This is what amazed me as I discovered more of the Duke's less well known films.
Island in the sky, which I'd never seen until a year ago, went straight into my top 10 Duke films!
Shame the networks don't show the rarer titles as some are fantastic!
If you haven't seen it check out "Tall in the Saddle", one of my favorites.
Chester 
My father was chosen by Ernie Gann to fly in Island In the Sky. He wrote some interesting accounts of making the movie. Is there someone who might be interested in this? I've transcribed his journal into WORD and could attach it if anyone's interested. Let me know.
I don't know if THIS is the story to which Tabitha was referring, but I noticed she had made only two posts, and in her other post (way back when, in the Duke Stories thread - I missed it the first time around) was a link which led me to the one above. INTERESTING story about this film, by someone who "was there."
Well, Chester's little 'mistake' did get me to reading this thread from the beginning, which then led me to the link in our previous post, above, which is still a good link AND interesting reading as well!
Another thing i don't understand, Why is it some of his movies, ( like this one ) are RARELEY seen on tv? My Dad ( who is 80 years old and a big JW fan ) until recently has never seen this movie before! He said, he thought he'd seen them all! They go back before the DVD era, so if they don't show it on tv, you don't see it. I'd like to see AMC or some western channel, devote one day or even one afternoon a week just for JW movies! Rotate them, so there's always a different one on! I think it would be a BIG HIT!
wtrayah, I couldn't agree with you more! There are SO many more JW movies available than are shown on TV, like this one, that plenty of folks would watch (I think). We don't have cable, so I'm not sure which movies are usually on. Are there any black and white ones? Maybe that has something to do with it?
Mrs. C 
It is indeed a poster for High and the Mighty!!!
Jim?
Hey, a guy can be a little 
sleepy, can't he?
My mistake, but I did get your attention. . .
Chester
To bad all you folks don't live closer, as, Island in the Sky is going to be shown where I work, the San Francisco International Airport, in their Museum, two weeks from tonight. Here is their flyer. . . .
My father was chosen by Ernie Gann to fly in Island In the Sky. He wrote some interesting accounts of making the movie. Is there someone who might be interested in this? I've transcribed his journal into WORD and could attach it if anyone's interested. Let me know.
I don't know if THIS is the story to which Tabitha was referring, but I noticed she had made only two posts, and in her other post (way back when, in the Duke Stories thread - I missed it the first time around) was a link which led me to the one above. INTERESTING story about this film, by someone who "was there."
Chester
Check out the expression on Duke's face on this poster for Island in the Sky.
Tabitha,
We, too, welcome you to the John Wayne Message Board!
I can't imagine there would be anyone here who wouldn't be interested in your father's account, and think Keith's suggestion of perhaps cutting and pasting into this thread is a good one.
Welcome, and we look forward to hearing from you soon.
Chester and the Mrs.
We did a search for Island in the Sky through this message board's search engine, and came up with 551 references. Many of them are in the threads about The High and the Mighty.
Anybody who wants to go back and sift through this "ancient history" can check HERE.
Because of last year's much anticipated release of this film, it is very available, from all the "usual" internet sources, as well as every store that sells DVDs. :lol:
Chester
