An interview with esteemed screenwriter/director Burt Kennedy By Jeremy Arnold In 1956, a 78-minute western called Seven Men From Now, starring an aging Randolph Scott and directed by Budd Boetticher, became a surprise hit. Six more collaborations followed over the next four years, revitalizing Scott’s career and securing Boetticher’s place in film history. These spare […]
Read MoreJohn Ford, Filmmaker
A much-lauded career is given a fresh look By Robin Dougherty Here are three things you might want to know about director John Ford: He once pissed in the bed of an actor he had caught drinking on his set; he was rarely seen working without a dirty, chewed-up handkerchief in one corner of his […]
Read MoreJohn Wayne ranks #17 in E.W. 100 Greatest Entertainers List
It’s hardly controversial to name the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, and Frank Sinatra among the best entertainers of the last century — ranked, respectively, 1, 2, 3, and 6 — but other inclusions, and omissions, in Entertainment Weekly’s “100 Greatest Entertainers” collectors issue are open to debate. First of all, the list screens out […]
Read MoreSt. John’s Foundation To Honor Michael and Gretchen Wayne
Saint John’s Health Center Foundation has announced that Michael and Gretchen Wayne will receive the 1999 Caritas Award at its seventh annual Award gala on Saturday, October 30, at the Regent Beverly Wilshire. The Waynes are being honored for their commitment to Saint John’s and the community as a whole. Their involvement with Saint John’s […]
Read MoreNow you can corral the Duke’s ‘Hondo,’ ‘McLintock!’
By Doug Nye Knight Ridder Newspapers After years locked away in the vaults of the John Wayne estate, the Duke’s 1953 Western “Hondo” suddenly re-surfaced in 1991. John Wayne in “Hondo.” A few years later, another Wayne film, 1963’s “McLintock!,” also came out of hiding. Now you can get both in a boxed collectors edition […]
Read More“Ellen Cooperman Angel” Award awarded to Fergie
“Ellen Cooperman Angel Award” BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – Sarah Ferguson was honored by a cancer research center’s auxiliary for encouraging a positive lifestyle and healthy living. The John Wayne Cancer Institute Auxiliary’s “Ellen Cooperman Angel Award” was presented to the Duchess of York on Friday. “Every year the award is given to an outstanding […]
Read More“Private Ryan” will win best picture Oscar – poll
LOS ANGELES, March 16, 1999 (Reuters) – Americans think “Saving Private Ryan” is a shoo-in to win the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, and they believe John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn are the greatest film stars of the century, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Tuesday. The poll of 1,181 Americans also found […]
Read More“Spirit of the West Riders” to Perform in Honor of the John Wayne Cancer Institute
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 15, 1999 The “Spirit of the West Riders” will perform in honor of the John Wayne Cancer Institute at the Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival. The event takes place in the City of Santa Clarita at Melody Ranch on Saturday afternoon March 27 and Sunday afternoon March 28, 1999. With their […]
Read MoreJohn Wayne makes No. 2 in Poll
WASHINGTON, Jan 5, 1999 (Reuters) – Harrison Ford is America’s favorite movie star, according to a poll released on Tuesday, with the late John Wayne coming in second place. The annual Harris poll, based on interviews with 1,010 adults, found that Ford, the star of blockbusters such as “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “Witness”, and […]
Read MoreIron Eyes Cody Dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Iron Eyes Cody, the “Crying Indian” whose tearful face in 1970s television commercials became a powerful symbol of the anti-littering campaign, died Monday. He was in his 80s or early 90s. Cody died of natural causes at 1:30 p.m. PST in his home in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, […]
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