Seventy years ago, John Wayne put San Dimas on the map via a line of movie dialogue. I’m talking about 1953’s “Hondo.” Did Wayne laud downtown’s wooden sidewalks or put in a plug for Raging Waters?

The short story is the bread and butter of the Western genre. Plenty of classic Western films—such as The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 3:10 to Yuma, and Rio Bravo, to name a few—were adapted from ...

Howdy, pardner. My Nov. 29 column on the 70th anniversary of “Hondo” found an appreciative audience, which I, uh, appreciate. I wrote about the John Wayne movie and its Louis L’Amour novelization, ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - John Wayne's daughter-in-law is restoring and looking for a distributor for the actor's 1953 3-D Western "Hondo." Sign up here. The U.S. premiere of a newly restored ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) 1953’s “Hondo,” ...