Following John Ford’s The Searchers, Duke had made an effort to move away from the genre, however, the films he made afterwards weren’t particularly well received....
By the end of the 1940s, John Wayne was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, and could thus afford to be picky about his collaborators....
John Wayne was one of the most dependable stars in Hollywood when he formed Wayne/Fellows Productions with producer Robert Fellows in 1952. When Fellows parted ways...
All leading men are not created equal. This is especially true when it comes to playing a love scene. Clark Gable was a man of action;...
10 years after his breakout performance in John Ford’s “Stagecoach,” John Wayne found himself the object of some critical derision due to his insistence on giving...
There are few pettier on this Earth than an actor who chased a coveted role and received little to no consideration from the director. Sure, some...
Is there a classic Hollywood actor more iconic than Humphrey Bogart? Perhaps James Cagney or John Wayne, but neither of them had the versatility of Bogart....
John Wayne might’ve been full of macho swagger on the big screen, but off-screen he was given to fretting. A large portion of the blame for...
John Ford was considered one of the top directors in Hollywood when he decided to make an elevated Western in 1939’s “Stagecoach.” The notion struck many...
One of the most oddly fascinating chapters of a movie star’s career is Harrison Ford’s awkward three-year run in between “Star Wars: Episode IV — A...
