By 1972, Bruce Dern’s career was off to a great start. Like many actors who started in the sixties, Dern cut his teeth on small TV...
True Grit, based on Charles Portis’ 1968 novel of the same name, brought Wayne a much longed-for Oscar in 1969. As soon as he had read...
John Wayne had a very specific idea when it comes to the movie industry. However, he saw how film executives changed what they were looking for...
Actor John Wayne and two of his sons allegedly got cancer while on the set of his film The Conqueror. He died as a result of stomach cancer...
Early Hollywood Westerns, a staple of the classical film era, largely stereotyped Native Americans as bloodthirsty savages. The growing popularity of post-World War II social problem...
Celebrity culture has been around since the advent of film. The stars of the silver screen become our heroes, and sometimes they transcend to become almost...
JOHN WAYNE was “slightly infirm” on The Train Robbers but tenaciously pushed through filming despite two fractured ribs, balance issues and a daily lie down, according...
John Wayne defined Rooster Cogburn. Almost literally.You remember Rooster Cogburn, the aging marshal from True Grit. But did you know that in the earliest versions of...
John Wayne is an American legend who remains one of the few timeless faces of the Western film genre. He finally won the only Oscar of...
John Wayne has worked in a wide variety of filming locations over the course of his career. However, they didn’t all provide comfortable conditions for the...
