Posts from Nathan in thread „Chisum (1970)“

President Nixon gives his opinion here on, firstly, ‘Chisum;’ and, secondly, Westerns:

“I wondered why it is that the western survives year after year after year. A good western will outdraw some of the other subjects. Perhaps one of the reasons, in addition to the excitement, the gunplay, and the rest, which perhaps is part of it but they can get that in other kinds of movies but one of the reasons is, perhaps, and this may be a square observation–is that the good guys come out ahead in the westerns; the bad guys lose.”

The John Wayne Western movie Richard Nixon used for his own political ends

John Wayne starred in a Western classic that President Richard Nixon ending up using for his own political ends.

www.express.co.uk

A nice article and trailer here, published this week:

… “Returning late to his hotel, Duke found a message from a woman who said her little girl lay critically ill in a local hospital. The woman wrote, ‘It would mean so much to her if you could pay her just a brief visit.’

“At 3 o'clock in the morning he took off for the hospital where he visited the astonished child and every other patient on the hospital floor who happened to be awake”…

John Wayne’s amazing kindness at 3am after attending Chisum premiere

John Wayne showed incredible generosity at 3am, following his Dallas premiere of Chisum back in 1970.

www.express.co.uk