Posts from arthurarnell in thread „Books on Duke- Past Discussion (Archive)“

Hi ITDO

I'm looking at that article as I'm writing this. This is one of the reasons I posted recently early magazine articles about Duke. In a Picturegoer magazine there is an article 'The Star Who Never Wayne's'.
Despite the fact that the stars relied on their public relations the pictures are good particularly in Picture Show and there are some brilliant ones of John Wayne in the Conqueror, with Larrain Day in Tycoon, Janet Leigh in Jet Pilot and Lauren Bacall in Blood Alley.

Oh to be young again

Regards

Arthur

Hi

On a more cheerful note some more books in which John Wayne Features:-

Picture Show Annual 1956

Picture Show Annual 1957 - Article on The Conqueror

Picture Show Annual 1956 - articles on John Wayne and Stagecoach

The Film Review (undated) - Maurice Speed - full colour picture John Wayne and Larraine Day -Tycoon

Film Review (undated) - Maurice Speed - full colour picture John Wayne Lauren Bacall - Blood Alley

Boys Cinema Annual 1950 - Red River

Picturegoer 1957-58 Article on John Wayne titled 'The Star That Never Waynes'

Regards

Arthur

The Film Show Annual 1956-7

Hi
A couple of week ago I bought THE JOHN WAYNE STORY by George Carpozi off ebay.
bought it because it goes towards the set.

However I think it must be one of the worst books ever written on John Wayne.
As ITDO stated in one of the first posts on this subject Capozi didn't like Duke but that is no excuse for the number of inaccuracies that the book contains i.e claiming that the first marriage between John Wayne and Josephine was not a problem as they were both Catholic.

What is worse is that two Heavyweight John Wayne Books - Prophet of the American Way of Life and John Wayne Actor Artist and Hero use Carpozi's book as reference although this does go some way to explaining how John Wayne was supposed to have appeared in Melody Ranch.

Regards

Arthur

Hi again

One other book ITDO might like about Marlene Dietrich

DIETRICH
By Donald Sproto
Published by Corgi Books 1992
pp 189-90, 194-5, 204, 207-8, 290

regard
Arthur

Hi Hondo
You'll like those books they are very good.

I have just gone through my library other J.W related books are:

HOWARD HUGHES - THE UNTOLD STORY
by Peter Harry Brown and Pat H Broeske.
Published by Little Brown Books 1996

JW is mentioned on pages 239, 255, 282, 289, 391, 392,393,
One part refers to the making of Jet Pilot and tells how the film started filming in 1949, they were still filming in 1951 and because of Hughes indeciviness, he couldn't dtop tinkering with the aviation scenes - the film was not released until 1957 and looked outdated.
It also mentions that when 'The Conqueror' came out the audience howled but Hughes was so delighted that he bought the film outright.

JOAN CRAWFORD - THE LAST WORD
By Fred Lawrence Guiles
Published Pavilion Books 1995

JW is mentioned on pg 139,201
But don't buy the book if you want to learn anything about Duke other than Crawford apparantly despised him because he did not join up.

LOUISE BROOKS
By Barry Paris
Published by Hamish Hamilton London
pp 223, 282-4 412n refer

Louis Brooks making her Hollywood comeback made her final film opposite J.W.

Other related book including John Wayne
Wild West Movis - Kim Newman
The BFI Companion to the Western
The Hollywood WEestern - William K. Everson
The Western |Film Anual Vol 1 - Maurice speed
The Western Film Annual vol 2 - Maurice Speed
The Western Film Annual Vol 3 - Maurice Speed

John Wayne crops up in WILDEST WESTERNS in nearly every edition.

Incidentally can anyone tell me if the magazine TRAIL DUST is still going I used to collect it until a couple of years ago when they moved and I don't knoe if its still going. I thought that was a brilliant magazine.

Regards
Arthur

Hi all,
Looking through to answer a question on another post. I found yet another book on Stagecoach very interesting 95 pages, published by the British Film Institue under BFI Classics.

Stagecoach - Edward Buscombe published BFI publishing (1992) and available from 21 Stephen Street, LondonWIP 1PL

Hi Hondo,
The book you are referring to is in my last but one post and the book you have all been discussing at great length, dealing with the plot to assassinate JW.

One other book to add I think its not been covered before

'Them Ornery Mitchum Boys' by John Mitchum.

Very interesting book covering his role in EL Dorado with a humuorous story of the woodsplinters in the saloon scene.

And in depth coverage of the writing and making of 'America Why I love Her'

As an aside I wrote to John Mitchum some years ago and he sent me two autographed photos one of him as seen in the CD of America Why I love Her and the other as a deputy sherriff playing cards with Bruce Cabot, Glenn Corbett and Robert Donner.
I obviously never knew him but he seemed to me to be a perfect gentleman.

Best Regards

Arhur

Hi again
Christmas has come and gone and although I haven't had a chance to read it yet I have one small addition to make.It's a text book from YORK film notes entitled STAGECOACH. It is an 88 page text book written by acknowledged experts on film and media and ideal for A level and undergraduate media students. The general editor is Peter Bunten Head of English and Drama Tupton Hall School Chesterfield. The book gives

Film Reviews

Background to the film

Biographiesd of key players

Form and Narrative

Style and Technique

Culture and Cinematic contexts

Bibliography for further study

Glossary of cinematic terms.

The book is available from

York Press
322 Old Brompton Road
London SW5 9JH
Price £5.99

First indications appear that it is an interesting book well suitable for the serious JW historian.

Another book that briefly mentions John Wayn is 'RADICAL HOLLYWOOD - THE UNTOLD STORY By Paul Buhle and Dave Wagner.
This book deals with the Communists and Left leaning artists in Hollywood during the 1930s and 40s culminating in the Blacklist era. Page 236 deals with the Director Edward Dmytryk and the making of 'Back to Bataan'

BOOK ON DIRECTORS INVOLVING JW[U]

One additional book I should have included in my last:-

HOWARD HAWKS - THE GREY FOX OF HOLLYWOOD - Todd McCarthy
(Grove Press New York 1997)
A great book dealing at length with Dukes relationships with his co-workers some of whom he got on with, and some whom he didn't. Great in depth narrative of the making of Hatari

Hi
To add to your list
FILMS ABOUT JOHN WAYNE

JOHN WAYNE PROPHET OF THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE - EMANUEL LEVY
(Scarecrow Press 1988)
A heavyweight book dealing at length with all of Duke's films by genre.

JOHN WAYNE ACTOR ARTIST AND HERO - Richard D McGhee
(McFarland and Co 1990)
Another interesting book going deeper into Duke's personna comparing him at the time with soldiers in the time of the Vietnam conflict.

JOHN WAYNE A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY - Judith M.Riggin
(Greenwood Press 1992)
A strange book which lists nearly every book written about Duke up to that time and gives a complete version of the playboy interview

THE ULTIMATE JOHN WANE TRIVIA BOOK - Alvin H.Marill
Citadel Press 1996
A must for all Duke fans.

A TRIBUTE TO JOHN WAYNE - Editor Peter R.A.Fryd
One of many brochure published after Dukes death.

JOHN WAYNE THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH -Michael Nunn
Robson Books 2003
The latest book as far as I know, drawing on the authors conversation with Duke in London whilst making Brannigan and subsequent telephone and personal conversations with many of his co stars. It is this book that reveals the Communist plot to assasinate Duke in the 1950s and 60s. I have just finished it and it is quite a good read.

BOOK ON DIRECTORS

SEARCHING FOR JOHN FORD - Joseph McBride
(St Martins Press 2003)
Another heavyweight book but very interesting reveals some unusual facts and destroys some legends.

JOHN FORD - Joseph McBride and Michael Wilmington
(Martin Secker and Warburg 1974)
Begins with Ford's funeral.

BOOKS BY OTHER ACTORS ETC

JAMES STEWART - Donald Dewy
(Little Brown and Company) 1996

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HOLLYWOOD - Jessee L. Lasky Jr.
(Funk and Wagnells New York 1975)
Deals a great length with the autors relationship with Cecil B DeMille but includes a chapter on the Making of Reap the Wild Wind and reveals that the squid scene was an afterthought virtually made up on the spur of the moment to appease DeMilles anger and provide an ending to the film.