Donster Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 The "Duke" would have turned 100 years old today. Check out his birthplace's website with info on the Centennial Celebration HERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 Happy B-Day Duke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 Yep Happy Birthday JW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No105_Archie Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 He made some grand movies. HBD to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 Happy 100, Duke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre_USA Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 The Duke did, indeed, rock! Just got done watching a JW flic I never saw before on Ion. Turns out it was called Jet Pilot, good and hokey like a lot of John Wayne films were. I like `em... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Is that the one where he "defects" to Russia with the female Soviet pilot he had fell in love with and then gets her to defect back, yadda yadda yadda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre_USA Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 I only caught bits and pieces while tending to the grill, but yeah, that looked to be the gist of it. Kind of a Cold War Pearl Harbor, complete with love interest, etc. But it had some cool old F-86's, P-80's, and the X-1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JClark Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 A and E network doing an all JW weekend...way cool. Watched "The Silent Man" last night. Boats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No105_Ogdens Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 I like'd the way that he seemed to play many of his roles tough in cheek even though he was lifted to icon status! Happy Birthday Duke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizkid Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Who's John Wayne? Oh, now I remember, his middle name was Belinda, or something, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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