There’s no question that legendary actor John Wayne is one of the most well-known names in Hollywood history. His acting career spanned decades as he starred...
John Wayne truly got his start working with filmmaker Raoul Walsh, but his collaborations with John Ford turned the actor into a star. However, their working...
Long before the Coen Brothers brought Charles Portis’ novel “True Grit” to the screen in 2010, its first film adaptation came in 1969, with Hal B....
The Searchers radically reinvented every wild west trope, the critics said. Trouble is, no one told John Wayne or John Ford . The Searchers is a landmark...
In 1949, John Wayne was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Allan Dwan’s war film “Sands of Iwo Jima.” Despite...
Before he was a film star and a director, Clint Eastwood got his start in television. He starred in the popular western series “Rawhide.” In a...
John Wayne may have been one of Hollywood’s leading men. But he also had his struggles in both his personal life and also the financial department....
For most people, John Wayne was one of the cinema’s iconic cowboy. The actor helped to define an entire genre with his countless films. But the...
In 1948, John ‘Duke’ Wayne teamed up with brilliant director Howard Hawks for the classic Western, “Red River”. In the film, Duke plays Tom Dunson, an...
He often played mavericks on the screen, and in real life, John Wayne didn’t always follow the rules, either. “If we had a kit, he would...
