Comments on: Guess Who’s the Third Most Popular Movie Star in America Today?

By: Boadicea

Boadicea — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:40:34 +0000

This is so much fun. Because I don't like John Wayne, "True Blue Mormon" thinks I am someone who should be on "Huffington Post"! Is that all? Guess you figure I'm one of them liberals, huh?

By: TrueBlueMormon

TrueBlueMormon — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:55:25 +0000

Wow…your massive intelligence really impresses me……NOT!!!!!!
Why don't you go play at Huffington Post of AIr America…..lol

By: D. Stoddard

D. Stoddard — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:41:57 +0000

One that isn't on any list in here is an old one he did called "Allegheny Uprising". It was a story that took place between the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. It was an action flick, but it is almost forgotten because it was when he was still quite young. It came out the same time as "Stagecoach". The same lady (Claire Trevor) that was in that one was in the one above. Another good one was a western with Joan Blondell, of which I can't remember the title exactly. It was "Girl For The Night", or "Lady of the Night" or something like that!

By: Minxy

Minxy — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:35:06 +0000

Wow, you are not just a little prejudice and bent out of shape by his popularity now are you? Now that you are done name calling, how about giving a little sustenance to your stances? Specifically why do you feel he lacked talent? Where are you getting such information that he is a draft dodger, is this information reliable? Racist, what examples can you give of his racist behavior, and are they from a reliable source as well? McCarthyite WOW that is a pretty deep "accusation" (pun intended) from some one that has done nothing but sling accusations without any backing here. Just a slight bit hypocritical are you? Ah…but you seem the type so I shouldnt be surprised. So Harold, how about doing your research / and justification for your opinions and enlighten the rest of us on why we should feel they have credence?

By: Boadicea

Boadicea — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:54:51 +0000

I hate to break the news to you, but my credentials — a working professionial in the film industry — have absolutely nothing to do with my opinion of John Wayne as an actor. What, suddenly one needs to have "credentials" to have an opinion about an actor? I also hate to break the news to you, but "the whole rest of the planet" does not love John Wayne as an actor. And most of us who don't, have the intellectual skill to separate his acting from "what he represents". Speaking for myself, if one is talking about the great American male actors of the 40s and 50s, I prefer Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Alan Ladd, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas, Robert Ryan, Gregory Peck, Errol Flynn, Tyrone Power, Jimmy Cagney, Robert Mitchum … actors with a range that Wayne didn't possess. Despite the fact that a great director like John Ford got a decent performance out of Wayne in The Searchers, one has to credit the skillful directing, masterful script and exquisite cinematography for much of that movie's impact.

By: SupernaturalCat

SupernaturalCat — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:42:07 +0000

I've never watched a John Wayne movie start to finish. Clint Eastwood is the LAST of the greats.

By: Kendama

Kendama — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:31:48 +0000

I was being sarcastic, but I just wasn't clear enough. I hate when people abandon some cultural feature simply because it is old.

By: christopher wiebe

christopher wiebe — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:16:27 +0000

sound stupid. especially when the best time in the Western World were built on the "old ways." what we have now are decaying old ways replacing practical and ethical old way. what? you think perversion and and rampant socialism are new? 100 years ago they were call communism and bohemianism. and what did that get us? unballenced government spending and AIDS.

By: Minxy

Minxy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:46:07 +0000

Yes, he probably was…..Perhaps he is the overly sensitive type, which would of course explain his utter detest for someone like John Wayne. It would also explain his venom while on virtual communications, I am sure he is not quite as vehement in person, that would take a little more courage then he would appear to have.

By: John_McClain

John_McClain — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:37:27 +0000

Minxy, he picked the name Harold. I'm sure he was personally offend by Obama last night on Leno.