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by David Lee Guss
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Purchase a tote bag featuring the photograph "John Wayne Rio Bravo Publicity Photo Old Tucson Arizona 1959-2013" by David Lee Guss. Our tote bags are made from soft, durable, poly-poplin fabric and include a 1" black strap for easy carrying on your shoulder. All seams are double-stitched for added durability. Each tote bag is machine-washable in cold water and is printed on both sides using the same image.
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When Gary Cooper saw Rio Bravo he said ... more
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When Gary Cooper saw "Rio Bravo" he said
"it was so phony, nobody believes it."
It was Duke's and college football chum Ward Bond's last and 22nd film together. Script writer Jules Furthman and director Howard Hawks had started in pictures during the silent era. The first four minutes (including the credits) of "Bravo" have no dialogue.
The sets built at Old Tucson, Arizona are 7/8th scale so the performers look larger.
The Howard Hawks' "Red River" buckle given by him to Duke is clearly visible in this publicity photo.
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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