Cluin,

That's why I said "almost." At least she nails him back a few times. (I always enjoy the scene when she picks up Yvonne DeCarlo and carries her upstairs over her shoulder. Now there's one strong woman! O'Hara did all of her own stunts in that film, and many others.)

Ron, I didn't say it was from John Wayne's point of view, I said a man's point of view. Whatever men wrote and/or directed it also were weighing in on how Maureen O'Hara's character should think, respond, behave. They decided she would be an old maid and act accordingly, and they set her up so it was up to the Duke to somehow liberate her, release her sexuality and passion. It's a man's story and the woman is just part of the window dressing.

That's the way I see it. . .

SRS