"John Wayne flick Rio Grande" Topic
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| Korvessa | 22 Aug 2025 11:49 p.m. PST |
Gadzookies some of the horsemanship in that movie is incredible. |
| smithsco | 23 Aug 2025 4:56 a.m. PST |
Underrated movie in my opinion. Always a fun watch |
| Wackmole9 | 23 Aug 2025 5:54 a.m. PST |
Southern CA uses to be covered in Ranches, So They had a ready source of Horsemen and Live stock. Now its all houses. |
Red Jacket  | 23 Aug 2025 6:57 a.m. PST |
Ben Johnson, perennial cowboy actor, who played Trooper Travis Tyree, did his own trick riding. He was a real "cowboy" and rodeo star who was seen in many of the Duke's films. He is one of my favorite actors. He was a riding double for Henry Fonda in "Fort Apache" who was hired by John Ford for talking parts in the other two trilogy films. He ended up with an Academy Award (and BAFTA) for his performance in "The Last Picture Show." |
 Murphy  | 23 Aug 2025 8:19 a.m. PST |
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 Saber6  | 23 Aug 2025 4:42 p.m. PST |
And Maureen O'Hara…. sigh… |
| dmclellan | 23 Aug 2025 7:38 p.m. PST |
Ben Johnson also won the PRCA Team Roping World Champion in 1953 and was inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1979. Quite a career as both an actor and professional rodeo cowboy. Always admired him. |
| 42flanker | 24 Aug 2025 1:45 a.m. PST |
'The Hollywood posse : the story of a gallant band of horsemen who made movie history'
(Diana Serra Cary, 1975; 2nd 1996) link |
| robert piepenbrink | 24 Aug 2025 9:58 a.m. PST |
A great movie, and made almost by accident. Wayne was pressuring Yates at Republic to green light "The Quiet Man" which all the majors had turned down--color and location shooting in Ireland would be too expensive: it would be a nice film, but they'd lose money. Yates said as much himself, but went on "but if you (John Ford) will shoot a nice cheap black and white western with the same cast first, to make up the money this one's going to cost, I'll go ahead with both movies." Notice that just about every principal in Rio Grande shows up the next year in The Quiet Man? Not a coincidence. I'm told Yates looked a little stunned accepting the Academy Award. That sort of thing didn't happen at Republic. |
| Choctaw | 26 Aug 2025 6:33 a.m. PST |
Ben Johnson also won the PRCA Team Roping World Champion in 1953 and was inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1979. Quite a career as both an actor and professional rodeo cowboy. Always admired him. My friend's son is the current PRCA Team Roping World Champion (heeler). The work that goes into that title is simply incredible. |
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