John Wayne

Duty, and a full St. Patrick's schedule, calls Arnold bagpiper

2013-03-14 14:08:00

Somewhere along the line, Hal Cummings came up with the slogan "Have Pipes, Will Travel." That's no exaggeration. On St. Patrick's Day in particular, Cummings, a Naval Academy graduate and retired Navy line officer as well as a master bagpipe player,...

West Towson man recalls unscripted ending to tale of terror and attack

2012-11-28 05:55:00

The events that conspired to put a bullet in George Stover's neck in the basement of his West Towson home early this year were straight out of his beloved crime dramas and horror movies — a terrifying 20 minutes that, ultimately, ended up with the...

Ervin M. Milner, founded production house

2012-08-30 12:38:27

Ervin M. Milner, who founded Milner Productions in the basement of his Northwest Baltimore home and turned it into one of the nation's largest producers of educational audiovisuals for physicians and hospitals, died Aug. 17 of complications from...

Searching for John Wayne: Columbia couple find lost dog

2012-07-25 06:11:02

At one point in John Ford's western film "The Searchers," Hollywood icon John Wayne turns to a member of the search party and says, "So we'll find 'em in the end, I promise you. We'll find 'em. Just as sure as the turnin' of the earth." While not in...

2012 Maryland Film Fest off to a short, sweet start

2012-05-04 05:57:00

Five short narrative films, on themes ranging from a modern-day urban cowboy to a scamming extraterrestrial, kicked off the 14th annual Maryland Film Festival at MICA's Brown Center Thursday night. Maryland's festival remains the only one of its kind...

John Wayne's birthday is celebration for western wear store

2012-05-26 06:17:00

The father-son owners of Carol's Western Wear in Glen Burnie are so attached to the legend of John Wayne that they know his boot size and preference for plain brown with a squared-off toe. They will mark the 105th birthday of America's well-known...

Students' link to Pickersgill residents is written across generations

2012-05-29 17:54:00

Kim Kern, a senior at Loch Raven High School and member of the school's English Honor Society, braced herself for the worse when she was told of the assignment to interview residents at Towson's Pickersgill Retirement Community and write their life...

Goodfellas, Wiseguy inspiration Henry Hill dies

2012-06-13 11:22:00

Once in a while, a movie adaptation creates a character that is drawn so well it becomes an� archetype, a measuring stick for all other similar characters. Think John Wayne, the western tough in "True Grit," which was adapted from the Charles Portis...

50 years ago: Leaking gas causes evacuations in Bel Air

2012-04-23 11:04:00

From The Aegis of Thursday, April 26, 1962: A disturbingly large leak of propane gas had Bel Air on edge 50 years ago this week. The news staff quoted a firefighter in the county seat saying: "Half the town was sitting on a bomb, but nobody lit the...

Rodgers Forge: Gaywood cares, and proved it with food pantry donation

2012-03-11 15:33:00

We all like to share happiness with others, and our neighbors to the south, in Gaywood, certainly brought some to the Govans CARES food pantry last month. Dawn Katz and Elizabeth Heubeck were joined by neighbors Jim Bealmear, Jim and Kendall Fragetta,...

For GOP voters, a $10,000 question

2011-12-12 09:45:00

Here's another $10,000 wager for which Mitt Romney won't find many takers: We bet the public is disappointed with the choices for president of the United States in 2012. That's a pretty remarkable circumstance given that the general election is still...

July 6: Capricorn will battle with negativity

2011-07-06 07:16:58

Cancer 06.21-07.22 Superiors, as well as romantic partners, might be more disapproving and difficult to please than usual. Don't expect to receive praise before the job is done. Leo 07.23-08.22 When your back is to the wall, remember that most walls have...

Wax museum participants from the sixth-grade class were, back row, from left, Ashton Simon as Queen Marie Antoinette, Kayla Sautner as Lucille Ball, Peter Rausch as John Wayne, and Tracie Leach as Florence Nightingale. Front row, from left: Trent Abler as John F. Kennedy, Chayce Rausch as Robert E.

2013-03-17 21:27:00

John Wayne, left, Richard Widmark, center, and Robert E. Relyea, above, on the set of "The Alamo." Relyea was the first assistant director on the film.

2013-03-17 00:00:00

John Wayne, pictured with Claire Trevor, became a star in this landmark 1939 Western as the fugitive the Ringo Kid.

2013-03-10 17:00:26