Have any questions you would like to ask? Please feel free to do so and I'll try to give you the answers as best as I possibly can. I can be reached by letter addressed to Post Office Box 376, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 or email at ed@edwardfaulkneractor.com.
One of the most frequently asked is, 'What was John Wayne really like?' My answer? '...What you saw, was what you got!'... But I think Katharine Hepburn, in her book 'Me' put it best when she said, ..... 'When you buy a cotton shirt----you want to get a cotton shirt. Not nylon. It stays clean but it makes you sweat. Not drip-dry, which you don't have to press but you should. Just cotton. Good simple long lasting cotton. No synthetics. That's what you get when you get John Wayne. That's what I got. And as you can see----I liked it.' ......
If you enjoy reading as both Barbara and I do here are a few tips for you...
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'Company of Heroes'...My Life as as Actor in The John Ford Stock Company by Harry Carey, Jr. For anyone who loves the western genre, this book is a must for your library! You can get it direct from him at his website www.harrycareyjr.com or most book stores.
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'The Westerners' by my friend Courtney Joyner featuring interviews with actors, directors, writers and producers, has been released and is now available through McFarland, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Yahoo Shopper and about ten other sites including international ones. It should now be available on shelves of most book stores or can also be ordered through www.thewesternersbook.com. There was a book signing on December 5, 2009 at Darkdelicies (www.darkdelicacies.com) in Burbank, CA which I attended along with William Smith introducing his new book.
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Cowboy Ethics by James P. Owens. A wonderful book filled with pictures and the theme of 'what Wall Street can learn from the Code of the West' Give it a try
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When Hollywood Came to Town by James V. D'Arc. My good friend Jim, is the Curator of the extensive Motion Picture Archives at Brigham Young University in Provo. He's spen some 30 years preparing this book, A History of Movie Making in Utah. If you are a fan of the western genre, whether you are from Utah or not, you will certainly enjoy this 304 page book full of pictures and commentary about when 'Hollywood' discovered Utah for it's varied secenic beauty. An enthralling read.
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Glenn Ford: A Life by Peter Ford. Peter is the only child of Glenn Ford and Eleanor Powell, the celebrated MGM dancer of the 30's and 40's. This book is now available so 'google, ' Glenn Ford:A Life- Index' then click on how to purchase this book from Amazon at the bottom of the page. It's a fascinating and well written biography. The Library Journal says, "This biography should rank with Maria Riva's Marlene Dietrich as on of the best examples of family biography and should appeal to film scholors and film fans alike." It's a page turner......
... In the mean time...hang in there...
