It’s not exactly true that the Western ever died. People are still making movies with Stetsons and Peacemakers, still robbing trains or waiting for the soundtrack...
Clint Eastwood and John Wayne may be Western icons but they didn’t exactly see eye-to-eye on the genre that made them both superstars. Back in the...
On the night of March 27, 1973, Liv Ullmann and Roger Moore stepped onstage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles to present the Academy...
The setting was the Universal lot in Hollywood, and I was preparing a prime-time special to be called “Dick Cavett’s Backlot U.S.A.” We’d somehow lured Mae...
After The Shootist was distributed in August 1976 to glowing critical reviews but disappointing rentals — nobody wanted to see American icon John Wayne battle incurable...
Longtime fans of movie star John Wayne recognize him for playing the hero in his Western and war movies. Therefore, he took the character that he...
Clint Eastwood and the late John Wayne are strong pillars of Hollywood western movies, but, as it turns out, the reason that they never worked together...
Actor Ben Johnson and I were sitting on the rail of an old wooden fence at Hastiin sani (Old Man) Cly’s place in Monument Valley. Some...
Actor John Wayne put himself in harm’s way on several movie sets, including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. It’s one of his favorite performances of his...
Movie star John Wayne worked with legendary filmmaker John Ford on a variety of features, including Stagecoach. They remain one of the most iconic duos to...
