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It’s that time of year again when Joe takes a deep dive into his obscure 1940’s Christmas film vault. We all know about the Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life, or White Christmas.Did y’all know John Wayne starred in a Christmas Western in 1948? Nothing says Merry Christmas like The Duke packing his lead slinger, and riding across a sun-baked landscape with a less than savory band of desperados. It’s time for legendary Western director, John Ford’s take on the three wisemen story … 3 Godfathers
Per IMDB: “Fugitive bank robbers Robert (John Wayne), William (Harry Carey Jr.) and Pedro (Pedro Armendáriz) stand at a desert grave. Caring for the newborn infant of the woman they just buried will ruin any chance of escape. But they won't go back on their promise to her. They won't abandon little Robert William Pedro. Director John Ford's Western retelling of the Biblical Three Wise Men tale remains a scenic and thematic masterpiece. Ford adds color to his feature-film palette, capturing stunning vistas via cinematographer Winton C. Hoch, who would win two of his three Academy Awards for Ford films. Again, populist-minded Ford asserts that even men of dissolute character can follow that inner star of Bethlehem to their own redemption.”
Brace yourselves cow girls and boys, because this 1940s flick is giving us a glimpse into the future, because it’s filmed in … technicolor!
So join me Thursday December 18th, and maybe raise a finger of whiskey in remembrance of our dear departed friend Chuck Wibert, as we watch this western spectacle (IYKYK).
We meet in the Guild Room. Fellowship, drinks and apps at 5:30PM.
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