…Something else that made “Hondo” special was it was shot in the fledgling high-tech format of 3D.

“[John Wayne] loved film. He started out in the early days, he actually had small parts in two silent films. So, he really evolved with the film business,” Gretchen explained. “He was all about the innovations that would make it better and would make the experience for the film-goer more exciting, so if 3D was the next thing down the line, he wanted to make a 3D movie and he did it with ‘Hondo.’”

Gretchen said she expects distributor Paramount Pictures will eventually re-release “Hondo” in 3D when more home theaters have 3D capabilities….

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