Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on May 1, 2023

John Wayne as Hondo. With John Wayne's 1953 3D Western Hondo, you actually get two movies in one. The first is an interesting love story between an tough dispatch rider for the U.S. Cavalry and a lonely woman--with a worthless husband--who operates a ranch deep in Apache territory. The second...   read more

Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on July 10, 2013

When John Wayne made Hondo in 1953, his masculine all-American tough guy persona was already well-established. Rumor has it that after a screening of Hondo Wayne himself said, “I’ll be damned if I’m not the stuff men are made of.” Presumably he was joking (he had a great se   read more