John Wayne
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The elaborate prank it took John Wayne one year to pull on John Ford
It’s reasonable to expect that John Wayne and John Ford were so familiar with each other that they’d know exactly how…
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Martin Scorsese’s favourite John Wayne movie
Hollywood started to drastically change during the late 1960s and early 1970s, with many filmmakers looking for new ways to innovate…
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The Alternate Ending of This John Wayne Western Was Lost for Years
THE BIG PICTURE Red River is a masterpiece Western film that showcases the fiery father-son conflict between John Wayne’s tyrannical Dunson…
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The Oscar-winning movie John Wayne rejected because of “adultery”
Appearing in 150 movies in his career, the noted western icon would have to wait until the latter stages of…
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John Wayne director John Ford stopped insulting Duke after being reduced to tears on set
This week marks the 78th anniversary of the release of 1945’s They Were Expendable, a film set during the Battle…
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“The Most Un-American Thing I’ve Ever Seen”: Why John Wayne Rejected This Classic Western Movie
SUMMARY John Wayne believed that High Noon was “un-American” due to its protagonist’s disrespect towards law enforcement and its apparently…
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John Wayne Humiliated an Oscar-Winning Actress for Her Looks as She Was Too Deep in Method Acting for the Role
SUMMARY John Wayne’s acclaimed movie, ‘Hondo’, featured an unknown yet talented actress, Geraldine Page, as his on-screen partner. She was…
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10 Greatest Western Movie Ensemble Casts Of All Time
SUMMARY The Western genre has produced some of the greatest ensemble casts in cinema history, with star-studded lineups featuring screen…
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John Wayne condemned Kirk Douglas’ Spartacus as ‘Marxist propaganda’ before set clash
Stanley Kubrick’s Oscar-winning Roman epic was incredibly controversial upon its release in 1960. Kirk Douglas allowed blacklisted communist screenwriter Dalton Trumbo,…
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This 2015 Kurt Russell Movie Is A Stealth John Wayne Remake (Before Turning Into A Horror Movie)
SUMMARY Kurt Russell’s Bone Tomahawk plays like a stealth remake of John Wayne’s The Searchers. Russell previously starred in TV…
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