Tag: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
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Behind the Reins: The Shocking Horse Incident That Almost Ended John Wayne’s Career
Actor John Wayne put himself in harm’s way on several movie sets, including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. It’s one of his favorite performances of his career, but he didn’t earn an Oscar nomination for his work. Wayne once recalled when he blacked out and nearly died on the set of She Wore a Yellow…
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From Stardom to Scrubs: John Wayne’s Clash with Jones and the Fallout That Followed
Film executives were still trying to figure out how to mould the young star when they threw him into a musical. John Wayne, the iconic Hollywood star whose films like How the West Was Won and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon can be streamed on BBC iPlayer, was once left so embarrassed by one of…
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John Wayne’s Hidden Depths: A Riveting Journey in ‘Quiet Man’ and ‘Yellow Ribbon’ at Stanford Theatre
In the popular imagination of John “Duke” Wayne, there’s a soft side to him that goes unpraised: the delicious romantic, the cool hipster or relaxed compadre who doesn’t want to get in anyone’s way. We tend to think of Wayne as a prowling neon sign of America, an uncomplicated cliche: a hard, indestructible cowboy, more…
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John Wayne’s Western Nightmare: Lost Souls and Vanished Bodies in a 19th-Century Tragedy
John Wayne filmed a classic Western with Maureen O’Hara in which cast members were killed and their bodies never recovered. 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 crew struggled terribly with the…
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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 Forgotten Battle: The Terrifying Moment During His Favorite Film
John Wayne brought John Ford’s She Wore a Yellow Ribbon to his friend Howard Hughes’ RKO for both funding and distribution. However, they never expected the movie would bring as much controversy as it did behind the scenes. Marc Eliot’s American Titan: Searching for John Wayne took a look at the film’s production, which put…
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John Wayne’s Unforgettable Western Classics – Which Ones Are You Most Eager to Watch Again?
John Wayne has become a classic name within the western genre with his heroic characters, but which of his best movies are the most rewatchable? The Alamo (1960) Directed by Wayne himself and written by James Edward Grant, The Alamo was a project that Wayne decided to direct and star in way back in 1945.…
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The Jaw-Dropping Incident That Director John Ford Kept Under Wraps in THE SEARCHERS
John Wayne and John Ford collaborated on some of the Hollywood Golden Age’s best-loved Westerns from She Wore a Yellow Ribbon to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Perhaps their most famous was 1956’s The Searchers, which is on BBC Two this afternoon. The film saw Duke play a Civil War veteran spending years searching…