every chance I got to see them and probably saw each on average of about 20 times a month. Why? just because...........and also because they were THAT damned good and warrented watching over and over as well as those were the first times I saw either movie. I couldnt get in to see The Big Red One at the local 2 screen Cine as the tickts were always sold out everytime I tried to see the movie.

Hondo was later played commercial free on NBC and in 3-D.

Angel and the Badman is a pretty good film. It took me at least 25 years to start to warm up to it. Harry Carey Sr was absolutely great opposite Duke and Gail Russell.

 

hondo is a fav of mine too, keep em black and white..that sets the period and the mood! well...

 

Thanks for these too. I agrree, keep em B&W.

Unkn movie with Randolph Scott. Ive almost never seen him in a non War or Westerns movie role. This is like seeing Flynn for the first time-as "Gentleman Jim".

Great shot of he and Edgar Buchanen in McLintock. Buchanen was in more than one Duke film, and on TCM right now-they are playing one of them--The Comancheros. Buchanen is the Judge the Texas Rangers bing the Stuar Whitman character to-where they like like heck to keep monsieur Paul Regret from going to Prison.

Forgot to mention, great shot of Jeffrey Hunter with Duke in: The Searchers.

 

Hondo is on British tv next week, Carl. I recorded Angel and the Badman and The Flying Tigers last week, but haven't had peace to watch them yet.

 

Hi Mate, I think you will greatly enjoy them--especially Hondo ;-)) Hondo also has other Westerns stalwarts like: Ward Bond as a bearded Army Scout, Paul Fix as the Cavalry Major, Geraldine Page as the female Duke falls in love with, Leo G. Carroll is her husband who abandoned her, Lee Acker is the little boy, and most importantly of all, Aussie Actor-and great: Michael Pate, is the Apache Indian Chief--Vittorio. Sadly, Pate passed away either late last year or earlier this year. He sure was great and very convincing as an Indian. Another movie he played an Apache Indian Chief-was: Major Dundee. He was Sierra Charriba. I never knew that that was Pate until I saw something on it sometime ago.

 

pittsburgh,, the film with scott, carl..

 

Ah, Pittburg. Ive never seen that one either. I like the last pic a lot though, shows George "Gabby" Hayes at some of his best as Scotts Deputy and Sidekick. The actor to the far left looks like Robert Ryan.

 

Haha watched some of his titles from the 30's when I was on vacation. I have a grand newfound admiration of the man!

 

Carl, I have a little story for you. The other night I got out my four-pack dvd John Wayne collection that I got for Christmas. I put on my favorite- "They were Expendable", while working on a painting I'm doing.

While watching it, I suddenly remembered of all things, an essay I had to read on a standardized test back when I was like 12 or 13 years old. It was written by some disgrunteled Native American professor somewhere that had a grudge over their past treatment (and they should have one to an extent).

Well, the essay was all about how John Wayne was a farce, and that everything about him was fake, from his bad acting and roles to his real name being "Marion". I tell you, talk about indoctrination for the youth!

I am glad to say that it did not work on me, though I do remember it. I do not see him as a fake, but as an actor, and a great and classic actor at that!

 

I dunno........ I dont post on the Duke thread for ages and when I do I land on this post.........Carl two days ago I V+ Hondo from the tv and as per the morm its one I have not seen since I was a kid looking forward to sitting down when its quite and enjoying reliving a little bit of my childhood again...........and Carl, Angel And The Badman is one of my fav early Duke films helped in no small part by the lovely Gail Russell