Same here. Well, not every month lol but at least once a year. ALL the women in El Dorado are hot too , plus it's a fun movie. I still remember my Dad owning the VHS and kept watching it until the tape got worn out you could barely see/hear anything. I had to buy him the Blu Ray for Christmas.
@@muppetonmeds HAHAHAHHA no, I come from a very poor country with a totalitarian regime where we have to choose exactly one movie that we'd be allowed to watch for our whole lives. If you watch another, you'd be shot and your family sent to GULAG, where, coincidentally, I am right now because my distant cousin dared to illegally watch the pilot episode of Sex and the City while having the permission to watch Dial M for Murder.
I literally went through a bunch of Caan interviews about a week ago thinking about all his great roles. Then when the news hit I figured I’d watch some of them again😢
Can't imagine being some 20-something year old actor with almost no experience and being cast in El Dorado with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. Caan did more than just hold his own, he was cocky, funny, confident and maybe that's why Wayne liked him. RIP James Caan.
True. The interviewer needs to do a few more interviews and run into someone who just answers with one word. Then he will learn the value of someone who's ready to tell a story and how you just need to be quiet and listen
I am proud to say that I worked as a Wrangler for Rudy Ugland on the "Comes A Horseman" production set in Westcliffe, Colorado during the summer of 1977. The production company had 700 head of horned Herefords that were running over my father-in-law's (Jim Like) leased land. He got upset, and wanted compensation. Jim Like and I both got jobs as Wranglers on the "Comes A Horseman" movie set, which was quite an experience. One memory that I have from being a Wrangler on this movie set is when Jimmy Caan came up to me and said, "I never could rope!" My son had been born in February of that year, and my wife and I were on vacation from school. Jim Like was a nationally recognized rodeo cowboy, and I was just a lowly student at the time. That first-born son of mine, SFC Ronald Tanner Wood, was killed in the war in Iraq in 2005 at the age of 28. Memories are wonderful, but are hard to bear. -- Ron Wood, Sr., Gold Star Father
I can't believe the interview STOPS at 2:51 -- right in the middle of James Caan's story, right at the high point. "You came too far forward..." Are you freaking kidding me??? Just let the man tell this awesome story -- and YOU figure out how to keep him in the shot. Unreal.
It is a direction, because this Interview is used for a documentary called "Mr. Warmth" about Don Rickles. You cannot use a clip which is out of focus in a film. So he "interrupted" Caan for a good reason. Same with the plane.
@@filmSCHOOLarchive that is idiotic. You stop the flow of a story when the story is clearly the centerpiece instead of the camera operator doing their job? IDIOTIC! On top of it all for a DOCUMENTARY! DOCUMENT -as in SHOOT IT AS IS - and save the directing for the movies. You must have gone to school for this.
If you were a kid in the 70's like I was, you grew up when toughness wasn't just an asset, it was a way of life. I watched the Bad News Bears the other night for the first time since I saw it in the theater, (my first year of little league) 1976, and other than team celebrating at the end with beer, it was pretty damn spot on for those days, and I'm glad I grew up in that era. Caan, Pacino, Clint, Dinero, Duvall etc are all going to be sorely missed when they're gone and all they brought to the big screen. A much under-rated film with James Caan and Jane Fonda is the 1978 movie "Comes A Horseman", and it's one of my favorites.
James Caan was a generational star who was a superb actor for over 50 years. He was also an American Original from the Big Apple. We will not see his like again.
Just what a cool dude mr James Caan is these old school actors and above all these old school people just can't be replaced!!! I was raised by my grandparents I'm 35 in the year 2021 and it sucks!!! Irish traveller UK
Caan swapping out a NY-"Fuhgeddaboudit" accent for Wayne's trademark "I ain't gonna hit ya" accent was a fun listen! Thank you for posting this interview.
As Over The Years Growing Up, From The 1980's. I Have Seen So Many John Wayne '' The Duke '' Movies, To Listen To James Caan. Talk About Parts Him Working With John Wayne, In Movies. Was A Great Few Minutes, Listen To About Both Of These Classic Hollywood Actors.
Caan is an excellent interviewee here - I'm riveted - now that I know it was John Landis doing the interviewing it explains everything - the interviewing is beyond embarrassing
Had the pleasure of working with James (call me Jimmy) on one of his later films, a couple of years back. He did not suffer fools. (That's why we got along so well.) I'm almost shocked that he didn't give this guy hell, although there was that one suspicious cut...
The Duke was playing with James Caan just like Foghorn Leghorn did in the cartoon with the young Chickenhawk using him to taunt the Guard dog! Hilarious!
The stories about The Duke screwing with him are hilarious--I love John Wayne! But the BEST part of this clip is seeing James' real temper begin to flare at Landis for not paying attention! LOL
James Caan was great in El Dorado. One of my top ten favorite movies. Great eye candy too with Charlene Holt and Michelle Carey. I saw the actual paintings that were used for the intro in a western museum in Phoenix Arizona. Painted by the guy who played the Swedish gunsmith in the movie.
This man could act. See one of his early roles in "The Glory Guys". He was over the top as an Irishman. I can't believe he's gone, he will forever be the Hot Head Sonny Corleone, Brother of Al Pacino/Michael Corleone in the Godfather. ... and, He also played a great Casino Exec in the Vegas Series. He was just a hip, cool, accomplished man. (... and he was Hot!).
RIP James Caan There goes the last person who was in the movie El Dorado. The film is not a masterpiece of cinema; but working with Hawks, Wayne and Mitchum is for few people.
Bought some 20 John Wayne westerns in dvd this week....and then this turns up......not that a phone isn't spying on you or anything..... 🤣 El dorado is among them, so young Caan is in it too.....and Mitchum.....can't go wrong there. Good old entertainment nothing woke....love it!
I have got two movie DVDS of James Caan with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum Christopher George and Ed Asner in El Dorado with Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Coburn in Eraser I am dedicating these movie DVDS to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris Marie and Hester from Billyxxxxx
It is perfect escapism...watched it for the first time with my pals back around 1967 in the Odeon picture hall in Whiteinch, Glasgow when I was 11 years old...it instantly transported us all away to another time and place for a couple of wonderful hours...still does this to me anytime I see It...
I met James Caan. He came into my office in Beverly Hills. I was blown away, but he was a down to earth guy. He was honored to have a photo taken with me. No better person than him.
You should have asked him to go out, close the door, wait five seconds and come back in. You, then, would jump out the Office Paraphernalia Cabinet and exclaim "Supplies!" That old gag never gets old.
I love the story Mr Caan tells. You can tell he loved it, and how much joy he had working with John Wayne and Howard Hawks. Thank you for sharing this.
James Caan - no matter how famous he is - he is still underrated - Absolutely amazing in every thing he ever did. His kind of talent interpersonal intelligence and panosh - very rare. He would make every guy my age smile if he would do another feature film. Thanks for sharing.
Ron Strzelecki - That is the role that the Cohen brothers should redo and Mr. J.Caan should play the lead. It could be a masterpiece if he would do it. 👍
I Love ElDorado. One of The best westerns. I never get tired of watching Mr. Caan, Mr. Wayne and Mr. Mitchum together. Those three men worked so well together. They were quite the trio. A true classic.
Mr. Caan, I want to Thank You for being an "Actor", and not a "star". You have a talent that few men have. And, thanks for working with the Duke and Mitchum. You were perfect.
Just what I thought. Wayne was a movie star but not much of an actor. Except maybe The Searchers. That's the only one I'll give him which out of a very lengthy career isn't much. As for being a tough guy, he advised Kirk Douglas that he shouldn't take the role of Vincent van Gogh because "men like us don't play sissies." Obviously touchy about the subject of what constitutes masculinity.
" Brian's Song " ......I am 55 now and remember in 2nd grade ( 1971) we watched that now classic and let me say that movie made me and all my classmates CRY OUTLOUD !! Superb emotion, you NEVER forget !! * I have a tear in my eye now as I write this ! LIFE just goes by way to fast, why ? THERE MUST BE SOMETING WONDERFUL after we all leave this life !! in JESUS name I pray ! ......".this is not, all 4 NOT ! " as my wonderful Grandparents would tell us when we were young...*
Charliebrm1 Wayne's acting goes unnoticed most always because people like you only see "The Duke" playing a role, and don't appreciate nor even notice his acting, facial expressions, etc. Look again at Quiet Man, or his interaction with Maureen O'Hara, for example; many other times as well...which you entirely overlook. It's a common thing when seeing icons or iconic people-- take the Statue Of Liberty for example...most only see the STATUE, and fail utterly to see the fine artwork, the detail, the imaginative design and flair. Not saying John Wayne was on a par with Cagney, Welles, Burton, etc... but he could and did act far and away much better than anyone gives him credit for. It's there to see if only one actually looks!
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Guys like James Caan and Ray Liotta can never be replaced-true character actors with such charisma
James Caan really had a unique charisma! It's so sad.
@@sasazivanovic777 no
Amen to that!
Mr Henry
ray liotta could be replaced in a second and no body would know, he just wasnt a good actor.
His impersonation of John Wayne is 10/10. El Dorado is one of my all-time favorites, I watch it at least once every month and never get tired.
I love El Dorado too!
Same here. Well, not every month lol but at least once a year. ALL the women in El Dorado are hot too , plus it's a fun movie. I still remember my Dad owning the VHS and kept watching it until the tape got worn out you could barely see/hear anything. I had to buy him the Blu Ray for Christmas.
Once a month WTF lol cant you afford any more movies?
john wayne when he do first movie he so young and slim he at his best then i think 1940
@@muppetonmeds HAHAHAHHA no, I come from a very poor country with a totalitarian regime where we have to choose exactly one movie that we'd be allowed to watch for our whole lives. If you watch another, you'd be shot and your family sent to GULAG, where, coincidentally, I am right now because my distant cousin dared to illegally watch the pilot episode of Sex and the City while having the permission to watch Dial M for Murder.
Rest in peace James. You were truly one of my favorite actors of all time, and a mighty performer
I literally went through a bunch of Caan interviews about a week ago thinking about all his great roles. Then when the news hit I figured I’d watch some of them again😢
@@michaelberry1382 Me too, honestly, he was such a magnificent performer. Personally, his role in "Misery" is my favourite of his, how about you?
I agree.. RIP
@@tommybrown9534 My favorite is The Rain People
I rewatched Thief the other night Caan owns it. Hollywood is finished
Can't imagine being some 20-something year old actor with almost no experience and being cast in El Dorado with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. Caan did more than just hold his own, he was cocky, funny, confident and maybe that's why Wayne liked him. RIP James Caan.
Interrupting James Caan at the height of his story about the Duke. Brilliant. Just brilliant.
lol
Yeah, what was with that knucklehead?
You can tell Caan was like “you gotta’ be effing kidding me guy.. lol.
He had to. Caan was rambling.
True. The interviewer needs to do a few more interviews and run into someone who just answers with one word. Then he will learn the value of someone who's ready to tell a story and how you just need to be quiet and listen
I am proud to say that I worked as a Wrangler for Rudy Ugland on the "Comes A Horseman" production set in Westcliffe, Colorado during the summer of 1977. The production company had 700 head of horned Herefords that were running over my father-in-law's (Jim Like) leased land. He got upset, and wanted compensation. Jim Like and I both got jobs as Wranglers on the "Comes A Horseman" movie set, which was quite an experience. One memory that I have from being a Wrangler on this movie set is when Jimmy Caan came up to me and said, "I never could rope!" My son had been born in February of that year, and my wife and I were on vacation from school. Jim Like was a nationally recognized rodeo cowboy, and I was just a lowly student at the time. That first-born son of mine, SFC Ronald Tanner Wood, was killed in the war in Iraq in 2005 at the age of 28. Memories are wonderful, but are hard to bear. -- Ron Wood, Sr., Gold Star Father
Your memory made me cry ....for a Mother who Son passed in Turkey 2003 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍🇺🇸
I’m so sorry for your loss.
There are no words, Sir.
His performance in "A Bridge Too Far" was impressive.. A powerful presentation from a real actor among so many famous actors...RIP sir..
Sad to hear of the passing of this acting legend. Loved his work
I can't believe the interview STOPS at 2:51 -- right in the middle of James Caan's story, right at the high point. "You came too far forward..." Are you freaking kidding me??? Just let the man tell this awesome story -- and YOU figure out how to keep him in the shot. Unreal.
It is a direction, because this Interview is used for a documentary called "Mr. Warmth" about Don Rickles.
You cannot use a clip which is out of focus in a film. So he "interrupted" Caan for a good reason.
Same with the plane.
John Wayne was directing the interview
@@filmSCHOOLarchive yes you can, you can do anything uncut and doesn't have to be that perfect.
Fucken A! Right! Classic James Caan and just rolls with the punches like a true professional.
@@filmSCHOOLarchive that is idiotic. You stop the flow of a story when the story is clearly the centerpiece instead of the camera operator doing their job? IDIOTIC! On top of it all for a DOCUMENTARY! DOCUMENT -as in SHOOT IT AS IS - and save the directing for the movies. You must have gone to school for this.
This interview was absolute GOLD. James Caan, icon.
Brian's Song, Still lump in throat, cry every time
Omg I cry just hearing the theme song.
Only watched it once,can’t watch it again.
Caan doing the Chinese guy in El Dorado was priceless. It's edited out in most showings of the movie today. Christopher George was magnificent.
Nels McCloud.
Nels to Cole - You never gave me a chance.
Cole to Nels - You were too good to give a chance.
Caan loved working with Wayne.
That's because it was a joke, and jokes are not allowed today, especially funny ones. Actual, funny jokes make some "people" wet themselves.
Cinderella Liberty, is James Caan at his best. His facial expressions, his timing, all superb!
If you were a kid in the 70's like I was, you grew up when toughness wasn't just an asset, it was a way of life. I watched the Bad News Bears the other night for the first time since I saw it in the theater, (my first year of little league) 1976, and other than team celebrating at the end with beer, it was pretty damn spot on for those days, and I'm glad I grew up in that era. Caan, Pacino, Clint, Dinero, Duvall etc are all going to be sorely missed when they're gone and all they brought to the big screen. A much under-rated film with James Caan and Jane Fonda is the 1978 movie "Comes A Horseman", and it's one of my favorites.
Caan does the best impression of John Wayne ever!!
I love James Caan. He was great in all his movies, but the best movie he ever made was THIEF. I’ve watch that movie 50 times, and I still love it.
I agree totally! A great role and movie and the score by Tangerine Dream was groundbreaking. Great observation!
its a killer film
Great ending to the movie. Such a gritty, realistic film. One of his best performances.
James Caan was a generational star who was a superb actor for over 50 years. He was also an American Original from the Big Apple. We will not see his like again.
Just what a cool dude mr James Caan is these old school actors and above all these old school people just can't be replaced!!! I was raised by my grandparents I'm 35 in the year 2021 and it sucks!!! Irish traveller UK
Love James Caan just a brilliant actor love the stories .
Caan swapping out a NY-"Fuhgeddaboudit" accent for Wayne's trademark "I ain't gonna hit ya" accent was a fun listen!
Thank you for posting this interview.
As Over The Years Growing Up, From The 1980's. I Have Seen So Many John Wayne '' The Duke '' Movies, To Listen To James Caan. Talk About Parts Him Working With John Wayne, In Movies. Was A Great Few Minutes, Listen To About Both Of These Classic Hollywood Actors.
JAMES CAAN IS THE LAST REMAINING MOVIE STAR IN THE WORLD. RESPECTED BY EVERYONE!
No, he's not the last. Ever heard of Eastwood or Redford? C'mon, man!
Brilliant ! Ive watched this dozens of times over the last few years and it makes me laugh every time ! Thank you !
Just loved John Wayne. Loved all of his movies.
Every. single. one.
When you interrupted him, a Saloon sign ought to have hit you from above right away.
Cool allusion!
"If You Weren't
Limping When
You Came In,
You'll Be Limping
On Your Way Out!"
(Just After You Pick
Yourself Up From
The Dusty Street).
~ 🤦
RIP JC…wonderful actor, great character. You will be missed!
Fantastic story about John Wayne. Love it.
One of James Caan’s most underrated roles
What a great Story. Two of the Best! RIP Ya'll
Caan is an excellent interviewee here - I'm riveted - now that I know it was John Landis doing the interviewing it explains everything - the interviewing is beyond embarrassing
I thought I recognized his voice!
What is it for?
love this guy! 1st movie I saw as a kid with him in it was freebie & the bean, think I was 9 loved it.
I could listen to James all day. A dying breed. 👍
Had the pleasure of working with James (call me Jimmy) on one of his later films, a couple of years back. He did not suffer fools. (That's why we got along so well.) I'm almost shocked that he didn't give this guy hell, although there was that one suspicious cut...
Great actor& always sounded happy to tell the stories
Love it, beautiful stories....classics really
I'm surprised he didn't bite his fist when the interviewer stopped him mid story
The Duke was playing with James Caan just like Foghorn Leghorn did in the cartoon with the young Chickenhawk using him to taunt the Guard dog! Hilarious!
Nice Guy , now that my friend is funny! Thank you for that mental image. Respectfully Jeff Jones
Greatest respect Mr. Caan. Loved you in "Thief".
Amazing stuff. They don't make them like him anymore
Greetings From Florida 🌴 Fabulous interview!! Thank You for Sharing 👍
I'm thinking John Wayne treated actors the way John Ford treated him.
I think John Wayne was playing a joke on Jimmy and being playful. I think John Ford was a great director as well as a mean S.O.B..
I loved him in Las Vegas, That was such a great show!
Wow. Legends, could have listed to this all day. Tomorrow too. RIP
Superb actor unforgettable performances, simply awesome, irreplaceable best character actor.
The stories about The Duke screwing with him are hilarious--I love John Wayne! But the BEST part of this clip is seeing James' real temper begin to flare at Landis for not paying attention! LOL
Goddammit Sonny! You just can't be starting a war every time you have a disagreement!
Despite the interruptions, Caan tells great stories.
Thanks James can for sharing. Very cool
That was beautiful, thank you.
I didn’t realize till now that James Caan played Mississippi in El Dorado! Such a good movie
Those story’s were hilarious lol 😂 🤣
Caan was the best. They say he could fit in anywhere and with anybody.
Love James Caan. Last of the real classy old school actor.
Both great inEl dorado ,one of my FAVOURITE cowboy movies
Life is tough, it's even tougher if you're stupid. John Wayne.
EXACTLY...
James Caan was great in El Dorado. One of my top ten favorite movies. Great eye candy too with Charlene Holt and Michelle Carey. I saw the actual paintings that were used for the intro in a western museum in Phoenix Arizona. Painted by the guy who played the Swedish gunsmith in the movie.
I would've loved to be in the same room with Charles Bronson and James Caan.
Wayne could see Caan was a good actor
I saw him in a recent film with Owen Wilson and Mr. Caan is just amazing. 👍🍸
A Bridge Too Far; you were and are awesome.
I've seen El Dorado several times and it's one of my favorites
I’m gonna miss him!
This man could act. See one of his early roles in "The Glory Guys". He was over the top as an Irishman.
I can't believe he's gone, he will forever be the Hot Head Sonny Corleone, Brother of Al Pacino/Michael Corleone in the Godfather.
... and, He also played a great Casino Exec in the Vegas Series.
He was just a hip, cool, accomplished man. (... and he was Hot!).
Rest in Peace James Caan (1940-2022)
"Sorry, I had a brain fart."
I'm using that one at work. Love it!
RIP James Caan
There goes the last person who was in the movie El Dorado. The film is not a masterpiece of cinema; but working with Hawks, Wayne and Mitchum is for few people.
loved him as Ed Deline in Las Vegas. RIP to a legend
That's a good interview. I liked the ending.
Jimmy Caan was an awesome actor! RIP Mississippi!
Jimmy Caan what a loss for us great great actor!
Bought some 20 John Wayne westerns in dvd this week....and then this turns up......not that a phone isn't spying on you or anything..... 🤣
El dorado is among them, so young Caan is in it too.....and Mitchum.....can't go wrong there. Good old entertainment nothing woke....love it!
As an Englishman, I am getting good at NY accents, I went for Bronx, and low and behold.
Great Actor RIP
"Over the mountains of the Moon, through the valley of the shadows,ride pony ride till you find El Dorado" John Wayne AMERICAN!
"A piece of work"....sums up Wayne pretty well i'd bet. Thanks for posting
John Wayne is and always will be the Greatest.
Thanks for sharing.
This story was most definitely worth hearing
Wayne is the best
So is Rickles
So is Caan
All class acts
I will pray for America. Please pray for me. God Bless you.
I like James Caan, great actor..
Eldorado is one of my favorites, John Wayne, Robert Mitchem and James Cann, fantastic cast. Let's not forget the Christmas classic ELF 😂
R.I.P Jimmy, great performer in some great movies..
He is such an actor
This was GOLD😂😂
RIP JAMES, another piece of work wink
El Dorado (1966) was a great Western and James Caan as “Mississippi” was perfect for that role!
James Caan does a fabulous John Wayne impersonation . Xcellent
Thanks for Sharing ......
Caan and Wayne. Wow!!!!!
True friends reach inside and try to help you find yourself, JOHN WAYNE
James Caan very good actor
I have got two movie DVDS of
James Caan with
John Wayne and Robert Mitchum
Christopher George
and Ed Asner in
El Dorado
with Arnold Schwarzenegger
and James Coburn in
Eraser
I am dedicating these movie DVDS to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris Marie and Hester from Billyxxxxx
James Caan is a legend
El Dorado is a great film, my favourite John Wayne flick. Mississippi, you’ll be missed.
I could watch about an hour of this
EL Dorado is one of my favorite westerns! Great cast, decent storyline, just a fabulous flick to curl up and watch on a rainy evening!
It's essentially a remake of Rio Bravo, while I liked both of them very much I kind of prefer El Dorado.
It is perfect escapism...watched it for the first time with my pals back around 1967 in the Odeon picture hall in Whiteinch, Glasgow when I was 11 years old...it instantly transported us all away to another time and place for a couple of wonderful hours...still does this to me anytime I see It...
One of Wayne’s “fun” westerns. Surprising him and Mitchum didn’t do more films together
Mine too!
Next to the fire. You're on the money
I met James Caan. He came into my office in Beverly Hills. I was blown away, but he was a down to earth guy. He was honored to have a photo taken with me. No better person than him.
if he came to my office in Downers Grove, IL I would be blown away, Beverly Hills, not so much....
You should have asked him to go out, close the door, wait five seconds and come back in. You, then, would jump out the Office Paraphernalia Cabinet and exclaim "Supplies!" That old gag never gets old.
Yup no better bigot than him lol
@curragh 42 seems to me your the the one whose butt hurt u fuck boy i cant say John Wayne was a bigot wow !
liar @@bostonblackie878
I love the story Mr Caan tells. You can tell he loved it, and how much joy he had working with John Wayne and Howard Hawks. Thank you for sharing this.
James Caan - no matter how famous he is - he is still underrated - Absolutely amazing in every thing he ever did. His kind of talent interpersonal intelligence and panosh - very rare. He would make every guy my age smile if he would do another feature film. Thanks for sharing.
Killer Elite is still my favorite James Caan movie
He's really amazing in Roller Ball did lots of stunt work.
F Poynton ..... Righteous Dude...
Ron Strzelecki - That is the role that the Cohen brothers should redo and Mr. J.Caan should play the lead. It could be a masterpiece if he would do it. 👍
panache
I Love ElDorado. One of The best westerns. I never get tired of watching Mr. Caan, Mr. Wayne and Mr. Mitchum together. Those three men worked so well together. They were quite the trio. A true classic.
Arthur Honeycutt was good in.El Dorado
Mr. Caan,
I want to Thank You for being an "Actor", and not a "star".
You have a talent that few men have.
And, thanks for working with the Duke and Mitchum. You were perfect.
Just what I thought. Wayne was a movie star but not much of an actor. Except maybe The Searchers. That's the only one I'll give him which out of a very lengthy career isn't much.
As for being a tough guy, he advised Kirk Douglas that he shouldn't take the role of Vincent van Gogh because "men like us don't play sissies." Obviously touchy about the subject of what constitutes masculinity.
Thanks for working with JW? Ya think he did it for charity? lol
See my comment above. He was truly an actor and not a star. Perfect description of him.
" Brian's Song " ......I am 55 now and remember in 2nd grade ( 1971) we watched that now classic and let me say that movie made me and all my classmates CRY OUTLOUD !! Superb emotion, you NEVER forget !! * I have a tear in my eye now as I write this ! LIFE just goes by way to fast, why ? THERE MUST BE SOMETING WONDERFUL after we all leave this life !! in JESUS name I pray ! ......".this is not, all 4 NOT ! " as my wonderful Grandparents would tell us when we were young...*
Charliebrm1 Wayne's acting goes unnoticed most always because people like you only see "The Duke" playing a role, and don't appreciate nor even notice his acting, facial expressions, etc. Look again at Quiet Man, or his interaction with Maureen O'Hara, for example; many other times as well...which you entirely overlook. It's a common thing when seeing icons or iconic people-- take the Statue Of Liberty for example...most only see the STATUE, and fail utterly to see the fine artwork, the detail, the imaginative design and flair.
Not saying John Wayne was on a par with Cagney, Welles, Burton, etc... but he could and did act far and away much better than anyone gives him credit for. It's there to see if only one actually looks!