davids
01-16-2006, 03:33 PM
It was directed by Micheal Curtiz or was it? Curtiz the director of casablanca, yankee doodle dandy and a host of other great movies was the director of the John wayne movie The Comancheros.
I heard this on AMC when I was watching the high and the mighty. The fact ws Curtiz did not direct of the Comancheros. I did some research and discovered that the Duke himself in fact directed most of the movie when Curtiz became serously ill.
In fact the great director died soon after. Out of respect for Curtiz and loyality for his memory Wayne refused co- director credit and got in trouble with the director guide before of it! For some one who played all those tough guy parts Wayne turned out to be a real softy! ;)
I heard this on AMC when I was watching the high and the mighty. The fact ws Curtiz did not direct of the Comancheros. I did some research and discovered that the Duke himself in fact directed most of the movie when Curtiz became serously ill.
In fact the great director died soon after. Out of respect for Curtiz and loyality for his memory Wayne refused co- director credit and got in trouble with the director guide before of it! For some one who played all those tough guy parts Wayne turned out to be a real softy! ;)