People before you start crabbing about how cheesy the stunts are, the dialog forced blah blah blah---they are old freaking movies. You cannot expect the picture to be perfect or to be along todays standard. DUH, they are over 50 freaking years old! Go get some other movies by other actors during the same time frame and you will see the exact same things that are "wrong" with these. They are awesome movies and a recommend for any John Wayne fan!
The Duke, But a lot or them have been edited
I found this and jumped on it. As already stated the Lone Star movies are old and they have not been restored. [Package says Digitally remastered] The worst thing is that they have been edited. Most [not all] of the run times are from 2 to 7 minutes short. On a movie that last only 55 to 59 minutes that can change the movie. I bought this for RAINBOW VALLEY. This movie's original runtime was 52 minutes. On this DVD it runs 47 minutes.
If you are trying to collect the full movie pass this by. If you don't care and want to watch some classic Duke it's a good price.
Too bad they spent more on packaging it than they did on production.
Black-n-White, Lousy Video/Audio, but it IS The Duke!
Black and white OLD, OLD, OLD movies. "The Duke" looks like a kid! These are like the first "talkie" movies, or something. Quite odd, really. There are limited sound effects, and no music to set the "mood". (It's amazing how much difference that subtle "mood" music makes!) The stunts are cheesy, the dialog predictable and forced. And the movies are SHORT - 55 minutes on some of 'em!
All that said, it *IS* John Wayne and if you know what you're getting into, for the price, these disks are a bargain.
How did this guy ever act, such bad acting...UGH! I just can't stand to watch a John Wayne movie! More Info about this DVD Director(s): Don Siegel - Henry Hathaway DVD Release Date: Released the 14 May 2002 Usually ships in 6 to 11 days
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Although scarcely seen in its original 3-D, and entirely out of sight for a decade and a half after its producer-star died, Hondo has maintained a high rep among John Wayne fans--and it wasn't even directed by Howard Hawks or John Ford. (Actually, Ford did shoot some second-unit stuff while visiting Wayne on location.) Half-breed Hondo, companioned only by an antisocial dog, tends to be more sympathetic toward the Apaches than toward the white society he occasionally scouts for. He falls into uneasy friendship with a New Mexico farmwoman (Geraldine Page) whose husband deserts her for long stretches, and whose son (Lee Aaker) is blood brother to the local Apache chieftain. A good, spare frontier tale--Louis L'Amour via James Edward (Angel and the Badman) Grant--in which... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): John Wayne - Geraldine Page Director(s): John Farrow DVD Release Date: Released the 11 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Big Jake is not one of the Duke's classics, but a diverting attempt nonetheless. Everyone seems to think that Jacob McCandles is six-feet under ("I thought you was dead" is a running line throughout), so some bad men kidnap his grandson. They want a piece of the family fortune and will kill to get it. Patrick Wayne, the Duke's own son, plays one of Big Jake's kids, and together they start out after the boy's abductors. Richard Boone makes a worthy adversary to Jake's larger than life figure, and the final confrontation between the two contains some great gritted-teeth dialogue. Maureen O'Hara is barely in the feature, sharing the same fate as Bobby Vinton as the boy's father. He seems to be onscreen just to get shot. --Keith SimantonMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): John Wayne - Richard Boone Director(s): John Wayne - George Sherman DVD Release Date: Released the 29 April 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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