Newt's John Wayne Site Newsletter

Hello Pilgrims, is has been a long time since my last newsletter. My mother was very ill with kidney cancer and she passed away earlier this year. I am just now getting back into the swing of things, I hope to be more regular with my postings in the newsletter and blog. My recent blog posting is about the famed director Michael Curtiz, I hope you will check it out.

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.
  

• Last weekend was the celebration of John Wayne's birthday at the John Wayne Birthplace in Winterset, Iowa. Check out all of the goings on, the theme of this years celebration was the 60th Anniversary of the release of The Quiet Man.
  

• There are several new John Wayne releases recently and in the coming months.
  

  On March 6th Paramount released two 3-disc sets to DVD. The first one is theJohn Wayne Adventure Three-Pack. This set includes Donovan's Reef, Hatari!, and In Harm's Way. The second set is the John Wayne Western Three-pack. This set includes The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sons of Katie Elder, and The Shootist.
  

  A double dose of John Wayne Blu-rays came moseying on down on May 8th. First is The Big Trail, it is being issued in a blu-ray version and DVD, 2 disc set. What is great about this release is that the original format of FOX GRANDEUR is provided. This was a new wide screen process that Fox developed but wasn't seen by many people because of the cost of installing the equipment in theaters.
  

  Also on May 8th also in a Blu-ray and DVD set is The Barbarian and the Geisha. This is the first time this film has been released in the US. It is available individually and also in a new 10-disc DVD boxed set, the John Wayne Film Collection. The films included in this set are THE BIG TRAIL, RED RIVER, LEGEND OF THE LOST, THE BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA, THE HORSE SOLDIERS, THE ALAMO, NORTH TO ALASKA, THE COMANCHEROS, THE LONGEST DAY, and THE UNDEFEATED.
  

  On June 5th Paramount is releasing Hondo on Blu-Ray disc. The good news about this release is that we are having a giveaway for one copy of this Blu-Ray release. The Hondo Giveaway is open from June 1 until June 16th, just click the link to go to the entry page. You can also view a review page for the Hondo Blu-Ray release.
  

  There will be a TCM Vault offering on July 2nd of the Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection. It will be a five-disc set containing Arizona (1931, Laura La Plante and JOHN WAYNE), Ten Cents a Dance (1931, Barbara Stanwyck), Virtue (1932, Carole Lombard), Three Wise Girls (1932, Jean Harlow), and Shopworn (1932, Barbara Stanwyck). The John Wayne entry in this set, Arizona was also titled Men Are Like That, and released in Great Britain under the title The Virtuous Wife. On August 7th there is going to be a release of Rio Grande on DVD and Blu-Ray. I will have more on these releases at a later date.

• The store had many bad links but I have fixed them and added some new items. In the DVDs section, there are John Wayne DVDS, some by directors that the Duke worked with most often, and Blu-Ray discs of John Wayne films plus a section of Blu-Ray discs not starring the Duke. Also there is a special features section that have documentary DVDs about John Wayne and his career.
  

  In the music section, you can get the CD of John Wayne's album America, Why I Love Her. Also there are CDs of film themes and scores and other western music.
  

  In the books section, one page of John Wayne books and a page of books about other actors and actresses, plus books of interest about Hollywood.
  

  There are other sections of interest such as posters and pictures of John Wayne and some of his female co-stars. There is section of John Wayne themed collectibles. The last section is Misc Goodies, items that didn't fit into the other categories. In this section are calendars, a John Wayne Monopoly game, a 1000 piece puzzle of the John Wayne 37 cent postage stamp, playing card set and even John Wayne magnets.
  

  I hope you will visit the John Wayne Store and check out all of the interesting items that we offer. Scroll down the main store page for many specials that are of interest to John Wayne fans and classic movie fans as well. If your are not shopping at the John Wayne Store soon, you're burnin' daylight!

Later Pilgrim,
Paul Newton