1944: “Tall in the saddle" is a great John Wayne movie

Had a chance to catch "Tall in the saddle", a 1944 John Wayne western.  It must have been one of Wayne's earlier movies because he looks so young.  

The story has Wayne arriving in a new town and in the middle of a murder.  Ella Raines did a great job as the horsewoman who owns the neighboring ranch.   

It is a good movie!

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John Wayne and his last movie "The shootist"

"The shootist" is a story about how "....A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity."    

Did Wayne know that this would be his last movie?   I am not sure.   Nevertheless, what a way to finish John Wayne's career.

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1953: John Wayne and "Island in the sky"

Thank God for all of those "old movies" channels.    

John Wayne did not play a cowboy in "Island in the sky".   Instead, he was Captain Dooley, a C-47 transport plane pilot, who was forced to land somewhere in the very cold and desolate areas north of Montreal.    Dooley and the crew battled below zero temperatures and a lack of supplies until they were found.

I liked it a lot!    One of the rescue pilots is James Arness, who became Mr Gunsmoke in the late 1950s.

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John Wayne and a great movie called "The Cowboys"

It's time for John Wayne again.   

What a treat to catch up with John Wayne movies.

"The Cowboys" is another great movie with Wayne as an aging cowboy.   

In the story, he had to train a bunch of boys for a cattle drive.   It was Wayne as a boss, father and leader.   

He was great!

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1970: John Wayne and "True grit"

John Wayne played US Marshall Rooster Cogburn helping a cute teenage girl (Kim Darby) look for the man who killed her father.    

The cast is rather interesting:  Country singer Glen Campbell, Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper.     This is Duvall a couple of years before he played Tom Hagen in "The Godfather".

Wayne won his only Academy for this movie.   

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We remember Ian Fleming 1910-1964

Ian Fleming born May 28, 1910.......died in 1964..... 

the man who created James Bond 007...... 

great writer.......

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