John Wayne

By Robert Silva Stagecoach helped raise the Western's profile into A-picture territory. It's also the first of Ford's films to be shot in the region that would become his favorite stage, Monument Valley. And finally, it's the movie that marked the director's most important invention: John Wayne as West...

 CA When John Wayne played two seasons at tackle for USC. When Cornell was a football powerhouse. The college football season started with the Washington Huskies beating Willamette College 108-0 and ended with the Huskies losing to Alabama 20-19 in a game ...

 CA John Wayne, crippled and dying, draws one last time in The Shootist. In American cinema, the Western is an art form with traditional plot conventions and classic heroic characters. The image of the aging gunfighter being challenged and eventually ...

By Cory Abbey Is it the sparkly spurs or the chance to practice a Southern drawl? Even thoroughly modern actors like Christian Bale and Tobey Maguire can't help heading out West for a taste of the action. Everyone, it's time to let go. The days of John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Glenn Ford patrolling the frontie...

 PA In a dizzying display the actors skewer John Wayne, the '60s sitcom "the Patty Duke Show," "The Godfather" and Elton John, among others. Even former president George Bush takes a shot. (Hint: He's a stand-in for a long-eared character in "Midsummer ...

 United States When you think of a splendid film partnership there is Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire, Billy Wilder & IAL Diamond, John Wayne & John Ford, Emma Thompson & Anthony Hopkins and, just maybe, Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains going off to fight the good fight ...

On this day in 1979, John Wayne, an iconic American film actor famous for starring in countless westerns, died at age 72 after battling cancer for more than a decade. The actor was born Marion Morrison on May 26, 1907, in Winterset, Iowa, ... Remembering the Duke Again American Spectator

By nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) John Wayne has always been, and probably always will be, my favorite actor. My earliest memories of going to movies are filled with images of John Wayne. I was about four years old when I remember seeing him on-screen for the first time in The Horse Soldiers - and I knew who he was even then. He was...

 Australia Once this simple fact has been established, it is easy to reduce all westerns into a John Wayne look or all Asian films into a quick kung fu move. The audience was in stitches the entire time, whether they actually knew which film was referenced or not ...

By Robert Silva Kirk Douglas has his Eddie Murphy moment in this Australian Western, taking on dual roles as the eccentric old coot Spur and the evil rancher Harrison. While the film showed that the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral star (then in his 60s) still had plenty of lust for life, critic Roger Ebert wasn't u...

and the Duke growls, “I'm lookin' at a tin star with a drunk pinned on it.” El Dorado is basically your generic John Wayne Western – but it boasts a top-notch cast, all of whom seemed to be having a thoroughly marvelous time – and there are many much, ...

 UT By Chris Hicks An interesting mix of new and old films have found their way to DVD this week, led by a couple of remastered Westerns starring John Wayne. "Centennial Collection: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"(Paramount, 1962, b/w, $16.99). ...

 OH The film, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, and Lee Marvin, is practically a perfect western. It features a classic tale of good versus evil, law versus order, a lie, and a love triangle for the ages. ... Saddle up for Liberty North Island Midweek

 WA Would such a phrase ever escape the lips of John Wayne? What kind of President expects the American people to take such nonsense seriously? That one has been worth a lot of good laughs in every barber shop in the country! So what are we missing from ...

By nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) Original French release poster One of our favorite westerns of the 1960s is Henry Hathaway's The Sons of Katie Elder starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Michael Anderson Jr and Earl Holliman as four estranged brothers reunited for their beloved mother's funeral. They soon learn that ther...

By Robert Silva John Wayne, Gary Cooper, and Clint Eastwood are synonymous with six-shooters and spurs, but the Western also lured more surprising faces onto the frontier. While John Wayne, Gary Cooper, and Clint Eastwood are virtually synonymous with six-shooters and spurs, the Western also lured s...

 IL That year, Oscars went to "Midnight Cowboy" for Best Picture, John Wayne for Best Actor in "True Grit" and Maggie Smith for Best Actress in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie." Further in the "oh-my-gosh-where-has-the-time-gone? ...

 NC John Wayne won the best actor award for "True Grit." In 1975, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple. He went on to form Rainbow. In 1995, models Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell opened the Fashion Cafe in New York. ...

Actor John Wayne had one of these dogs, named "Little Duke." Author John Steinbeck also owned one, and so did three US Presidents. Woodrow Wilson had one named "Davie", Calvin Coolidge's dog was named "Paul Pry", and Warren Harding's was "Laddie Boy". ...

By nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) Yet another occasion in which we use a reader's letter to give a cheap plug to a Cinema Retro book. In case you are not aware, TCM is broadcasting a letterboxed 203 minute version of The Alamo on March 17 @ 2:15pm. I have to assume that is the directors cut that was released on laser disc some years...

By NP Editor Admittedly, this Coors commercial is kind of cool. You know that if you plopped John Wayne in the middle of a modern American bar, he'd behave exactly like this. But what's disturbing about the commercial is the way that Wayne has been digitally rendered. In certain shots he looks about three...

By Paul MacInnes Many of the best Hollywood stories, like John Wayne chasing Dennis Hopper around the Paramount lot with a loaded revolver, the nocturnal habits of Richard Gere's pet gerbil, or Frank Sinatra securing a part in From Here to Eternity, have an air of the apocryphal about them.

By Philip French Alternative career She took a business course at 16, had a typing speed of 90 words a minute and helped type the screenplay of The Quiet Man. Essential DVDs How Green Was My Valley, The Black Swan, Sitting Pretty, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, The Wings of Eagles.

William McIntosh, the "White Warrior" of the Creek nation, had risen to the leadership of the Creeks in spite of being of mixed Creek and Scottish blood. That Scottish ancestry offered no shame to a warrior people: he was of the blood of John Mohr McIntosh (the Gaelic byname meaning, "the Gr...

By Jay Tea As I said, the movie is set during World War II, in the years 1941-1943 or so. It was filmed in 1965. John Wayne died in 1979. As I said, the movie is set during World War II, in the years 1941-1943 or so. It was filmed in 1965. John Wayne died in 1979.

By Susan Brison Don't be fooled: we've seen before that the first women to be let into bastions of male power can serve to reinforce existing gender norms and make things even harder for those who'd follow. Watching John McCain and Sarah Palin on the campaign trail, I'm reminded of Katherine Hepburn sayin...

Rating: 2 Stars Starring: Omar Benson Miller, Michael Ealy, Derek Luke, Laz Alonso Review: Critics are raining down hard on Spike Lee's first war epic. And it's not like I don't have objections. Miracle at St. Anna is too long, lazily constructed, and crammed with too many characters and sub...

We think, John Wayne is that guy. That's Mr. America, whether he was kicking Japanese butt or Nazi butt or in one of John Ford's Westerns, ... Spike Lee is doing the right thing National Post Review: 'Miracle at St. Anna' Los Angeles Times San Jose Mercury News - USA Today

By Mark Hinson(noreply@blogger.com) LET'S GO BLOG WILD: I came along just in time to witness the death of The Western in the '70s. John Wayne died after making "The Shootist" and, when I was a kid, it was hard to know who to cheer for in morally murky oaters such "High Plains Drifter" and "McCabe and Mrs. Miller."

By Michael Rowin America prides itself on being a land of hardworking go-getters, ready to make good on the promise of that coveted Dream with a little fortitude, gumption, and inventive spirit. Yet at the movies, it's often the type B losers who win our hearts: John Wayne may be what we want to be, but Benjam...

By travelagentbusiness1909 I cannot think of another actor I would pay to see act than John Wayne, the performance is well worth the price of a ticket. John Wayne performance in Hondo (Full Screen) is no exception, the way John Wayne and Geraldine Page work ...

The John Wayne Centennial reminded people of better movies that involved storyline, character development and impressive visuals. One free screening of "The Searchers" easily outclassed "Shrek the Third," "Spider-Man 3" and "Pirates of ...

New DVD releases include 'Pirates of the Caribbean'  PA - John Ford is best-remembered as the man behind such John Wayne classics as "The Searchers," "The Quiet Man" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," yet this ...

JOHN FORD AT FOX  NY - John Wayne, who would often work with Ford, makes his first appearance as a featured extra during a race scene in "Hangman's House," while a young Spencer ...

5 reasons we love the Western movie  TX - Oct 7, 2007 The point is brought home in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, one of many fine Westerns John Ford made with John Wayne. A tenderfoot lawyer (James Stewart) ...

By Ian Woolstencroft Wayne looks like he’s having a good time and with much of the film shot on location in Hawaii, it’s no wonder. From an acting point of view he seems uninterested but this isn’t a film about character it about making a political statement. Big Jim McLain makes Wayne’s The Alamo and The Green Bere...

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By Ian Woolstencroft The misjudged True Grit sequel, Rooster Cogburn (1975) followed before Wayne’s final film, The Shootist (1976). Let’s take a closer look at that film and the other high points of the decade. Big Jake (1971) The Cowboys (1972) The Shootist (1976)

By Alex Remington In earlier days, moviegoers got to see Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, and Toshiro Mifune. We get Chow Yun-Fat. Trust me, we're not getting the short end of the stick. In earlier days, moviegoers got to see Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, and Toshiro Mifune. We get Chow Yun-Fat. Trust me, we're not ge...

By Ian Woolstencroft The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) The ‘60s was Wayne’s decade for making fun films, even when not out-and-out comedies like McLintock! his westerns, with the exception of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, had a easy going sense of fun that is hard not to like. True Grit (1969)

By Ian Woolstencroft John Wayne capitalised on the success of Stagecoach in the '40s, making a string of formulaic films that, while unexceptional, cemented him as a box office draw. Most featured Wayne as one corner of a love triangle, vying with the likes of Walter Pidgeon, Ray Milland, and Randolph Scott (f...

By Ian Woolstencroft While John Wayne’s film career started in the 1920s it wasn’t until the 1930s that he got his first shot at stardom. This series of articles will take a wander through five decades of Wayne movies from the '30s to the '70s, picking out classics and personal favourites along the way.After spen...

By vronsky Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of film history and criticism has to know that The Searchers is the most influential film of all time. From the first google hit for "the searchers + influential." Andrew Sarris on Ford and Wayne But over the past three decades, it has gained the respect of...

By Chris Beaumont She Wore a Yellow Ribbon The Searchers The Green Berets The Wings of Eagles Operation Pacific Stagecoach The John Wayne Western Collection: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, True Grit, Hindo, McLintock!, Big Jake, The Shootist, Rio Lobo, The Sons of Katie Elder, El Dorado)

By El Bicho This year we celebrate one hundred years of John Wayne, his life and his work. He is one of cinema’s greatest heroes and an American icon. In True Grit we get to see him shine in the role that won him an Oscar for his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn.

The daughter-in-law of iconic Hollywood actor John Wayne has been speaking about his legacy.

By Ian Woolstencroft Blending elements of True Grit and The African Queen must have seemed like a good idea at the time but it inevitably draws comparisons with those superior films. Wayne was almost always at his best with a strong director behind the camera - John Ford and Howard Hawks are, between them, respo...

By Ian Woolstencroft This follow-up to True Grit sees Wayne reprising his Oscar-winning role as Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn six years after that western classic. The pairing of John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn should have been a recipe for cinema gold, but thanks to a less than original story and some o...

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