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John Wayne
Questions and answers about the 50-year movie career and personal life of Marion Robert Morrison. As John Wayne, he was one of the most popular, profitable, and prolific stars in the history of cinema.
998 Questions
Who played the Indian in john Wayne's movie Big Jake?
The Indian was portrayed by character actor Bruce Cabot. Cabot was included in Wayne's special circle of friends who were in many of Wayne's films. This circle also included Wayne's friends Ward Bond and Harry Carey, Jr.
How did c ration crackers get the name John Wayne crackers?
The story goes: You have to be as tough as John Wayne to be able to eat the c ration crackers.
Most probably the (Yellow Rose of Texas) fits in the Cavalry and western theme, alsoi a very popular song.
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It could also be...''She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.'' I was in the 8th US Cavalry, and this was a popular song.
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I think "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is right. Director John Ford made three "US Cavalry" movies, all starring John Wayne, but the song was probably written for the movie, and did not become a real cavalry song until later. Yellow is the color of cavalry (Blue for infantry, Red for artillery). As another example of Hollywood fictionalization, US Cavalrymen are often seen wearing yellow neckerchiefs, but in reality they never wore them.
firstofthe7thGarry Owen As I Understand It
It's Garry Owen with two r's. Here's the explanation of this proud term as I've always understood it.
Garry Owen is more than a song. And it's not a person, as many people might think; it's a place. Translated from the Gaelic, it means "Owen's Garden"-and refers to a neighborhood in Limerick, Ireland. Garry Owen (also known as Garryowen) was home to a group of horse soldiers who immigrated to the United States in the mid 1800's and joined the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, the very same regiment that rode with General Geroge Armstrong Custer into the Battle of the Little Big Horn. It's my understanding that the men of the 7th Cavalry adopted the song "Garry Owen," for obvious reasons, around this time and that it has been the regiment's theme song ever since. It's a rousing song, especially when played by tin whistles, fiddles, and other instruments common to Irish/Celtic traditional music.
Members of the 7th Cavalry Regiment often say "Garry Owen" to each other as a greeting and a salutation and an exclamation. This has spread throughout the United States Army's modern 1st Cavalry Division which is the parent unit of the 7th Cavalry Regiment. I first heard "Garry Owen" when I joined the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment-a famed and storied unit in Vietnam-in 1969. You may have seen a sign that read "Garry Owen" and showed the 7th Cavalry Regiment crest in the Movie "We Were Soldiers," which depicted the battle of the Ia Drang Valley that took place in 1965 and was one of the fiercest and costliest battles of the entire Vietnam War.
Of course, units of the 1st Cav bearing the 7th Cavalry Regiment's name are fighting proudly and with great distinction in Iraq today. If you see a soldier in an airport or elsewhere bearing the 1st Cav's crest on his or her sleeve, be sure to greet that soldier with a proud "Garry Owen!" And if you don't get a glimmer of recognition from that (after all, their business is fighting, not history-that will come later!), just say "First Team!"
I am proud to have as my second family all the brothers and sisters of the 7th Cavalry Regiment and the 1st Cavalry Division. I am also especially proud to have had as my Company Commander in Vietnam a man named Patrick J. Keane, then a captain, who actually came from Garry Owen in the town of Limerick, Ireland.
I invite any reader to add a comment to this posting, and to correct me if I've been inaccurate in any way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nikMneu7H90
How many of John Wayne children played in Mclintock?
John Wayne's second son Patrick Wayne played in McLintock.
Were John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart friends?
Wayne's closest friends were reportedly Ward Bond, Howard Hawks, and John Ford. He gave the eulogies at all of their funerals.
It was Frank Sinatra. As to Frank Sinatra & John Wayne you couldn't be more wrong. This is from the IMDB trivia section on John Wayne.... "The evening before a shoot he was trying to get some sleep in a Las Vegas hotel. The suite directly below his was that of Frank Sinatra (never a good friend of Wayne), who was having a party. The noise kept Wayne awake, and each time he made a complaining phone call it quieted temporarily but each time eventually grew louder. Wayne at last appeared at Sinatra's door and told Frank to stop the noise. A Sinatra bodyguard of Wayne's size approached saying, "Nobody talks to Mr. Sinatra that way." Wayne looked at the man, turned as though to leave, then backhanded the bodyguard, who fell to the floor, where Wayne knocked him out by crashing a chair on top of him. The party noise stopped."
What was the John Wayne movie that Dean Martin was shot in butt with an arrow?
Martin and Wayne made two movies together. Rio Lobo (1959) and Sons of Katie Elder (1965). I can't remember Martin being shot with an arrow in either one of these films.
Did John Wayne go through surgeries?
In 1964 Wayne was diagnosed with lung cancer and had all of one lung and part of the other removed. In the 1970's he had a heart valve replacement and shortly before his death from stomach cancer he had at least two surgeries.
How many movies did John Wayne make as Singing Sandy?
There was only one movie I found with him playing Sandy. 1933 Riders Of Destiny Sandy Sanders
Did Brendan Frasure play in the movie Wayne's World?
No Brendan Fraser was busy filming School Ties and Encino Man while Wayne's World was being made.
Did John Wayne ride the same horse in all his movies?
John Wayne had a film career that lasted more than 50 years. It would be impossible for him the use the same horse but his later movies he did use his own horse, a 16HH chestnut Quarter Horse who went by the name Dollar.
Is there a John Wayne commemorative 30 30 Winchester rifle?
I don't know a lot, but the rifle would be worth a lot. There were 500 made. serial number 1, 2, and 3 were in the Roy Rogers Museum in Victorville, CA until it moved in 2002. I don't know if the guns moved to Branson, MO with the museum.There were actually 3 different models of the john Wayne Winchester made,the most common is the 1981 John Wayne comm.serial numbered from JW 1-JW 49,000.These models are worth 1,495 dollars for a unfired rifle with the box and hang tags.The second model is the 1981 DUKE,serial number range DUKE 1-DUKE 1000.The value of this model is 3,750 dollars in the condition described above.The third model was the John Wayne 1 of 300 set.the serial numbers for this is JWM 1 thru JWM-300,and JWMD-1 thru JWMD-300.The value of this set is 7,500 dollars in the above stated condition.I hope this helps.
How many John Wayne Commemorative 32-40 rifles were made?
There are 49000 and TWO and I have the TWO. Winchester had to remake the serial numbers 22xx and14xx that I had ordered. They issued them to some one else. So they made them to match my Wells Fargo's and added the letter A after the serial number. SO there 2 more than 49000
