Good work LAGrant53. Yeah, looks like the Order of St. Sava with the gold 1883 date in the center altered to a fancy design. So if the medal was instituted in 1883 then how did John Wayne get it in 1868? Looks like the props dept. screwed up. And where is the medal now? It's a valuable museum piece. And notice how the blue and white cross of the medal matches Aunt Martha's costume? So maybe Natalie Wood is John Wayne's daughter.
The medal would be another "Ruby Slippers", since "The Searchers" was deemed the number one western. The medal could be worth $100,000 or somesuch. Lana Wood is still alive, living in Thousand Oaks, California. Maybe she knows what the medal is, and what happened to it.
It's a ORDER OF ST. SAVA MEDAL, a Serbian award. Helen Keller got one. Don't recognize the sash. It's similar to the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE ORDER OF ST. STEPHAN but the colours are reversed.
I read the screenplay, which says: "It is a gold medal or medallion--something appropriate to Maximilian of Mexico--suspended by a long multi-colored satin ribbon." Martha says "It's solid gold". Ethan says: "Just something I picked up in Mexico". However, just what medal it is, the screenplay doesn't say, and apparently the props department just used a pretty medal that Debbie would like.
The medal resembles the Order of St. Stanislaus from Russia, or the Duchy of Braunschweig Heinrich Lion Knight's Cross First Class. The medal appears to be some sort of Knight's Cross from 1800's Europe. It's not French, British or Mexican, it's not the Order of St. Guadalupe of Mexico. It never says in the movie what the medal is.
@gallantrycross Resembled more of a British Army medal. I know where in their site they list the medals, I'm going to skim through them real quick. If I recognize it, I'll tell you.
iv been watching this movie at least once a year since i was about 10 and im 18 now. and it just now dawned on me that debbie could be Ethan's daughter and judging by the way he looks at martha there is still something there. this movie is in fact a master piece
One of my most favorite John Wayne movies-a truly great Western.
Monument Valley is an incredibly scenic location, probably John Ford's favorite since he filmed there so many times. It's not Texas, so it must be what's called 'artistic license'
It has been said here that this was the most Fordian film. However, many and Ford himself thought the little film Wagon Master, actually came closest to what Ford wanted to portray, and he was actually happy and fun loving througout the entire filming. In fact Dobe Carey thought he might be ill.
Nevertheless, the Searchers WAS a fantastic film and one of Duke's best. Ward, as usual was the perfect addition to raise the main character's performance. Keith Payne KP
other than robert e. lee, ethan must have been the oldest confederate recruit......john wayne should have played more age appropriate roles.....the most hilarious was john wayne as a green beret
@jethro035181 Men of all ages were in the armies of either side in the Civil War. I have an ancestor who was middle-aged (he had already had his children -- fortunately for his descendants!) who was captured during one of the last battles of the war. He eventually died in a Northern prisoner of war camp.
@Gille87 Don't judge an actor by his characters, and look up Wayne's career. He considered himself a socialist until he went to USC. His three wives were, respectively, Panamanian, Mexican and Peruvian. Although he was a conservative Republican, even the most liberal people in Hollywood liked him and were willing to work with him.
From the time i was nine y/o, and went to theater with my mother, to see this what at time as a boy, i felt was only another good western, on the big screen, has come to mean and symbolize to me over the years, what maybe is as great a film ever made...it is a GIANT classic to this day, and arguably the finest film EVER made
Probably the most electrifying first-ten-notes of a movie overture this side of "The Wizard of Oz." max Steiner's creativity in this film should be bottled and sold.
Anybody who wants to know what Fordian means in a movie should look at this one carefully. This is probably the most Fordian of John Ford's movies -- this and maybe Fort Apache, or She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.
1:28 > 1:50 Texas never looked so good when it was Utah and Arizona.
"'Probably the most electrifying first-ten-notes of a movie overture this side of "The Wizard of Oz." max Steiner's creativity in this film should be bottled and sold."
Yes. I've seen this movie dozens of times and Max Steiner's opening music (and closing--not Stan Jones's song but Steiner's orchestration) still thrills me. I don't think enough is made of his contribution to this movie's success so I was doubly glad to read your comment.
@soulierinvestments interesting observation - for my ears the first few bars of bernard hermann's have gun will travel theme are the most riveting ever composed, pls have a listen
The Order of St. Sava strongly resembles the order of St. Guadalupe (the Mexican medal) so maybe the St. Sava medal was the closest they could find.
gallantrycross 1 week ago
Good work LAGrant53. Yeah, looks like the Order of St. Sava with the gold 1883 date in the center altered to a fancy design. So if the medal was instituted in 1883 then how did John Wayne get it in 1868? Looks like the props dept. screwed up. And where is the medal now? It's a valuable museum piece. And notice how the blue and white cross of the medal matches Aunt Martha's costume? So maybe Natalie Wood is John Wayne's daughter.
gallantrycross 1 week ago
As a kid I'd see this on TV and liked it.
In 1980 I was lucky enough to see it on the big screen, what a difference!
One of Wayne's 2 best films. This and Red River!
I still remember Howard Hawks saying of Wayne in Red River: "My god, that big son of a bitch can really act!"
AMEN!
vawlkee51 2 weeks ago
I found a French Intervention medal on the Internet but it's red and doesn't look like Debbie's medal.
gallantrycross 3 weeks ago
The medal would be another "Ruby Slippers", since "The Searchers" was deemed the number one western. The medal could be worth $100,000 or somesuch. Lana Wood is still alive, living in Thousand Oaks, California. Maybe she knows what the medal is, and what happened to it.
gallantrycross 3 weeks ago
@gallantrycross
It's a ORDER OF ST. SAVA MEDAL, a Serbian award. Helen Keller got one. Don't recognize the sash. It's similar to the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE ORDER OF ST. STEPHAN but the colours are reversed.
LAGrant53 1 week ago
I read the screenplay, which says: "It is a gold medal or medallion--something appropriate to Maximilian of Mexico--suspended by a long multi-colored satin ribbon." Martha says "It's solid gold". Ethan says: "Just something I picked up in Mexico". However, just what medal it is, the screenplay doesn't say, and apparently the props department just used a pretty medal that Debbie would like.
gallantrycross 3 weeks ago
The medal resembles the Order of St. Stanislaus from Russia, or the Duchy of Braunschweig Heinrich Lion Knight's Cross First Class. The medal appears to be some sort of Knight's Cross from 1800's Europe. It's not French, British or Mexican, it's not the Order of St. Guadalupe of Mexico. It never says in the movie what the medal is.
gallantrycross 3 weeks ago
It strongly resembles the Johanniterorben medals. Maybe it says later in the movie.
tidewaterboy1 3 weeks ago
@gallantrycross I was wrong, definitely not British. Will check Prussian (German) next.
tidewaterboy1 3 weeks ago
@gallantrycross Resembled more of a British Army medal. I know where in their site they list the medals, I'm going to skim through them real quick. If I recognize it, I'll tell you.
tidewaterboy1 3 weeks ago
@7:12 what is that medal? It looks German or Russian, definitely European. Was Ethan a mercenary after the war?
gallantrycross 3 weeks ago
"The Searchers", "Shane" and "Hud" are probably the three best westerns ever made.
gallantrycross 3 weeks ago
iv been watching this movie at least once a year since i was about 10 and im 18 now. and it just now dawned on me that debbie could be Ethan's daughter and judging by the way he looks at martha there is still something there. this movie is in fact a master piece
TheAirsoftking31 1 month ago
Ward Bond would shut up Chuck Norris.
pxinaz 1 month ago
One of my most favorite John Wayne movies-a truly great Western.
Monument Valley is an incredibly scenic location, probably John Ford's favorite since he filmed there so many times. It's not Texas, so it must be what's called 'artistic license'
HonkytonkSue2 1 month ago
It has been said here that this was the most Fordian film. However, many and Ford himself thought the little film Wagon Master, actually came closest to what Ford wanted to portray, and he was actually happy and fun loving througout the entire filming. In fact Dobe Carey thought he might be ill.
Nevertheless, the Searchers WAS a fantastic film and one of Duke's best. Ward, as usual was the perfect addition to raise the main character's performance. Keith Payne KP
Hawkswill 2 months ago
Finally, after 10 links of bullshit....
shutemdwn 2 months ago 10
The background sound sucks me... after watching movie "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".
aksharmavoice 3 months ago
i love the song, and film aha.
xbarbiefacex 3 months ago
It kind of irks me that it says Texas but then it shows what is obviously monument valley in Utah
IArteaga45 3 months ago
This was Waynes favorite role, he even named his son after the character Ethan Edwards.
GrimieBrowneye 3 months ago
What a wonderful picture, sound, just beutiful, thank you highway665u
msjosephine2 3 months ago
other than robert e. lee, ethan must have been the oldest confederate recruit......john wayne should have played more age appropriate roles.....the most hilarious was john wayne as a green beret
jethro035181 4 months ago
@jethro035181 Men of all ages were in the armies of either side in the Civil War. I have an ancestor who was middle-aged (he had already had his children -- fortunately for his descendants!) who was captured during one of the last battles of the war. He eventually died in a Northern prisoner of war camp.
Ranillon 3 months ago
@LNKthewizard Hmm, i guess.. but still, this man cannot be compared to anyone today. His films were AMAZING. R.I.P good films.
xbarbiefacex 4 months ago
"Debra, YouTube." 3:34
LNKtheWizard 4 months ago
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LNKtheWizard 4 months ago
The tune from 2:00 to 2:30 sounds like Bonnie blue flag played in a very slow tempo.
niezaleznyrealista 4 months ago
@Gille87 how was he racist?
xbarbiefacex 4 months ago
@xbarbiefacex
I guess Gille87 is referring to this: 05:12
LNKtheWizard 4 months ago
John Wayne was a fucking redneck racist, and remains so even into hell!
Gille87 4 months ago
@Gille87 but wouldn't someone such as yourself believe hell to be a construct of 'the system'
newfuckingwave 4 months ago
@Gille87 Don't judge an actor by his characters, and look up Wayne's career. He considered himself a socialist until he went to USC. His three wives were, respectively, Panamanian, Mexican and Peruvian. Although he was a conservative Republican, even the most liberal people in Hollywood liked him and were willing to work with him.
westlock 4 months ago 2
so much better than most of the films made today..
xbarbiefacex 4 months ago
From the time i was nine y/o, and went to theater with my mother, to see this what at time as a boy, i felt was only another good western, on the big screen, has come to mean and symbolize to me over the years, what maybe is as great a film ever made...it is a GIANT classic to this day, and arguably the finest film EVER made
jdjuliann 5 months ago
quality
BeantownJim 5 months ago
Probably the most electrifying first-ten-notes of a movie overture this side of "The Wizard of Oz." max Steiner's creativity in this film should be bottled and sold.
Anybody who wants to know what Fordian means in a movie should look at this one carefully. This is probably the most Fordian of John Ford's movies -- this and maybe Fort Apache, or She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.
1:28 > 1:50 Texas never looked so good when it was Utah and Arizona.
soulierinvestments 6 months ago 6
@soulierinvestments
"'Probably the most electrifying first-ten-notes of a movie overture this side of "The Wizard of Oz." max Steiner's creativity in this film should be bottled and sold."
Yes. I've seen this movie dozens of times and Max Steiner's opening music (and closing--not Stan Jones's song but Steiner's orchestration) still thrills me. I don't think enough is made of his contribution to this movie's success so I was doubly glad to read your comment.
4Topwood 3 months ago
@soulierinvestments interesting observation - for my ears the first few bars of bernard hermann's have gun will travel theme are the most riveting ever composed, pls have a listen
cliffworks4321 1 month ago
@soulierinvestments here it is just paste this in have a listen the most powerful few bars ever composed IMO - Have Gun - Will Travel 1x01 - Part 1
cliffworks4321 1 month ago
This was the first western I ever saw at the movie theater. I was 7 years old. John Wayne was instantly my favorite actor.
familybc146 7 months ago
thank you so much! i've been searching for it for a long time=)
alleytran 8 months ago
The greatest of the Ford westerns and John Wayne's greatest performance. He deserved the Oscar for this role.
Thanks so much for uploading Highway664u!
lemaxmas 8 months ago
Fantastic, Incredible, Wonderful. And all the other superlatives. Beginning to end, corner to corner. Unique. Thank you.
SchmoozeMinkey 8 months ago 2
Max Steiner's score is thunderous and profound.
The opening chords will jolt you with their sheer power!
Silverwire100 11 months ago 2
rock on! youre great. you made my day
aplayer11 1 year ago
The photography in this movie is amazing.
classyfilms 1 year ago
The Best John Wayne movie ever made thanks to John Ford.
tss77 1 year ago
Thank you for uploading this :)
wilsondylanmccartney 1 year ago
One of the best western ever produced. To see it again makes me happy. Thanks a lot for uploading!!!!!
theionost 1 year ago