I know John Wayne would be very favorably received in Hollywood today based on my interviews with his friends and family. He also has songs being written about him by his granddaughter Jennifer Wayne.
My next news video will be the Paramount producer A. C. Lyles talking about him. He is only eleven years younger than the Duke. Hear what is being said about John Wayne at My Entertainment News.
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Maureen O’Hara was an absolute delight to talk to. I had asked about what to ask her and I tried to get those questions in. Mrs. Blair, Maureen O’Hara, was at her home in Ireland and I was in the kitchen of a friend who knows her well and had arraigned for me to chat with her. It was about ten o’clock our time and late afternoon her time.
We talked about how she came to America and how John Ford introduced her to John Wayne so long ago. She told me about writing a scene for “The Quiet Man” and if you go to My Entertainment News you can here her tell the story.
I will be editing the interview and putting it up on My Entertainment News in pieces. She was on the phone for over forty minutes and my friend thought I should let her go. She just wouldn’t stop talking and I loved every moment. Her voice is still to so strong and beautiful.
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Thanks for the great input. I don't have the interview set up yet but am going to now to visit a friend of hers who has asked if I would like to.
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The news story about the Newport Beach Film Festival has a lot of content. The part on John Wayne’s 100th has generated some great interviews.
What naughty thing did Maureen O’Hara whisper in John Wayne’s ear in “The Quiet Man” to get the reaction he gave. My fiend’s daughter said that John Ford had asked the Duke to ask it and Maureen has said she will never tell. Mrs. Blair would not tell me buther answer is classic.
What would you ask Maureen O’Hara if you were me? Here is her answer.
Visit My Entertainment News John Wayne Party to see the video of John Wayne’s birthday party with Maureen O'Hara interview talking about the John Wayne birthday celebration. -
I grew up in Newport Beach with John Wayne as a neighbor and friend of my parents. They used to play bridge together and we would visit with the Duke’s family. One fun thing to do was go to his house in Bayshores and watch movies. Duke had one of the original home theaters in his family room with one exception. It had a projection room in the back that required a union projectionist to bring the new movies down from LA to show. The kids flopped on the floor and the adults sat in the chairs and couches.
I am now involved in a TV news show and am working on a documentary on the Newport Beach Film Festival. John Wayne’s 100th birthday is being celebrated in Newport Beach, California with a film retrospective “Ten Decades With the Duke” at the 8th Newport Beach Film Festival. I immediately volunteered to do the part of the documentary on the John Wayne tribute. I will share the stories as they come up with this forum.
The first one is a news story that includes Pilar Wayne, Etahn Wayne and Patrick Wayne talking about their life with John Wayne announcing the new official John Wayne web site, 100th birthday and tribute at the 8th annual Newport Beach Film Festival. Family photo session of four generations of John Wayne’s extended family on his former boat the Wild Goose.
