To all,

The link which I am sharing below is one that may have been shared before, if that's the case I apologize, but with the latest Picture Game, #4, I thought you all might enjoy reading a little more about Maureen O'Hara and some of her thoughts on working with John Wayne.

Here's the link:
http://www.moharamagazine.com/

Scrolling down just a little and you will see a button, "Features on Maureen and John Wayne" that you might enjoy.

Happy reading!

Cheers :D ,

Chester

Says the editor of that website and everyone here says here here who is the editor????

Shootister,

Very close to the top of the page you get to when you click on the link in my original post, there is a box that lists the editor (as well as the web designer and composer) as June Parker Beck. Beyond that, I can't tell you more, except that she is not my mother, my sister, my friend, or even a casual acquaintance of mine. It would appear she is an avid fan of Maureen O'Hara.

Chester

Good web site whoever made it :D

B)

thank you for the link, loved the info

Brian
Tulalip Wa

This is a really good site. There's lots of info on Maureen and the Duke. She really is an amazing lady. Everyone should check out the site. :lol:

The following idea is one we saw over at the McCandles Texas forum at Yahoo. We thought it was a terrific way to honor Maureen O'Hara during the week before her birthday, and hope you'll take part.

This Sunday August 17, 2003 will be Maureen O'Hara's 83rd birthday. I thought it would be a great Group project if we would take this week and all of us post our favorite Maureen O'Hara film memory.

It could be from a film she did with the Duke or one of her own. I hope all of you will take the time to post your favorite memory sometime this week.

I need to think about this one a little, so will post mine later this week.

Chester

Hello :rolleyes:

What a wonderful site :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Chester I think that is a great idea :unsure:

Monique ;)

Chester an excellent way to honour her I will certainly take part in that two question when do you want us to post actually on the 17th and where do we post.

Cant believe she's 83, she looks a lot younger.

B)

Robbie (and everybody else),

Post here, and start immediately!

Here are some favorites from my family -

I truly enjoyed Maureen O'Hara in McLintock - she shows a wonderful gamut of emotions between incredibly feisty and quietly soft (like when she's recalling to her daughter about her early married years).

My wife and kids really like her role in the Disney movie The Parent Trap (1961), with Hayley Mills and Brian Keith. She is so vivacious in that one. My wife also has a soft spot in her heart for the movie The Christmas Box (1995), where Maureen O'Hara starred with Richard Thomas and Annette O'Toole.

And we all love seeing her in Miracle on 34th Street!

Chester

Hello :rolleyes:
I really enjoyed the 1998 made for TV movie "Cab to Canada" B) Maureen O'Hara portrays Katherine Eure who calls a cab in Pasadena California and ends up making the cab driver go all the way to Vancouver BC :unsure:
This is also based on a true story :P It was again on TV about 2-3 weeks ago :huh: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Location/3477/sjCab.jpg

Monique ;)

Hello :rolleyes:
Some Photo's of Mrs O'Hara B)

http://www.moharamagazine.com/SAGAwardsxx.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Location/3477/WingsKiss.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Location/3477/TQMShep.jpg

Enjoy
Monique ;)

John Wayne watching her from the "Quiet Man" bridge as she herds sheep acoss the beauitful coutryside.

Happy birthday Maureen


B)

Ms. O'Hara is one of my favorite actresses, and just loved her in almost everything. I cant' think of anything she did that I didn't like. How Green Was My Valley is most excellent with a young Rodney McDowell, and Walter Pigeon. To the Shores of Tripoli with John Payne was another good movie, also with Randolph Scott.

Of course she was really great in Miracle on 34th Street, with a young Natalie Wood, and John Payne, and a great and I would say the best Santa Clause in Edmund Gween. Also with Natalie she starred with Fred MacMurray in Father was a Fullback, and also with Betty Lynn (Thema Lou in the Andy Griffin Show {Barney Fife's girlfriend}).

Going on, she was also great in The Parent Trap, with Brian Keith, and Halley Mills, and also The Rare Breed with James Stewart, Brain Keith, and Halley's sister Juliet Mills. Spencer's Mountain with Henry Fonda is a classic.

Some westerns that I really enjoyed excluding movies with Duke, is Comanche Territory with MacDonald Carey, The Redhead from Wyoming with Alex Nicol, and War Arrow with Jeff Chandler.

Who could forget her in The Black Swan with Tyrone Power, and Anthony Quinn. And her most recent release at the silver screen as she teams up with Anthony Quinn in Only The Lonely. This costars John Candy, Alley Sheedy, James Belushi, and a cameo appearance with Macuaulay Culkin.

I do have all these movies (mainly on VHS). I have seen them all. She is one of the tops as far as I am concerned. She should have been listed as the top 50 actresses in AFI's top stars. She is definately one of them.

Maureen, I want to wish you a very happy birthday, and you age very beautifully. Thank you for being a part of our lives in many ways. Happy 83rd pretty lady.

Cheers, Hondo B)

I agree, she may be 83, but she still does it for me. A natural beauty. One of my favorite scenes of her was in Rio Grand when the Sons of the Pioneers are singing to her character Kathleen and Duke's Sgt. York I'll take you home, Kathleen and the look in her eyes as she looks at her husband speak volumes without a word being uttered. Awsome! Happy Birthday to a great Actress and a beautiful gal. dukefan1

Originally posted by Robbie@Aug 14 2003, 07:43 PM
John Wayne watching her from the "Quiet Man" bridge as she herds sheep acoss the beauitful coutryside.

Happy birthday Maureen


B)
I just found your great forum and I've been stumbling through this format - it has so many features!!! Yesterday I thought I was posting and it turns out I was sending e-mails. Doesn't "PM" mean "post message?" ROFL Oh well - it's a cool format so bear with me while I figure it out. Duh!

I have a website on Maureen O'Hara - http://www.moharamagazine.com which has been published since 1996. I do have contact with Ms. O'Hara. I have been fortunate in that she has endorsed my Internet efforts and helps me with facts and other input. She is a stickler for detail...and setting the record straight. Not to worry because her autobiography "Tis Herself" will be published by Simon and Schuster - probably in March of 2004. The book is complete and just awaiting minor edits.

I did ask her yesterday about the TQM spanking topic...and she echoed what many of you thought already - "It didn't happen." She and Duke carefully choreographed that entire scene and to have stopped for a spanking would have impeded the forward progress of the dragging scene. At any rate - now you know for sure - from someone who was there and whose bottom would have been on the receiving end of such an action.

When I began my research I quickly found it necessary to read all I could about John Wayne and John Ford so I made some great friends on that side of the coin. Tim Lilley of "The Big Trail" is the absolute expert on John Wayne and most every biographer consult him as they write.

I'll include my URL of some of my research material over the years.

http://www.users.qwest.net/~aknot/dublintown-new.html

June

It's just great to have you here June, and I guess I'm speaking for all if I may ask you to send Mrs O'Hara our best wishes. Can't wait to read her biography, we have been waiting for that one a long time, and I'm sure her wit will make the waiting worthwhile. There have been plans once for a Quiet Man - sequel in which she would play the mother of Sean Thornton's sons who leave Ireland for the US. Maybe you know more about that project - will it come off the ground in the future?

June,

We are truly honored to have you here among us - WELCOME!

I responded to your PM (I guess by now you have learned that means "Private Message" ) shortly before you posted to this thread about the spanking scene that isn't.

This message board really does have many features that take quite a while to sort out, but once you do, it's great! (Hey, it's a great message board even if you never figure out all the bells and whistles . . . :) .)

I hope you'll share your knowledge with us on many topics!

Chester

June :rolleyes:
Welcome to the board :unsure: I'm still learning the format also B) You will find alot of wonderful people with some great knowledge on the board here :huh: Glad to have you here :rolleyes:

Monique ;)

Originally posted by chester7777@May 18 2003, 06:30 PM
Shootister,

Very close to the top of the page you get to when you click on the link in my original post, there is a box that lists the editor (as well as the web designer and composer) as June Parker Beck.* Beyond that, I can't tell you more, except that she is not my mother, my sister, my friend, or even a casual acquaintance of mine.* It would appear she is an avid fan of Maureen O'Hara.

Chester
Who was that masked woman? It was me, June Parker Beck. May I extend an invitation to visit my site, which has been published on line since 1996. http://www.moharamagazine.com

Nice forum you have here... once I figure it all out.

Ms. O'Hara is kind enough to make her self available to me for consult and text so it definitely makes editing the site quite a pleasure - and more importantly - a learning experience.

Hello Juneface. I heard a while ago that Mrs. O'hara had her pocketbook stollen with very special memories inside it. Did she ever get it back and did they catch the evil person who did it? With a career such as hers and as long as hers, I am sure the items she had inside (pics and stuff) were a hard thing to lose. I hope she got them back. Any info? dukefan1

I have been on your web site for a long time for at least 4 or 5 years. I go to this site and enjoy it very much. June, I am so glad that you are on this board giving your insights Duke and the Lady. We are so glad to have an ear from the lady herself.

You might add, a Big Happy Birthday to Ms. O'Hara. A very classy woman who has touched my heart.

Cheers, Hondo B)

Hey, I wonder where Robbie lives in relation to this event. How exciting to have an opportunity to meet Maureen O'Hara!

Mrs. C :angel1:

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Hi

On my visit to Brighton I managed to pick up a couple of photographs. I think they're pretty good.



Regards

Arthur

Originally posted by arthurarnell@Aug 29 2004, 02:24 AM
I think they're pretty good.
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Good?!? They're GREA-A-A-A-AT!

Thanks for sharing them!

Chester :newyear:

Hi All

Thanks to Roland I was alerted to a post in the Maureen O'Hara magazine.

She is in London Saturday 18th September doing a book signing at Harrods. I have just joined the magazine site and I will be in London at High Noon tomorrow to hopefully get my book signed and meet the lady.

Can't wait for Saturday, I'll let you know how I get on.

She is also doing a live interview on the Richard and Judy show on Channel 4 on Monday around 4 0'clock.


And for Robbie she is in Dublin September 26 at the Irish Film Institute to receive a lifetime Achievement Award.

Regards

Arthur

Hey Arthur,

Take your interviewer hat with you and see if she'll do a quick interview for dukewayne.com. ;)

Kevin


Originally posted by arthurarnell@Sep 17 2004, 04:03 AM
Hi All

Thanks to Roland I was alerted to a post in the Maureen O'Hara magazine.

She is in London Saturday 18th September* doing a book signing at Harrods. I have just joined the magazine site and I will be in London at High Noon tomorrow to hopefully get my book signed and meet the lady.

Can't wait for Saturday, I'll let you know how I get on.

She is also doing a live interview on the Richard and Judy show on Channel 4 on Monday around 4 0'clock.


And for Robbie she is in Dublin September 26 at the Irish Film Institute to receive a lifetime Achievement Award.

Regards

Arthur
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Hi

I had an interesting day yesterday I thought I'd get to London early (its only an hour and a half by train). I got to the station and found that there were no trains in or out of Portsmouth for two days because of line repairs. So we had to go by bus to Havant a small town about four miles outside of Portsmouth. after leaving home at 0805 by 0935 I was at last on a train to London, so much for an early start.
Arrrived in London shortly after 1100 made my way to Harrods and met Karen Cooksley who is Ithink June Becks second in command on the Maureen O'Hara magazine. She comes from Dallas Texas and was combining the visit qwith a holiday. I also met Arild, a Norwegian teacher and his friend, and trevor and his wife wh come from Bedhampton which is in between Portsmouth and Havant and who by coincidence worked in the same building that i was in during the late seventies and early eighties. They were nice people. Started to queue at 1200, the signing was due to start at 1400.
Behind us was a little old lady and another man who at first I thought were together but it later transpired that they didn't know each other (more about him later in another thread).
Time passed and then it was announced that Maureen when she arrived was very frail, and would be in a wheelchair, she would not write dedications, she would not sign photographs and no cameras were allowed. By 1400 I would estimate their being about five to six hundred people in the queue.
As We got round the corner she was surrounded by people cameras were flashing left right and sideways and she was talking. If she was a frail old lady I hope I'm that frail if I reach her age.
Just as It was near my turn the man at the head of the queue looked at my book and said she might not sign that as its American but by hiding the cover she signed. I had taken a picture of her that I hoped she might sign, but in the end didn't press my luck, thankful that after two and half hours I had got the book signed. Although she was signing pictures as well as books. despite the officials trying to stop herr talking to the people she did hold conversations but I must admit I was tongue tied and just said thank you.
After we all went for a drink and I left to get home, pick up a Chinese Takeaway
and relax. It had been a long day.

I took some photographs I don't know if they came out, I'll have to wait for my son to check the camera for me, If I can I will put some on the board.

Regards


Arthur

Arthur,

Thank you SO much for sharing your experience with us! I feel like we were there with you (wish we were!).

So . . . she didn't look so frail, after all. And so much for no cameras . . . . But it does sound like she was not going to give you even a brief interview - oh, well . . . .

What an experience!

Robbie, are you planning on seeing her in Ireland next week?? Give her a business card with the message board web address B) and tell her to check it out!

Hey, itdo, any plans to jet over to Ireland for the day?

Chilibill, just how far can you go in that plane of yours? Think it'll make it across the "pond"? :rolleyes:

Chester :newyear:

Chester; We would get about half way there and then we would "PADDLE" the rest of the way to England!!!! Chilibill :cowboy: :fear2:

I would love to go and see her however Dublin is a long way from where I live, if it was Belfast or somewhere in Northern Ireland I may have went.

I am howver quite likely to go to the convention in 2007 and a number of friends of mine may be coming but they ask me whats going to be happening and I have no idea could someone help me out?

:agent:

Congratulations, Arthur, so glad you could make it.

Even for a brief moment, you have been in her presence, and that's something you might want to remember every time you watch on of her movies thereafter.
Those marketing people ALWAYS say: the star is tired, please no questions, and at a booksigning they ALWAYS say: no autographs on pictures (cause they wanna sell the books) but the stars themselves are never like that. Yet if you want to do an interview or talk about that board you better check with the managment for extra time.
I'm up to my neck in work and therefore couldn't have gone to London (which would have been the shorter trip than Dublin). Where in Ireland do you live, Robbie?

Hi Roland

I think you are right about the stars,

The only thing that was a slight let down was the attitude of some of the shop assistant who began complaining about all the people who were gathered around and were saying that it was ridiculous.

You are right I will never forget Saturday, and what these people don't realise or couldn,' care about is this was the only chance myself and many many people like me will have of seeing her, some like me have watched her pictures since the early fifties, and although other might deride it as trite, for about six hundred people Saturday was an unforgettable experience.

Regards

Arthur

Originally posted by arthurarnell@Sep 20 2004, 02:44 AM
You are right I will never forget Saturday, and what these people don't realise or couldn,' care about is this was the only chance myself and many many people like me will have of seeing her, some like me have watched her pictures since the early fifties, and although other might deride it as trite, for about six hundred people Saturday was an unforgettable experience.

I had an experience like that the last time I was stationed in Germany (US European Command in Stuttgart). One day I was sitting in my office and one of my soldiers rushed in and breathlessly said, "Hey, Sarge, guess who I just saw down at the tennis courts?" I said, "Who? and he said "Charlton Heston". (This was about 1973)

Well, since Heston has always been one of my favorite actors I naturally went to the tennis courts to see if the guy was telling the truth. Sure enough, there he was big as life, er, Moses, playing tennis with an officer. :D

Straightaway, I rushed to my quarters and got one of my books about the movies, went back to the courts and after he finished his game, asked him to autograph my book. He asked my name and when I told him, he wrote on the flyleaf "Jim, Glad to have met you in Stuttgart. [signed] CHARLTON HESTON." It's a treasured possession.

I learned later that his sister was married to one of the generals we had in the headquarters and he was visiting her.

For you people that are into this type of thing you can go to "June Beck's Web-Site" on Maureen O'Hara that is on the First page of "This Web-Site" and there is a "GREAT PICTURE" of our own "ARTHUR" standing next to Maureen at the Book Signing in England a few days ago for her new book "TIS HERSELF." If you go to June Beck's Message Board you can read about the "Donybrook" that took place at the end of the Book Signing from some the people that were there. :fear2: This book is a Must Have for people that want to know more about John Wayne , John Ford and Maureen O'Hara!!! :wub: You also can go to MAUREEN O'HARA (http://www.moharamagazine.com) :cowboy: Chilibill

ARTHUR! You made it! On Maureen's website! Yes - it's him - the good-lookin fella right next to the Queen of Technicolor!
Top of the world, Maa!!
Speaking of Technicolor: what's the bright green bag you brought?! The BLOB?! :lol:
Or do you just want to signal Maureen that you like the Irish colors?
(hey, in the group shot, there's that green blob again :D )

Hi Roland

I was just about to leave home and thought that I'm likely to get in such a state that I would probably put the book down somewhere and lose it, so at the last minute I picked up the first career bag that came to hand stuffed the book in it. Later I put the newspaper I was reading on the train and while I was in the queue the gentleman from Norway very kindly gave me a copy of the Irish American magazine with Maureen on the front cover. So that went into the bag.

The first thing my wife said when she saw the original picture Why didn't you lose the bag. But in that rush and on that occasion rational thinking goes out of the window.

Saw the interview with Richard and Judy last night

She was asked about her experiences with John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart she had a slight senior moment when she forgot what she was going to say but after that she was fine.
They showed a couple of clips from the Quiet Man and she explained off set that she had broken her wrist when she slapped John Wayne.
She also related the incident with James Stewart after she had stolen a scene off of him and his reaction.
Also showed a clip from the Rare Breed with good ole Jack Elam and Jimmy Stewart in the fight.
And then the difference between John Wayne who said about a shot go ahead and try to steal the scene and as he walked away he looked back and said if you can.

The final question asked was if she ever thought that John Wayne ever loved her.
She replied with an emphatic no saying that they were always friends but she didn't think he loved her.

The interview ended with a clip from Rio Grande
I got the impression that Maureen was happy to sit and talk all night but she didn't get on screen until ten minutes from the end of the programe.

It sort of capped the weekend.


Regards


Arthur

Arthur; I am Jealous, You looked great standing next to Maureen, but I agree with Itdo you should have Ditched the Green Bag before you became a STAR!!! :cowboy: Chilibill

Hi
You're a fabulous people.

Regards


Arthur

Hey Arthur, you looked great. Don't feel bad about not saying much. I know I would have done the same thing. My tongue tends to get real thick and its just best to keep it in my mouth when that happens!! :lol: I am jealous of you for getting your pic taken next to a legend.

Arthur,

It was great seeing the pictures from your wonderful visit to London on Saturday! Icing on a terrific "cake."

How long have you been hanging out on the Maureen O'Hara message board? It seems like you're an old-timer there. Or maybe you just make really fast friends. :D

I'm beginning to think the new John Wayne museum should have a special Maureen O'Hara wing.

Hm-m-m-m-m-m . . . .

Chester :newyear:

Hi Chester

The Saturday before the London event Roland sent me the link to the Maureen O'Hara website I joined on the Monday was registered on the Tuesday and joined the others in London on the Saturday.
I am very much a newbie on that sight. But like this one they all seem friendly.

Regards

Arthur

Maureen O'Hara once testified befroe congress on behalf of John Wayne. I am looking to see how many people I can find who feel, like me, that she should be so recognized herself and would be willing to join a campaign to accomplish this ASAP. I believe we can bring to light all that she has cotributed artisitically and culturally since coming to the United States and that we should do so.
Please respond with any opinions and ideas, all will be greatly appreciated. TY , Ryan

What was Duke stated to have done that got him the Gold congressional medal.

Welcome to the board Jannet are you a John Wayne fan? In answer to your question I know little about Maureen except a little regarding her relationship with the Duke. Why do you feel she deserves this award?

:agent:

Originally posted by Robbie@Nov 15 2004, 07:21 PM
[b]What was Duke stated to have done that got him the Gold congressional medal.


According to this (http://dallaslibrary.org/CGI/gold/goldmedals/johnwayne.html), Robbie, it was presented to him in recognition of "his distinguished career as an actor and service to the nation". I'll let you decipher the meaning of that. :lol:

Some of you Duke and Maureen O'Hara Fans might like to hear Her talk about Herself and Duke and some of Her other Films. :D

June Beck that heads up the Maureen O'Hara Web-Site that lives down in the Phoenix Area and Karen Cooksley from Texas did a interview with Maureen O'Hara a few weeks ago, I think in Scottsdale Arizona where Maureen lives part of the time and put the Audio Interview up on June Beck's Maureen O'Hara Web-Site.

There is a lot of talk about Duke and Maureen and some of Their Films and some of Her other Films. Because Duke and Maureen were very close Friends it will give you a chance to hear that Great Voice of Her's. :wub: Thanks to June Beck and Karen Cooksley you can Hear Maureen talk yourself ! You can go to Maureen O'Hara (http://cooksley.org/moforum.nsf/audio?OpenPage) Chilibill :cowboy:

It might take some time to Down-Load!!!

Thanks for the link...that was really great to hear! GSP

I have to wait till Tuesday before having a chance to hear it. The Museum is the only place I have access to sounds on the computer.

Thanks for the site, Bill. I heard just about all the clips, and enjoyed hearing Maureen's voice. It's been a while and she sounds very graceful in her interview with June Beck. What is the word about any Duke projects in her view? Mainly talking about the museum.

Cheers B)

We're looking forward to hearing this interview at some point, but right now our sound card "took a dump" and we have no sound on our computer. Is there a transcript of the interview? At least we could read it . . . :rolleyes: .

Chester :newyear:

Happy Birthday Maureen. Thank you for all the memories you gave us!
Cheers - Jay :D

Wow, Jay!

You've revived the site exactly 2 years to the day after that last post. I would like to echo two posts above to say, Happy Birthday, Pretty Lady, and many many more.

Happy Birthday, Maureen O'Hara!!!

Cheers B)

Hi,
I think it also appropriate to
remember, Dukes favourite,leading female Co-Star.
God Bless you Maureen.
A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I too have to say Happy Birthday to Maureen O'Hara! I just finished reading her book ("Tis Herself") and it is a great read. I heartily recommend it to any one who hasn't yet had the priviledge of reading it. And thanks to June for bringing Maureen O'Hara to the forum (at least in a manner of speaking).
Colorado Bob

I join with everyone else on this site in wishing Maureen O'Hara a happy 85th birthday. God willing, there will be many, many more for this wonderful lady.