John Wayne And Robert Shelton Rifle Presentation C.1965 #2 Acrylic Print
by David Lee Guss
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John Wayne And Robert Shelton Rifle Presentation C.1965 #2 acrylic print by David Lee Guss. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of an acrylic print. Your image gets printed directly onto the back of a 1/4" thick sheet of clear acrylic. The high gloss of the acrylic sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results. Two different mounting options are available, see below.
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Duke and former head of Old Tucson Studios, Robert Shelton, are photographed in some sort of rifle presentation ceremony, probably held in 1965 when... more
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Duke and former head of Old Tucson Studios, Robert Shelton, are photographed in some sort of rifle presentation ceremony, probably held in 1965 when Duke was in town to shoot "Eldorado."
On the 100th anniversary of Wayne's birth in May 2007, Shelton narrated a documentary "Old Tucson Remembers John Wayne" at Old Tucson.
Shelton was a friend of Wayne, who was part owner of Old Tucson's sound stage.
The stage, which had a permanent display honoring Duke, was not rebuilt following a disastrous 1995 fire, which was arson but the evidence was not sufficient to hold an apprehended and questioned suspect.
The blaze also consumed the only print of a film tracing the history of Old Tucson, which was shown daily in a special screening room on the lot.
I watched the short presentation several times.
Bob also appeared from time to time as an actor. His crowning role was playing poker with Dame Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) in the TV wester...
About David Lee Guss
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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