I love movies! I’m even named after a movie, believe it or not! My parents saw a movie titled “Dino” about six months before I was born. In the movie, Brian Keith portrayed a youth counselor, and Sal Mineo was Dino, a troubled youth who was trying to straighten out his life. There was a […]
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Family, friends and fans will gather this month for the celebration of the new John Wayne Birthplace Museum in Winterset, Iowa, which has a touch of Hollywood beyond the Duke’s considerable star power. The birthplace museum, recognized as the largest collection of John Wayne artifacts available to the public, has a small theater that shows […]
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Olive Films has remastered SANDS OF IWO JIMA and are releasing it on DVD/Blu-ray. In the run up they are running a special giveaway of John Wayne Collectables at http://bit.ly/1AYgyxi SANDS OF IWO JIMA will also play at select B&B Theatres this Veterans Day (Nov 11) at 4:00PM and 7:00PM as part of the B&B “Retro […]
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In May 2012, I interviewed writer-producer A.J. Fenady (1), known for The Rebel, Branded, Hondo and Chisum (1970) et alia, about his friend “Duke.” We met at his offices in Hollywood near Paramount Pictures. Fenady, while developing Chisum (1970), accompanied Duke during and between the filming of Hellfighters (1968),True Grit (1969) and The Undefeated (1969). He was with him the night he won his Oscar and the day he celebrated with […]
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Screen legend JOHN WAYNE is to be posthumously honored at the 25th Golden Boot Awards in August (07). The Academy Award-winning actor’s son Patrick will collect the Founders Award on his father’s behalf at the Beverly Hills, California ceremony. Wayne died in 1979. Viggo Mortensen, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Kove, Lee Horsley and the late […]
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