Image via United ArtistsThe theatrical version of Red River, familiar to audiences, sees Wayne’s Dunson and his adopted son Matt reconcile after a fiery fistfight, in a...
Appearing in 150 movies in his career, the noted western icon would have to wait until the latter stages of his time in Hollywood before he...
This week marks the 78th anniversary of the release of 1945’s They Were Expendable, a film set during the Battle of the Philippines which took place...
Here are the locations where John Wayne Western Rooster Cogburn was filmed. While he appeared in everything from war epics to romantic dramas, Westerns are still the genre...
Clint Eastwood told his son, Scott Eastwood, to turn down a role in The Suicide Squad.Scott had played “GQ” Edwards in David Ayer’s 2016 superhero film,...
SUMMARY John Wayne believed that High Noon was “un-American” due to its protagonist’s disrespect towards law enforcement and its apparently communist sensibilities, which clashed with Wayne’s...
John Wayne was one of the popular icons in Hollywood’s Golden Era! With a spectacular career spanning over five decades, he even became a symbol of...
SUMMARY The Western genre has produced some of the greatest ensemble casts in cinema history, with star-studded lineups featuring screen icons like John Wayne, Clint Eastwood,...
Stanley Kubrick’s Oscar-winning Roman epic was incredibly controversial upon its release in 1960.Kirk Douglas allowed blacklisted communist screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten, to pen Spartacus without...
SUMMARY Kurt Russell’s Bone Tomahawk plays like a stealth remake of John Wayne’s The Searchers. Russell previously starred in TV Western The Quest, itself an unofficial Searchers...
