Newt's John Wayne Site Newsletter

Howdy Pilgrim.

It's time again for the happenings on the John Wayne front here at Newt's John Wayne Site.

• CLICK HERE for a list of films starring John Wayne on TV showing in the near future. This site is set for my area listings, click the link next to "Local listings for:" (just to the right of the date) and enter your zip code and TV provider for listings in your area.
  

• In January, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) showed several of the "Screen Directors Playhouse" TV dramas, produced by (and filmed at) the Hal Roach Studio, one of the very best of the 1950s anthology TV series. It featured an A-list of the best directors and actors working in films at that time. The best episode is probably "Rookie of the Year", (aired December 7, 1955), starring John Wayne and directed by John Ford: both making their dramic TV debuts.
  

  For those of you that missed that airing, and several of you did as I noticed by my feedback, have I got a treat for you. On my You Tube channel I have posted this half-hour episode in two parts, check it out. This is something that has not been shown or available in many years. It stars John Wayne, Ward Bond, Vera Miles, Patrick Wayne, James Gleason and Willis Bouchy.
  

• On Turner Classic Movies (TCM) channel this month here are the John Wayne films that will be showing.
  

• I found an interesting article on a site called The Fence Post, John Wayne in Monument Valley and I also ran across a site with several Monument Valley Landscapes videos, you will find these sites interesting.
  

• Last month I gave you my review of True Grit (2010). I found a article calledTrue Grit: A Movie Lacking a Moral Compass", on a site called Spero News. This article has a different slant than some of the other review articles I have seen, check it out.
  

Later Pilgrim,
Paul Newton