This year’s Celebration is centered around the 50th anniversary of “The Alamo” and festivities will be held on the historic Courthouse Square in downtown Winterset (just spittin’ distance from the Birthplace home). The VIP Fund Raising Event on Saturday, May 29th will feature a sumptuous dinner in true Western style, followed by music from chart […]
Read MoreHanging Out With Ol’ Dobe
An Interview with Western film star Harry Carey, Jr. The other day I met with Western film star Harry Carey, Jr. and his wife Marilyn, and it was like hanging out with old friends. They were gracious enough to grant an exclusive interview to Wonders of the West to highlight the Golden Age of Western […]
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Read MoreA Look Back: John Wayne and the famed ‘Wild Goose’
Boat from World War II became famous as the Duke would explore and invite Hollywood friends aboard. Updated: Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:39 PM PDT The Wild Goose has almost as storied a past in Newport Beach as its former owner, John Wayne. The 136-foot boat, a former minesweeper used during World War II, became […]
Read MoreTrue Grit remake is coming
Coen Brothers’ Next is True Grit Source: Variety March 23, 2009 Joel and Ethan Coen will next put their spin on True Grit, the iconic Western that won John Wayne an Oscar. The Paramount film will be more faithful to the Charles Portis book than the 1969 pic, also distributed by Paramount. Portis’ novel is […]
Read More14th Annual John Wayne Shootout is underway near San Luis Obispo
Listen up, pilgrim: it’s that time of year again. 220 gun slinging enthusiasts from all around the country and the world are participating in the 14th Annual John Wayne Shootout. The event is being held near San Luis Obispo, off Highway 1 across from Cuesta College. Organizers said the “wild west” theme draws a large […]
Read More‘Shootist’ screenwriter to speak at BBHC
CODY – In 1976, John Wayne’s last movie, “The Shootist,” catapulted its screenwriter, Miles Swarthout, into all the best Hollywood circles. It’s hard to say whether being acquainted with the story’s author helped or hindered the project, though. The man who wrote “The Shootist” was none other than Swarthout’s father, Glendon, who also authored a […]
Read More‘Cowboys’ exhibit will soon ride off into the sunset
You only have a couple of weeks left to check out “Cowboys on the Silver Screen.” The special exhibit at the Yakima Valley Museum features items culled from the museum’s own collections (plus cool stuff purchased on eBay), various photos and keepsakes on loan from the attics and scrapbooks of local folks, and a wide […]
Read MoreJohn Wayne Film Festival rides into the sunset
Oakhurst festival raises roughly $3,000 for the Sierra Historical Sites Association. LaDonna Douglas was one of the 120 or so people who showed up Sunday at the MET Cinemas of Oakhurst for the John Wayne Film Festival. Why? “Well, oh my God, it’s John Wayne,” the Oakhurst resident gushed. She was buying raffle tickets for […]
Read MoreShadow of the Shootist
The western died with John Wayne, but his daughter-in-law is determined to reignite the genre. John Wayne: godfather of the western. The most aggressively American movie star, the epitome of rugged individualism, is synonymous with the most classically American movie genre. It is appropriate that westerns were marginalised in US culture at around the time […]
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