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| Promotional photo of John Wayne in The Cowboys which appeared on the cover of Life Magazine |
Alan Hopewell’s favorite Journal movie critic, Hugh Gallagher, did the honors.
It’s interesting that Mr. Gallagher thought that the Duke was better in The Cowboys than he was in True Grit, which featured his Oscar-winning performance.
Back here on this post, I mentioned how I remembered seeing The Cowboys at Amherst Theater, and getting teary-eyed seeing the loathsome scumbag Bruce Dern murder the Duke. I haven’t been able to watch the movie on TV since. (Yes, I know that’s pretty goofy.)
(For the record, I didn’t mind seeing John Wayne get wiped out in The Alamo. After all, he was playing Davy Crockett and we knew in advance that everyone there was gonna die. At least he literally went out with a bang.)
Anyway, here’s the Hugh Gallagher movie review of The Cowboys.
I didn't see THE COWBOYS theatrically, but I do think that it was one of John Wayne's best later films, largely due to great performances by the entire cast, plus the added bonus of not being saddled (YSPTP) with that annoying Kim Darby...
ReplyDeleteIf the Duke is on I watch him, and love the experience; he's good no matter what.
(I just realized that I don't OWN any John Wayne films; Tracy owns HATARI and THE WAR WAGON. May need to score some titles for myself.)
Speaking of The Duke,his long time costume designer Luster Bayless just passed away last Friday at the age of 84.Luster worked on The Cowboys.He would select outfits for John Wayne to wear for his various characters that he played.But Luster admitted that The Duke pretty much wore whatever he wanted in his movies.Proving that when you're one of the best like Wayne was that you have a style all your own.
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