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Duty Calls | John WayneThis Patriot Day, John Wayne Journal is at your service, remembering 9/11 and reflecting on Duke and the troops.johnwayne.com
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How To Repel Mosquitos | John WayneFrom “The Official Handybook for Men” …handy tips on how to avoid a mosquito bite!johnwayne.com
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Episode 38 - Red Steagall by John Wayne GritcastIn the season 2 finale of John Wayne Gritcast, we sit down with western legend, Red Steagall. Red is an American actor, musician, poet, and stage performer. He…anchor.fm
Episode 38 - Red Steagall
In the season 2 finale of John Wayne Gritcast, we sit down with western legend, Red Steagall. Red is an American actor, musician, poet, and stage performer. He has worked with artists like Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Glen Campbell and discovered Reba McEntire.
Ethan and Red sit down in the Cowboy Channel studio to discuss Red’s exciting life. Red also tells the story of when he met John Wayne while he was recording his Grammy Nominated album, America, Why I Love Her.
Red is such an icon in the western community and we are so thankful to have him as our Season 2 finale guest!
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Episode 37 - Dr Bob Egan by John Wayne GritcastOn Today’s episode of the John Wayne Gritcast, we are joined by John Wayne’s personal Doctor and very close family friend, Dr. Bob Egan. Bob was very close…anchor.fm
Episode 37 - Dr Bob Egan
On Today’s episode of the John Wayne Gritcast, we are joined by John Wayne’s personal Doctor and very close family friend, Dr. Bob Egan.
Bob was very close with the family, he even had Michael Wayne as his best man in his wedding! Ethan and Bob reminisce on life with Duke, including how Dr Egan found out John Wayne’s Akita was giving everyone in the house strep throat, visiting Duke on set in Durango, and John Wayne’s journey with cancer.
This is a very fun episode with someone who knew Duke very closely, we hope you enjoy!
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Episode 36 - Ben Christensen by John Wayne GritcastBen Christensen is a western lifestyle photographer who is dedicated to living his own western. In this episode of the John Wayne Gritcast, Ethan is in Kanab,…anchor.fm
Episode 36 - Ben Christensen
Ben Christensen is a western lifestyle photographer who is dedicated to living his own western.
In this episode of the John Wayne Gritcast, Ethan is in Kanab, Utah filming an independent movie written and directed by Ben Christensen. They are also joined by videographer Dusty Soulsey. The three of them discuss what it means to live your own western in the modern times. They also discuss their new film that will be coming out later this year and what role Ethan Wayne played in the movie!
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Episode 35 - Dan Ford by John Wayne GritcastDan Ford is the grandson of John Wayne’s close friend and mentor, John Ford. Dan tells how he knew John Wayne as “God Damnit, Duke!” based on how John Ford…anchor.fm
Episode 35 - Dan Ford
Dan Ford is the grandson of John Wayne’s close friend and mentor, John Ford. Dan tells how he knew John Wayne as “God Damnit, Duke!” based on how John Ford would refer to his friend. He and Ethan also discuss the John Ford stock company, heroes in movies today vs in John Wayne’s time, and Dan’s first memories of Duke in Catalina. This is a great episode for John Wayne and John Ford fans!
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Episode 34 - John Wayne Walding by John Wayne GritcastJohn Wayne valued courage, strength, grit, patriotism, and family… and so does John Wayne Walding. John Wayne Walding is a former Sergeant First Class Green…anchor.fm
Episode 34 - John Wayne Walding
John Wayne valued courage, strength, grit, patriotism, and family… and so does John Wayne Walding. John Wayne Walding is a former Sergeant First Class Green Beret and entrepreneur. In this episode, John Wayne Walding tells the story of the Battle of Shok Valley. In this 6 hour fire fight, he lost his leg to a sniper and returned fire for four more hours with his severed lower limb tied to his thigh. He details what the battle was like and how he got through it, including how being named after John Wayne inspired him.
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Episode 33 - Julie Hovanian by John Wayne GritcastJulie Hovnanian was one of John Wayne's personal assistants in Newport Beach. Julie tells the story of how she came to know the Wayne family, what it was…anchor.fm
Episode 33 - Julie Hovanian
Julie Hovnanian was one of John Wayne's personal assistants in Newport Beach. Julie tells the story of how she came to know the Wayne family, what it was REALLY like to work for John Wayne, and sheds some light on just how dedicated the Duke was to his fans. She also tells Ethan about a time when someone in his family was trying to spy on him as a teenager! Tune in today to hear the whole story and more light-hearted conversations with Julie Hovnanian.
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Episode 32 - Amber Elle by John Wayne GritcastAmber Elle is a self-proclaimed mama bear and lady on a mission to empower others to live self-reliant lives. In addition to raising her family, she is the…anchor.fm
Episode 32 - Amber Elle
Amber Elle is a self-proclaimed mama bear and lady on a mission to empower others to live self-reliant lives. In addition to raising her family, she is the Director of Family Preparedness at Fieldcraft Survival, whose goal is to expand an individual's capabilities in the genre of survival. Their goal is to educate, train, and equip people to survive in the worst-case scenario.
Ethan and Amber sit down to discuss everything from how the pandemic changed the landscape for many parents, the importance of always stretching yourself in order to keep growing, and how feeling self-reliant translates into confidence in all areas of your life.
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Kevin added a new article:
QuoteDisplay MoreStill attracting tourists to this day, the Galway cottage of "Quiet Man" fame has been left to rot. Campaigners call for government action.
The picturesque thatched cottage which plays home to Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne's characters in the 1952 "Quiet Man" remains a rotting, pile of rubble despite decades of rumors around possible refurbishment and the fact that it's a "protected structure".
It was one of Maureen O'Hara's dearest wishes that the White O' Morn cottage, in Ternakill, Maam, County Galway, which featured in "The Quiet Man" be restored. Now the Irish thatched cottage, made famous by the 1952 movie classic has degenerated so badly that it has collapsed in on itself and is entirely overgrown.
Paddy McCormick, who runs the White O'Morn Cottage Community Group, told IrishCentral that what's needed is action from its owner, a Canadian living in California and the Galway County Council. After decades of inaction, it's hoped that public intervention could see their iconic cottage be brought back to life.
The White O’ Morn Cottage, in Ternakill, Maam, County Galway, was the love nest of fiery Mary Kate Danaher and Sean Thornton (aka Maureen O’Hara and John Wayne) in the 1952 John Ford-helmed movie "The Quiet Man". The structure itself dates back to the pre-1820s.
Since IrishCentral's founding in 2009, we've been trying to find out what, if any, plans there are for this historic structure. In 2019 we checked in with McCormick, White O'Morn Cottage…
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RIP. Not many left.
James Caan, ‘The Godfather,’ ‘Elf’ and ‘Misery’ star, dead at 82
James Caan, 'The Godfather,' 'Elf' and 'Misery' star, dead at 82
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Episode 31 - The Cowboys 50th Anniversary - Part 2 by John Wayne GritcastIn honor of the 50th Anniversary of the release of The Cowboys, we had a three day celebration in the Fort Worth Stockyards! Nine of the original cast members…anchor.fm
Episode 31 - The Cowboys 50th Anniversary Part 2
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the release of The Cowboys, we had a three day celebration in the Fort Worth Stockyards!
Nine of the original cast members joined us for a three day celebration that included showings of the film on the lawn of the Livestock Exchange building, VIP meet and greets with the cast and a live panel on Cowboy Channel!
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Episode 30 - The Cowboys 50th Anniversary - Part 1 by John Wayne GritcastIn honor of the 50th Anniversary of the release of The Cowboys, we had a three day celebration in the Fort Worth Stockyards! Nine of the original cast members…anchor.fm
Episode 30 - The Cowboys 50th Anniversary Part 1
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the release of The Cowboys, we had a three day celebration in the Fort Worth Stockyards!
Nine of the original cast members joined us for a three day celebration that included showings of the film on the lawn of the Livestock Exchange building, VIP meet and greets with the cast and a live panel on Cowboy Channel!
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Episode 29 - Best Friends Animal Society by John Wayne GritcastKanab, Utah is not only the backdrop of many westerns, but it is also home to Best Friends Animal Society. Best Friends Animal Society is a nonprofit animal…anchor.fm
Episode 29 - Best Friends Animal Society
Kanab, Utah is not only the backdrop of many westerns, but it is also home to Best Friends Animal Society.
Best Friends Animal Society is a nonprofit animal welfare organization. BFAS does outreach nationwide with shelters, rescue groups and members to promote pet adoption, no-kill animal rescue, and spay-and-neuter practices.
Best Friends Animal Society’s mission is Save Them All and they are making amazing strides to do just that. When they started, 17 million animals a year were being euthanized and today, that number is down to 355,000.
Ethan Wayne visited BFAS in Kanab, UT and sat down with founder Francis Battitsta and CEO Julie Castle. Self reliance and grit are amongst many qualities that Francis and Julie share with John Wayne and we hope you enjoy this episode!
Learn more about Best Friends Animal Society here: https://bestfriends.org/
Follow Best Friends Animal Society here: https://www.instagram.com/bestfriendsanimalsociety/
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Episode 28 - Tim Kennedy by John Wayne GritcastThe John Wayne Gritcast is BACK for season 2! We have a lot of amazing guests lined up for this next season but our first guest needs no introduction. Tim…anchor.fm
Episode 28 - Tim Kennedy
The John Wayne Gritcast is BACK for season 2! We have a lot of amazing guests lined up for this next season but our first guest needs no introduction.
Tim Kennedy is a decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, television host, producer, entrepreneur and now, #1 best selling author of the book Scars and Stripes.
In this episode, Ethan Wayne and Tim talk about John Wayne's portrayal of the Army Special Forces in his film, The Green Berets, revisiting Tim's past mistakes while writing Scars and Stripes, how Tim relates to John Wayne's character in The Quiet Man, the importance of teaching critical thinking to children at his school, Apogee, and so much more!
Learn more about Tim Kennedy and all of his amazing companies and causes here: https://timkennedy.com/
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Thanks for sharing your photos with us. One day my wife and I will make it over the pond.
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Ok. I'll have to buy this on Blu-ray. Thanks.
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Just noticed that Luster Bayless passed away on February 11, 2022. Below is his obituary:
Luster Bayless
October 26, 1937 - February 11, 2022Legendary Costumer to John Wayne and founder of United*American Costume Company dies, 84.
Luster Bayless passed away peacefully with his daughters by his side on February 11th 2022 from natural causes brought on by Dementia. Luster’s rags to riches story began on October 26, 1937 when he was born to David and Jimmie Lee Bayless in Ruleville, MS. The son of sharecroppers, Luster’s young life was mostly spent in the cotton fields working on the Macabee Plantation. As a star quarterback at Ruleville High and talented Basketball player, Luster graduated from high school and enlisted in the U.S Navy where he was a purser on the U.S.S Cole. After the Navy, he enrolled in junior college but it wasn’t long before his dreams of a better life called his name to California. In 1959, he sold his college books and hitchhiked from Ruleville to Hollywood, CA. where his childhood friend Jimmy George was working as a costumer in the movie industry. Luster spent 2 years learning his craft at Western Costume Co. before accepting the position as a set costumer on “McClintock”. This led to 14 more movie offers with John Wayne including True Grit, Rio Bravo, The Cowboys and The Shootist to name a few. Luster also worked at Disney, MGM, Warner Bros., Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, and many other studios as an independent costumer. His credits included Mary Poppins, That Darn Cat, Robinson Caruso, Telephon, Apocalypse Now, Comes A Horsemen, Conagher, Tom Horn and many others. While working at Disney, he met and married Patricia Voght, a marriage that lasted 27 years and blessed them with two daughters, Christy and Diana. In 1977, Luster decided to open his own costume company and United*American Costume Corp. was created. The small 10x10 storage space has grown over the last 44 years to cover more than 125,000 sq ft of wardrobe ranging from 1750 – present day.
As a businessman, he was known to rule with an iron fist yet give you the shirt off his back if you asked. He believed in a day’s work for day’s pay and that a man’s word is good if he looks you in the eye and shakes your hand. He believed in quality rather than the net profit and as Costume Designer on Tom Horn, Luster was the first person to independently guarantee the wardrobe budget to include wardrobe and labor supplied by his company for one price. He has been credited for starting the careers of countless Costumers and Costume Designers and providing work for those losing their benefits because they were short on hours. He stood up for his beliefs and stopped shipments to Canada when runaway productions refused to allow American Costumers to work there.
Despite his success, Luster never forgot where he came from. He frequently returned to his hometown of Ruleville, MS. and in the early 1980’s, he bought the estate across the street from the Macabee plantation where he had worked as a child. He was often seen riding his tractor and expressing his joy over his cotton and soybean crops. Luster shared his success with his hometown and started a museum there to display star wardrobe and memorabilia from some of Hollywood’s best actors and films as well as a restaurant and retail clothing store.
In more recent years, he split his time between Los Angeles and Ruleville. In 2001, he handed the daily operations of his company over to his daughter, Diana. He continued to find joy every day in sharing his life stories to friends and customers and could be spotted frequently on a ladder restocking clothes, helping in a fitting or teaching a new Costumer how to shape a hat.
Luster is survived by his daughters Christy (Steve) Kovacic, Diana (Rodd) Foster; 4 grandchildren, Samantha, Michelle, Dillon and Katie; 2 great-grandchildren, Jaxs and Jet; sister Reta (Maurice) Williams; extended family of nephews and nieces in Georgia and a list of friends that could wrap around the world.
Funeral services will be held . on Saturday March 26th at Eternal Valley Memorial Park in Newhall, CA and 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday March 30th at Ruleville Baptist Church in Ruleville, MS. Rev. Robert Haney will officiate the services pallbearers will be Roger Willingham, Westley Brewer, Jimmy Haney, Steve Kovacic, Dillon Foster and Rodd Foster burial will follow in Lehrton Cemetery in Ruleville. American Legion Post No.29 will conduct military rites. If you would rather make a donation in his name in lieu of flowers, please consider the John Wayne Cancer Institute as that was always near and dear to his heart.
RIP.
