Tag Archives: John Wayne

When You’re NOT the Star

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Jeff Salter

Supporting Players in Fiction By Jeff Salter Let me start with a few comments about “unsung” characters in movies and popular fiction… before I discuss a few of my own characters who fit that description. As some of you (who’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, characters, Jeff Salter, Man-cold, Miscellaneous, novels, performances, protagonists, screwball comedy, Secondary Characters | Tagged Barbara Stanwyck, Buddy Ebsen, Davy Crockett, Dennis Morgan, Eve Arden, John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, S.Z. Sakall, Spencer Tracy, Victor McLaglen | 18 Comments

Leave the stinking daylight alone

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Jeff Salter

By Jeff Salter It’s a toss-up this week, whether to talk about daylight saving time, which started Sunday the 10th, or to discuss St. Patrick’s Day, which is Sunday the 17th . Last year at this time, I presented one … Continue reading →

Posted in Jeff Salter, Life, Miscellaneous, movies, poetry, Random thoughts, writing | Tagged Blarney Stone, clock, clocks, daylight, Daylight Saving Time, daylight savings time, falderal, government, Ireland, Irish, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, movie, party, Poem, poetry, politics, Quiet Man, spring, St. Paddy, St. Patrick, st. patrick's day, sunlight, sunshine, time | 16 Comments

Kiss the Blarney Stone

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Jeff Salter

Maureen and ‘The Duke’ in Ireland By Jeff Salter This weekend is St. Patrick’s Day. If you want to learn a bit about Patrick Himself – and see my poem about an Irish Lass – please take … Continue reading →