Posts by OriginalMexicanBob

Here's a new review from a film critic who saw The Searchers for the first time...The Searchers at 68

I just want to wish everyone here…Duke fans one and all…the very best and happiest of the holiday season!

To John Wayne’s memory and family…Gold bless one and all.

From Wikipedia...

"The Alamo premiered at its 70 mm roadshow length of 202 minutes, including overture, intermission, and exit music, but the negative was severely cut for wide release. UA re-edited it to 167 minutes. The 202-minute version was believed lost until Bob Bryden, a Canadian fan, realized he had seen the full version in the 1970s. He and Alamo collector Ashley Ward discovered the last known surviving print of the 70 mm premiere version in Toronto,^[36] in pristine condition. MGM (UA's sister studio) used this print to make a digital video transfer of the roadshow version for VHS and LaserDisc release.

The print was taken apart and deteriorated in storage. By 2007, it was unavailable in any useful form. MGM used the shorter, general release version for subsequent DVD releases. At present, the only existing version of the original uncut roadshow release is on standard definition 480i digital video. It is the source for broadcasts on Turner Classic Movies. The best available actual film elements are of the 35 mm negatives of the general release version.

A restoration of the deteriorating print found in Toronto, supervised by Robert A. Harris, was envisaged but to date is not underway.^[37] The endangered version is the 70 mm uncut roadshow version (202 min). The cut 167-minute version still exists in decent condition in 35 mm.

In 2014, an Internet campaign was formed urging MGM to restore The Alamo from the deteriorating 70mm elements. This garnered some publicity from KENS-TV in San Antonio, and attention from filmmakers such as J. J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, Rian Johnson, Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, and Alejandro González Iñárritu.^[38][39] In his 2014 biography of Wayne, John Wayne: The Life and Legend author Scott Eyman states that the full-length Toronto print has deteriorated to the point where it is now unusable.^[40] A prevailing critical point of view held the film already contained so much sludge, especially Crockett’s contrived and unhistorical romantic interlude, even the 167 minute version was hard to endure."

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I'm in Maryland, Itdo. Grew up in Baltimore, where movies have been made over the years. But I don't think Duke ever stepped foot in my neck of the woods.

Mark

I escaped the Peoples Republic of Marylandstan two years ago...moved to Free America in Arizona. I lived in MD my entire life...it's sad that it's become a high tax and freedom sucking state.

Pretty awesome photoshop someone did!

Anti-Semitism knows no bounds...it never really went away...it's no out in full force by the Left. It makes no sense...I'm Jewish and I cannot understand why so many Jews in this country support such hatred against their own kind. All I can guess is they're Leftist before they're American...before they're Jewish.

I'm not a Jewish American...I'm an American who happens to be Jewish. Like Duke said...that little line (the hyphen) has caused more division than most anything else. Nothing comes before my being an American...my religion and ethnicity are secondary to that.

Just want to wish everyone here a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. To those of us who celebrate Hannukah...I hope you had a good one.

Here's to 2024 being better than 2023!

I'd say they were good friends...after a drink or three.

I’ve read that Duke and Oliver Hardy became good friends. Duke supposedly was enthralled hearing Hardy tell of his trips abroad during the heyday with Stan Laurel.

Quote from Nathan

I like that, although the cast credits are announced as being in alphabetical order, to add impact Duke’s name appears last (below Stuart Whitman’s, for example).

The reason Duke got the special credit was due to his refusing to work for Daryl F. Zanuck. Several years prior Zanuck said some unkind words towards Wayne…who took it personally and said he would not work for Zanuck.

When casting the role of Col. Vandervoort Zanuck specifically wanted Duke…who refused. Zanuck paid every credited actor $25k no matter how big or small the part. Zanuck kept after Duke who told his agent he would only do it for $250k…ten times what everyone else received.

The agent not only got the $250k salary demand but also the special credit at the end.

Not bad for something like three days work on the set. The agent earned his percentage on that one.

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I don’t remember any movies from that time period Duke was on an aircraft carrier. I think most likely it during a tour to Vietnam he may have visited the carrier. It could possibly have been to document the the trip or even for background scenes for The Green Berets though I don’t believe any were in that film.

Couldn't find a thread that this fits perfectly in but I believe this was from the '50s...Duke on board the SS United States.

There is sign on the door saying it’s Capt. Nathan Brittles’ quarters.

Too bad there wasn't a cavalry uniform to wear available to have my photo taken standing there.

My wife and I took a tour of Monument Valley...was at Goulding's Lodge...John Ford Point...and the John Wayne Cabin which was used as Capt. Nathan Brittles' quarters in the movie She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. Monument Valley is an incredible place...if anyone wants to see why movie crews came there to film...the beauty and expanse of the pace is awe-inspiring.

Here's the John Wayne Cabin behind Goulding's Lodge...

Here's me standing where Duke stood...

Chris Mitchum said in an interview that after appearing with Duke in several movies he stopped getting phone calls for jobs. He took that as being blacklisted from liberal Hollywood.

He did keep working over the years but never in anything notable. It’s not unusual for children of actors, artists of whatever persuasion to not have the success of their parents…either due to less talent…the idea of simply because of their last name…professional jealousies…lots of reasons. For every one that succeeds there’s probably dozens that don’t. The name might get you in the door but if you don’t have the drive or talent to sustain a career you’ll be left by the wayside.