The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 John Wayne cut-out from Valance Tombstone Arizona 2004
by David Lee Guss
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 John Wayne cut-out from Valance Tombstone Arizona 2004
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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John Ford's last masterpiece is "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962), also considered the year marking the end of the studio system of the "Dream Factory."
Tombstone, Arizona exists today as a nostalgic reminder of the Old West. Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday portraits are everywhere in "The Town Too Tough To Die."
The make believe West of the movies is represented by numerous cardboard cut-outs of Duke; as in this life size one from "Valance."
Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday, all in black from the movie "Tombstone," lingers in the background.
John Wayne and Lee Marvin as Liberty Valance represent the Old West in the film and are replaced by the "Pilgrim" Jimmy Stewart and his civilizing law books, even though his dazzling career and reputation is based on a lie.
As in "The Searchers" Wayne is the outsider who can't fit into society. He even loses his girl in "Valance" to Stewart and burns down the new addition to his house built in anticipation of winning the girl, played by Vera Miles.
{NOTE: Woody Strode, who rescued Duke from the fire, was devoted to John Ford, known as "Pappy." Strode took care of him as the great director lost his health at the end of his life.}
@2011 David Lee Guss Film homage, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962, John Wayne cut-out from Valance, Tombstone, AZ, 2004-2011
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