The Sons of The Pioneers sing 'I'll Take you Home Again, Kathleen'.
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@ruandted Жыл бұрын
We did truly live through a beautiful era . Young people of today will never understand.
@CaryCotterman4 ай бұрын
You are so, so right.
@wg82022 ай бұрын
2024/05/15 Wed. What ages were you thinking of?
@ruandted2 ай бұрын
@@wg8202 1943 an era when we had to look after ourselves completely .dad returning from ww2 . mates looking after mates. taking newspapers up to the butcher for pocket money. we did'nt have much but we got through.
@mikeycrist50864 жыл бұрын
The look on Maureen O'Hara's face is priceless....she wants to cry but knows she has to be stoic in front of them.
@jameswilliams3241 Жыл бұрын
She is sublime in that scene.
@kathleenforsythe84566 ай бұрын
My dad named me after this song when I was adopted. Ken Curtis is perfect along with Maureen and the Duke!!
@kathycorradi75434 жыл бұрын
My dad saw this movie while he was in the Air Force, a few years before I was born. He said the right then and there that he would name his first daughter Kathleen. When I came along, he names me Kathleen!
@jackorkathe3 жыл бұрын
My name was supposed to be Catherine but thanks to that song I am a Kathleen also
@KathyFowler3 жыл бұрын
Another Kathleen, here, thanks to this song and my grandfather.
@paddyfreyne21912 жыл бұрын
Well Cathleen lovely name. I myself is as you may guess the name is Patrick and I am a proud Irishman from county cork known as the rebel county. We done a lot of damage to the brits when they ruled our country with loving care and generosity. For that reason we had to get rid of them.
@marylouise8902 жыл бұрын
My sisters name is Nathleen 😊
@swansong52632 жыл бұрын
I am also Kathleen always shortened to Kathy Or Kath, do you all wish like me that we had insisted On the full version, such a pretty name!
@karenmurphy67492 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine going to the theatre back then with popcorn & a coke & hanging onto every word they said. Then go home & talk about that movie for weeks.
@heisrisen7961 Жыл бұрын
The music industry doesn’t realize the beauty they miss distorting the human voice. If only we were unafraid to be raw and real again.
@CaryCotterman4 ай бұрын
Ken Curtis's voice didn't need any electronic correction. Not many popular singers can claim that today.
@unijadeАй бұрын
I hope you guys remember that non-contemporary pop musicians/singers still exist 🙂
@thomaspatt30482 жыл бұрын
Mareen O Hare, beautiful and a real graceful woman. Very few true Lovely women today. Her and Duke, great combo
@aprilmurphy423 жыл бұрын
Such a romantic voice. I can listen to Ken curtis sing all day. Wonderful talent💐
@luislaplume8261 Жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis was so young looking that I did not recognize him! 😊
@thomaslawson8015 ай бұрын
Me also.😊
@kennethcurtis18564 ай бұрын
My wife has a different opinion of my singing ability:-))
@JerryD1216572 жыл бұрын
Wonderful song from a wonderful movie. I thought that this was one of the best John Ford/John Wayne movies of all time. Maureen O'Hara was so luminously beautiful, and she was a wonderful actress.
@joep87875 жыл бұрын
John Ford was required by Republic to make "Rio Grande" (a sure fire money maker) in order to get the funding for the movie he'd been aching to make for years, but for which Republic had no confidence in; "The Quiet Man". Many in "Rio Grande", including the singer on the left, Ken Curtis, also appeared in "The Quiet Man". Ironically, "The Quiet Man", an atypical John Wayne movie, has eclipsed "Rio Grande". It became the top money maker in the history of Republic. This was the first of many pairings between Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne. O'Hara was one of the most beautiful women who ever appeared in movies. She and Wayne were close friends for life, and I think they were each other's best costars. She remained beautiful all her life; in fact I think she was more beautiful in her 30s and 40s than she was in her 20s. She also had a fine singing voice which sadly was rarely used in her movies. She desperately wanted the part of Anna in "The King And I" and even sent a recording of her singing to Richard Rodgers, who agreed she had a great voice, but he didn't want "that pirate queen" to play Anna. Too bad; she'd have been terrific. Instead, they cast a non singer in the role.
@williamjohns8925 жыл бұрын
i think ole festus needs some recognition here..
@johnnybeanz12964 жыл бұрын
William Johns he was fabulous! He was also john fords son in law.
@kat-den3 жыл бұрын
@@johnnybeanz1296 I did not know that! Two great men! Love Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne.
@williamsmith87902 жыл бұрын
The Sons of the Pioneers.
@ioletavano3934 Жыл бұрын
7
@williamkiely95233 жыл бұрын
1950....what a brilliant movie. Watching it on 2/3/21.
@davidhunter93676 жыл бұрын
John Ford certainly knew how to make a movie. A lovely song, the Sons of the Pioneers, a tall,clean young Duke and a Renaissance beauty in Maureen O'Hara. If you are Irish, as I am, This will break your heart.
@patriciajensen15414 жыл бұрын
sorry. she not. the niceprson you THNK she is . behind the scenes . SHES GOT PROBLEMS . STRANGE PERSON. . NOT GOOD AT ACTING .. SHE LIVED NOTFAR AWAY FROM MY MOTHERS HOME . SHE WAS POOR . . NOT FAR FRO. PROB . NEAR COUNTY MAYO !COMAMMARRA.IRELAND.. SHE LIKE LUMP ON A LOGG.
@patriciajensen15414 жыл бұрын
soo W haat part IRELAND. .. you. from. dave 'hunter. .? Maureen. oh are. moved HRE to Idaho out in country. area. lied right nxt door to my dghtrs freind.. .. . OK we Idaho. she was BT 90 yrs OLDE . mvd bk calif THN passed away . Santa Barbara.calif . CPLE MONTHS befo .George Kennedy. who lived HRE up road from her.Boise idaho.. away from Ovrcrowded . la. like Waylon' Jennings .' as in his song. he came hre. great NTH WEST calm CLN MNTNS . sawtoothes.😊🤗 .
@glennjeffries69854 жыл бұрын
David, Google his stock company....used a lot of the same actors over and over but they were probably the best for westerns at the time. He was great at what he did.
@singingscotty20014 жыл бұрын
What??????? English please.
@glennjeffries69854 жыл бұрын
@@singingscotty2001 If you don't understand any of the comments then you don't know nothing about John Ford. Google is your friend. His stock company is the actors he used regularly in his westerns. It also shows how many of his westerns they were in. The list of regulars is a pretty good size.
@theshield87445 жыл бұрын
I can say that I got to see Ken Curtis play different roles, & I honestly can say He was one of The Best Supporting Actors that I have ever seen with a Golden Voice. What Talent, Such Great Talent. Thank You Festus.
@patmancrowley85093 жыл бұрын
Of all the scenes in all of the John Wayne movies THIS IS my favorite. I learned this song from the movie. It still brings tears to my eyes. I sang it for a gal from Ireland once. She loved it.
@willdrucker42916 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest scenes in cinema history...brings tears to my eyes every time....The Duke, Maureen, and of course the wonderful voices of Ken Curtis (FESTUS!!) and the legendary Sons of the Pioneers...
@michaelday33544 жыл бұрын
Will Drucker of more
@Vj77_Win2 жыл бұрын
Perfect vocals.. from all.especially.Ken Curtis.. and the camp fire song "My gal is purple" is another piece of a vocal harmony masterclass. An absolute pleasure to listen to those guys! Much respect from England.
@marcheinrich58512 жыл бұрын
Superbe voix j ai eu du mal à retrouver ce chanteur, qui chante dans l homme tranquille, la prisonnière du désert. Chapeau.
@CBK203 жыл бұрын
I cry every time I hear this, especially how it's used in the context of the movie.
@johnnauer642711 ай бұрын
I miss what's called the greatest generation I don't find people like that anymore anywhere I miss them dearly.
@michaelplanchunas36933 жыл бұрын
The song I'll Take you Back Kathleen is often identified as an Irish song. Actually it was written for a German Immigrant wife by her husband a successful businessman in Plainfield Illinois outside Chicago. She was homesick for her family and familiar surroundings, so to cheer her up he wrote this song.
@SueProv13 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing. I still experience it as an Irish song because of John Ford and the Sons of the Pioneers.
@janegordon40793 жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis-Festus had a beautiful voice. I love to hear him sing.
@larrynapier50033 жыл бұрын
The instrument of the voice! Perfect Pitch
@kiltmanm604 жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis is the BEST! Man! That and a Room Full of Roses are my two favorites!!!
@barbarybar4 жыл бұрын
My mum 's name was Kathleen. My dad would d sing this . RIP mum.\
@carollawrence30339 ай бұрын
My great grandma lived till she was 94 x she loved this song x she took in Irish lodgers after great grandad died x
@johngialanellajr86502 жыл бұрын
I watch Gunsmoke all the time and I knew Ken Curtis was a singer, but did not know how good he was. He actually replaced Frank Sinatra with th eTommy Dorsey band. Very nice song. And what makes this video better is the Beautiful Maureen O'Hara.
@tombasye10163 жыл бұрын
And One More, Great Short Video Clip. For Both Of Them To Always Be Remembered. Basically In '' HOLLYWOOD HISTORY '' AMEN !!!!!!
@marinamostert6870 Жыл бұрын
The song my husband offered to me when me met in 1959 when we used to be studying at US .
@michaelpatterson29553 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe that powerful, resonant voice belonged to Ken Curtis, Gunsmoke's Festus! A man of many talents. I always enjoy his presentations on tv or in films.
@johnervin1702 жыл бұрын
Schooled at Juilliard he was
@helenweedon7716 Жыл бұрын
Err, no he wasn't. He did pre-med at Colorado College. He couldn't read music.
@mikegross61072 жыл бұрын
My favorite song of all time sung by the best singers of all time!
@maureenkenny86533 жыл бұрын
Proud. To. Have. Her. Name. She. Was. A. Great actress
@JohnWilson-mp7xh6 жыл бұрын
My favourite John Wayne movie. Can actually believe this was the true John Wayne
@sammy28404 жыл бұрын
If that doesn’t make you cry a bit you have no soul!
@senniewhite63014 жыл бұрын
John Wayne is extremely handsome with the mustache and Slimmer, young look.
@pattyamato87583 жыл бұрын
He was handsome abit older, too
@barbarybar3 жыл бұрын
My dad used to sing this to my mum. Kathleen (Kit)
@1caclassic3 жыл бұрын
Mine did also.
@chvid2009 Жыл бұрын
It’s nice to see Ken Curtis clean cut before he became Festus. And I love his voice. I loved him as Festus too. I love this movie.
@bjmoule19012 жыл бұрын
dad sang this to the irish guy in his band and always got him crying
@sherp2u12 жыл бұрын
What band where , pray tell...?
@ohwhatelse4 жыл бұрын
That very last pic is REALLY nice. But all of it is. Was a good movie. They were so young here.
@cuhulainsblood3 жыл бұрын
What a truly wonderful singer. Great movie. Today I can't watch TV at all maybe I'm showing my age.
@rebsarge6 жыл бұрын
I love these comments. I thought I was the only one who bawled through this scene.
@scottmunson2917 Жыл бұрын
What an amazing tribute to John Ford as a film maker. How many words of dialogue are in this sequence? "The regimental singers... Probably to serenade..." "That's very gracious of them." "With Mrs. Yorke's permission." "Thank you." "This music is not of my choosing." "I'm sorry, Kirby. I wish it had been." What is that? About 30? In a three and half minute sequence. And, yet, how much is said about their relationship, who they are, how they look at life, what they feel. Just can't top that, can you?
@SueProv13 күн бұрын
This song and the acting of John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara make me weep. Just beautiful.
@cphbanfb6 жыл бұрын
What stunning acting and only a few words spoken.
@miguellopezorts6555 жыл бұрын
I agree its alovejy irish song and takes back to my dear wife in heaven now
@compton3007 жыл бұрын
I love this so much it hurts. The inter play between the Duke and Maureen is wonderful. And it reminds of my Dad who loved the sons of the Pioneers.
@t24hy442 жыл бұрын
Tenderly sung, everlastingly awesome.
@AmosPressley3 жыл бұрын
Concerning the music, the acting, and how we react to it... it is sad that today's audiences do not seem to have the kind of souls that can resonate with this. It is not shouted at you, with a drum beat driving it up into your brain through your loins. It is all understated and beautiful... and therefore deeply powerful.
@helenreidt3315 Жыл бұрын
Well said sir
@florianstollmayerswildwest8926 Жыл бұрын
So true Amos! Well said from the heart. God bless you.
@gordonhudson7975 Жыл бұрын
DITTO
@kathyborthwick67383 жыл бұрын
Amazing and explosive harmony🟢⚪️🟠🟩⬜️🟧
@stefanosantangelo2507 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know there was a colorized version of this movie. Anyway I always enjoy to watch it, and one of the reasons is the great music in it, like this wonderful song. Unforgettable Ken Curtis and The Sons of the Pioneers
@leannblue18367 жыл бұрын
Only you, Curtis Wane Gates.,, can sing this song, I'll take you home again, Kathleen,,, with tears in my eyes.,,..I love to hear that beauiful voice...brings me to the days of happiness,,,,Oh,, thank you.,, for this wonderful gift,,
@christopherlane25523 жыл бұрын
Tears for my Grandparents of Cork and Kerry
@patmancrowley85093 жыл бұрын
...."and tears begim your loving eyes." I had to look up the definition of begim and now understand what is meant. Such a beautiful son from beginning to end. Ken Curtis was a wonderful singer and man.
@j.sumner69992 жыл бұрын
I keep coming back here since I found it. Rio Grande is my favorite of the Ford and Wayne cavalry movies from Republic, not least because of Ken Curtis singing.
@carolyntanner65173 жыл бұрын
Oh how I love this movie.❤❤❤
@onefarwanderer2 жыл бұрын
It's so funny that sometime all of a sudden I just start humming this song. Then, of course, I have to find it and listen again.
@evaheiser40839 ай бұрын
Was für ein toller Film,Ken Curtis war wunderbar.Ich liebe diese tollen Schauspieler. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@dianefiske-foy47172 жыл бұрын
I love all of John Wayne’s movies from his first through his last. All great 👏🏻❤️🔥‼️
@EyeShotFirst3 жыл бұрын
I really love the years Ken was with the Pioneers. His voice really thickened up the group's sound when Bob Nolan left. As similar to Nolan's voice as Tommy Doss' was, it was missing the weight that Bob's had. Luckily, Ken helped add that weight.
@jonnyhog10026 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful voice
@marie22742 жыл бұрын
My favorite movies are anything with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara they definitely had chemistry on screen.
@chuckknicely51522 жыл бұрын
I melted
@lauragreaser3461 Жыл бұрын
How beautiful
@mike891284 жыл бұрын
The Trilogy was well researched. There were some minor details that were wrong. Most US army installations of the 1800's were not stockaded but were open to the land. One thing they got right was the tents in this film. Most posts had some structures for families, but as one 1st Sgt said when asked by a newly arrived 2nd Lt "Which should I take Sgt, the Adobe or the tent. "Sir, it don't matter much, after a few weeks, no matter which you picked, you will wish you picked the other."
@juliabarry9817 жыл бұрын
Beautiful,love this scene! The magnetism between Kirby and Kathleen...❤️❤️❤
@kat-den3 жыл бұрын
I see it too
@josephhyland89043 жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis was a fantastic singer.
@vedranu9976 Жыл бұрын
Super the best music forever
@deanhoward41282 жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis & the Son's of the Pioneers, really do a great job in this and other John Fords movies! Of course Ken was married to Ford's daughter at the time.
@genehenrylindgren4 жыл бұрын
they nail it
@williamc.11987 жыл бұрын
Great music! Superb Movie!
@johnjurkewicz99255 жыл бұрын
I love listening to Great songs like is and I love it
@andreacasella16563 жыл бұрын
Rio BRAVO
@pkagtr112 жыл бұрын
That voice! And SO handsome! ❤
@chrisplenty83534 жыл бұрын
A great film,
@nolaevin3776 Жыл бұрын
Old Festus sure could sing! God bless him andthe Sons of the Pioneers.
@billyblackie94172 жыл бұрын
Really beautiful I play ken a lot
@elisaldoantoniolonghi18082 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, beautiful! Big John, Mauren Ohara!
@billhuber29646 жыл бұрын
John wane and Maureen ohara had. A chemistry between them .
@tuckhorse2 жыл бұрын
What a people they were👍🇺🇸
@waynecassels3607 Жыл бұрын
The Duke and Maureen were really good together. I love seeing them together. And yes, Ford was one of the very best.
@christianjochyms30345 жыл бұрын
Magnificent !
@andreawoodall2031 Жыл бұрын
That is one of my favorites. Sons of the Pioneers sings it but to me the version in this movies with Ken Curtis singing is the best. Makes me want to cry.
@christopherlane25524 жыл бұрын
My Grandmother's favourite song . God Bless her and God bless Ireland
@patriciaknowlea52904 жыл бұрын
Sorry the song was written by Thomas Westendorf, a German-American composer who was told that for a song to be successful at the time it needed to sound Irish. I guess he was successful in his endeavour. .
@christopherlane25523 жыл бұрын
@@patriciaknowlea5290 Yep, my family's fave
@cesarbarbosa42405 жыл бұрын
Filme "Rio Bravo" (Rio Grande/1950), de John Ford. Aqui um belíssimo momento da História da Sétima Arte. O tenente-coronel Kirby Yorke (John Wayne) e sua linda esposa Kathleen (Maureen O'Hara), com o Grupo Musical The Sons of Pioneers - Os Cantores do Regimento - cantando "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen". Um clássico da música norte-americana, composta em 1875 por Thomas P. Westendorf. Soberba interpretação do ator Ken Curtis.
@davidbourdon8967 Жыл бұрын
Rio bravo 1959 directed by Howard Hawks not john Ford. Rio Grande 1950.
@lkivel66695 жыл бұрын
This scene and this song always makes me tear up❤
@frankwalker50402 жыл бұрын
Many Irish melodies ran through the scores of many John Ford, and John Wayne films. Helped along by the great Hollywood Orchestra's which are still revered today.
@carollawrence303310 ай бұрын
My great grand mother loved this song x I remember her singing this x
@j.sumner69992 жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis singing is probably the best scene ever in Have Gun, Will Travel.
@msfarm23 ай бұрын
@j.sumner6999 THAT is also MY favorite H.G.W.T. film!!! I LOVE hearing Ken Curtis sing! What a GREAT voice!!
@naowanartbhekasuta49995 жыл бұрын
Love the movie and this sweet song.. thanks for your sharing.
@MiaHessMusic3 жыл бұрын
Simply lovely in the simplest way!
@floydvaughn8363 жыл бұрын
I told my 86 year old Mom and my nephew That's Ken Curtis. And they didn't believe me.
@Jubiejones5 жыл бұрын
I've published this again on "Maureen O'Hara Magazine" on Facebook. The fans love it and I thank you for publishing it.
@garethsalmon58642 жыл бұрын
My mum was named after this song it was my grandads favourite film, I lost my mum a year ago today, god bless you mum
@alj82 Жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis great voice
@dorothadavis31172 жыл бұрын
One of the many times I have watched this movie I realized "Festus" was singing this song, I realized Ken Curtis was a fantastic singer. A remark was made about why Ken chose acting over singing, seems he did both, had he stuck to singing only he would never been a household word aka Festus, and he worked acing until he was getting on in years, I think Conagher was the last movie he died shortly after this movie was made most singers aren't able to sing at the age of 74 acting yes !!
@helenweedon7716 Жыл бұрын
Lots of singers are still able to keep going beyond 70. I've just got home from choir practice and I'm one of the younger members at 57. We have to reaudition every 3 years and give concerts that are televised nationally.
@Edivaldo7245 жыл бұрын
Lovely song!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@thomasleary28145 жыл бұрын
Just a sublime song and wonderfully touching scene. This was the last of Ford's cavalry trilogy (following 'Fort Apache' and 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon'). 'Rio Grande' is not as well known as the other two and as a result is underrated. There's so much beautiful, touching and rousing music in the film, you could almost call it a musical.
@tuningsnow2 жыл бұрын
Hope she's gonna stayyy 😂😂 love this part
@hefalu2 ай бұрын
Por qué no dejo de emocionarme cada vez que veo a Wayne? ❤❤Nunca más me pasó con un actor, será porque es más un personaje que un actor.
@lewie782024 күн бұрын
The Sons of the Pioneers......my Grandmothers favorite........
@rayff77405 жыл бұрын
What a movie
@CaryCotterman4 ай бұрын
I don't know why, and I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but Curtis's voice brings tears to my eyes.