Actors John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart co-starred in The Shootist. The performances earned praises from audiences and critics, but director Don Siegel didn’t have the easiest time working with them. He...
Following a brief resurgence powered by his enormously entertaining (and Oscar-winning) portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in “True Grit,” John Wayne suddenly found himself scrambling in the...
Actor John Wayne gave one of the best performances of his career in The Shootist. However, he didn’t initially agree with the original rough cut that director Don Siegel...
Native American civil rights activist and actress Sacheen Littlefeather said a shocking moment by John Wayne at the Oscars 50 years ago was the “most violent moment” in the...
On Friday, the newly-appointed King Charles III will make his first televised address to Britons, as he confirms his place as the new monarch. While Her...
The Big Trail actor John Wayne ultimately became one of the world’s biggest movie stars. However, it took some time for his audiences to catch onto his style. Director...
Actor John Wayne once had to endure dysentery over the course of filming The Big Trail. The movie was a box office bomb, but it went down in history for...
Throughout his career, which saw him star in more than 170 films and TV productions, the man nicknamed Duke would achieve huge success, but none more...
An effort by Orange County supervisors to come up with new logos for John Wayne Airport has seemingly reignited the long simmering debate over Wayne, his views on...
The 20-year-long persistence of the superhero genre in contemporary blockbuster cinema has cause many pundits to draw a genre parallel between comic book movies and Westerns....
