Red River (1948)

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  • Another film that was shot near me. A lot of scenes were shot at Fairbank, AZ, a couple miles away from my place.

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  • An interesting article here concerning Duke’s relationship with Howard Hawks.


    Wayne had just turned 40 when he made ‘Red River,’ and was still a tad too spry for Howard Hawks' liking. So he asked the Duke's costar, a 13-years-older Walter Brennan, to give him a tutorial in old-man behavior. This didn't go over well. According to Maurice Zolotow's ‘John Wayne, Shooting Star,’ Wayne said: ‘Brennan showed me his idea of an old man walkin' and talkin'. His idea was kinda shufflin' and totterin'. And mumblin' I was supposed to be tough and hard and walk like that? Hell, I was thinkin' about those old cattle guys I knew when I was a kid around Lancaster and there wasn't one of them who didn't stand tall. I played Tom Dunson my own way, standin' tall.’


    John Wayne And Howard Hawks Didn't See Eye To Eye Over How To Approach His Red River Role - /Film
    John Wayne refused to look anything but tough? Shocking.
    www.slashfilm.com

  • An interesting article here concerning Duke’s relationship with Howard Hawks.


    Wayne had just turned 40 when he made ‘Red River,’ and was still a tad too spry for Howard Hawks' liking. So he asked the Duke's costar, a 13-years-older Walter Brennan, to give him a tutorial in old-man behavior. This didn't go over well. According to Maurice Zolotow's ‘John Wayne, Shooting Star,’ Wayne said: ‘Brennan showed me his idea of an old man walkin' and talkin'. His idea was kinda shufflin' and totterin'. And mumblin' I was supposed to be tough and hard and walk like that? Hell, I was thinkin' about those old cattle guys I knew when I was a kid around Lancaster and there wasn't one of them who didn't stand tall. I played Tom Dunson my own way, standin' tall.’


    https://www.slashfilm.com/1151…roach-his-red-river-role/

    He was actually 39 when the film was made in 1946.