John Wayne’S Funding Of This Western Practically Bankrupted Him
For decades, John Wayne, best known for True Grit, The Searchers, and Stagecoach, wowed audiences everywhere as a Western star. …
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This John Wayne Western Perfected His Late-Stage Career Change & Would’Ve Been A Perfect Last Movie For Him
John Wayne got a great send-off in his final movie, The Shootist, but a different late-career western — 1972’s The …
Why John Wayne Said 1969’S True Grit Was His “First Good Part In 20 Years”
True Grit gave John Wayne his one and only Academy Award and, in his opinion, his role in the movie …
Why John Wayne Refused To Appear In All The King’S Men
The legendary actor John Wayne turned down a role in Robert Rossen’s 1949 film All the King’s Men, and he …
Elvis Presley’S Incredible Kindness To John Wayne When The Two Stars Finally Met
EXCLUSIVE: Elvis Presley “honoured” John Wayne in an incredibly touching way when the two stars finally met, as witnessed by …
John Wayne’S Last Film Has A Secret Meaning Most Fans Missed
From the 1930s on, John Wayne built a reputation for himself as one of America’s biggest movie stars, especially in …
John Wayne’S Utterly Bizarre Star Wars Cameo Was Only Spotted 30 Years Later
As notable as a John Wayne cameo in Star Wars would be, his appearance in A New Hope went unnoticed …
John Wayne Made A True Grit Sequel With One Of The Greatest Actresses Of All Time, And It Was Somehow A Major Western Misfire
John Wayne’s long-awaited sequel to True Grit, 1975’s Rooster Cogburn, seemed to have everything going for it — including an …
The Legendary John Wayne And Randolph Scott Teamed Up For A Western Like No Other
The Golden Age of Hollywood brought so many different stars together that it might make your head spin, but as …
This 1939 Scene Is John Wayne’S Best In His Entire 169-Movie Career
Despite being his first truly great movie, Stagecoach is still the film with John Wayne’s best scene. Over the course …