By the 1970s, John Wayne was coming towards the end of his career as a Hollywood star. In 1973, aged 65-years-old, he had been living with one lung for the …
Like most movie stars, John Wayne had some huge hits but also big turkeys over his Hollywood career. The Conqueror, in which Duke played Genghis Khan after Marlon Brando backed …
In the 1952 Oscar-winning classic, considered by director John Ford to be his sexiest movie, John Wayne’s retired boxer Sean Thornton makes a pilgrimage to his home village in 1920s …
Elvis Presley and John Wayne are two icons of Americana whose symbolic legacy lives on almost half a century after their deaths. The Hollywood contemporaries, who have both received the …
Back in 1950, John Wayne starred in Rio Grande, the third of his Cavalry Trilogy (alongside Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon) with director John Ford. Cast and …
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John Wayne’s first movie as director was 1960’s The Alamo, but he was technically the uncredited one a year later on another Western. Duke starred in The Comancheros as Captain …
Back in 1945, John Wayne decided to make an epic movie about the Battle of the Alamo. The pivotal conflict during the Texan Revolution saw a 13 day siege on …
After winning the Best Actor Oscar for 1969’s True Grit, John Wayne returned for a sequel with 1975’s Rooster Cogburn – which celebrates its 49th anniversary this week – alongside …
John Wayne was famous for his tough guy image on and off screen, mostly being known for playing cowboys and military men. By the early 1960s, Duke was in his …