John Wayne really only played one character in every movie that he made. He played John Wayne and did it with such style that there will never be anyone close to him. The only movie of his that I thought was miscast was "The Conqueror" in which he played Temujin (aka Genghis Khan). It was actually funny in a way from beginning to end since the dialogue was almost Shakespearean in character and the Duke, bless his soul, never deviated from the old John Wayne drawl. Still it was entertaining.
You hit the nail on the head.... each movie from the 60s and 70s were all made using the same "formula." And every one of them are classics. He used a lot of the same actors in them too. I remember going to the drive-in in 1970 to see "Hell Fighters." I wish I could find that movie online again... Yes, I said a drive-in movie. If you were in genZ, don't worry about it, you missed them. Every high school kid's on the weekend included a drive in with beer from someone's dad's stash in the garage.. lol
The biggest failing in Hollywood was in not recognizing John's talent as an actor while he was active. He was so natural and graceful in his performances that people said he wasn't a good actor, when the opposite was true. If you can see an actor acting then they ain't doing their job. He should have been nominated for the Searchers and a number of other pictures.
That’s because he was from a different time, a time that Tom Brokaw calls The Greatest Generation. Some of the greatest citizenry the world has ever known were products of this time in History.
So true. I think my first experience with fear was on a open boat when lightning showed up, and me and my friend were 150 meter or something away from landing it. But yeah i shock with fear. I think if you can just get up and do something despite the fear, it makes you more a man (well not for me i was a friggin coward then, but it was a good life lesson)
I don't want to ruin it for you - but John Wayne actually met Wyatt Earp and after talking to him and watching him walk he copied his every move. What you are seeing is Wyatt Earp move and talk, John Wayne decided if a real life tough guy used those mannerism - so could he.
@@SGTJDerek I agree with every one you mentioned but Tom Selleck wishes he was on par with the Duke just cause he was in westerns too doesnt mean he was ever on dukes level. Selleck is more like a daytime television duke lol
@@SGTJDerek Jon Voight has the same patriotic attitude in my opinion. But there are certainly precious few. Even Clint Eastwood has drifted somewhat to the dark side in recent years.
Interesting to note that John Wayne's passion project was the Alamo which he directed and produced and he wasn't really that interested in being in the maiden star and he was going to be in a cameo appearance of Sam Houston but producers coerced him into playing the lead role of Davy Crockett.
"McClintock" was John Wayne at his funniest. "The Shootist" was John Wayne at his most vulnerable. John Wayne's death in that movie mirrors his real life death. I hope this last 40 years have been peaceful for him.
@@JMS849 Even if they don't, the statement still rings true... John Wayne suffered greatly for the last few years of his life, went through many operations, had a lot of pain... so even if there is no life after death, the Duke isn't suffering anymore, so one could still say for the last 40+ years he has been at peace. No more suffering.
What hero??? He chickened out of the war, unlike other Hollywood stars, like Clark Gable and Jimmy Stewart. He was worried about the Red Scare but should have been concerned with the Yellow Streak!!! Just sayin'...
It takes a Master Artist to make it seem like they are not acting. John Wayne was a Master Artist in his field, never to be repeated. GOD BLESS YOU PILGRIM.
@Leo Peridot with all due respect to you but he deviate....a lot! Ethan Edwards is miles apart from Rooster Cogburn who is miles apart from the Shootist. Like Fonda and Tracey, he was a "personality actor" so yes there always a bit of "him" in his roles but not the same person.
My 6 year old granddaughter loves rio bravo and mcclintock. I have a video of her singing my rifle my pony and me at 3 years old. She knows every word. She still goes to sleep watching Mcclintock every night.
John Wayne was more than just a western hollywood icon of his time. John Wayne was and is, even in eternal rest (Amen!) just what the Great U.S. of A has, and should always be.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 TOTALLY AWESOME AND GREATLY LOVED AND RESPECTED!!! What an outstanding role model and American actor!!! God Bless the Duke.😀😉😁 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸!!!
It's only missing "The Searchers", "El Dorado"..."Hondo"..."The War Wagon"..."Liberty Valance"..."Stagecoach"..."The Green Berets"..."Rooster Cogburn)and the Lady)"...but that's what vol. II is for...
On May 26, 2020 John Wayne would have been 113. He was bigger than life on the big screen. But there was a movie in which he had one line only. In The Greatest Story Ever Told, he played the Centurion at the foot of the cross. His line was, "truly, this man was the Son of God." The movie is a Hollywood version of the many stories of the Bible.
I just love The Duke. My mother loved him. Someone once told me, the only reason he didn't win more awards is because he wasn't acting. What you saw was the man himself. He was proud to be an American. I love the westerns ,war pictures all of them.
Dorothy Coker True he was brilliant in that manner he didn't have to really act he was just more or less himself my Grandfather got me addicted to John Wayne and im only 15
I remember this story of Mr. Wayne and Frank Sonatra. The two famously hated eachother, so it was a cruel twist from fate that put Wayne' hotel room the floor above Sonatra's late night room party. When repeated complaint calls to the hotel management only resulted in an increase in volume, he went downstairs to sort it out himself. When Sonatra answered the door, Wayne gave him his rightfully owned piece of his mind. Sonatra's bodyguard took offense with the classic "Hey! you cant talk to him that way!" and moving in for the intimidating staredown Wayne left, but not before knocking the guard's jaw into orbit and crashing the nearest chair over the guy's head. Wayne wasn't an actor, he was a cowboy with a camera crew.
Leonard Malton once said "the thing missing from most westerns is John Wayne"' so true. People forget that he was not a real cowboy. He was an outstanding actor who studied his craft. He was as good, natural, instinctive, and talented asCooper, Tracey, and Fonda yet never gets credit because like them he made it look easy. Too many reviewed his politics (which even as a Canadian I agree with) and not his work. Just look at the Searchers and then True Grit. The man had range! A great actor and my hero.....always
Poor great actor Robert Duvall had to be the object of one of the greatest western lines that ever came out of John Wayne's mouth: "Fill your hands you son of a bitch." You can become a legendary actor just for having someone like Wayne say that to you in a film like True Grit. Somehow I knew way back then that Duvall would be one of the greats as well, and in westerns he did.
I had one, a black lab named Sarge, but he also liked to chase cars. An asshole purposely swerved to hit him, almost hit my son in the process, then drove away like a coward. I still watch for that slag to drive down my road, Sarge died 8 years ago. And that slag has not driven down my road since!
You forgot some. "CURLY! Don't say it's a fine morning or I'll shoot you." "I refuse to stand here and hold a midnight conversation with an intoxicated man. I am not intoxicated......yet!"
Rember a lot of the Westerns he made. I so them with my mom and dad. My dad past away for a couple a months agoe. Sometimes we talked about John Wayne and the good times we had watching his movies with mom. Miss them.
I remember growing up watching a bunch of John Wayne movies including just about every single one of these shown in these clips. McClintock and Rio Bravo being two of my favorites along with in Old California.
My dad loved John Wayne, , thanks for making these collections, i wanted to see what my Dad liked about him but for me, it's hard to sit through his movies.
My grandpa is was John Wayne when I was a little kid and he always makes me to watch it growing up and that's how I was really watching John Wayne Mozzy kid until he passed away and that's how I've always liked watching John Wayne and that's how I go down to watching John Wayne growing up and I love watching your own way now I love watching over John but John Wayne's always been the greatest and I've always known growing up and he's always going to be the greatest as I go on forward John Wayne's always the great this is I've always known him
I would've liked to have seen some from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. And Bruce Dern had a hard time living down being the first one to shoot John Wayne in the back and killing him.
No, I wouldn't say his death was the cause of it either. But his death sure made people more aware of the hole he left behind & the fact that a hero like him can't save us either. Could we use a positive & iconic image as him today? Hell freakin' yeah!
kettch777 ... Jon Erik Hexum comes to mind. IIRC, Brandon Lee took a live round that was supposed to be a blank, unless I'm thinking about some TV episode. Since I wasn't sure about the circumstances, I googled Brandon Lee's death and learned the facts. Very freak accident that I can certainly understand because I have done some experiments with blanks and firing projectiles from a revolver. In the case of Lee, a mistake in the prop department led to the tragic accident. Someone had made "dummy" cartridges by pulling bullets and dumping the powder before returning the bullets to the cases. Something seems fishy about the story, but it's officially an accident. Anyway, the dummy cartridge had a live primer and the gun was fired, shoving the bullet into the rear of the barrel where it has a tapered section called the forcing cone. Apparently, the primer was strong enough to push the bullet through the forcing cone. It was probably nearly flush at the rear of the barrel. After the bullet was lodged in the barrel, blank cartridges were loaded for a shooting scene. Sadly, no one was aware of the situation and when the actor fired the revolver, the blank cartridge launched the bullet with enough energy to penetrate Lee's abdomen, wounding him too severely to save. There was probably a delay in responding to the emergency due to not realizing what happened until real blood became apparent. Even then, they probably wouldn't have realized it was a bullet strike. The actor probably wasn't familiar with recoil vs blank firing. Hopefully, Lee's death has led to much stricter safety requirements for firearms handling in movie making. Coincidentally, both actors were killed with .44 Magnum caliber handguns. Maybe Smith and Wesson model 29 revolvers. Hexum thought the blanks were safe to fire in any fashion and in an attempt to make a joke, he put the muzzle to his temple and pulled the trigger. The blast sent skull fragments deep into his brain, killing him almost instantly. Even though he had no chance for survival, attempts to save him were made for hours and several days passed before he was declared brain dead. His organs were donated to several recipients and he was cremated and scattered to the world.
As many years as it's been, something over 40 years since my dad took me to the movie theatre to see True Grit. To this day I can still recall the dialog between Marshall Cogburn and Lucky Ned Pepper. This proves to me at least that, great movies leave great impressions that can be life long. I believe that was in 1970, and I was about 10 years old.
