In the not so very long ago I started a talk in a properly sombre way with the single sentence: “Yakima Canutt is dead!” Now don’t think I didn’t calculate the shock value of a line lamenting the death of a man that probably not one listener in 10,000 had ever heard of. It was, […]
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‘Festival Proves That John Wayne’s Range extended Beyond the Western’ By Nick Clooney Let’s try the Hollywood word game. I say “Laurel and Hardy”, you say “Comedy.” I say “Gene Kelly”, you say “musical”. I say “John Wayne”, you say “Western”. Perhaps we should take a closer look at that last one. I ‘ve been […]
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(Because of he recent heart surgery, John Wayne has been under doctor’s orders not to do interviews for the next three months. He made an exception for Jim Bacon, his friend of 30 years. “He knows I have enough on him to hang him” jokes Bacon.) “I guess I’m just too goddamned tough to die.” […]
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