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Title: May 26 2007 was John Wayne's 100th Birthday Post by: trekgeezer on May 27, 2007, 06:42:46 PM The Duke would've hit the big centennial yesterday if he was still with us. I celebrated Friday night by watching Big Jake and The Cowboys on TCM.
Evidently his birthplace has been having a big a celebration all weekend. Check out the pictures of Ethan Wayne on this site. Hard to believe he's the kid from Big Jake. http://www.johnwaynebirthplace.org/centennial/ Title: Re: May 26 2007 was John Wayne's 100th Birthday Post by: Yaddo 42 on May 28, 2007, 12:52:02 AM Even without the cancer, he never would have made it, not with the way he lived.
Seems so weird that there's a whole generation for whom he's just a name from old movies their parents or grandparents watched. If they've even heard of him at all. Title: Re: May 26 2007 was John Wayne's 100th Birthday Post by: Torgo on June 01, 2007, 04:04:33 PM Talk about some hard living right there.
He was the man in his day and still is today as well. I love the scene in the video version of Gremlins 2 (which is an easter egg on the DVD) in which the Gremlins interrupt the tape and some in western get up get shot by John Wayne. Hilarious! |