Tag: Idol of the Crowds

Johnny does Hockey …


The Good Old Hockey Game / Stompin’ Tom Connors

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In 1937 John appeared in a real head scratcher:
Idol of the Crowds – a hockey movie!

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Yes, John made an occasional non-Western,
but I never knew he ranged this far afield!?

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I couldn’t access any video, but it looks like John
really knows what he’s doing out there!
Amazing!

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Idol of the Crowds John Wayne 1937 IMDB reviewIdol of the Crowds John Wayne 1937 Allmovie Review In the synopsis you can see that John plays a guy called Johnny Hanson. This is rather interesting coincidence, because one of my favorite (guilty pleasure) movies is Slapshot (1977) – a hockey sendup Starring Paul Newman! (believe it or not) and these amazing characters: The Hanson Brothers, who have become big Canadian celebrities.

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The Hanson Brothers – signing their real names
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John Wayne as Johnny Hanson

The Hanson Brothers deserve a Post to themselves
so I’ll get back to them later.

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being a Western Hero to a chicken farmer hockey player?

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Those chicken farmers get all the chicks

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