Tag: Hollywood
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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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From Bronco Billy to Outlaw Josey Wales: Clint Eastwood’s Exclusive Club of Cinematic Allies
Clint Eastwood, the iconic actor and director, possesses a unique charisma that extends beyond his on-screen performances. In the world of cinema, his legendary presence is accompanied by an indomitable stare that can convey more than words ever could. As the saying goes, “You’re going to look awfully silly if you’re lying dead in the…
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Busting Myths and Sharing Secrets: Rick Lenz’s Heartfelt Stories from John Wayne’s Final Film
John Wayne’s final movie The Shootist hit cinemas in 1976, just three years before he died. For the past 15 years, Duke had been struggling with severe health problems after having had a cancerous lung and some ribs removed in 1964. The Western legend would tenaciously work through action sequences, often relying on an oxygen…
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Assassination Attempts on John Wayne: The Shocking Sniper Incident and the Chairman Mao Connection
Even if you’ve never watched a western movie, you will undoubtedly be familiar with John Wayne and his close association with the genre. Beginning his career in the silent era, Wayne soon became an icon of the silver screen thanks to his collaborations with John Ford. Wayne was given several uncredited roles in some of…
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John Wayne’s Blunt Critique: Hollywood’s Golden Age Legend Slams ‘Bad Taste’ Death Scenes
Hollywood legend John Wayne became a household name after he rose to fame starring in Western and war films such as The Searchers and Rio Bravo. In a recent Talking Pictures episode on the BBC, viewers got an insight into his well-established career on the big screen and life away from the cameras. In the…
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The Actor Clint Eastwood Said Will Be Remembered In “100 Years”
Hollywood’s most venerated living legend, Clint Eastwood, broke through in the 1960s, offering an alternative to John Wayne as one of the most violently popular western stars. Having established a tough outlaw image in the formative TV series Rawhide and mastering it in Sergio Leone’s legendary Dollars Trilogy, the dashing gunslinger consolidated his status as…
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Turbulent Tinseltown: Aissa Wayne’s Revelations on the John Wayne-Clark Gable Clash
Very few actors in Hollywood history can compare to the might of John Wayne, a performer who was as much a cultural icon as he was a star of the silver screen. Making the western genre shine throughout the 20th century alongside such names as Clint Eastwood, Gary Cooper and James Stewart, Wayne remains a…
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A Western Like No Other: John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, and Henry Fonda’s Epic Collaboration
What Is ‘How the West Was Won’ About? How the West Was Won is an American fictionalized historical account of the period between the great westward migration and the establishment of law and order in the Wild West. The film follows three generations of the Prescott family across decades, spanning significant American history events, like…
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John Wayne’s Arizona Affection: Unraveling the Bond That Made the Desert State His Beloved Home
Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story gave an incorrect year for John Wayne’s death. He died on June 11, 1979. All right, pilgrim, Hollywood may have been where Western movie icon John Wayne made his fame and fortune, but he clearly also left a mark – and perhaps a piece of his…