Posts by Hondo Duke Lane

Monique,

According to imdb, they appeared in only three movies together.

They were:

1. 3 Godfathers (1948)
2. Tall in the Saddle (1944)
3. Wagon Master (1950)

I thought they were in more movies together.

Cheers, Hondo B)

Chester,

How did you and the Mrs. enjoy The High & The Mighty, and Island in the Sky? You said that you recieved it and was going to watch it. We'd love to hear from you the reviews of the two movies. I've seen THATH, but not Island, yet. Love to hear your take on these two movies.

Happy 25 more years together, and best wishes to the both of you.

Cheers, Hondo B)

Ms. O'Hara is one of my favorite actresses, and just loved her in almost everything. I cant' think of anything she did that I didn't like. How Green Was My Valley is most excellent with a young Rodney McDowell, and Walter Pigeon. To the Shores of Tripoli with John Payne was another good movie, also with Randolph Scott.

Of course she was really great in Miracle on 34th Street, with a young Natalie Wood, and John Payne, and a great and I would say the best Santa Clause in Edmund Gween. Also with Natalie she starred with Fred MacMurray in Father was a Fullback, and also with Betty Lynn (Thema Lou in the Andy Griffin Show {Barney Fife's girlfriend}).

Going on, she was also great in The Parent Trap, with Brian Keith, and Halley Mills, and also The Rare Breed with James Stewart, Brain Keith, and Halley's sister Juliet Mills. Spencer's Mountain with Henry Fonda is a classic.

Some westerns that I really enjoyed excluding movies with Duke, is Comanche Territory with MacDonald Carey, The Redhead from Wyoming with Alex Nicol, and War Arrow with Jeff Chandler.

Who could forget her in The Black Swan with Tyrone Power, and Anthony Quinn. And her most recent release at the silver screen as she teams up with Anthony Quinn in Only The Lonely. This costars John Candy, Alley Sheedy, James Belushi, and a cameo appearance with Macuaulay Culkin.

I do have all these movies (mainly on VHS). I have seen them all. She is one of the tops as far as I am concerned. She should have been listed as the top 50 actresses in AFI's top stars. She is definately one of them.

Maureen, I want to wish you a very happy birthday, and you age very beautifully. Thank you for being a part of our lives in many ways. Happy 83rd pretty lady.

Cheers, Hondo B)

Gary747,

This movie never did show a scene where Duke spanked O'Hara. I'm sorry, but you're mistaken about it. I have someone personally contacted me, and told me that he or she contacted O'Hara and she herself said that it was "rubbish," it never did happen. I know that I have not confirmed that yet, but will hopefully be able to contact her, and talk to her about that and other things very soon. He/She went to her website, and e-mailed, and recieved a response from her to that affect.

Cheers, Hondo B)

Here goes,

1st man: Boy is this guy heavy!

2nd man: You're telling me. If he wasn't a major star, I'd drop him right here.

1st man: He's not a star, he's a legend. Don't you know this is John Wayne? You know, Duke?

2nd Man: I don't care if he's Ermal. He's too darn heavy, and I'm about to drop this big lug.

Cheers, Hondo

My vote for caption #11 is for itdo

Just saw Five-Card Stud for the first time. I didn't know that Robert Mitchum was in the movie, and as a preacher. The movie was pretty good. It starred Dean Martin, and Roddy McDowell. Anyway, I liked it. And Mitchum was good as a . . . , well you have to see it, if you haven't already.

Don't want to give away the plot for those who haven't seen the movie.

Cheers, Hondo B)

Hee Haw, I'm catching you Chester.

I see that itdo, and Monique are hot on my heels (not 300, but #200). I know you will post for you 200th post.

See you at 400!

Cheers, Hondo B)

You gotta like Gary Cooper. He's done so many good westerns, and my favorite non-Duke western actor would be Henry Fonda. I like James Stewart, but not as much in westerns. He's good in many things, which makes him my favorite non-Duke all around actor.

Glenn Ford was good in some of the westerns, like The Left handed Gun. And I like Brian Keith in many supporting parts.

Paul Newman was good in Butch and Sundance. Steve McQueen in Magnificant 7. James Garner in Support your local Sheriff.

Just thought you wanted to know others.

Cheers, Hondo B)

My vote goes to dukefan1 for caption #10.

Hondo

Thanks for the votes guys on #9. I really like this.

Well, here goes for the next picture game caption.

Lee Marvin: Now Duke, you know that I'm meaner, smarter, and taller than you, so there's no need to get you feather's ruffled. Just because Jimmy got top billing, doesn't mean that you have to steal scenes from me. I'm gonna make sure you don't do what you did to me in The Commancheros. By the way, why do you keep calling me Liberty Valance?

Cheers, Hondo B)

Good story itdo.

Robbie was telling me on the chat line last week or so that the bridge is intact, and about the only thing left from the movie. The cottage is in a rubble.

He has a huge source of information about The Quiet Man, that I found very interesting. Love to have him as the tour guide when I go to Ireland.

Cheers, Hondo B)

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Cheers Hondo B)

Monique,

If your total time is 129 minutes, you have the complete version of The Quiet Man. Glad you have it too.

Hondo B)

Very good itdo,

I was wondering if anyone would get that part. And I have to say that the spanking scene is just a part of someone's imagination.

It's good to get the feeling that you have the complete movie uncut and unedited.

Cheers, Hondo B)

This was in 1972's Cancel My Reservation. He only made a cameo appearence, and had one line in the movie.

"I'd like to help ya, but it's not my picture."

This was a sequence in which Hope is in jail. While there, he imagines he is going to be hanged. Wayne appears and utters his one line of dialogue.

Of course this is a Bob Hope movie.

Cheers, Hondo

INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
Sean Thornton has returned from America to reclaim his homestead and escape his past.
Sean's eye is caught by Mary Kate Danaher, a beautiful but poor maiden,
and younger sister of ill-tempered "Red" Will Danaher.
The riotous relationship that forms between Sean and Mary Kate,
punctuated by Will's pugnacious attempts to keep them apart, form the main plot,
with Sean's past as the dark undercurrent.
Summary written by Steve Fenwick

Full Cast
John Wayne .... Sean Thornton
Maureen O'Hara .... Mary Kate Danaher
Barry Fitzgerald .... Michaleen Oge Flynn
Ward Bond .... Father Peter Lonergan
Victor McLaglen .... Squire 'Red' Will Danaher
Mildred Natwick .... The Widow Sarah Tillane
Francis Ford .... Dan Tobin
Eileen Crowe .... Mrs. Elizabeth Playfair
May Craig .... Fishwoman with basket at station
Arthur Shields .... Rev. Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair
Charles B. Fitzsimons .... Hugh Forbes (as Charles FitzSimons)
James O'Hara .... Father Paul (as James Lilburn)
Sean McClory .... Owen Glynn
Jack MacGowran .... Ignatius Feeney (Squire Daniher's handyman) (as Jack McGowran)
Joseph O'Dea .... Molouney (train guard)
Eric Gorman .... Costello (engine driver)
Kevin Lawless .... Train fireman
Paddy O'Donnell .... Railway porter
Frank Baker .... Man in bar (uncredited)
Tony Canzoneri .... Boxing second (uncredited)
Maureen Coyne .... Dan Tobin's daughter (Ireland) (uncredited)
Ken Curtis .... Dermot Fahy (uncredited)
Mimi Doyle .... Dan Tobin's daughter (USA) (uncredited)
Douglas Evans .... Ring physician (uncredited)
Robert Foy .... Driver of cart across river (uncredited)
Sam Harris .... General (uncredited)
D.R.O. Hatswell .... Guppy (uncredited)
John Horan .... Man at railway station (uncredited)
David Hughes .... Police constable (uncredited)
Billy Jones .... Bugler (uncredited)
Tiny Jones .... Nell (uncredited)
Colin Kenny .... Pub extra (uncredited)
Mae Marsh .... Father Paul's mother (uncredited)
Jim McVeigh .... Man following cart across river (uncredited)
Jim Morrin .... Roof thatcher (uncredited)
Al Murphy .... Boxing referee (uncredited)
Michael O'Brian .... Musha Musha man (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor .... Ringside photographer (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley .... Man in bar (uncredited)
Web Overlander .... Hugh Bailey (stationmaster) (uncredited)
Bob Perry .... Trooper Thorn's ringside trainer (uncredited)
Jack Roper .... Tony Godello (boxer) (uncredited)
Philip Stainton .... Anglican bishop (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook .... Police Sgt. Hanan (uncredited)
Harry Tyler .... Pat Cohan (publican) (uncredited)
Melinda Wayne .... Girl on wagon at horse race (uncredited)
Michael Wayne .... Teenage boy at races (uncredited)
Patrick Wayne .... Boy on wagon at horse race (uncredited)
Toni Wayne .... Teenage girl at races (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Maurice Walsh (story Green Rushes)
Frank S. Nugent (screenplay)

Produced
Merian C. Cooper
John Ford

Original Music
Victor Young

Cinematography
Winton C. Hoch

Stunts
Joe Fair .... riding double: John Wayne (uncredited)
Fred Kennedy .... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Morgan .... stunts (uncredited)
Terry Wilson .... stunts (uncredited)

Trivia
Barry Fitzgerald, who plays the character of the Roman Catholic Michaleen Oge Flynn, and Arthur Shields, who played the Protestant vicar Cyril 'Snuffy' Playfair, were brothers in real life. They also appeared together in director John Ford's The Long Voyage Home (1940). They were both Protestants born in Dublin, Ireland. Shields was the family name. The Oscar-winner Fitzgerald, who was nearly eight years older than his brother, was born William Joseph Shields.

A replica of the famous thatched cottage in the movie is located at Maam Cross, County Galway, in the west of Ireland.

When the film was first screened in Boston, Mass., Michaleen Flynn's line on seeing the broken bed, "Impetuous! Homeric!", was censored.

The famous fight scene was shot in the grounds of Ashford Castle, Cong, County Mayo. The stunt in which John Wayne punches Victor McLaglen into the river was performed by director John Ford's son, Patrick Ford (doubling for McLaglen).

The horse racing sequence was shot at Lettergesh beach, Connemara, on the west coast of Ireland.

At the film's conclusion, after the credits, we see Kate and Sean standing in their garden waving good-bye. Maureen O'Hara turns to John Wayne and whispers something in his ear, evoking a priceless reaction from Wayne. What was said was known only to O'Hara, Wayne and director John Ford. In exchange for saying this unscripted bit of text, O'Hara insisted that the exact line never be disclosed by any involved parties. In her memoirs she says that she refused to say the line at first as she "couldn't possibly say that to Duke", but Ford insisted, claiming he needed a genuine shock reaction from Wayne. The line remains a mystery to this day.

When Sean and Mary Kate take their wagon into town a store called "Emily O'Connor" can be seen in the background. This is actually a crafts store and is still in business to this day.

This was a significant departure for Republic Pictures, which specialized in low-budget westerns, comedies and war pictures. It was the company's first and only film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.

According to the production notes on the DVD. John Ford first acquired the rights to Maurice Walsh's short story, The Quiet Man, in 1936, but it would be another sixteen years before his dream of adapting the story to film would become a reality.

This is one of the few Hollywood films in which you can hear Gaelic, the national language of Ireland.

The last line of the wedding toast was censored by Republic Pictures. It should have said, "May their days be long and full of happiness. May their children be many and full of health. And may they live in peace and national freedom". After the film was completed, Republic Pictures decided "national freedom" in Ireland was too controversial a concept.
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Green, the national color of Ireland, can be seen somewhere in every shot in this film, but not on any of the actors' costumes except for Maureen O'Hara green floral dress in the cemetery scene.

Whenever John Wayne lights up a cigarette, he takes exactly two puffs before pitching it away.

Film editor Jack Murray wept when he began editing the film. He said that John Ford was such a master of his craft that the film required nothing from him as an editor other than sticking the bits of film together. He said Ford had cut the film in the camera - not a frame was wasted or needed to be removed.

On the DVD commentary Maureen O'Hara dispels many myths about the film including one about a lack of accommodations for the crew in Ireland. According to O'Hara, the production spent six weeks shooting the exteriors in Ireland and filmed the interiors on sound stages in L.A.

According to an interview in the Los Angeles Times on October 28, 2000, Maureen O'Hara recounted that she, John Ford and John Wayne made a handshake agreement in 1944 to do the film. When Ford pitched the idea to Hollywood producers, he was told that it was a "silly Irish story that won't make a penny." Wayne had a contract with Republic Pictures and approached studio chief Herbert J. Yates ("...a step down for John Ford", he said). He was told by Yates that the script was a silly Irish tale that would make no money. However, Yates would relent if Wayne, Ford and O'Hara together would make a western for Republic, a sure money-maker that would pay for the losses Republic expected to incur on this film. The picture made as a result of the agreement was Rio Grande (1950).

During the scene where John Wayne first kisses Maureen O'Hara, she slaps his face. When he blocked the blow, she broke a bone in her hand. Since the movie was being filmed in sequential order, she couldn't wear a cast to fix the broken bone.

The station used in the opening sequence and during the scene where John Wayne slams the train doors looking for Maureen O'Hara later in the film is Ballyglunin Station, south of the town of Tuam, County Galway. It looks the same today as it did in 1951, when the film was shot with the only major difference being the bridge which crosses the railway tracks is now gone. This bridge was moved to Ballinasloe station, East Galway where it still stands today, after Ballyglunin closed down as a main line.

John Wayne and John Ford decided to play a trick on Maureen O'Hara during filming. They chose the sequence where Wayne drags O'Hara across the town and through the fields. Before shooting the scene, Wayne and Ford kicked all of the sheep dung they could find onto the hill where O'Hara was to be dragged, face-down, on her stomach. O'Hara saw them doing it; with the help of several friends, she kicked it off, only to have Wayne and Ford kick it back on. O'Hara and her friends kicked it off again, and Wayne and Ford kicked it back. This went on and on until right before the scene was shot, when Wayne and Ford got in the last kick. According to O'Hara, "Duke had the time of his life dragging me through it. It was bloody awful. After the scene was over, Mr. Ford had given instructions that I was not to be brought a bucket of water or a towel. He made me keep it on for the rest of the day. I was mad as hell, but I had to laugh too. Isn't showbiz glamorous?"

Maureen O'Hara did her own singing.

Charles B. Fitzsimons (Hugh Forbes) and James O'Hara (Father Paul) were the real life younger brothers of Maureen O'Hara (Mary Kate Danaher).

Although made in 1951, is was Republic's first production to be shot outside the United States.

The white haired frail Dan Tobin, who gets up from his death bed and runs to see the fight is John Ford's older brother, Francis Ford. Francis was a silent film actor and director in his own right, who died one year after the film was made.

Cohan's Pub in this film was actually a grocery store in Cong, County Mayo. It later became a souvenir shop, and was recently turned into a real Irish pub. It was officially opened on 17 September 2008 by Tara MacGowran, daughter of Jack MacGowran, who played Ignatius Feeney in the movie.

While all other saddled horses are seen with English saddles (as would be expected in Ireland during that time period), Sean's (John Wayne's) horse is saddled with a US Army-issue McClellan cavalry saddle.

From the opening credits "John Ford and Merian C. Cooper's Argosy Production," both were given producer credits. They are not otherwise mentioned as producers.

James O'Hara's first film.

The movie's fans who visit Cong to see the sites where the movie were filmed are called "Quiet Man Crazies".

The original White o' Morn cottage from the film is in a sheep field along a road that cuts from Maam Cross to the southern pass of N59. There you can see the bridge where Michaleen parts ways with Sean Thornton before Sean heads into the cottage for the first time and the the remainder of the cottage itself. Unfortunately, little is left of the original cottage, having been carried away stone by stone by "Quiet Man" fans. There is a replica of the cottage around the block from Pat Cohan's in Cong.

Second of five movies that paired John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.

Film debut of Sean McClory.

Goofs
* Continuity: When Mary Kate and Sean drive to town in the buggy, the horn is on the left hand side of the bulkhead. When Mary Kate interrupts the father fly fishing after storming off, it has moved to the right side.

* Continuity: When Sean Thornton first introduces himself to the bar and they start to sing "Wild Colonial Boy", the accordion player acquires a hat between shots.

* Continuity: After church, when Sean dips his hand in the holy water and says "good morning" to Mary Kate, her hair is alternately tucked in/hanging out between shots.

* Audio/visual unsynchronized: When they are singing "Wild Colonial Boy" for the second time (after Will and Feeney leave), their mouths are moving slower than the song that they're supposed to be singing.

* Continuity: When Michaleen Flyn first asks if Mary Kate is willing to marry, the glass and the bottle switch position between shots.

* Audio/visual unsynchronized: During the fight, the last time Sean gets the bucket of water thrown on him, we hear him say, "Thanks," but his lips never move.

* Continuity: Towards the end of the movie when all the town folk are along the road waving at the car passing by, the car twice passes by the "IRA" member. He can be seen standing on the side of the road in his bright blue shirt.

* Errors in geography: At the horse race there is a sign that says "Inishfree race meet". In Ireland they are called race meetings not meets.

* Continuity: John Wayne's wedding ring is clearly visible before he even meets Mary Kate Danniher. It is most clearly seen while he is remembering his mother's words before introducing himself to Michaleen.

* Continuity: When Thornton and Danaher are at the Widow Tillane's bidding for the cottage, Danaher's highest bid is 710. But in the bar, the accordion player says he heard that Danaher bid up to 810 and nobody corrected him. It is possible that the bidding was longer when originally shot, and edited down, but they forgot to change the scene in the bar.

* Continuity: During the matchmaking scene indoors, rain is visible through the window behind Mary Kate. When the shot switches to Michaleen Oge Flynn, no rain is falling outside the window behind him.

* Continuity: When Mary Kate finishes playing the spinet in Sean's house, she is seated with the music book opened. When she gets up from the bench the music book is closed.

* Continuity: When Sean finds Mary Kate cleaning his cottage, you can see in the background that the bedroom door has been splintered with a large hole where the bolt would be. The door isn't splintered until later in the story, though, after Sean and Kate are married and he kicks the intact bedroom door down.

* Anachronisms: During the station scenes, the locomotive and carriages have the 'Flying Snail' logo of the Coras Iompair Eireann railway company. This logo wasn't introduced until 1944.

* Factual errors: In the race meeting scene, two pipers are shown playing. The pipes they are playing are Scottish pipes characterized by having one bass and two tenor drones in addition to the chanter, traditional Irish pipes only have one bass and one tenor drone plus the chanter.

* Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Michaeleen introduces Sean to Mary Kate as from Pittsburgh, Massachusetts, USA. However, "Steel", "pig-iron furnaces", and "slag heaps" are more generally associated with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. (Note: this is an obvious comedic device, showing that Michaeleen is not familiar with US geography.)

* Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Sean hops back in the horse cart and says, "Hey! Is that real? She couldn't be!", the sound is also out of sync.

* Incorrectly regarded as goofs: After Sean and Red's first confrontation in the pub, the publican is pulling a round of drinks for everyone, it can be seen that he is taking full pints from a line and pretending to fill them. In Ireland it is customary to have a row of drinks, such as Guniness, ready to be topped up as it is best served once it has settled.

* Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Mary Kate interrupts the father fly fishing after storming off, the father says that he has been fishing for a particular wily salmon for ten years. Salmon almost always expire after returning to fresh water to spawn (at an age of four years or so) and a keen fisherman would know this.

* Revealing mistakes: When Sean and Mary Kate get caught in the storm, right after a loud clap of thunder, Mary Kate mouths several words, but there is no dialog.

Memorable Quotes

Filming Locations
Ashford Castle, County Mayo, Ireland
Ballyglunin, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland
(Castletown Railway Station)
Clifden, Galway City, County Galway, Ireland
(Castletown)
Cong, County Mayo, Ireland
Connemara, County Galway, Ireland
(Lots of rural scenes)
Lettergesh Beach, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland
(Horse racing scenes)
Maam, Galway City, County Galway, Ireland
(White O'Morn cottage)
Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland
Thoor Ballylee, County Galway, Ireland
(Mary Kate runs across the river)

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Hello All,

I have recieved many e-mails and been looking at comments about that famous spanking scene, that I finally had a chance to see my version of The Quiet Man on DVD. I happen to watch it the very same time yesterday morning when it was shown on AMC.

First of all, my version is much better quality than what was shown on AMC. The colors were richer, and the quality of sound superb.

Anyway, back to the movie. I saw the whole movie on DVD. My machine is a home unit, so I don't have the ditigal reads or active militime unit to read everything. I do have a function on the unit that lets me move one frame at a time manually (although no sound feedback). So I watched the movie in real time, and then went back to listen to it. The music was playing in the commotion, and I had to listen to it several times, and I didn't find any sudden break in the music.

The Movie:
The woman handed Duke a stick to "beat the lovely lady," and Duke carried it. Then the scene broke to the pub back in the villiage where you heard the gun shot twice. The patrains ran out the pub including the bar tender, and as he went out the door, he closed it, and put a sign that read, 'gone to tea.' The scene went to where the villiage people (not the disco musical group), and Duke was still holding the stick. They went through the group of people and Duke threw the stick away. That is what is in my version of the movie.

Here are the facts
As I continued to research this contorversy. I have in the Author's note from The Official John Wayne Reference Book by Charles John Kieskalt that "Republic Pictures Boss Herbert Yates told Director John Ford he wanted the film to last two hours. Ford's FINAL running time was 129 minutes. Yates wanted nine minutes cut. During a screening for Republic distributors, Yates noticed the film hadn't been recut. Ford said nine minutes were gone. During the film's climax, the screen went white. Ford couldn't decide what to edit, so he cut the ending. Yates went with Ford's 129 minutes print."

Let me say, that if you carry a stick and "beat the lovely lady," why would you continue to carry that stick. If I hit someone, I would get rid of that stick, and not carry it. I would certainly not get rid of it later after using it. Also earlier in the movie, where Duke comes home to the cottage after seeing the preacher, and O'Hara is in front of the fire place, she hands Duke a stick to get beat, but Duke throws it in the fire place. Just don't make any sense that there would be a spanking scene. But here is some more evidence, that shows that it was not in the movie.

I've read in Ford's book nothing mentioning a scene where Duke beat, whipped, spanked, or anything with O'Hara. I've looked in John Wayne's bio, and found nothing. I've looked in O'Hara's info and couldn't find anything. And here is the my evidence. The reference book I have was purchased years before the DVD came out. The total running time on my DVD is 129 minutes.

I don't ever remember seeing that scene that all of you keep telling the board. I wonder if you might be getting it mixed up with McLintock! where O'Hara is getting spanked by Duke.

The only other explanation I can give you is that you might have gotton a Director's Cut of The Quiet Man, but I doubt it since Ford died back in the 60's, and they usually didn't do that back then to make a director's cut, but knowing Ford and his ways, he might have done it.

I believe that you are mistaken about the spanking scene. But I am sure that I will get an ear full of your explanations.

This is what I have found.

Cheers, Hondo B)

This is the year of passing of legends. Sorry to announce that Bob Hope has passed away last night. Here is the story from Reuters. He was 100 years old. Please feel free to comment or give tribute to this thread for Bob Hope.

Hondo

By Arthur Spiegelman and Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Bob Hope, who parlayed an uncanny sense of timing and ability to toss off one line jokes into a legendary show business career, has died peacefully at age 100 with his family at his side, a family spokesman said on Monday.

Hope died of pneumonia on Sunday night at 9:28 p.m. at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Toluca Lake, spokesman Ward Grant said.

President Bush led the nation in mourning the comedian who had become a national institution both through his comedy and through his unstinting devotion to American troops whom he entertained in virtually every conflict from World War II to the first Gulf war.

"Today America lost a great citizen. We mourn the passing of Bob Hope. Bob Hope made us laugh. He lifted our spirits," the president said, adding:

"Bob Hope served our nation when he went to battlefields to entertain thousands of troops from different generations. We extend our prayers to his family and we mourn the loss of a good man. May God bless his soul."

In a statement issued to reporters outside the family home, Hope's wife of 69 years, Dolores Hope, asked friends and fans to celebrate his life, not just mourn his passing.

"While we mourn the passing of such a wonderful and remarkable man, we ask that his friends and fans celebrate his life, a life that Bob loved and lived to the fullest."

Hope is survived by his wife, two sons Anthony and Kelly, two daughters, Linda Hope and Nora Somers, and four grandchildren.

The family said the burial would be private and for immediate family only and that details on a permanent memorial would be announced at a later date.

The streets around Hope's home were blocked off by police to prevent people from disturbing the family.

Neighbors mourned his passing, calling him a generous man. One neighbor, who declined to give his name, said, "As one final joke, I almost expect Bob to come to walking out."

THE ULTIMATE COMEDIAN

Hope, who was born in England, was the ultimate comedian, a master of timing who turned the one-liner into an art form and became a national institution.

His career, which included stints as an amateur boxer, minstrel in black face and dancer, spanned seven decades in which he starred in five mediums: vaudeville, radio, stage, movies and television.

Virtually running his own joke factory by employing almost 100 writers, Hope was able to draw on a collection of hundreds of thousands of jokes that specialized in sexual double entendres, gags about his ski-slope nose and lines that paid homage to his decided lack of humility and willingness to con anyone.

Hope was one of the first superstars and one of the 20th century's greatest comedians. He also pioneered with Bing Crosby one of Hollywood's most enduring genres -- the buddy movie.

Crosby and Hope became one of the screen's great couples in a succession of "Road" movies beginning with 1940's "Road to Singapore," which was originally a serious drama called "The Road to Mandalay" that was turned into a comedy first for George Burns and Gracie Allen and then for Jack Oakie and Fred MacMurray, all of whom turned it down.

During the Vietnam War Hope was criticized for being a "hawk" who supported the conflict. But he said he was really a middle-of-the-road supporter who wanted the war to end and even tried twice to visit Hanoi and arrange prisoner releases.

He was born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, Kent, England, the fifth of seven sons of a stonemason. His father moved his family to Cleveland, Ohio, when Hope was 3 to work on a church there.

An often vain man, who some said could never pass a mirror without taking a look, Hope never boasted it was talent that got him to where he was -- as far as he was concerned, timing was everything.

"The only thing I have is timing -- and lots and lots of experience," he once said. "It's not a great talent."

Hope had a singing voice that was no more than mediocre -- but he was called the King of Standup Comedy and he could, with the help of a team of highly paid writers, pour out one-liners fast and with exquisite timing.

Close to 100 people wrote jokes for him, often more than a dozen at a time. Groucho Marx once complained that Hope was not a comic but a translator of what others wrote for him.

In his office in his North Hollywood estate he kept files containing literally millions of jokes -- and he memorized thousands more. Topical one-liners were the basis of his art, and he had been known to telephone his writers just before a performance to demand an instant joke on some new issue.

Typical of his jokes were these samples:

"Where else but in America could the Women's Liberation Movement take off their bras, then go on TV to complain about their lack of support?" (1970)

"I have it on good authority that (Senator Joseph) McCarthy is going to disclose the names of 2 million communists. He has just got his hands on the Moscow telephone directory." (1954)

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By Arthur Spiegelman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Hope, whose death at age 100 was announced on Monday, was the ultimate comedian, a master of timing who turned the one-liner into an art form and became a national institution.

Jailed briefly as a teen-ager for stealing tennis balls, Hope rose through show business ranks to become a close friend of a succession of presidents, including Kennedy, Nixon, Ford and Reagan and built up a personal fortune of at least $200 million.

He often joked that his greatest fear was being hijacked to a country "that never heard of me."

His career -- which included stints as a amateur boxer, minstrel in black face and dancer -- spanned seven decades, in which he starred in five mediums: vaudeville, radio, stage, movies and television.

Virtually running his own joke factory by employing almost 100 writers, Hope was able to draw on a collection of hundreds of thousands of jokes that specialized in sexual double entendres, gags about his nose and lines that paid homage to his decided lack of humility and willingness to con anyone.

An often vain man, who some said could never pass a mirror without taking a look, Hope never boasted it was talent that got him to where he was -- as far as he was concerned, timing was everything.

"The only thing I have is timing -- and lots and lots of experience," he once said. "It's not a great talent."

With his trademark ski-slope nose, Hope was one of the first superstars and one of the 20th century's greatest comedians. He also pioneered with Bing Crosby of one of Hollywood's most enduring genres -- the buddy movie.

Crosby and Hope became one of the screen's great couples in a succession of "Road" movies beginning with 1939's "Road to Singapore," which was originally a serious drama called "The Road to Mandalay" that was turned into a comedy first for George Burns and Gracie Allen and then for Jack Oakie and Fred MacMurray, all of whom turned it down.

Crosby and Hope had appeared on each other's radio programs in which their writers had concocted a comical feud between the two. Crosby said the success of the "Road" pictures centered around the fact "that it seemed easier for our writers to write abusive dialogue than any other kind." Hope played the wise guy who tried in vain to win the girl -- usually Dorothy Lamour -- from Crosby, who always seemed able to outsmart him.

Former Hope writer Larry Gelbart once said Hope "was aware that when vaudeville died, television was the box they put it in. Once he made the V in TV stand for 'variety.' He breathed life into it."

KING OF STANDUP

Hope had passably good looks and a singing voice that was no more than mediocre -- but he was called the King of Standup Comedy and he could, with the help of a team of highly paid writers, pour out one-liners fast and with exquisite timing.

Close to 100 people wrote jokes for him, often more than a dozen at a time. Groucho Marx once complained that Hope was not a comic but a translator of what others wrote for him, according to writer John Lahr in a New Yorker recent article.

In his office in his North Hollywood estate he kept files containing literally millions of jokes -- and he memorized thousands more. Topical one-liners were the basis of his art, and he had been known to telephone his writers just before a performance to demand an instant joke on some new issue.

Typical of his jokes were these samples:

"Where else but in America could the Women's Liberation Movement take off their bras, then go on TV to complain about their lack of support?" (1970)

"I have it on good authority that (Senator Joseph) McCarthy is going to disclose the names of 2 million communists. He has just got his hands on the Moscow telephone directory." (1954)

"Students are revolting all over the world. I don't know what they're revolting about, I just know that they're revolting." (1969)

In his 80s, he said he still worked 200 days a year and expected to live to be 100 -- "As long as I have a theater booking." He would typically give more than 100 performances a year, traveling across America and abroad.

The comedian never really adapted to the changing world. In the 1960s he was criticized by feminists angered by his girl jokes, a staple of his act.

Biographers and others who followed Hope's career have seen in him a driven man who craved the affection redolent in a laughing audience. He also had the reputation of being a womanizer with Lahr saying that Hope's wife of 66 years, Dolores, turning a blind eye to his affairs. Lahr quoted Delores Hope as telling him, "It never bothered me because I thought I was better-looking than anyone else."

Even when a toddler in Cleveland, Ohio, Hope was a mimic. His aunt Polly used to reward him with cookies and, according to one biographer, counseled the tiny hope: "Always leave 'em laughing."

Hope even liked an audience when he was filming, and would invite large numbers of people to sets when making his "Road" movies. In his early days on radio, he insisted on having a live audience for his jokes.

But the audiences he liked best were America's fighting men and women. In World War II, Korea, Vietnam, right up to the 1991 Gulf war, Hope was there, always with his up-to-the-minute jokes and string of beautiful women.

Hope's hair thinned and his jowls and wrinkles were testament to his nonstop lifestyle, but he remained upright and had a lift in his walk, thanks to the exercise he derived from being a fanatical golfer.

From 1941, when the United States entered World War II, Hope entertained in all theaters of operation, a super-patriot plugging the American way of life amid a barrage of jokes.

VIETNAM WAR

During the Vietnam war he was criticized for being a "hawk" who supported the conflict. But Hope said he was really a middle-of-the-road supporter who wanted the war ended and even tried twice to visit Hanoi and arrange prisoner releases. His support of the Vietnam war played a major part in eroding his national reputation with many Americans questioning whether he was funny any more.

The "Bob Hope Christmas Show," filmed while the comedian was entertaining servicemen, was usually the highest-rated television special of the year during the Vietnam war. Some saw Hope as a political right-winger. He once said he felt he had to openly take sides on major issues.

But he also said he had wanted to campaign for President Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, but the head of the toothpaste firm sponsoring his radio show had told him: "Republicans clean their teeth as well, you know."

He was a friend of presidents. Republican President Richard Nixon attended the weddings of two of Hope's four adopted children and the comedian was a close friend of Republican Ronald Reagan, with whom he shared a Hollywood background.

Hope received 49 honorary degrees and more than 700 awards for humanitarian and professional efforts, including presidential medals of merit. In 1952 he received a Hollywood Oscar "for his contribution to the laughter of the world."

But the devoted American was born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, Kent, England, the fifth of seven sons of a stonemason. His father moved his family to Cleveland, Ohio, when Hope was three to work on a church there.

Hope took up amateur boxing as a youth, fighting under the name Packy East, then switched to dancing. He worked as an

assistant to an elder brother, a butcher, while earning $5 a night as a black-faced singing and dancing partner in a club.

After years of touring in stage acts, Hope became one of the stars of the Jerome Kern show "Roberta" in New York in 1933.

A friend took Hope to a nightclub where Dolores Reade was singing. She accepted his invitation to see his show, The following year they married.

Hope's big break came in 1938 when he was given his own radio show, "The Bob Hope Show," which ran for 15 years, and his first starring role in a film, "The Big Broadcast of 1938." In that film, Hope sang what was to become his theme song, "Thanks for the Memory."

First of all, Thanks Monique. I'll check into the back issue.

Now, looking at the list. Some of these are not westerns. Maybe, I need to understand the defination of a western, before I start to voice my opinion. I don't agree with a few listed. I can't believe that McCloud was listed as a western when most of the series took place in New York City. I know he wore a cowboy hat, but so what! Even though I would accept Giant more than I would McCloud, that wasn't what I consider a western either.

This isn't a listing for AFI is it? Interesting list. I'd have to look at it carefully before commenting any futher.

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What issue and date was that interview with Duke. I'd like to order any back issues of that if possible. Magazines have back issues all the time, but with Duke, I bet they don't. Thanks for the info.

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Frankly I'm surprise that no one mentioned, Jean Auther in Lady Takes a Chance, and Donna Reed in Trouble Along the Way. These ladies were very classy and great with Duke. Anyway, I just wanted to mention these ladies.

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