The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary

[@ElliotNesterman]

Liberty Valance's tall henchman was played by Lee Van Cleef, who plays Angel Eyes in _The Good, the Bad and the Ugly._

[@bessarion1771]

I just realized it, and I have been watching this movie for at least 50 years...

[@ElliotNesterman]

@@bessarion1771 Van Cleef's first film role was as one of Frank Miller's henchmen in _High Noon._ A very auspicious beginning.

[@danaberry3568]

@@ElliotNesterman He was also the sharpshooter who killed 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms'.

[@bessarion1771]

@@Dave-hb7lx Didn't recognize him either...

[@harrymarshall]

@@ElliotNesterman and don't forget Van Cleef as commissioner Bob Hauk in John Carpenter's Escape from New York (1981)✨😏

[@yungathart7801]

This movie is an absolute classic. John Wayne, Jimmie Stewart, and Lee Marvin directed by John Ford. You can't get any more western than that.

[@christopherwall2121]

And Lee Van Cleef as a henchman.

[@scottgorski7931]

The tall thin man with the deep voice at the rally for statehood was John Carradine, the father of David Carradine (Kill Bill, Kung Fu).

[@gawainethefirst]

Don’t forget a very early Lee Van Cleef.

[@gawainethefirst]

@@christopherwall2121 dang. Beat me to it. 😅

[@christopherwall2121]

@@gawainethefirst Heh

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." One of the great quotes from cinema that sadly gets overlooked too often.

[@cyndisanimaladventures6370]

Truer words my friend. One of my personal favorites.

[@dagan2000]

it's not just a great line from a film, it's also a common practice in history

[@earlofbroadst]

@@dagan2000 A vile practice in need of correction. People need the truth, not lies.

[@shantellakaladypersephone8671]

​@@dagan2000 Also in Journalism, sadly, this is a common practice

[@keithdean9149]

@@earlofbroadst Sometimes we need both. "The Old West," is American Mythology, it gives us certain ideals to live up to. The reality of America's Westward Expansion is very different. Both can teach us much.

[@badhabits77]

Jimmy Stewart lived an incredible life. He joined the Army Air Corps in WW2 then transitioned to the Air Force in 1947 when it split from the Army. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General while still maintaining an active acting career.

[@TheAshleighBurton_on-Tele-gram]

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[@olstar18]

Actually he wasn't an active actor during the war. If you look at his filmography there was a gap between 1941 and 1946. He did serve in combat missions but as for his acting it was reduced to radio appearances and a few films for the army.

[@CaptainFrost32]

@@olstar18 The first postwar role was "It's A Wonderful Life".

[@olstar18]

@@CaptainFrost32 I know I looked at the filmography remember.

[@CaptainFrost32]

@@olstar18 It was supposed to be a general reply, not a specific reply to you. (Stupid phone.)

[@theevilbeard]

Ashleigh, you talked about the phone in the beginning. The person who wanted to make a call used the crank to ring the bell at the operator. The operator was someone sitting at a switchboard. All phones were connected to the operator. You told them who you wanted to talk to, they rang them, and then they plugged your wire to their wire directly. The person literally connected your two phones together. How times have changed!

[@RoosterCogburn1008]

The original True Grit (1969) starring John Wayne is an absolute must.

[@harveycole5636]

True Grit from 2010 is far superior to the version from 1969. Bridges is a better actor than Wayne, and his character was gritty and better written.

[@RoosterCogburn1008]

@@harveycole5636 Matt Damon is plain awful as La Boeuf, and Wayne brings far more bravado, personality, and yes, GRIT to the role than Jeff Bridges and his mumbles. Unlike Josh Brolin, Jeff Cooley in the original subverted expectations brilliantly, and do I even have to mention the great Robert Duvall? The remake holds none of the magnifience and grandeur of the original.

[@TheMrAshley2010]

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[@TabaquiJackal906]

@@RoosterCogburn1008 Eh. I gotta agree, the 2010 was just better. *shrug*

[@frumSrelliK_TV]

How about a comparison between the two, back to back. True Grit (1969) and True Grit (2010) or flip a coin to see who goes first.

[@MacDorsai]

Two of my favorite John Wayne movies are the original "True Grit" and "Big Jake". You will like John Wayne, you just didn't like his character. But in Tom's defense, he didn't come between Hallie and Ransom when she'd made her choice. He grieved that his dream wasn't going to happen. Yes he burned his house down, but he didn't hurt anyone else. He could have let Liberty Valance kill Ransom, but didn't. He could have taken Ransom out of the hero's role by letting everyone know that he was actually the one who shot Liberty, but he didn't. He was a rough character, but an honorable one.

[@NY4Life]

Two of my favorite movies of all time!

[@gregsteele806]

Big Jake is awesome. I'd love to see her watch it. I think she might also like "The Quiet Man"

[@nevetszinodas6654]

The Searchers.

[@MadMoses56]

The Cowboys is a really important John Wayne movie

[@magnificus8581]

Big Jake is severely underrated - a great film!

[@YouLousyKids]

I know why you recognize Andy Devine's voice (he's the sheriff who sleeps in the jail cell)! He was the voice of Friar Tuck in Disney's Robin Hood, the one where Robin is a fox and Little John is a bear, and Friar Tuck was a badger. He claimed that his raspy voice was from running with some curtain rods as a kid and one of them hurt his throat when he fell. He was also in "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" as a sheriff. He was kind of typecast. He played the same sheriff character in a ton of westerns.

[@glennwisniewski9536]

Andy Devine was also Buck the stagecoach driver in the classic John Wayne film Stagecoach (1939).

[@Rmlohner]

He's sometimes confused with Slim Pickens, who had a similar voice but apparently that one was completely natural.

[@cassieberringer7427]

Yes, I recognized his voice immediately as being from Robin Hood, but for some reason had the toughest time remembering exactly which character he was. Thanks!

[@ranger-1214]

As an old guy, I remember him in all the Roy Rogers movies, and a TV regular for many years as Jingles on Wild Bill Hickok.

[@mercurieretrograde]

You don’t think she might know him from the meme from Dr. Strangelove as well? Yaaaahoooo!

[@violetvalkyrie476]

The Quiet Man, McClintock, Hell fighters. Highly recommend any of these if you like John Wayne. The pairing with Maureen O'Hara is absolutely magic. She's not in hell fighters, just the first two.

[@ecclesrice9789]

Hallie in this movie is John Wayne's love interest and ex wife in The Hell Fighters

[@MacDorsai]

He has so many good ones, I limited my suggestion to two of my favorites. But McClintock is up there as well. Lots of humor in that one!

[@TheMrAshley2010]

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[@sharonsimmons6427]

My favorites. I also like the ones with Shirley Temple, tie a yellow ribbon? I need to google them. Lol

[@enchantedwooddesigns3462]

The Quiet Man is one of the movies that I will watch any time I have had a bad day. John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara are always so good together.

[@stephaniecolan]

The Quiet Man is my favorite John Wayne movie, mostly because Maureen O'Hara is in it, she's so stunning and ICONIC

[@TheAshleighBurton_on-Tele-gram]

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[@andreasmith9809]

I thought Mclintock was better but the quiet man is good too.

[@jculver1674]

Two other John Wayne movies you should definitely watch: The Quiet Man (that one is set in Ireland and would be a great St. Patrick's Day reaction), and The Shootist (that was Wayne's last movie, and Jimmy Stewart has a small role in it as well) - both beautiful films.

[@thadiuslindahl6282]

The Quiet Man and Searchers are the best Wayne movies imo

[@macmcleod1188]

I recommend those and Donavan's reef.

[@kyraeuswulf5091]

El Dorado was pretty good as well, even if it was basically a carbon copy of Rio Bravo, which was also good.

[@PewPewPark]

The Quietman is a great movie. My favorite John Wayne movie would have to be El Dorado with a young James Caan.

[@fionamaclean7948]

I have long adored The Quiet Man but on rewatching there are DEFINITELY some red flags about how he treats his wife.

[@wraithby]

Legendary director John Ford was well known for having his films full of humor, up to and including slapstick. He used it to counterbalance the very serious issues he was dealing with. Here, he is dealing with the myth of the West, civilization vs. anarchy, democracy vs tyranny, how history is contrived after the events are long in the past, culture vs the state of nature. All sorts of deep issues are dealt with in this seemingly simple "horse drama". John Ford was a true artist.

[@pheer246]

There are some GREAT WWII films that Ford did while being "in the army"...

[@philliplozano7587]

Absolutely. John Ford was a towering master of cinema.

[@amandaholbrook7752]

Quentin Tarantino LOATHES John Ford.. he thinks he’s a hack.

[@philliplozano7587]

@@amandaholbrook7752 I've met Quentin. He thinks a *lot* about things he doesn't understand, lol.

[@wraithby]

@@amandaholbrook7752 Ford's defecations were more creative than Tarantino's films. Ford created half the cinema techniques that Tarantino uses in his derivative films. Every Tarantino film is beholden, if not outright ripped off, from a classic film from the 40s to the 70s. Top directors who have credited Ford as a direct influence on their work are Ingmar Bergman (who described him as “the best director in the world”), Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Elia Kazan, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg. When he was asked who his favourite American directors were, Orson Welles said, “Well, I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford and John Ford. He’s a poet and a comedian. With Ford at his best, you get a sense of what the earth is made of.” Welles screened Ford’s 1939 film Stagecoach repeatedly before he made his now-iconic film Citizen Kane. Bed wetter Tarantino's films will inspire no future great directors, because they are uninspiring, uncreative dreck.

[@MacDorsai]

Yes, Jimmy Stewart was also the main character in "It's a Wonderful Life". There were different styles of hat and John Wayne's is more of a Montana style. One of the bad guys was also in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. He was "The Bad".

[@teejohnson5531]

Also, Mr. Smith goes to Washington, love that one!

[@rcrawford42]

Rear Window for another Stewart film.

[@waterbeauty85]

Lee Van Cleef is also in the classic "High Noon."

[@philliplozano7587]

So pleased you enjoyed this so much. It really is a terrific film, and yeah, it was supposed to be funny. They had some really classy, witty, sharp writers in old Hollywood. Grade A stuff. If you want another great John Wayne movie, definitely see The Searchers (1956). It's a towering classic.

[@user-gt2uf8cq9y]

The Searchers, True Grit, Stagecoach, The Alamo, etc etc etc.

[@sputhoor96]

Red river

[@brianhammond2832]

I love True grit and the remake. The quiet man is excellent. Any John Wayne movie costarring Maureen O’Hara is worth a watch. I like the Fort Apache movies too

[@Zartoo_3rd_Overlord_ofBlargon7]

Her next John Wayne movie should be The Quiet Man. The Duke is most likeable in that movie. The Searchers is a masterpiece but Wayne's character in it is rather unlikeable(on purpose) and if she went right to that next she might sour on the Duke, which would be a shame. The Searchers is one to watch after getting used to his character types that he favored playing. Then it has more impact. The Duke himself was an institution practically by the time The Searchers came out in the mid-1950's. It just wouldn't have had the same impact if he'd made it 10-15 years earlier.

[@ducevillegas9722]

don't forget El Dorado, McLintock

[@MrQuickdraw417]

The original "True Grit" with Wayne, Glen Campbell and a very young Kim Darby is a must-see!

[@isurvivedhaddenfield6055]

John Wayne was known for saying Pilgrim, but he actually only said it in two movies. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and McClintock, two of my favorite movies.

[@rmhartman]

It's what most John Wayne impersonations are based on.

[@larrystuder8543]

McClintock is pretty much a COMIC Western.

[@kieronball8962]

John Wayne and James Stewart were friends off screen, even though they were very different men and appeared in several movies together. In fact, James Stewart appeared in John Wayne's last film The Shootist and their scenes together were a true reflection of their real life friendship.

[@Falcun21]

John promoted the hell out of the military in his films and was usually a soldier or ex-soldier or tough guy and Jimmy was usually some form of pacifist. John didn't serve in the military and Jimmy retired as a General. Great men.

[@alexius23]

@@Falcun21 When Stewart returned from the War his first film was It’s a Wonderful Life. In retrospect, during the filming of the movie, Stewart was suffering from what we call we call today PTSD

[@waterbeauty85]

"I'm not a brave man, but you must be. Now, now, now, this is not advice. It's not even a suggestion. It's just something for you to reflect on while your mind's still clear. I would not die a death like I just described. Not if I had your courage."

[@deafheaven99]

Thank you for choosing this film. It is my favourite western. I love the dichotomy between the Stewart and Wayne characters; both a “man’s man” type character but completely different in temperament and presentation. Please check out any Wayne film where he stars with Maureen O’Hara. They have great chemistry.

[@fergalmoore862]

The Quiet Man is their best together so I hope Ashleigh watches it some time.

[@youmustbethistall5861]

@11:52 - The Actor with John Wayne is Thomas Mitchell, whom you may know better as "Uncle Billy" from It's a Wonderful Life.

[@artbagley1406]

Or as Scarlett O'Hara's father, Gerald O'Hara, in "Gone with the Wind."

[@seantlewis376]

I love it when you watch movies from the Classic era of Hollywood. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is one of the greatest westerns ever made. Once upon a time on Jeopardy, the clue was "He played the title character in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". The trouble with it is that there are three answers. Lee Marvin played Liberty Valence, Jimmy Stewart's character was credited with being the one who killed him, and John Wayne played the character who actually did shoot him. The player who answered "Jimmy Stewart" was judged as missing the question, until after review, the judges decided that it was a poorly-phrased clue to begin with. "Pilgrim" is something that people in the Old West would call Easterners recently arrived. Andy Devine, who played Link, was once a cowboy star of silent films, but like many other silent stars, he lost his A-list status and became a supporting actor because his voice just didn't jive with a leading man. Same with Slim Pickens, who you may remember from Blazing Saddles, or Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Not Worry and Love the Bomb.

[@itt23r]

Wow, I'd forgotten how many of the great old character actors were in this movie. Along with John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Edmund O'Brien, Vera Miles, :Lee Marvin and Woody Strode in the lead roles it also starred Andy Devine, Strother Martin, Paul Birch, Lee Van Cleef, Jeanette Nolan, Denver Pyle, Willis Bouchey, John Carradine and John Qualen. Looking it up on IMDB I see it even featured a cameo from silent film comedian, Snub Pollard

[@Gealaiche]

Put Randolph Scott and Gabby Hayes in there it'd just about be everyone lol

[@Zartoo_3rd_Overlord_ofBlargon7]

@@Gealaiche And Walter Brennan.

[@grahamtravers4522]

Strother Martin was a great character actor. He appears in many other "Wayne" films, but his characters are always so different that you wouldn't know it's him - unless you KNOW. Compare, e.g., his louche Confederate deserter in The Horse Soldiers, with his up-tight official in McClintock.

[@terryotoole3265]

I was always intrigued by the duel between Stewart's morality vs. Wayne's pragmatism. John Wayne was adapted to his environment, whereas James Stewart adapted his environment to suit him

[@MacDorsai]

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

[@WillCamx]

If Wayne hadn't shot Marvin, Stewart wouldn't have adapted anything.

[@nahkohese555]

The 1939 movie Stagecoach is considered the movie which vaulted John Wayne into stardom ( oddly enough it also features Andy Devine who played Link Appleyard and John Carradine who played Maj Cassius Starbuckle). Before that he was in a lot of low budget cowboy movies (including one where he played a singing cowboy 😬). Here's a fun fact, as a young John Wayne was just getting started working around the studios, he befriended an old cowboy (a real one) who was paid as a technical consultant on those old movies. John Wayne developed his whole cowboy persona - his walk, his way of talking, even the way he wore his gun - based on that old cowboy. His name was Wyatt Earp.

[@Fantomex.]

That's just a myth

[@rgkeys72]

When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. 😉

[@Bamaboompa]

Not sure about the connection between Earp & Wayne but highly PROBABLE. Earp did live in LA & visited movie sets. There’s a video of John Ford talking about “My Darling Clementine” The FIRST “Gunfight At The OK Corral “ Earp befriended Ford explained how it went down & even diagramed it out for Ford. That’s how Ford filmed it in “MDC”

[@grahamtravers4522]

Wyatt Earp was never a cowboy.

[@kathyastrom1315]

The 1939 Stagecoach is really fantastic! It has it all-great characters, a sweet romance, exciting action, beautiful scenery, all topped by the iconic star-making turn by John Wayne. That first shot of him standing in the road sums his whole cowboy persona in one image.

[@Dej24601]

The film Stagecoach (1939, also directed by Ford) was the film which brought Wayne to stardom. He plays a younger version of a similar character as in “Valance” and has a lot of positive qualities. To see Wayne, Stewart and others towards the very end of their careers is The Shootist (1976.) For fun, see a young Stewart in The Philadelphia Story or The Shop Around the Corner (both 1940) and some of his greatest performances for Hitchcock in Rear Window and Vertigo (both with gorgeous Technicolor.) Have a good time!

[@TheAshleighBurton_on-Tele-gram]

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[@CalliopePony]

John Wayne was incredibly prolific. According to WIkipedia he was in 169 feature length films, and that's not including television and other appearances. He's best known for his westerns, though he did do other genres as well. A couple of my personal favorites are "Angel and the Bad Man" and "El Dorado".

[@karlajaeger2082]

He hated horses.

[@Thor_Odinson]

"Not me mister....I'm a farmer"

[@mikebennett6421]

El Dorado is Probably My Favorite of His Movies. My Grandpa and I would watch it together all the time. I can almost quote the Dialog word for word.

[@alexius23]

There was a highly innovative & respected director named Orson Welles. He was asked the name of his 3 favorite directors. Welles said, “John Ford, John Ford, John Ford.” While today Ford is best known for his Westerns he was much more than that. He made a well known film called Stagecoach. It was the movie that made John Wayne truly famous. The film was shot in the Monument Valley. Ford loved the visual grandeur of that location as a result he & Wayne made many iconic films there. Even today Monument Valley is a very popular tourist location. Among the films Ford & Wayne made there was the Calvary Trilogy & perhaps their greatest film the Searchers.

[@Mike-wr7om]

In preparation for making "Citizen Kane," which many consider one of the greatest movies of all time, Orson Welles watched Stagecoach over and over again, studying it.

[@mercurieretrograde]

I wish if we were gonna watch westerns it would be Bad Day at Black Rock or Red Rock West. I’ve never gotten my head around the whole John Wayne thing. He’s like a limp-along Festus only taller.

[@priceringo1756]

Ford worked a deal with his studio that allowed him to eventually direct and produce a passion project of his; "The Quite Man" also starring John Wayne. Not a western and one of my favorites.

[@alexius23]

@@priceringo1756 Ford had been trying to get funding for the Quite Man for years. Wayne & O’Hara warned Ford that if he didn’t make the film soon they would both be too old to play the parts….

[@alexius23]

@@priceringo1756 the Studio was Republic Pictures & Ford, Wayne & O’Hara filmed the Western Rio Grande as part of the Deal (that was a very good too~part of the “Calvary Trilogy”). After Rio Grande wrapped all 3 of them decamped to Ireland.

[@mararundell2500]

Great reaction, Ashleigh. John Wayne was a contract player in his early career making low budget westerns. Then , in 1939, John Ford made "Stagecoach" using Wayne as the lead. He's been a star ever since. "Stagecoach" is a great movie for you to react to. Always enjoy your reactions.

[@strummerrr]

Just watched Stagecoach, it was great. Of course it was John Wayne's breakthrough role, so it was funny that he had made like 70 movies before..

[@christianemden7637]

Also the last time he did not have top billing.

[@Zartoo_3rd_Overlord_ofBlargon7]

Calling Wayne a star is rather underselling it. He was basically the most well known movie star of the 20th century. A Hollywood institution.

[@Mike-wr7om]

I think you would like Stagecoach (1939). It also stars John Wayne (a very young John Wayne) and was directed by the same man (John Ford) who directed "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." It is also considered one of the best westerns ever made.

[@jimbruton9482]

My favorite John Wayne and western movie of all time is Red River. Made in 1948, black and white, and the cast was perfect. One of the famous and best line's came from the character Cherry Valance (John Ireland): "There are only two things more beautiful than a good gun; a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere".

[@choctawhatcheekid309]

Bung starter is a wooden mallet use to put a cork plug into the fill hole of a wooden beer keg. Buckboard is a style of wagon used to carry supplies.

[@libbymanis1787]

Girl...... My Dad LOVED John Wayne! John did way more than just westerns, he also did war movies, specifically WW2, then Vietnam movies. He did do other stuff. My faves are McClintok, In Harms Way, The Quiet Man (funny as hell BTW), Donovan's Reef (also w/Lee Marvin aka Liberty), True Grit (the original), The Searchers, El Dorado, Rooster Cogburn....the list goes on. You need to do your own movie marathon for "The Duke", you won't regret it.

[@magnificus8581]

I agree!

[@kathleenrobertson5182]

You have this list right!

[@lizsmith9873]

Before he died I visited my brother in Michigan, (I live in Scotland) and I was amazed at his video collection of Joh Wayne films. I think he was aiming to have every film Wayne made.

[@GregInHouston2]

Rio Lobo and War Wagon are my favorites.

[@YouLousyKids]

He was still being selected as everyone's favorite movie star for decades after he died.

[@jareddawson7239]

The sheriff's name in real life is Andy Devine he was the voice of Friar Tuck in the adventures of Robin Hood

[@frednich9603]

The rules are simple. You Mention Jimmy Stewart, I beg you to watch Rear Window. That's just the way life works.

[@curtismartin2866]

And I request Harvey for Easter.

[@vincentschmitt7597]

Captivating movie. The videos discussing it are interesting as well.

[@mrbass617]

I 2nd this, Rear Window is one of the greatest movies ever made. Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly and Raymond Burr directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

[@DirigoDuke]

You are spot on about Jimmy Stewart. He always played the same character, but he did it SO well! However, if you want to see the one movie where Stewart went off model, I recommend “Harvey.” Also, if you want to sample other John Wayne movies, some of my favs I’d recommend include Stagecoach, Hondo, Rio Bravo, The Searchers, and True Grit.

[@TheAshleighBurton_on-Tele-gram]

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[@jeffgalus8454]

Don't forget McClintock

[@grahamtravers4522]

I agree with you about Harvey, but not about Stewart's acting. Try Rear Window and Vertigo, e.g.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Rope was also a big divergence for him, where he spent much of the film seeming very morally ambiguous.

[@beatmet2355]

Wayne essentially played the same character in most of his westerns.

[@andreraymond6860]

As a second John Wayne movie you cannot get any better than 'The Quiet Man'. Beautiful, romantic and funny.

[@brandonflorida1092]

My personal thanks to you for reacting to this brilliant classic, all but ignored by KZbin. I've been begging people to react to this for years and have almost never succeeded.

[@CraigKostelecky]

I’ve never sat and watched this movie, but I am very familiar with its impact and lasting message. So I’m looking forward to seeing your take on it. “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”

[@MaxxRemKing1]

Why don't you watch the movie yourself and have your own take?

[@robertstuart480]

"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is my favorite Western. "Singin' In The Rain" is my favorite musical. You are working through my favorite films, Ashleigh.

[@sartanawillpay7977]

If you ever re-watch the movie, and know what happens, the opening shots of the film at the funeral and when Hallie goes to Tom's old house become very emotional and moving (at least for me) always get a lump in the throat.

[@CinWin516]

I saw it for the first time "with" Ashleigh. I think if folks stay focused on Hallie's face during that opening "awkward small talk" conversation with the sheriff, they'd catch the deep emotion involved. However, you're absolutely right, the re-watch makes it even more powerful.

[@bluemorphobutterfly9837]

Two good John Wayne ones- McClintock and (not a western) The Quiet Man. James Stewart did often play very similar characters - you'd love him in the movie Take Her, She's Mine with Sandra Dee. One of my absolute favorites.

[@bradpriebe9218]

The actors in this were all huge in their day. You might try the original True Grit for another look at John Wayne. In that era of Hollywood, actors and actresses were typecast most of the time, so yes their characters might seem very similar from movie to movie; you didn't often get the jump from genre to genre they you sometimes see now. Some of the older war movies are another place to see some of the biggest male stars of that era (Kelly's Heros and the Dirty Dozen both had huge casts of stats)

[@janescribner8258]

I love True Grit. When I first saw it, the outlaw, Ned Pepper, blew my mind. Years later, I realized Ned Pepper was played by Robert Duvall!!!! Ashleigh should definitely put it on her list of Must See.

[@wal6377]

Yup, like Adam Sandler who played a funny rage monster in that one movie, opposed to the other movie, where he played an funny rage monster, and then there is that other movie where he played a funny rage monster. Then there is Keanu Reeves who portrays a socially disconnected guy who gets pushed around then comes back and kicks butt! Then there is that other movie where he portrays a socially disconnected guy who gets pushed around then comes back and kicks butt! Yup, no typecasting nowadays.

[@williamhervey6409]

John Wayne , Jimmy Stewart and Lee Marvin are Hollywood legends, I'm glad you finally got introduced to them

[@mattperiolat]

What a classic, so glad you enjoyed it. Wayne was very much a type, a gritty cowboy, but damn good at the role. Personally, I think his best stuff is Stagecoach, The Searchers and True Grit. Worth your time to check out. James Stewart is my favorite actor of the classic movie era and I love him in just about everything. Stuff to recommend now? Especially for range, Harvey, Rear Window and especially Vertigo. Glad that you are developing a taste for Westerns while still enjoying other content.

[@markmyers6472]

I enjoyed his telling of 'The Alamo'

[@rmhartman]

For Stewart, add The Philadelphia Story. She can meet Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn too.

[@Mike-wr7om]

So glad you mentioned "Harvey." I think Ashley would have a blast reacting to "Harvey." It is a very funny movie, and heartwarming too.

[@mattperiolat]

@@rmhartman Oh man, I forgot about The Philadelphia Story. Good call out!

[@beatmet2355]

This movie is filled with wonderful character actors, there’s really no mediocre parts or actors in this film. The creepy short henchman was a regular in many westerns. He’s in at least two other movies with Wayne: True Grit and its sequel: Rooster Cogburn. Oops! Make it three! He’s also in McLintock!, another must see film.

[@markmcelligott2542]

The best John Wayne movie ever made... The Quiet man! A must for St. Patrick's day!!

[@choctawhatcheekid309]

Cheers

[@sparky6086]

Those old crank telephones were usually hooked up to just a small network of maybe a dozen local phones. All the phones rang, when one was cranked, so people used ring codes of short & long rings, and only the person who's code it was would answer. For example, a code might be 2 short rings followed by 2 long rings. Sometimes this was called a party line. People weren't supposed to, but sometimes nosy people would listen in on other people's calls.

[@Falcun21]

You forgot the Operator and the Switchboard. You had to crank the handle to build a charge which buzzed the Switchboard so an Operator would pick up and ask how to direct your call. You tell them the number and then they would connect you to the other person and that person's phone would ring. My dad was a telephone repairman in the Marines in 1954.

[@sparky6086]

@@Falcun21 No I didn't. Although therecould be an operator and a switchboard, it wasn't common at first. I still have my great grandfather's crank telephone, and it was set up precisely, how I described just after the turn of the century. Btw: I was a career telephone field technician.

[@jamesmoyner7499]

So Jimmy Stewart you previously saw in It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The only John Wayne films I recommend watching after this are: Red River, Rio Bravo, and The Cowboys. The chubby man with the scratchy southern voice who plays the Sheriff is most famous for his western roles, but modern audiences will know him for the voice of Friar Tuck in Disney's Robin Hood. Liberty Valance is played by Lee Marvin who I recommend watching in the war film The Dirty Dozen and the western comedy Cat Ballou with Jane Fonda.

[@ingibingi2000]

Lee Marvin, he's always drunk and violent kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYjCmGqVgK-DldE

[@LeighMet]

not the Searchers shame

[@frankie6954]

Don't forget John Wayne's last film, what a masterpiece.

[@NY4Life]

One of the best quotes I’ve ever heard which remains pertinent today. “When The Legend Becomes Fact, Print The Legend.”

[@R.J.Godzilla81]

Amen

[@Auntiehoney217]

Rooster cogburn, McClintock, Big Jake are among my many favorite John Wayne movies. So many to choose from

[@TheAshleighBurton_on-Tele-gram]

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[@ThothWhoWrites]

John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart are each the same guy in almost all their movies. When you went to one of their movies, you knew what you were getting.

[@firedoc5]

You can do a deep dive into John Wayne for a full year between his westerns, military, historical, and just all-around tough guy movies. He even did a detective movie or two. You really need to see "The Quiet Man", "Fort Apache" with Shirley Temple, "McLintock", "The Green Berets", "The Horse Soldiers".

[@Farmer_Dave]

Let's not forget Hatari, Donavan's Reef, The Shootest along with Rio Bravo and of course Eldorado.

[@Dularr]

In Harm's Way

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

Don't forget Rio Grande, 3 Godfathers and Sons of Katie Elder. All of the movies listed in this thread are great.

[@firedoc5]

@@Farmer_Dave I was going to mention more but didn't want to make the list too long.

[@Mike-wr7om]

Stagecoach, The Searchers, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande, Red River.

[@TheBTG88]

Lots of great John Wayne movies to see that he made in his long career. He's the only actor that has always appeared on the Harris Poll for favorite actors in every year it has existed and always in the top 5 - even 44 years after his death. An American Icon.

[@nehemiahmarcus308]

John Wayne only made one bad, correction, horrible movie in his lifetime. John Wayne playing the part of an Asian man was cringeworthy. One if the worst movies ever!!!!

[@chrissandoval7675]

the only character marion could play was john wayne. best he could do other than that was read lines. he was a draft dodging coward who made his living off the back of his stunt double. only thing he had over enos edward (yakima canutt) was being a hollywood prettyboy.

[@TheBTG88]

@@nehemiahmarcus308 Definitely mis-cast in 'The Conqueror'.

[@TheBTG88]

@@chrissandoval7675 The facts speak otherwise. You don't have a 50 year career in Hollywood as well as being one of the most well-known and revered actors decades after passing if you are not a top performer. John Wayne was never up to be drafted, so he could not be a draft-dodger. Being 34 with 4 young children at the start of the war, he was not even in the draft pool.

[@chrissandoval7675]

@@TheBTG88 he says different.

[@AG-ol2gb]

Finally, somebody reacting to old school movies, keep it up.

[@anhistorian7255]

Movies With Mia is another channel that does older movies.

[@johnwood9504]

One of John Wayne's best performances is in "The Searchers." He plays a strong, but very unsympathetic character. The same is true of "Red River." He won an Oscar for "True Grit." His character was gruff but likeable, with a lot of humorous moments. They are all westerns, all well worth watching.

[@rittherugger160]

Good on you Ashley for recognizing John Wayne and Jimmy Stuart. I kept waiting for you to recognize Lee Van Cleef from 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' though.

[@les4767]

John Wayne was one of the best of the Western stars. You should add "The Searchers," "The Cowboys," "Rio Bravo," "True Grit," "The 3 Godfathers, " "The Sons of Katie Elder," "El Dorado" and "The Shootist." John Wayne is amazing in all of them.

[@mauriceedwards9588]

This is a classic Western with my favourite old time actor James Stewart and of course John Wayne and Lee Marvin playing Liberty Valance Great reaction Ashleigh.

[@taun856]

The reason "Link's" voice sounded familiar to you is that the actor (Andy Devine) voiced one of the cartoon bullets in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". While John Wayne acted in a lot of serious Westerns, some of my favorite movies of his are more comedic, such as "Donovon's Reef", "McLintock" and especially "The Quiet Man". For a somewhat different Jimmy Stewart movie I recommend "Harvey". Another Western Actor you will probably enjoy is James Garner. I recommend the comedy "Support Your Local Sheriff". James Garner is one you will probably add to your list of "Someone who could get it".

[@Mike-wr7om]

Yes to "Harvey."

[@stephenolan5539]

And, The Cheyenne Social Club. I think Miss Ashley might have a few interesting opinions on that movie.

[@bsporcich]

Ashleigh my dear, if you ever watch the Searchers, I’m in as few reviews look at it. Its another John Wayne, John Ford Western movie. You will see some of the same character actors in at as this one, but be aware, if you did not like John Wayne’s character in this one you are really going to dislike him in the Searchers, you are not suppose to. The Searchers is a highly rated Western.

[@Leege13]

Lee F’ing Marvin as Liberty Valence was the absolute man. You need to start reacting to more of Lee’s movies.

[@waterbeauty85]

I wish someone would watch Lee Marvin in "The Big Red One" (1980) co-starring Mark Hamill and "Prime Cut" (1972) co-starring Gene Hackman and Sissy Spacek in her first credited movie role.

[@Leege13]

@@waterbeauty85 I would rate both of those movies among the top ones Hollywood ever made. I'd also put a word in for Point Blank with Marvin and directed by John Boorman.

[@Hoodat_Whatzit]

I know it gets panned a lot but one of my guilty pleasures is Paint Your Wagon with Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood singing.

[@waterbeauty85]

@@Hoodat_Whatzit I REALLY want somebody to react to that movie.

[@gregsteele806]

"Link" is played by Andy Devine. His voice is legendary, so it's no wonder he sounds familiar to you. He's been in too many movies to list, but you might have heard his voice in Disney's "Robin Hood" he voiced Friar Tuck.

[@oldbroadwithbaggage5472]

Thanks for this great review, I'm glad you enjoyed this so much! I would love for you to watch The Philadelphia Story from the 1940's. It had Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant. One of my all time favorites!

[@MsWaif]

Yes! And Katherine Hepburn, fantastic film!

[@Widdershins.]

Absolutely! But I don't think Ashleigh takes suggestions from the peanut gallery.

[@carlazaz1690]

Another excellent epic Western is "The Big Country," with Gregory Peck. The most epic of Westerns, however, is Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West," with Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, and Jason Robards, as well as Woody Strode, who played Pompey.

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

John Wayne is my favorite western movies actors next to Roy Rogers. I could watch their movies all day long. Some of my favorites are True Grit, Rooster Cogburn and the Lady, McClintock, Angels and the Bad Man, The Alamo, The Longest Day, 'Neath Arizona Skies, Hondo, Rainbow Valley, Blue Steel, and his final film before he passed The Shootiest.

[@TheAshleighBurton_on-Tele-gram]

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[@chrisconversino6294]

The sheriff did do some voice acting. He was friar tuck in Disney's Robin Hood. And this movie is a great example of the difference between John Wayne and Clint Eastwood westerns. Or classic Western vs modern. In the classic western, the hero tries to avoid violence. He's pushed to it to save his community. But in the modern western, the anti hero is quick to violence and always for personal gain.

[@steveniedert3416]

He also was one of the bullets in who framed roger rabbit

[@reinrose82]

He was the mouse in Aristocrats I think? And the beaver in Lady and the Tramp too

[@jd-zr3vk]

Two charming and classic B&W movies worth watching are Harvey and Arsenic and Old Lace.

[@familybulls1497]

I agree. She will see Jimmy Stewart again and be introduced to Cary Grant.

[@yankeeastronomer1927]

Both are highly under rated.

[@J-S.P]

Liberty Valance and his two henchmen were played by Lee Marvin, Strother Martin and ol' Angel Eyes himself Lee Van Cleef. Coincidentally the year before all three of them co-starred in a season 3 western episode of The Twilight Zone called THE GRAVE. It also starred James Best(Rosco P. Coltrane from The Dukes of Hazzard) and Stafford Repp(best known as Chief O'Hara in the 1960s Batman tv series). Highly worth checking out!

[@Jml416]

Thanks for the mention! Lol

[@J-S.P]

@@Jml416 😆

[@cherokeedreams2519]

The actor who played Link (Andy Devine) did voice work for Disney films. That is probably where you recognized is voice. His most famous voice animated character was Friar Tuck (the badger) from Disney's Robin Hood (1973).

[@michaeleberly7351]

The crank range the bell at the Operators panel to get her attention. She would then connect to your line and you talk to her about who you want to talk to. She would then plug in wires to route your call to the next operator or to a local number after she spun her crank to ring their bell.

[@nunyabussiness4054]

Never thought i would live long enough to hear an American film fan to say the words "John Wayne, that name sounds familiar".

[@CinWin516]

🤣

[@waterbeauty85]

To be fair, Ashleigh's whole schtick is that she doesn't know that much about movies.

[@Buck0050]

My dad got me into watching westerns through John Wayne and I still watch them when they come on the movie channels or find them on one of the streaming services. There are alot to watch and worth the time to watch them. Some of my favorites are " She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Hondo", "Rio Bravo" , "The Alamo", " North to Alaska", "The Comancheros", "How the West Was Won", "McLintock", " The Sons of Katie Elder", "El Dorado", "The Undefeated". He also did WW2 movies and a few random ones as well. Some of those to check out would be "The Longest Day", "The Green Berets", "Sands of Iwo Jima", "Flying Tigers", and "Hellfighters" which is about his character fighting internationa oil rig fires. He worked with alot of high profile actors such as Rock Hudson, Dean Martin, Katharine Hepburn, Maureen O'Hara, and others.

[@TheAshleighBurton_on-Tele-gram]

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[@profjohn9629]

I always love your reactions! John Wayne was in a lot of good films; here are a few recommendations: - They Were Expendable (WWII PT Boats in the Philippines) - The Three Godfathers (Western bank robbery story with a fun twist) - The Quiet Man (takes place, and filmed, in Ireland) - She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (another Classic Western)

[@waterbeauty85]

I'm glad to see somebody appreciate "The Three Godfathers." I'd like to recommend "Island in the Sky" in which John Wayne plays a brave but not larger than life character.

[@tonyjanney1654]

@@waterbeauty85 I think that "Hondo" is a very over-looked John Wayne movie. The supporting cast is top notch and it is a multi-layered story. I would recommend "Hondo" as a good introduction to John Wayne and the movies he appears in

[@waterbeauty85]

@@tonyjanney1654 You are so right. "Hondo" is a very good intro to John Wayne, but it completely slipped my mind - I literally overlooked it.

[@tonyjanney1654]

I have always thought that “Hondo” is John Wayne’s most complete film. It is a love story as he gently wins Angie over. A father/son growth story as Hondo teaches Johnny what he needs to know, setting the example that Ed fails to do. It is a moral story about duties and obligations. It is about sticking to moral codes, even at one’s own expense. The dialog is witty and adult, sounding like things a real person would say, not just lines a writer thought were clever. The point of view of the Apache’s is presented in a fair and balanced way. The Apache Chief, Vittoro is a decent, honorable, and principled opponent. All of the characters act logically within the parameters of the storyline. Even the inexperienced young army officer’s strict adherence to orders fits within his character and the old scout, while disapproving of the LT’s approach, “ain’t ashamed of him” as “all his holes is in his front”. It ends in a thrilling fighting climax that resolves storylines. Plus, at this point in his life, John Wayne is a young, leathery man, looking completely believable as a scout in the Apache Wars in the southwest desert. @@waterbeauty85

[@bluesrock1]

"When the Legend Becomes Fact, Print the Legend" Best movie quote ever.

[@mildredpierce4506]

13:52 you were right about the thing on the wall. It is a bellows. "A bellows or pair of bellows is a device constructed to furnish a strong blast of air. The simplest type consists of a flexible bag comprising a pair of rigid boards with handles joined by flexible leather sides enclosing an approximately airtight cavity which can be expanded and contracted by operating the handles, and fitted with a valve allowing air to fill the cavity when expanded, and with a tube through which the air is forced out in a stream when the cavity is compressed.[1] It has many applications, in particular blowing on a fire to supply it with air."

[@izzonj]

Great movie. It's very interesting that the main character was so adamant about not using a gun and solving things peacefully but he ended up being known as "The man who shot Liberty Valence," even though he didn't. Perception is often more powerful than reality.

[@waterbeauty85]

Regarding perception being more powerful than reality, the story of Panvilov's 28 guardsmen who fought to the death destroying 18 German tanks in the defense of Moscow was so influential that several giant statues were erected to them and a memorial park was named after them, but it was eventually discovered that the story was a fabrication by journalists who repeated an unconfirmed rumor from the battle and further exaggerated it to boost wartime morale. Even so, the story is considered so important to the national culture, pride and patriotism that, in 2015, when the director of the Russian State Archive publicly stated that the story was a myth, he was removed from his post, and the Minister of Culture said "It is my deep conviction that even if this story was invented from the start to the finish, it is a sacred legend which is simply impossible to besmirch, and people who try to do that are scum."

[@MrRizzo1961]

Another Great award winning western " Cat Balou" Lee Marvin, Jane Fonda Lee Marvin won the Oscar for playing 2 characters in this movie ✌️❤️

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

Marshal Link (Andy Devine) voice sounds familiar because he did the voice to Friar Tuck in the Disney cartoon Robin Hood.

[@rayceeya8659]

John Wayne's hat is called a "Boss of the Plains". It's the original cowboy hat that Stetson started selling at the turn of the century.

[@Cheryworld]

This was a true classic. "The Searchers," with John Wayne is also a great classic. With Natalie Wood. John Wayne is always pretty ornery, but needs to be. He has serious stuff to do

[@josephross9863]

John Wayne is the most iconic western actor ever. So many great characters. His last movie before he died was The Shootist with Ron Howard and Lauren Bacall and once again James Stewart. A must watch...

[@snardfluk]

I recommend seeing John Wayne in “The Searchers” and “The Quiet Man” (perfect for St. Patrick’s Day) and Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance) in “Cat Ballou” and “Paint Your Wagon”.

[@rmhartman]

As a bonus, Paint Your Wagon has Clint Eastwood. ... And he sings.

[@snardfluk]

@@rmhartman Yes. He actually sang on “Rawhide” once.

[@sartanawillpay7977]

Marge Simpson (while watching Paint Your Wagon) - "Who knew that Lee Marvin could do the splits?" Lisa Simpson- "He's dreamy."

[@GaryLBlakeley]

So glad to see you watching these old classics. Also, your two westerners both had Lee Van Clef in them.

[@paulgarza1386]

John Wayne's character doesn't change much from movie to movie. His character will eventually grow on you, and saying that you must watch The Cowboys, but after watching a couple of his other films

[@AdamSTL-UNC]

You need to put McClintock and The Lonely Girl on the list!!! Wayne classics!!!

[@jamesmoyner7499]

Okay so after that version of the Alphabet Song. I want to see Ashleigh do a sing along video of her remixing classic children's songs, but rather than following the bouncing ball for the words instead it instead should be Beans.

[@andrewgrossman4982]

OMG, I *love* this movie. I liked it even more on the second viewing. I’m going to watch your reaction right now. Hopefully you liked this as much as I do!

[@DRockeh]

I mentioned this in your other western video but I recommend Paint your wagon. Others will disagree with me but I love it. It has Clint Eastwood, and Lee Marvin (Liberty Valance). It’s 2:44 long so you might avoid it. But I love it.

[@Akamai2HI]

John Wayne always plays John Wayne, no matter what part he's in so you'll probably like his other movies. I've always really liked this one. It's a great story and a lot of great western character actors in it.

[@StandUpComedyFan28m]

I love Ashleigh's reaction after John Wayne says, "You pick it up." "Ohh." I wonder if Blake will ever tell Ashleigh to pick something up. Lol And I love Ashleigh's laugh after the lady drying a dish says "I cannot say my ABC in Swedish." Lmao. Reminds me of her laugh when she found out what spirit animal Edward Norton had in Fight Club. Lol

[@michaelshockley4270]

The buckboard was referring to the wagon. Grandma said that the phone was on one party line. You crank the crank 3 times for the operator and clear the line and crank as many times for who you want to talk to. She had one hanging on the wall of her pioneer house in Idaho.

[@theWoodrow321]

McClintock is a very fun John Wayne movie. His best roles in my opinion, were The Searchers, True Grit, and The Shootist, which was his final role. James Stewart is good in just about everything he's in.

[@williamkerner3758]

Ashleigh! Dontcha get it? Hallie loved BOTH of them, but she had to CHOOSE. And that is the theme and symbolism of the whole movie. Hallie is like the Old West herself, having to choose between being wide open and being controlled by violent tough guys (even if she really loves a good tough guy), and civilization, which will give her peace and security and expand her knowledge (which she loves), but also cause her to lose something she grew up with (which she also loves). Whichever one she chooses she loses something (or someone) she loves and will miss the one she has to give up. That is why this movie is so bittersweet.

[@gravitypronepart2201]

Your the first reactor to do this and Im stoked. This is probibly my favorite western. Thanks so much!!!

[@rmmccoy51]

Jimmy Stewart, in what may have been his last appearance on the Tonight Show, was asked if he had made any new years resolutions. He reported that he had made one, he planed to slow down his talking. John Wayne got his award for True Grit, but I think he deserved it for his last film, The Shootist. Check that out.

[@FloridaMugwump]

Yes, Andy Devine did voices on Disney movies.

[@glennwisniewski9536]

Vera Miles (Hallie Stoddard) was Miss Kansas 1948. John Ford cast her with John Wayne in the classic Western, The Searchers. Later, she was to play Judy Barton in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo only to bow out due to pregnancy. The part then went to Kim Novak. Hitchcock did manage to direct her in another classic, Psycho. And, Ford used her again in the movie here, Liberty Valance.

[@garytiptin6479]

Vera Miles was in Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man", as well, with Henry Fonda.

[@smg85051]

James Stewart, who served in the Air Corp in WWII & flew bombing mission over Germany, retired from the Air Force Reserve with the tank of Brigadier General. Needless to say, he made several movies involving aircraft. One of his best, if not The Best movie he made that involved flying was the original The Flight of The Phoenix. An excellent film that I highly recommend for your channel.

[@nessaarandur7740]

"It's a length thing for me." - Ashleigh Burton, 2023. 🤣

[@randallshuck2976]

For Jimmy Stewart cowboy movies I suggest "The Far Country" or "Winchester 73". For John Wayne I suggest "The Cowboys", or "Stagecoach" . For Wayne paired with Maureen O Hara either "Mclintock" (western) or "The Quiet Man' (American in Ireland). Glad you liked this one. It is a classic. Thanks.

[@thorkhammer]

As Phillip Lozano stated-- "if you want another great John Wayne movie, definitely see The Searchers (1956). Its a towering classic" Agree, 100%