John Wayne filmed "The Shootist" at Carson City House
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- On this episode of "HIstory Hunters," Jeff checks out the filming location of scenes shot for the movie "The Shootist" in Carson City. He talks about how John Wayne was suffering from the effects of cancer as he played an aging gunfighter who was also dying of cancer. #johnwayne #theshootist #filminglocations
That movie was amazing, full of iconic actors, Harry Morgan, Richard Boone, Jimmy Stewart, Ron Howard, Lauren Becall! Like an allstar game
I was there, shook John's hand and watched the filming of two scenes!
Mr. Wayne called me Pilgrim!
Later in life I actually filmed a television commercial for the owner of the house who had a mobile home company. I was excited to actually film in that very house.... great memories!
How fascinating! Did you see him at the house or elsewhere?
John Wayne was my favorite actor , and still is . An American Icon! RIP Cowboy!!🇺🇸
Yesyes Steve ❤️🙏
An actor who was dying played a character who was dying. What a prophetic film for John Wayne. The most poignant scene in the movie for me is when John Wayne tells Lauren Bacall that he is taking himself into town for his birthday...that look on her face because she knows that he's not coming back...a real tearjerker. TY for making this video. 😪💕
God broke the mold when he made John Wayne. Never have we had such a fine American who loved his country and loved his work. I have watch "The Shootist" more than 50 times and I still love it. I get sad when the movie ends because I know that this is Mr Wayne's final work as an American Actor.
My uncle Chuck doubled Duke for 33 years. We were so excited that uncle Chuck was gonna be in town working and he brought coke & dollor with him.We had moved to Tahoe a few years before so having uncle chuck here was so fun for us.We grew up riding coke, though he called him lemon when we were littles( wasn't gonna call him cocaine around us kids, which was his name) you can tell the difference as coke has a thinner blaze, dollor's was wider. The house was owned by Bob McFadden , his son Robbie was living therewhen you did this piece. Bob had one of the most extensive art collections in the state. The house was literally like a museum inside. Thanks for the memories
Cool stuff to know !! 👍🇺🇸
John Wayne = A true American! The best actor this world has, or ever will see!
@Leo Peridot More American than you POS. GFY.
@Leo Peridot Typical hate filled liberal's comment. It must be nice to be perfect, which you obviously believe yourself to be. In reality, it is you who are the judgmental and bigoted loudmouthed asshole! John Wayne was not a 'Draft Dodger'; the U.S. Govt. needed actors not only in the war effort itself, but here at home as well. I reiterate 'Nick's Picks' suggestion and tell you to *'GFY', you are indeed a 'POS'!*
Not the best but pretty fucking cool
Cowboy trained by Wyatt Earp himself when John Wayne was a young man.
@@MrMenefrego1 Youy are 100% wrong...I live in Reno, Nevada--and admire Wayne's acting skills...However, he was not our greatest actor.. that is a laughable statement. .also in real life, old Jimmy Stewart was far more patriotic.. Wayne deferred from serving early on in WW2...Do some real, honest, history homework...Wayne was a great actor, but in interviews, such as with Playboy also had made strong racist statements...
I always thought The Shootist" was a cinematic auto-biography of all the western characters Wayne had played. He must have known he was near the end of his career, if not his life. Excellent movie.
My sister-in-law, now deceased, was John Waynes nurse when he was being treated in the hospital. The Shootist and The Searchers were in my opinion Waynes best movies. Third place would be The Quiet Man.
That is amazing! Was Wayne in a Carson City hospital?
This is incredible!! Only John Wayne could do a movie like this!
The Shootist is a great film (a good book as well). I can't imagine how they gave the illusion that the house was in the countryside - I looked it up on Google Maps (thanks for the address!) and it's not as if the area has been populated since then. Long before movies could be digitally manipulated. The same goes for the Carson City streets.
I work in the film business and I was at the Oscars the night The Duke made his last public appearance. It was so moving - it was evident how ill he was. It was amazing to have been in the same room as him.
I got to know Ben Johnston on a couple of films. He was backstage with him and was supposed to wheel him out in a wheelchair - he as seemingly too weak to walk. As he announced, he got out of the wheelchair and strode out to say his goodbye to Hollywood. As Ben put it to me, "He gave his best performance that night and nobody knew it -- he walked out there like John Wayne."
God bless him for things like that. That's the kind of guy he always seemed to be. I've been fighting my way as far away from wheelchairs as I can get. It's not easy. I get so sick of chairs sometimes. I wanna walk, fish, hunt and do some western 19th century reenacting too. I miss those things far more keenly now, looking back at my life from near the end of the road. I came up with an old west reenacting character I named DB Books, Daniel Banes Books. JB's younger brother. I got the idea from watching the DVD of the movie my wife got me for Father's Day. And we all know how brothers always seem to ride forever, heal bent for leather...and revenge. I'm still working on the outfits, guns, accoutrements, etc. Now if I just didn't live in Ohio by the Great Lakes...
John Wayne the best!
He did more for Mexican actors than any other actors thanks John Wayne.
Didn't he marry a Mexican woman?
@@jbenziggy no he married a woman from Peru named Pilar pallete from Peru, Josephine Wayne from loa Angeles and Esperanza baur unknown.
@@jbenziggy Yes, John Wayne was married to 3 different Hispanic women...
Nobody topped John Wayne And nobody will
Same thing will be said about Clint Eastwood when he's passed away, an equal match to John Wayne.
What a great man John Wayne was. Like many of us, a man not without faults who loved this country the USA! God rest his soul. 🙏
One of my favorite John Wayne movies ! 👍👍🇺🇸
Thanks, we’ve been to Carson City several times but we never knew The Shootist was filmed there. Now we’ll have to go back again.
I am not a big fan of western movies. However, "The Shootist" and original "True Grit" are exceptions and two of my favorite films of all time.
'the Shootist' is my personal favorite John Wayne film.
I love John Wayne. One of my favorite actors. RIP John
John Wayne was my Hero growing up. I still have the Newspaper from when he passed. I always tell people he was my real Daddy.
@Leo Peridot Such a Dumbass!
@Leo Peridot Will Beans! Now I'm hungry, let's go get a Sandwich bro!
I got to meet SHOOTIST director Don Siegel who I long admired for his directing ability to make good pictures on tight budgets... he told me before he put it in his 1993 autobiography, that THE SHOOTIST was not an easy film to make because of the Duke's failing health.
The liberal Siegel and the arch conservative Wayne may have been a recipe for disaster, but in spite of their political views, they got along very well because they respected each other. That's not to say they didn't have their differences over the script and how it was to be shot.
The Duke had been told by his doctor that he couldn't work above 3,000 ft. elevation, and Siegel honored that with his choice of Carson City locations... however it was when they got back to the studio in Burbank, which incidentally was only at an elevation of 607 ft., was when the Duke's health got really bad...
The picture was almost finished as they had already shot the backlot town, the studio interiors of the home... but the finale, the final shootout in the saloon... was when the Duke really took ill and didn't report for work for a number of days. The studio brass really believed the Duke was not coming back and they would be stuck with an unfinished picture.
Siegel was pressured to finish the shootout with a double which he started doing, but the Duke surprised everyone by returning to complete what he probably knew was going to be his very last performance... he even told Siegel that he wasn't about to shoot anyone in the back in that saloon and screw up his image.
The authentic looking production design by Robert Boyle had audiences thinking the whole picture was shot in Carson City, when most of it was shot on what was then called THE BURBANK STUDIOS (a time when Warner Brothers to cut costs made the bad decision of inviting Columbia Pictures to co-own their historic lot, which two decades later they bought back) not barely a mile from the back of the HOLLYWOOD sign!
Hard to believe it has been 44 years. Born in the late 60s, that is the only John Wayne film I remember seeing at the movies as a new release, at a drive-in, though I may also have seen Big Jake a few years before that. His last film may have been his best, a fine and fitting swan song.
You just made me feel reallllly old, lol. Tk you for uploading this on Duke. I'm about 10 yrs older than Ethan; used to see him at our NB bank a lot. Very respectful quiet young man. Mom used to see Duke shopping at Fashion Island or walking around Balboa a lot. Always a gentleman - kind, courteous, humble, a true Godly American man. Can't wait to meet him in Heaven. I named my only child after him from my fav Wayne character and movie - Ethan in The Searchers.
The chemistry between Bacall and Wayne was truly wonderful to watch.
I've read that off-screen they didn't get along, and some scenes of them together had to be shot separately. The article further stated that Wayne wasn't getting along with ANYBODY on the set except Ron Howard.
In addition to having lung removal surgery , Wayne also had major heart surgery . It is believed that Wayne found out his cancer had returned while making this movie, stomach cancer this time spreading everywhere . Wayne was dying and he knew it . Many on the set thought he might not last long enough to even finish the movie .
A doctor was paid off to clear Wayne as fit to make the movie as all actors had to be insured .
Richard Boone died two or three years after Wayne, throat cancer.
Jimmy Stewart , was deaf and could barely perform trying to synchronize his lines with Waynes .
It is fair to say this was a miracle movie with so many veteran actors pulling it together one more time in honor to themselves and Wayne ...
One more thing, Wayne had beautiful blue eyes notice his eye colour in the Shootist movie they look hazy grey , a sign of failing health .
John Wayne was on the dollar, when it feels rite its going to be a good one, and it turned out a masterpiece! long live "The Duke"! GOD BLESS....
Thanks for making this film. I remember when The Duke died. I knew he was ill. I was in grade school in 1979, age 12. My Dad was called "Duke" by his coworkers as everyone knew his love of John Wayne films. It was rough knowing my Dad's film hero had passed. But thankfully John Wayne's legacy lives on. Hardly a day goes by anywhere on the planet without a John Wayne film being aired on television and cable television.
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History Hunters , done.
Thanks for this video. John Wayne is an all-time favorite actor of mine and I remember this movie.
Thanks for being the first to comment! I appreciate you watching and I have to agree -- John Wayne was larger than life and certainly a favorite of mine too!
John Wayne, Going Carson City To Film Western.Made A Big Surprise Visit On Johnny Carson Show.❤
Great work.... As I'm sure everyone is, I love The Duke... I moved to Carson ~7 years ago and was thrilled to learn more about the movie and where it was filmed. I was puzzled by the dirt road and rails in front of the Mountain St. house, so thanks for solving that mystery for me! I do know that the opening scene wasn't at Wally's, but at the first bend of Jacks Valley Road when it turns to a southern direction, and Ya, that is the late John Ascuaga's property. However, the scene with Ron Howard when the do the "shooting lesson" IS right behind Wally's Hot Springs. Thanks again.... appreciated.
Thanks for your information. I think you are right as I went to Google and see how it lines up!
Good episode! "Books, when you die what I leave on your grave won't pass for flowers!"
I was 10 years old, living in Carson City when they filmed this movie. I watched them film the scene where JB gets back from finding out Gillam was trying to sell Dollor to Moses, and asks Bond "where's Gillam?" Watched them shoot it over and over again, and it's only about a 10-15 second scene in the movie. It was very exciting having so many Hollywood stars hanging around Carson City at the time.
Thank you very much for sharing this with us. Here is one for you John Wayne actually knew Wyatt Earp.
Thanks for that! Yes I did hear the two met but why didn't anybody take a photo of that encounter?
The story goes like this. Wyatt use to go watch them make moves in Hollywood and John Wayne was working there sweeping the floors not someone so important yet. But yes it would have been nice with a picture of both of them together.
I have always been a John Wayne fan.The Shootist is a great movie.
My Father was a huge fan of John Isaac Wayne, and was was raised on his films. My brother in law Jeff, who recently passed away, ironically from cancer, was such a fan of him he named his son Isaac Wayne Hunter. When ever the Shootist comes on, I will drop whatever I am doing to watch. I'm 56 years old, and I shed a tear every time at the end of this movie...
John Wayne had a middle name of Isaac? I know he was original Marion Michael Morrison. Interesting!
@@jbenziggy, yes he was, but for reasons unknown, his name was changed for hollyweird.
Umm you do know his real name isn't John Wayne don't you?
@@blueocean-me1ns, yes, it's Marion...
I love John Wayne and always will.
My favorite movie and favorite John Wayne movie!!! Thanks that was fun!!!
I enjoyed this. I love John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart. Thanks much
No matter what his political views were, John Wayne was always one of my favorite actors. He was quite a "trouper", too. Knowing he was ill, and playing a terminally ill man. Man! Talk about courage!
I live in Carson City. You did a very good job on this history lesson!! I lived in Montrose Colorado when he filmed True Grit as well.
Thank you Jeff and Sarah for this very poignant video! The Shootist, in my opinion, was John Wayne's finest and was very well cast. It is my very favorite of all of his movies. There are many places in the movie, as well as your video, that bring tears to my eyes, well done!
I love this movie!! I talk about it on the Jimmy Stewart Museum tour.
John Wayne still my favorite Cowboy star
Hell you must be one crazy bastard to think you know me. You don't know shit
you sure like to keep talking about your favorite movie. Must have been made using your life story
I love you guys...i was in the 4th grade...i grew up in carson...my mom is in that movie as an extra...go to the museum....its the best
That is one of my very favorite movies.
Thanks for posting, I enjoyed thie video.
Best Wishes from Montana! M.H
Glad you enjoyed it!!! I bet it’s cold up there in Montana right now!
Yes it is. -9 currently. Tomorrow predicts -14 for a high and -37 overnight low. Saturday night it will Warm up to -29 for a low.
I am going to feed the wood stove. Make a roast in my Dutch oven. with Vegetables. And watch Videos and Catch up on my sleep.
Best Wishes! M.H
My first and favorite John Wayne movie. A true classic.
He will always be my hero
Thank you for the reminder of this movie!
One of my favorites! John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart together! How can you go wrong with that combination!
Binge watching your videos! Absolutely love them! Easily have become one of my favorite youtube channels! Thanks for the content!
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I've watch several of your videos, but this one was kinda personal. I was essentially, the only black person living in Carson City at the time. I saw Hugh O'Brian walking down the street in black leather and wondered who that fool was in that gitup on such a hot day. Then I saw it was Hugh. I had ditched school the day Ron Howard came to the high school and so I missed that. (photos in our yearbook), but The Shootist and Bonanza are a part of our hometown legacy and I applaud the way you highlighted the film.
I saw The Shootest when it first came out, . It seems like yesterday...what a great movie. Miss the Duke,..miss those days too
Your episodes are truly first rate. But is it me or is each one better than the one before?
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Great history yet again :) Thankyou x
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John Wayne and another great actor Ward Bond played football together at USC. Wayne talked Bond into going to a casting audition and they both became actors for the first time in the same movie in 1929. My how time flies, almost a hundred years ago. ( Cool post HH )
Thank you for sharing, i have always been a fan of John Wayne.
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Hi Jeff and Sarah what’s more to be said the Duke ,Bogies wife and the great Jimmy Stewart !! And you present a great vlog again !! Truly a great channel
Fabulous video. One of my favorite Duke pictures
My husband and I really enjoyed this video! He lived in Nevada and knows quite a bit about that area. Great job!
Thank you! I appreciate it!
John Wayne was my favorite actor from "Reap the Wild Wind" (1954 re-release) until his death on June 11, 1979. I got his autograph when I met him in August 1972 and laminated it the day after he died. I still carry it in my wallet. A great inspiration. A great American.
Lets see it. Pls.
GOD BLESS YOU JOHN WAYNE
His best movie
The city used on the back lot, became Hazzard when the Dukes Of Hazzard production moved from Covington Georgia in 1979
This is about the 5th time I have watched this video, thanks 👍
Awesome!
I liked this show on John Wayne , masterpiece. I've enjoyed the movie too. I never missed any of his movies, beginning with Hatari in the mid sixties at age 9/10. Will continue with his movies. Thanks for showing all about the Shootist .
Wow, a masterpiece! Nice! Thank you very much!
I'm going to look up this movie and watch it as I have not seen it in the past, thanks for the information Jeff.
It's a classic! I think you'll enjoy it.
A moving video. Thank you. Best wishes
One of my favorite movies.
It is definitely a classic!!!
#509 MAY 23 11:50 AM 🇺🇸 😎 🎩
That's Right , I Love John Wayne and His Movies Infact i have 120 VHS tapes from 1992 - 1997 .. GREAT MOVIE R I P JW
In the opening scene of the movie where the Sierras are in Duke's background, I live in the foothills at the tail end of the mountains. I drive through Genoa and Wally's Hot Springs all the time and also drive through Jack's Valley. Every time I do that, I think of 'The Shootist'. But, I am ashamed to say I haven't seen the boarding house in Carson City even though I have known it was there. Guess I'll have to make an effort to do that.
I think this is now my favorite video of yours! 👍👍
Thanks! The Duke was such a legend so seeing him in Carson City environs is really cool. I visited there often starting as a kid in the 1970s.
We were visiting family yesterday right on 206 a few miles outside Genoa and as we were driving towards the little town I told them “The Shootist” opening scene was filmed right around here. My cousin said the giant meadow on the west side belonged to John Asquaga (I think that’s his name) and I thought that was the filming location. Then I saw this video again when we got back. Thanks for specifically mentioning the exact location of the film’s intro in relation to Walley’s resort/hot springs.
My favourite John Wayne movie. Lauren Bacall was great too. They made it look easy. Classic!!
They were classy and classic!
Awesome 👍
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He had a cancerous lung removed just before this movie ! He most certainly knew it would be his last movie !
They almost had to get someone else to star !
Went by there yesterday…👍👍
great stuff
kimmkroo thank you very much! Stay safe!!!
WAY TOO SHORT A VIDEO ON THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL FROM A KID IN IRELAND IN THE 70S MY AUNT WAS IN LOS ANGLES ON HOLIDAY IN 1979 AND WAS IN A RESTAURANT WHEN NEWS BROKE HE DIED SHE SAID IT KILLED THE PLACE DEAD WHEN THEY HEARD IT, STILL THE BEST EVER EVEN NOW, HE ONLY MADE ONE MOVIE IN THE LAND OF HIS FORE FATHERS THE QUIET MAN
That was truly one of his best. Him, Ford, and O'Hara and the rest of that cast. Just WOW!!
Loved this movie!
Thank You for posting.
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John Wayne was the best cardboard cutout ever to perform as an actor.
Do you mean he wasn’t good? I didn’t think he was the greatest actor.
I miss John Wayne, I am sure am not the only one .🙏😎
Great video with a great actor. Thanks for doing this
Glad you enjoyed it!
I was not a big John Wayne fan, but I really like this movie. I am going to have stop by next time I am in the area.
THANKS THAT WAS AWESOME !!!
Thank you very much for telling me! It's always wonderful to hear my work is appreciated!
That movie was good! Nice episode
Thanks very much!
The guy that tries to rob John Wayne was character actor Greg Palmer. Apparently, after that scene was filmed everyone packed up and left forgetting about Mr Palmer. After several hours they realized "Hey, where's Greg?" They went back and there he was, wet and freezing cold waiting for them.
Great story! I hadn’t heard it but I did know Greg was the actor!
That's The Dukes of Hazzard Town Square at 06:17. Three years before they started shooting The Dukes of Hazzard there.
The shootist is my top 3 fav john wayne movies. Id take the shootist over true grit any day
Yeah I think Glen Campbell kind of ruined True Grit. He was a horrible actor. They only cast him because he was hot property as a singer. I actually think the True Grit with Jeff Bridges is a better film than the first one. I think Shootist is sad because Wayne appears so old and resigned. He was on his way out.
Probably my most favorite JW film next to McLintock.
So very interesting! Loved it!
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Awesome love it
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Keep up the great work!
I forgot to thank you for this nice comment eight months ago!
The bronze tone or gold bracelet Wayne is wearing on his right wrist as he lies on the floor appears to be the same he was wearing on the Carson Tonight Show prior to his shooting of this film.
Was wondering if the tree that John Wayne & Ron Howard shot at is still standing? Kinda neat to think that the tree has grown, yet, still displays those bullet holes.
thanks that was great !!!
Glad you liked it!
Awesome video.
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History Hunters i just subscribed for you.
@@ericthomas1724 Thanks so much!
I love this movie and I cant hep but wonder why it has never been released in Blu Ray format???
Wish I could have met him , they said he didn't mind giving u an autograph. I'm gonna have to go down there on a trip before long. Getting older myself.
I would love to visit