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    I think they’re all invested in making money off the Duke via merchandising on their Facebook page; most of which frankly I’m unimpressed with.

  • The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

    Thanks for making my point for me.


    BTW if you aren’t aware of people having siblings much older than them I guess you haven’t grown up around many large families. There are two friends of mine who have nieces and nephews older than they are so to me an 18 year old with a 40 year old brother is nothing out of the ordinary.

  • The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

    Quote from MichaelHarrison

    Dean Martin was not believable as one of the brothers as he was clearly Italian.

    I don’t get this statement. How was Dean Martin “clearly Italian “? His accent sounds pretty American to me. I never saw a single strand of spaghetti in his teeth in any movie he ever played in. If by your statement you meant that he seemed to portray a certain warmth and zest for life yeah I’ll give you that.


    I grew up with people who were clearly Italian, my grandfather’s people being from Abruzzi. I’ve known “clearly Italian” people who are 5 ft. tall, olive skinned with dark eyes and I’ve known “clearly Italian” people who are 6 ft. 8, blonde haired and blue eyed so frankly there is only one basis I can think of for your statement.


    Would you say that Kirk Douglas is clearly Russian Jewish or that Mike Connors is clearly Armenian?


    By the way Dean was born in Steubenville, Ohio. The city’s pretty proud of that fact as there is a sign boasting of it as you enter town. And for what it’s worth his son Dean Paul gave the full measure of service to his country as a fighter pilot; dying in a F4 that went down in a snow storm over the San Bernardino Mountains.

  • Hellfighters (1969)

    I was a big Red Adair fan growing up as a kid in the Oil Capital of the World.


    I always enjoyed this movie. Plus my dad working in the oil industry we had some interesting discussions around the oil production issues they dealt with in the movie, ie sour gas wells and how blow out preventers work.

  • Hello Strangers

    I agree Robbie! Seems when we lost some of the elders, many of whom like Chili Bill had first hand knowledge of Duke, the dialogue ebbed off.


    I’ve noticed the official JW Facebook page seems to be more about marketing than anything else. In fact it’s interesting sometimes when they throw something up there saying “this is a JW authentic yudda yudda.” I can hear Chili Bill saying “Naw not so much.”


    Wishing everyone here a good upcoming Thanksgiving!

  • Duke's Movie Horses

    From what I’ve read, Hawks wanted Duke to ride Cochise because the horse was trained to back. Not all horses know how to do this.


    My grandpa had a horse who could back but none of his other horses could.


    The command is to pull back on the reins while you tap the horse’s sides with your heals.


    You’ll see Duke do this in the scene where they back out of the ranch.