Newt's John Wayne Site

Howdy Pilgrim.

I just wanted to update you on the happenings at Newt's John Wayne Site. I'm sorry it has been so long since I have sent anything out but things have been quiet on the Duke front. CLICK HERE for a list of films starring John Wayne on TV showing in the near future.

• On May 13, 2008 Fox Home Video finally released THE BIG TRAIL 2-disc special edition. This edition is the first release of the 70mm WIDESCREEN version. There are lots of extra features, this is a welcome addition to anyone's John Wayne collection. Click here more info and to purchase.
  

• Also beginning May 13, 2008 Reprise Records, Turner Classic Movies, MGM Home Entertainment and the United States Postal Service are also joining Warner Home Video for what will be an unprecedented month-long tribute to the man who left an everlasting impact on popular culture, Frank Sinatra. Also available beginning May 13 will be an all-new CD collection; television film festival and other specials and a commemorative postage stamp. The initiative is the first from the newly established Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE).
  

  Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will honor Sinatra with a month-long festival of films and specials airing Sundays and Wednesdays throughout May. The Wednesday presentations will be hosted by his children: Nancy, Tina and Frank Jr. Among the films included in the May celebration are From Here to Eternity (1953), featuring Sinatra�s Oscar�-winning performance; the musicals Pal Joey (1957), On the Town (1949) and Anchors Aweigh (1945); the Rat Pack comedies Ocean�s Eleven (1960) and Sergeants 3 (1962); and powerhouse dramas like The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), which earned him a second Oscar nomination and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Also included are four outstanding television specials, including Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music (1965) and Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim (1967), the latter teaming him up with songstress Ella Fitzgerald and Brazilian songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim.
  

  Click here for a review of the 4 Frank Sinatra DVD sets. The four Ratpack films (Ocean's 11, Sergeants 3, Robin and the 7 Hoods, and 44 For Texas) will be shown on TCM May 21st starting at 5:00 PM (Pacific Time).
  

• A link between John Wayne and Frank Sinatra is that they once appeared in the same film, Cast A Giant Shadow (1966). This film will also be shown on TCM at 1:30 AM (Pacific Time) May 29th.
  

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  Later Pilgrim,
  Paul Newton
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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