Tag: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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Beyond the Cowboy Image: John Wayne’s Hidden Desire for a Bold Career Transformation
Movie star John Wayne became closely intertwined with Westerns over the course of his career. He also dug into the war genre, but he was deeply associated with the image of a tough cowboy. Wayne once admitted that he felt “ashamed” of starring in Westerns and wanted to make a big career change. He desired…
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John Wayne’s Rare Western Christmas Tale in ‘Three Godfathers’
It’s either the fact that he played a gruff, straight-talking sheriff in almost every film or the fact that each of his western outings seems to take place in the baking hot sun, but John Wayne really doesn’t seem a fan of Christmas. It’s just very difficult to see Ethan Edwards of The Searchers or…
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True Grit’s Resurgence: The Western Genre Rides Again, Crossing $100 Million, and Bob Mondello’s Ultimate Frontier Experience
With True Grit crossing the $100 million mark at the box office, the Western, often given up for dead, appears to be back. Black hats, white hats, guns, a frontier code of honor, big-sky country — all have been Hollywood staples since at least 1903, when The Great Train Robbery sent gunslingers galloping across the…
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Uncover John Wayne’s Surprising Choice for His ‘Worst’ Film – Dive into the Trailer for Jet Pilot
Known as one of the very best actors in American cinema, creating such classic movies as The Searchers, True Grit and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, the legacy of John Wayne marks him as one of the most definitive Hollywood stars of the era. Sharing his limelight only with the likes of James Stewart,…
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Hollywood’s Maverick: John Wayne’s Trailblazing Approach to ‘Fighting Dirty’ in Westerns
John Wayne continues to exist as one of the timeless faces of the Western film genre. However, he also revolutionized the art of the Hollywood fight sequence in more ways than one. Wayne brought a more realistic and “dirty” way to fight on the silver screen. More modern ideas of fight sequences can thank Wayne’s…
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33 Years After His Death, John Wayne Is a Bigger Movie Star Than George Clooney
Three decades have passed since the legendary John Wayne rode off into the cinematic sunset, yet his influence and star power endure, surpassing even contemporary Hollywood giants like George Clooney. In the 33 years since his death, John Wayne has become not just a movie star but a cultural icon, an enduring symbol of rugged…
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Spike Lee Deliberates on John Wayne’s Take on ‘Perverted’ Films—An Intriguing Conversation
When we look back at the history of Hollywood icons, there are some that simply do not stand the test of time. The icon of western cinema, John Wayne, is one such individual, having made some of the greatest movies of the 20th century, such as The Searchers, True Grit and The Man Who Shot…
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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…
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John Ford’s Timeless Aesthetic: The Intersection of Fact and Legend
Great Movie John Ford and John Wayne together created much of the mythology of the Old West we carry in our minds. Beginning with “Stagecoach” (1939), continuing from 1948 through 1950 with the Cavalry Trilogy (“Fort Apache,” “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” and “Rio Grande”), and finally to 1962 and “The Man Who Shot Liberty…