Patrick Wayne & Claude Jarman, Jr recall the John Ford classic RIO GRANDE in a rare A WORD ON WESTERNS interview.
Appearing together over 70 years ago in RIO GRANDE (1950), two young kids, Oscar winner Claude Jarman, Jr. and actor Patrick Wayne, reunited at the Lone Pine Film Festival, October 2021, for a screening, followed by a conversation with Rob Word about the timeless film. A WORD ON WESTERNS Podcast presents Patrick and Claude's informative and very fun remembrance.
R.I.P. Claude Jarman, Jr. Sept 27, 1934-Jan 12, 2025.
Claude was only 15 years old when he portrayed the son of John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in John Ford’s classic, RIO GRANDE (1950). The young Academy Award winner for THE YEARLING (1946) got the casting call to meet with Ford and was soon out at Fat Jones’ Stable in the San Fernando valley learning to ride two horses at once…while standing! RIO GRANDE was part of Ford’s “Cavalry Trilogy,” the others being FORT APACHE and SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON. In this interview, Jarman and Patrick Wayne (who was 10 years old in the film) share delightful memories. It’s perhaps Ford’s most intensely romantic western and the first pairing of John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara. RIO GRANDE is loaded with the unofficial Ford Stock Company of actors, including Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr., Victor McLaglen, Grant Withers and the Sons of the Pioneers with Ford’s son-in-law, Ken Curtis. Shot in Moab, Utah, RIO GRANDE is filled with heart, humor and some fancy Roman riding. It was a wonderful experience, especially for the two youngsters who share memories in this special episode of A WORD ON WESTERNS Podcast.
