John Wayne! William Holden! Marlon Brando! STAGECOACH Stefanie Powers Sets the Record Straight! AWOW
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- Before HART TO HART, Stefanie Powers had been a horsewoman. She'd had her own horse since she was a child. So, being cast as John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara's spunky daughter in the comedy western McLINTOCK! was only natural and just the beginning of a long career of beautiful women who were all a bit feisty. He long relationship with actor William Holden shed light on what kind of man Holden was and what the actor thought of director John Ford's rules and regulations during the making of THE HORSE SOLDIERS. Find out what he and Duke did to raise the ire of the legendary director. Another director, Stanley Kurbrick, told Stef how he "helped" Marlon Brando become a movie director on ONE-EYED JACKS. What note did John Ford send the director of the STAGECOACH remake? Stefanie sets the record straight in this interview recorded December 2014 in Hollywood for a special edition of A WORD ON WESTERNS.
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Great show! Love Stephanie ❤️I'll never get bored from hearing these stories. The Hollywood of today has no class and will never be remember like the days of John Wayne and all the other stars of that time.👍👍
You’re absoulutely right.❤️✝️🥰
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Once again Mr. Word, a great interview. My childhood crush on Ms. Powers is alive and well.
This was a wonderful experience to see this interview with Stephanie Powers. Such great stories and good background history on westerns and their stars. I could listen to her for hours.
The “Girl from UNCLE”. Had a big crush on her when I was young!
She still looks great, and she had some great stories!
Absolutely great interview of Stephanie Powers. As usual these old stars are so down to earth and love to share their stories of the days they must truly miss.
Thanks for letting us know Stefanie that the Brando movie ONE EYED JACKS was flawed. You would know. Yeah right.
Stefanie Powers is still a knockout. Loved this exchange. Thanks.
Thanks, Pat.
"Why" was a good question. John Huston on the subject once famously said, "There's no good excuse to remake a film that was done right in the first place".
And Ford and Wayne's Stagecoach was certainly done right.
Stagecoach was one of my top five PRE-LEONE westerns......but I hated the music.I would love to see it with different music much like the "Word of Mouth" feature on TCM.
I have found, and it has taken me decades, that when watching a "remake" of a movie, not to watch it as a "remake", but, as a completely different movie. When watching this "remake" a couple of times decades ago, I winced through it. A couple of years ago I watched it as a "different" western and it was not as bad as watching it as a "remake". Hopefully I conveyed what I meant.
@@geraldpierini9010 Well, that business of there being only seven basic plots suggests that by this time *everything's* bound to be a remake anyway. But I get what you're saying, and I'm glad that works for you. But don't you think every remake, or every one that I'm aware of at least, makes no bones about it because they are all largely hoping to trade on the success of the original? And so,having no intention at all of producing something truly fresh and different to start with, would actually frown on someone like yourself's disassociating their film from its source.
Yet John Huston make his beginning as a director with the third (and best) version of "The Maltese Falcon." I have seen all three versions, and the John Huston version is the best.
@@williambilyeu9801 Indeed. And one of my all time favorite films. Finally done right with the third try.
Beautiful, effervescent, charming. And Stephanie Powers ain't bad, either. (Cymbal crash). Wow, she's just the total package, isn't she? You could fall in love. What grace and beauty -- and humor. Holden knew what he was doing. I had to IMDb her to find out her age, and never let it be said that natural aging isn't gorgeous. Stunning and totally infectious. Thanks for this one, Rob. What a treat.
You have yourself a, "Word On Westerns" leading lady in Stephanie Rob. She's got a great memory and assessment of the who's who of our cowboy heroes and I still have a crush on her. I'm still perplexed by the tyrantic nature of John Ford. Undeniably genus in his craft but certainly unnecessarily cruel and most surprisingly toward John Wayne who idolized him and probably "the Duke" was as much a boost to Ford's career as anyone else he directed. Keep Em Coming Rob, you're the GOAT in western folklore.
This was really interesting! She is such a great story teller! You feel like you are there yourself seeing it all happen!
I love how Rob, because of his great film knowledge, is able to inspire and bring out these great memories from these great actors. Isn't that what we all sometimes love to do is to just visit casually and talk about our experiences, failures and successes and especially when we can laugh at ourselves and enjoy the ride that is life. Thanks again Rob for your great ability to bring out the best, just as a great director does, in these guests you have.
Thanks so much, GG.
Your sooo right, I cld not have said it better. 👍
She really covered a lot of territory from the 60s - thanks!
What a joy, Ms Powers was delightful. This has to be one of my favorite interviews so far. Thanks for sharing this.
My utmost praise to Rob Word, excellent interview with Miss Powers, about those Icons of the Silver Screen. She looked fantastic , spoke very clearly, her thoughts seemed very spontaneous, not say Q carded or rehearsed. Thank you very much and keep those wonderful shows coming. LOL, God Bless.🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🐂🐎🐂🐎🦅🦅👍👍
Rob, I was having a real bad day PTSD.
I saw the notification saying another WOW. As soon as I saw you talking to Ms Powers it put a smile on my face, thank Mate from Down Under.
Great interview! I love hearing from Stefanie Powers and her early work on Westerns doesn’t usually get much coverage.
Oh my goodness, Stefanie is still a beauty!! Thanks Rob for the interview! McLintock is my favorite John Wayne Movie!!!
I briefly saw Stephanie Powers playing polo in The Hamptons over a Labor Day weekend while covering The Hampton Classic Horse Show in the late 1980’s or early 1990’s. I saw her between chukkas as I filled in the grassy holes made by the horses’ hooves. Till this day, 30 years later, I wish I had approached her at least to thank her for her performance in McLintock! and maybe get an autograph. I wish her well.
Great guest Word, listened to every word she said and enjoyed, thanks
It's so nice to hear from actors who worked when it was a craft and not a vehicle to become a diva without a clue of how the real world works. You're inching up on 100K subs. I'm cheering for you.
Great interview with her She was one of my favorite actresses. One eyed Jacks was and still is a great movie. Thanks Rob.
Another great segment! Thanks Rob. WOW is making great ones even greater!👍😊
Another great episode Rob! I never would have thought of Stefanie Powers as a great story teller, but you manage to coax a lot of great stories out of her in addition to her insights and interesting bits of western trivia. Wonderful show, as always!!
Still a flawless beauty. Always will be the Girl From Uncle.
What a gorgeous woman. Thanks Robb for the interview.
Great memories from a great star Stephanie Powers!❤️
Peter Sellers who as written, was to play several parts in Strangelove (he eventually played three), was also supposed to do the Slim Pickens part and ride that bomb down himself. But Sellers had suffered an injury and was unable to do it, and so Slim was at last moment drafted to do what turned out to be his most iconic role.
Stefanie is always a great interview. Beautiful, very bright and a wonderful story teller.
That was great getting to see more of the interview.
Thanks Rob.
I love that line of her's in McLintock.
"Daddy I'm full grown....I wasn't thinking about me.....I was thinking about you and momma"
That line delivery from her, and the expression on Dukes face can bring a tear.
Course there a lot of great moments in that movie. Probably too many to go over here. Lol.
Have a great Sunday Rob.
Thanks, Elden. She has worked with so many icons and is having an amazing career. Glad she could share these stories. Even the LA Polo matches from the 80s!
The beautiful Stephanie Powers sharing some wonderful memories thank you
The Horse Soldiers a great film the scene where they are having dinner Beautiful Constance Towers line “Are you a leg or breast man” had me rolling in laughter.
Thanks Rob
With her id be a neck ear breast you name it.Surpised they didnt make him cut it.
Just Wow! Fantastic interview. Love Stephanie Powers. The talk about the Polo matches was great! Thank you so much. ♥️
Great interview Stephanie still looks great
Love this longer version, i saw some extracts before but this one's great. Thanks rob.
Fascinating, especially part about 'Michael Butler's Polo Club' in Oak Brook.
I notice that so many actors from days gone by have such distinct voices along with their good looks as they mature. Their voices are ignored, for other work. The voice over actors today lack emotions in their voices. Which in my opinion is why radio actors were so successful they acted with their voices. Ms. Powers voice while feminine, has that gift. Her passion for her roles shines through in her voice. She could defknitely voice over a sexy voice. And with a serious voice as well in documentaries.....
I think part of it is her, part of it is her training, and part of it is she speaks 6-8 languages fluently, she has to be precise to be understood. :)
Keep these gems coming Rob !! Outstanding!! As always, thank you !!
Fantastic conversation, Rob. I was particularly intrigued by her comments & observations about Marlon Brando concerning his direction of One Eyed Jacks. Definitely going to watch that again.
I could listen to her stories all day. She is a lovely woman. Thanks Rob.
Great interview. Stephanie Powers is excellent at articulating memories and stories she has from throughout her career.
PS - I was born in Shreveport, and Stephanie probably broke the record for the most times I heard my old hometown mentioned in one interview. LOL! (Although, it's possible that some old country artist with ties to "The Louisiana Hayride" days might've given her some competition on that).
Ha! Thanks, WATCHMAN
What a Great Interview with Stephanie from a Great Interviewer as always.
I've always thought that Stefanie Powers in McLintock! was one of the most beautiful ladies seen on screen.
I've always considered North to Alaska (1960) the film where John Wayne started changing his character to more of a comedic character.
I think you're right, Les. It started a popular trend for a few years.
Great interview with miss power's that's Rob
Thank you Mr. Word for your great channel. Greetings from Denmark.
You are very welcome, Olaf. Glad you're enjoying our programs.
Lovely interview, thanks for letting her talk about these subjects....marvellous video
Ah yes, One Eyed Jacks! That movie is among my top 5 all time favorite westerns. I have it on DVD and have watched it many times. Stefanie is right, there is something fundamentally different about One Eyed Jacks from your typical western. The story could really be told in any setting or era. Betrayal, revenge, greed, friendship, complex romance. The movie had it all. Not only that, the players were all great. All of them, top of the line, cream of the crop. In addition to that, they were all in their prime, delivering their best! Then the setting was unusual for a Western. In contrast to the Monument Valley scenery Ford was so fond of, we are treated to old Monterey, fiestas, ocean beaches. Really well done. Now, the tech stuff about movie production, I am not up to speed on at all. But my copy is shot in Tecnicolor ( or something ) and the colors are noticably rich and deep. Also, it is shot in some kind of wide screen format that really shows off the beautiful settings.
Thanks, Duffy. It's one of my all time favorites, too.
Very well put man, "One Eyed Jacks" is also one of my all time favourites. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this gem of a movie.
Excellent interview Rob! I always had a crush on Stephanie Powers, what a great beautiful, super talented, totally classy Lady!!
Man I can watch these all day, thanks Rob!
Great interview Rob. I think I knew a relative of Stephanie's. A cousin or something. Ohhhh...that's right I knew her Uncle. 😜
Sorry. Bad joke. You have the greatest job being able to interview these legends, but then again you are good at it. I'd forgotten that Stefanie and William Holden were seeing each other in the 70's, I bet she has got a ton of stories. Love to see a longer interview with this most intriguing girl, and I mean intriguing.👍👍👍👍 👍
80 years young. God bless her .her smile could light up a Christmas tree.
Thank you Sir for such a wonderful show. From your shows I'm learning more about actors and westerns. Also it's nice to be connected to you and your shows on UA-cam. From Pune City Jai Maharashtra.
So nice of you, Subhash. Thanks.
Stefanie Powers has always been such a lovable person. And McClintock has always been a family favorite!
2:24 As a teenager, I saw John Wayne in that tank going down the street in harvard Square. We all loved it. He got big cheers.
Fantastic interview
Stefanie as entertaining, and sharp as always. A classic beauty. Great interview, Rob.
Thanks, dave.
Polo Club, box seats, parties, dances. Dang you wus runnin whit da big dogs rite thar. 😄 Wonderful interview with a very talented and classy lady. Thanks for sharing.
Powers you Are beautiful as a morning in June
Wow, great interview, thanks to you and to Stephanie Powers. Brings back so many memories.
Glad you enjoyed it, Mack. thanks.
A wonderful interview......she is still so Beautiful
Great stories love to hear these, such good entertainment!
Glad you enjoyed it, Germaine. Thanks.
Stephanie looks great. Good stories
Great interview!
Was writing and watching this. I LOVED IT. And i enjoyed, watching Ms. Powers. Her agent should be getting her voice over and documentary work...she has a gift for narrating!!
I agree, Trotter. Nice suggestion.
@@AWordonWesterns Thank You! I hope some body that is connected to doing voice overs in animation and documentaries see this and take my suggestion, or mayhaps havr done so. She has the voice for both perhaps Disney, maybe? Pixar?? Ken Burns??
Unsurprisingly your best interview yet.
Great interview! Such a lovely and bright lady. I like the point she made toward the end about the impetus of the actors performances.
These interviews are master classes in filmmaking.
McClintock , I think is my favorite movie of all time. Great interview with Stephanie . Thanks.
Loved this. Great interview 👍🏻😎
Thanks, David.
This is one of the best interviews ever.
HHi Rob Thank You for answering my question and letting you know how I felt about Marlon ,I had never even heard of this film and saw it on Grit. I W hen she said her remarks about Marlon I could not get over it and both of you are talking about him and I couldn’t get over it I know you have seen every Western ever made,She said you two mentioned actors I forgot until you said something Thank You So Much to both of you doing this .John Wayne Celebrating his birthday 🎉! I bet so many will enjoy this and I bet your son sure won’t find any bloopers
Thanks, Toini.
i'm really enjoying your presentations , thanks for sharing , cheers big ears from down under
Many thanks!
Thank you just thank YOU...👍
Great interview with Stefanie Powers. Here's a little trivia point, 'One Eyed Jacks' is Terry Gilliam's favorite all time movie!
Cool. thanks, T
For STEFANIE POWERS the 1962 Blake Edwards thriller EXPERIMENT IN TERROR was her big break... in 1966 she starred in THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E but that was a total disappointment, yet she made the remake of STAGECOACH.
Naturally the original STAGECOACH is a genuine classic, but the 'remake' is quite good also, specially the stunt work with Hal Needham and the cinematography of veteran Ford/Wayne DP Bill Clothier. Director Gordon Douglas handled the assignment quite well considering the obvious criticism and loathing any director was bound to get in messing with a classic.
"Why" was it remade -simple MONEY!
The same reason why any movie is remade, if it worked great the first time maybe it will the second or third time, but of course that rarely is the case -who said HOLLYWOOD ever learns from their costly mistakes...
Powers was very good with Rob, although her story of how much 'directing' John Ford did on McLintock has varied considerably over the years as all our memories seem to do with age.
Living with Bill Holden I expect was not as easy as one would think with his drinking problem and all, but obviously she was up to the task and cared for him deeply.
Pappy Ford was always a tyrant on set and even off, but even he realized starting in the 1950's that the stars of his movies had more clout with the studio than he did, so he'd better not let his tyranny run riot with them.
As theater owners used to say "putting bums on seats was what it was all about" as the movie going public were going to see the stars not the director, that is unless it was Cecil B. DeMille or Alfred Hitchcock. Ford was one of the most acclaimed directors ever, but he was only a box-office favorite when he had a big name star like Duke Wayne attached.
A lot of movies were "remade" as the production side changed. One-reelers were filmed as feature films; silent films were reshot with sound; black and white films were filmed in color; and regular scene were done as widescreen. Now they are redoing films with computer technology. I have both silent and sound, color versions of "The Ten Commandments" and "Ben Hur" and both black-and-white and color versions of "The Prisoner of Zenda" and seen different versions of "The Last of the Mohicans" from the same script. Of course, you are correct about the money incentive too.
What a stunning great show 🤠 🤠 🤠
Great stories. More, more
Wonderful video.
Nice job Rob
Enjoyed it.
my fav rob, stefanie is so beautiful. l caddied at brentwood & rivera cc and on pga tour 2 years, got to see and talk to alot of my western movie heros. Use to pass jim garner in that grey and burg pickup trk often going to riviera.
And who can forget, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.
brando was up against it from the start with one eyed jacks purely for being brando! john wayne had similar bad press while making the alamo for not being john ford! kubricks departure was seen as vanity from a knowall star instead of the truth as stephanie relates.its a shame as brando did a first class job.his so called extravagance and lunacy for taking weeks to film a wave breaking on the beach would be hailed as genius if kubrick had done the same.indeed david lean on lawrence spent months in the desert filming sand! on ryans daughter he was acclaimed for taking months to film the perfect wave in the storm scene.in fact he even left ireland and eventually filmed it in south africa at huge cost! but brando was just an actor so obviously couldnt direct! i wonder what the critics who destroyed him would make of the great clint eastwood?
I adore Stefanie Powers. Would love to meet her. And she's still lovely.
Another fine job from the best podcast and host on this platform!!
LONG LIVE ROB WORD & W.O.W.
THANK YOU, cory! Let's tell the world! Share us with your friends.
Great actors all of these..miss them..😢
She's a great story teller.
Wow, she still looks great,
I step away into the lew & YT plays a horrendous music ad\commercial. Even my dog Was a offended! Its like YT knows I stepped away and couldn't skip the hideous ad
Still a beautiful lady . Thanks Rob great stuff
That's Clint Eastwood's philosophy for directing
❤️❤️👍 I just loved them all westerns
Rob, she was a wonderful guest 👍, great interviewer , let’s the guest carry the show
THANKS, DOX
Always liked here and enjoy not just the movie stories but the polo Met you in Fort Worth
Thanks, John. That was a magnificent party and a great event. Except...I got the flu Wednesday night and am still recovering. Ugh.
Hope youare recovering
Wayne's visit to Harvard Lampoon was quite a satirical event, where the honoree put up with loads of sarcasm and outrageousness. Growing up in Boston I recall that day when Duke Wayne visited Harvard and charmed all the Harvard libs with his acceptance of the honor! Wayne actually received lots of good publicity and by the end of the Harvard Square Theater event the students gave him quite an ovation.
As always a great interview with a great lady. One thing you could always say about Stefanie Powers is that not only was she stunning beautiful then and which she remains to this day, but she and her characters were always strong intelligent women. This interview got great remembrances and insights into so many films and the people who made them in a most personal way.
I always marvel at the editing job that you did for original episode with her, because I don't how you were able to cut so many great asides out. One just has to view the literal gold in this episode to marvel at editing job in deciding what not to include in the original.
Thanks, Jim. As you know our early shows used to run 3 or 4 minutes. Since we've not yet been able to resume production with new guests at the Autry, I'm revisiting and reediting older interviews to run full length with additional photos and clips.
love these grew up on westerns
One eyed jacks is one of my fav. Westerns.
So nice to see Stefanie Powers again, Rob. Thanks for this interview. 👍
Such a bright charming Lady, you lucky dog. Lol
I think ONE-EYED JACKS is a beautiful film.
I always wondered if Stefanie Powers and the rest of the cast of Stagecoach got to keep the portraits Norman Rockwell made of the them for the film credits . I wish you could have asked Ms. Powers that. And one of my favorite Bonanza episodes was Calamity Over the Comstock in which she played a young Calamity Jane.
That's a fun BONANZA episode, Kendell. I saw one of the Rockwell's for sale in a gallery in Hawaii. I'll ask Stef, though. Thanks.
@@AWordonWesterns No,thanks to you for the great broadcasts. I hope she was able to keep the portrait,and I had enjoyed her performance on that episode of Bonanza and I hoped she'd become a regular and perhaps marry Little Joe,but wives don't last long on Bonanza,so I let that go.
Wayne and Holden were 2 of the biggest drunks in Hollywood. Amazing how she glossed that over. Between smoking and drinking it cost both of them their lives.