Hi all, I have been a member of this site for a little while, but haven't put anything on the message board and I feel its time I told you a bit about myself. My real name is Clive, I am 42 years old and live in the U.K. I have been a fan of John Wayne as far back as I can remember, after sitting watching the Saturday afternoon films with my dad, a in them days they nearly always had a John Wayne film on. I am the owner of the yahoo website called johnwaynefans which I was a moderator since 1999. My friend Clay Perkins owned the site and we ran the club together until he passed away on 6th March 2006. I know a few of the member here, know the site and have had a chat with him in the past. On the yahoo site I post every two weeks a film fact for a John Wayne film, it has been warmly welcombed by the members who enjoy reading them. Chester got in touch with me recently and asked if he could post them on this site, which I agreed and that the next time I put on a film fact for the yahoo site, I will add it to this site as well. He also mentioned to me about my other hero, The Saint, and told me that Leslie Charteris, the author of the Saint books was married to Audrey Long who was in the John Wayne film Tall in The Saddle. I told Chester that recently I have found another hero, with a small connection to John Wayne and that is the Matt Helm series of books by Donald Hamilton. In nearly all his books, Donald Hamilton mentions John Wayne, so I assume by that, that he too was a John Wayne fan. I look forward to talking to you in the future and I hope that you get a chance to look at the film facts I post. Thanks again for letting me join the club. Clive.
