Category: John Wayne
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Beneath the Cowboy Hat: John Wayne’s Unseen Genius Unveiled in ‘The King, The Pawns, and The Duke’
Between the early months of 2020 and continuing through the summer of 2022, chess has been exploding in popularity, according to The New York Times. There were two main reasons for this: the Covid-19 pandemic, which left millions of people bored and with little to do, and the Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit,” about an…
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Behind the Glamour: The Dark Side of Films, Musicians, and Icons – Exposing John Wayne’s Disturbing Reality
A leading light of a Hollywood past, John Wayne‘s career spanned from the silent era of the 1920s to the Golden Age of Hollywood, through to the American New Wave. Born Marion Martin, in Winterset, Iowa, the actor who became known as John Wayne would define an era of American cinema and, for three decades,…
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John Wayne Unleashes Hollywood Fury: Shocking Verdict on Double-Oscar Winner Gene Hackman
John Wayne, the legendary western actor who has several films on BBC iPlayer including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Fort Apache, was notorious for his forthright views about a whole raft of topics and people. While he was often hailed by his contemporaries, Wayne, nicknamed Duke, was not afraid to pick a fight with…
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John Wayne’s Fiery Defense: The Duke’s Outrage at Hollywood Rival’s ‘Degrading’ Film
John Wayne was as fierce and formidable off-screen as he was on, virulently and vocally leading the Hollywood charge against suspected communists and anyone he felt tarnished the sacred spirit of ‘All-American’ values. He famously turned down films from Steven Spielberg to Clint Eastwood because he did not agree with their tone or message. He…
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Did John Wayne Say Native Americans ‘Selfishly’ Tried to Keep Their Land?
In 1971 John Wayne, the iconic movie star who had “charged the beaches at Iwo Jima, beaten back the Indians at Fort Apache, and often bloodied his fists in the name of frontier justice” was at the height of his popularity: Having appeared in over 200 films to date, he’d been listed among Hollywood’s top…
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Fort Apache: The Movie That Breathed New Life into John Wayne’s Waning Stardom
John Wayne might’ve been full of macho swagger on the big screen, but off-screen he was given to fretting. A large portion of the blame for this could be placed at John Ford’s doorstep. The A-list Hollywood filmmaker was nearly instrumental in making Wayne a full-fledged movie star, but he’d made the actor earn it…
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John Wayne’s Hidden Shame: The 3 Western Movies That Left Him Red-Faced
John Wayne was a towering figure of Hollywood’s Golden Age in the ’40s and ’50s, so it’s hard to imagine The Duke being embarrassed by making these three Western movies. In the ’20s, Wayne started out making pre-Code movies that capitalized on his college football days such as The Brown of Harvard but wanted to…
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Baby Face’s Bold Lover: John Wayne’s Unexpected Role in a 90-Year-Old Hollywood Shakeup
John Wayne made his name in Westerns and the war genre, but he did occasionally branch out into other genres. One of those times resulted in a movie that was so controversial, it prompted Hollywood to overhaul its censorship laws. Though John Wayne had a small part in the movie, he’s still part of Hollywood…
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40 Years On: Unveiling Spielberg’s Ode to John Wayne’s Masterpiece in a Cinematic Triumph
The Indiana Jones franchise famously began as Steven Spielberg and George Lucas sought to pay tribute to the serials that inspired them in their respective youths, including Zorro, Buck Rogers, and Flash Gordon, to name three. Spielberg was also driven by his admiration for the James Bond movies, but a classic western from two genre…
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John Wayne’s Secret Struggles During The Shootist
John Wayne suffered from ill health for the last 15 years of his life, being hospitalised for two weeks with influenza on his last movie The Shootist. At one point, doctors were even unsure if they would allow Duke to complete his final picture, in which he played an old gunslinger with cancer opposite James…