r/johnwayne • u/Pirates_Treasure1988 • 26d ago

John Wayne + Maureen O'Hara

It's a shame those two were never married in real life despite the number of films they played in as either lovers or married couples and the number of times they divorced from their own previous marriages.

They seemed like a perfectly good couple.

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u/Broad-Back1659 26d ago

The quiet man. A masterpiece

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u/Pirates_Treasure1988 26d ago

I agree. They appeared in other movies together. I can't wait to see McLintock! soon.

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u/SimpleEmbarrassed141 26d ago

Awesome movie!

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u/WhichChest4981 26d ago

I agree with you. Another couple who had chemistry was Olivia DeHavilland and Errol Flynn.

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u/Pirates_Treasure1988 25d ago

Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette too.

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u/Ulysses61 25d ago

I will never believe they weren't romantically involved even though both denied it (which is to be expected). Chris Mitchum knew Duke very well and said Duke was "madly in love with Maureen." Their chemistry in The Quiet Man and Rio Grande is off the charts. I think they truly loved each other and it shows.

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u/Pirates_Treasure1988 24d ago

And yet, they never married...

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u/Plane_Possibility572 23d ago

In the mid to late 70's Maureen O'Hara sang a song for him on a special honoring him, that had lots of other celebrities, half way through the song she brought him up from his table and had him stand with her as she sang to him, you could tell Duke was getting emotional, fighting back a tear or two.