John Wayne - Did you know...?

[KIR]

 

[JAYDAWG]

https://portofpa.com/marine/john-wayne-marina/
Bet not many here knew this about him.
Old timers around here talk about seeing the Wild Goose out Salmon fishing.
One old guy told me he was invited aboard to talk fishing because "The Duke"
saw him out fishing him!!!
Stories grow.......!

Cheers,
JAYDAWG

 

[RC44Mag]

Great list KIR. one story about him I saw on the history channel a couple years ago. He was a young man trying to break into acting and hooked a gofer job at one of the studios. He was sitting at the chow hall one day with an old man who was involved with making a western and they were chatting and he found out pretty soon the old guy was Wyatt Earp. He was hired as an expert for the movie details or something like that. He ended up picking up some of Earps mannerisms to use in his pictures. It obviously worked.

 

[Guv]

The country has changed since his passing.
Holly Wood is nothing but a bunch of clowns.

 

[wproct]

The country has changed since his passing.
Holly Wood is nothing but a bunch of clowns.

A lot of things have changed. Another guy that I liked and had tremendous respect for was Lee Marvin. He was the real deal, nothing phony about him. You could hear his voice blindfolded and you would know exactly who was talking.

 

[ex13F]

The country has changed since his passing.

 

[steveodtw]

#2 After Duke's Singin' Sandy roles, it's surprising there ever was another singing cowboy movie.
I just watched "Long Voyage Home" (1940), a John Wayne movie I had never heard of. A very unique John Wayne film.

 

[caryc]

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Oh about #20...I remember when I first got to boot camp, one of the guys asked if it was OK to wear a watch. He was told, "it's ok as long as you don't wear it like a pu$$ey with the crystal on the inside".

 

[davevabch]

Oh about #20...I remember when I first got to boot camp, one of the guys asked if it was OK to wear a watch. He was told, "it's ok as long as you don't wear it like a pu$$ey with the crystal on the inside".

So did you turn it around?

 

[wproct]

Talking about western heroes singing, does anyone else remember Tex Ritter?

 

[davevabch]

New Sheriff coming to Town. WARRIOR SHERIFF!

 

[caryc]

https://portofpa.com/marine/john-wayne-marina/
Bet not many here knew this about him.
Old timers around here talk about seeing the Wild Goose out Salmon fishing.
One old guy told me he was invited aboard to talk fishing because "The Duke"
saw him out fishing him!!!
Stories grow.......!

Cheers,
JAYDAWG

So did you turn it around?

Thank you so much for the insult but I didn't wear a watch. You just don't give up do you? You're just getting rather boring now.

 

[caryc]

When I was stationed on the USS Bryce Canyon, we went into a dry dock in Long Beach for some work. In the smaller dry dock right next to us was John Wayne's mine sweeper "Wild Goose". They were ripping the super structure off of it and turning it into a pleasure boat. I'm sure they were working below decks also be we couldn't see what all they were doing. I'm sure Wayne was there at times but we never saw him. He must have had a fortune invested in that boat. Just putting the thing into a dry dock would have busted my budget.

 

[Colonialgirl]

And IF you fly into the airport in Orange County California, YOU WILL BE LANDING AT:

JOHN WAYNE Airport !!

 

[ex13F]

 

[Watertender]

#2 After Duke's Singin' Sandy roles, it's surprising there ever was another singing cowboy movie.
I just watched "Long Voyage Home" (1940), a John Wayne movie I had never heard of. A very unique John Wayne film.

John Qualen was hired to teach John Wayne the accent for the movie. Ward Bond was also in it. John Ford produced it and right now it's on TCM on demand. It's one of my favorite films

 

[el caminero]

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Budgie merideth in a twilight zone episode
"Somewhere, along the line, there's been a...deviation...in the norm"

 

[el caminero]

Oh about #20...I remember when I first got to boot camp, one of the guys asked if it was OK to wear a watch. He was told, "it's ok as long as you don't wear it like a pu$$ey with the crystal on the inside".

The only ones i knew who turned theirs face-in, said tunnel rats (think "ku chi") did that, and that was to keep the glow from being seen, and the crystal from being "grinded-up".

 

[g5m]

He and Dizzy Dean used to go bird hunting on my uncle's place in AZ. He liked it so much that he bought a ranch nearby for raising cattle.

 

[steveodtw]

And IF you fly into the airport in Orange County California, YOU WILL BE LANDING AT:

JOHN WAYNE Airport !!

I hope they still have his statue there.

 

[Johnny-Baseball]

The only ones i knew who turned theirs face-in, said tunnel rats (think "ku chi") did that, and that was to keep the glow from being seen, and the crystal from being "grinded-up".

I also would wear the crystal on the inside of my wrist, with electrical tape covering it, whenever I was climbing trees/telephone poles (to string data cable, while in the USAF). didn't want to take it off because our local "assistants" tended to have sticky fingers.

 

[Bob Wright]

Talking about western heroes singing, does anyone else remember Tex Ritter?

One of my favorites. He was on a bill with Johnny Cash here in Memphis. The night I intended to attend, a family menber had their house burn. This in a distant town and we left for that emergency.

But of my collection of western/cowboy songs, ol' Tex is prominent.

Tex was once on a plane that was hijacked to Cuba. He also ran for either senator or govenor from Tennessee.

 

[el caminero]

I also would wear the crystal on the inside of my wrist, with electrical tape covering it, whenever I was climbing trees/telephone poles (to string data cable, while in the USAF). didn't want to take it off because our local "assistants" tended to have sticky fingers.

I have turned mine inside out for protection of crystal, and never thought i was upsetting some twit. Long before i ever knew of tunnelrats or met one.

 

[caryc]

I have turned mine inside out for protection of crystal, and never thought i was upsetting some twit. Long before i ever knew of tunnelrats or met one.

I hear that there was a lot of people in Vietnam that didn't want to meet a tunnelrat. When they did meet one, they never met anyone else again.

 

[MaxMan]

And IF you fly into the airport in Orange County California, YOU WILL BE LANDING AT:

JOHN WAYNE Airport !!

They haven't changed it yet?

 

[el caminero]

I hear that there was a lot of people in Vietnam that didn't want to meet a tunnelrat. When they did meet one, they never met anyone else again.

Ah, yes, that would depend on whose tunnelrat, of course...

 

[freakindawgen]

I'm living in Iowa near his birthplace. Read an article that he was offered the lead on Lonesome Dove. He turned it down. Love the Duke and his movies,he had his iconic acting but I don't think it would have worked in Lonsome Dove. At least now being movie was epic, I tried to imagine him as Gus.....

 

[3manfan]

A lot of things have changed. Another guy that I liked and had tremendous respect for was Lee Marvin. He was the real deal, nothing phony about him. You could hear his voice blindfolded and you would know exactly who was talking.

I too, also liked Lee. Here's my story about meeting him if you want it:
I grew up in Miami from age 5 (1969) & by my mid-teens, had fallen in with the neighborhood miscreants & was definitely headed down the wrong path. I was one of two of my running buddies who hadn't been arrested (yet) so Dad read the tea leaves & in 1980, he shipped me off to a boarding school in Sedona, AZ, Verde Valley School. This was (is) an international college preparatory / vocational / outdoors / arts / focused school started in 1948, formed to give teens a well rounded introduction to their upcoming adult life & personal responsibilities as well as academic achievement. It's always had a very small student body (124 when I was there) with dorm living & the added responsibility of operating all aspects & functions of the campus along side the live-in faculty. Town trips 2 twice a week for several hours, otherwise all time was spent on the campus. I hated being shipped away but once I got there, I found it awesome & in one of the most beautiful settings in the world, Sedona. Sadly, the school has since gone woke. Dad said later in life that he just wanted to get me out of Miami & away from the knuckleheads I'd fallen in with. A fellow old Army buddy of his recommended VVS, he wasn't sending me there for the fine curriculum.

Anyway, the place wasn't cheap (I'm surprised Dad spent the tuition money on me) & there was no lack of 'rich kids' from California & the arts & the acting presence was fairly heavy. One of the kids who was a Senior was John Bick, a son of Louise Fletcher of One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest, etc.
The story on campus then was, that Lousie Flecther was trying to get son John interested in acting & talked her buddy, Lee Marvin (who was out on the press junket for The Big Red One at the time) into visiting the school while he had a press appearance break in the Fall of 1980. We got a couple days notice that he was coming & of course the campus was all a-buzz. VVS has a fairly large dedicated auditorium & Lee took the stage alone one evening & spoke for about an hour. After it concluded, we all dispersed & shortly afterwards I ended up in the common room of one of the girl's dorms. About 20 of us were there, engaged in teenage matters, when who strides in a bit later......Lee Marvin. He said he "wanted a look at the campus & dorms, this was a pretty cool school". He took a seat just to my right, his knee banging mine in the now crampt room. I was a bit star struck & he shot the you-know-what with us for about a half hour. VVS was quite lenient in it's rules & smoking by the students was allowed along with other adult 'liberties'. I pulled out my pack of smokes & was about to fire one up when Lee fixed me with his steely squint & hit me with "Your Momma know you smoke, boy?" I said "Yes Sir!" & sparked it up. He added "Okay, that's good......give me one of those Marlboros then!" So, long story short....I had the honor of spending some time with him, gave him one of my smokes & lit it for him. As he left, he stood & shook hands with all of us, wishing us luck in school & life. That was a cool night. He was in person, exactly as he was in his movies......gruff & direct.

 

[wproct]

I too, also liked Lee. Here's my story about meeting him if you want it:
I grew up in Miami from age 5 (1969) & by my mid-teens, had fallen in with the neighborhood miscreants & was definitely headed down the wrong path. I was one of two of my running buddies who hadn't been arrested (yet) so Dad read the tea leaves & in 1980, he shipped me off to a boarding school in Sedona, AZ, Verde Valley School. This was (is) an international college preparatory / vocational / outdoors / arts / focused school started in 1948, formed to give teens a well rounded introduction to their upcoming adult life & personal responsibilities as well as academic achievement. It's always had a very small student body (124 when I was there) with dorm living & the added responsibility of operating all aspects & functions of the campus along side the live-in faculty. Town trips 2 twice a week for several hours, otherwise all time was spent on the campus. I hated being shipped away but once I got there, I found it awesome & in one of the most beautiful settings in the world, Sedona. Sadly, the school has since gone woke. Dad said later in life that he just wanted to get me out of Miami & away from the knuckleheads I'd fallen in with. A fellow old Army buddy of his recommended VVS, he wasn't sending me there for the fine curriculum.

Anyway, the place wasn't cheap (I'm surprised Dad spent the tuition money on me) & there was no lack of 'rich kids' from California & the arts & the acting presence was fairly heavy. One of the kids who was a Senior was John Bick, a son of Louise Fletcher of One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest, etc.
The story on campus then was, that Lousie Flecther was trying to get son John interested in acting & talked her buddy, Lee Marvin (who was out on the press junket for The Big Red One at the time) into visiting the school while he had a press appearance break in the Fall of 1980. We got a couple days notice that he was coming & of course the campus was all a-buzz. VVS has a fairly large dedicated auditorium & Lee took the stage alone one evening & spoke for about an hour. After it concluded, we all dispersed & shortly afterwards I ended up in the common room of one of the girl's dorms. About 20 of us were there, engaged in teenage matters, when who strides in a bit later......Lee Marvin. He said he "wanted a look at the campus & dorms, this was a pretty cool school". He took a seat just to my right, his knee banging mine in the now cramp room. I was a bit star struck & he shot the you-know-what with us for about a half hour. VVS was quite lenient in it's rules & smoking by the students was allowed along with other adult 'liberties'. I pulled out my pack of smokes & was about to fire one up when Lee fixed me with his steely squint & hit me with "Your Momma know you smoke, boy?" I said "Yes Sir!" & sparked it up. He added "Okay, that's good......give me one of those Marlboros then!" So, long story short....I had the honor of spending some time with him, gave him one of my smokes & lit it for him. As he left, he stood & shook hands with all of us, wishing us luck in school & life. That was a cool night. He was in person, exactly as he was in his movies......gruff & direct.

Wow! That is a story! That one would be hard to top. I am impressed!

 

[el caminero]

I'm living in Iowa near his birthplace. Read an article that he was offered the lead on Lonesome Dove. He turned it down. Love the Duke and his movies,he had his iconic acting but I don't think it would have worked in Lonsome Dove. At least now being movie was epic, I tried to imagine him as Gus.....

Lets do "the time warp" again! Alas, da duke died 1979, larry's novel wasent in print until 1985. Dident read it, saw parts of the show, so i couldnt argue duke anywhere or not.