Tag: The Searchers
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Unpacking ‘The Cowboys’: Why Bruce Dern Became the Villain John Wayne Fans Love to Hate
Better known in Hollywood circles as “the Duke,” Wayne’s career stretched from the silent era of the late 1920s through film-making’s Golden Age and into the early beginnings of the American New Wave cinema in the 1970s. He appeared in a total of 179 movies and television productions and was a top box-office draw for…
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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 Wayne’S Singular Choice For Greatest Film And Actor – Perhaps His Most Famous
John Wayne was fiercely proud and protective of his beloved Western and war movie genres. He vocally blasted films like Gary Cooper’s High Noon or Clint Eastwood’s High Plains Drifter that he believed degraded the ideals and values of the Old West – values which the conservative Duke believed should apply to his own times…
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Unforgettable Set Moment: When John Wayne’s Co-Star Annoyed John Ford
The Searchers featured an appalling mistake by Ward Bond that had to be covered up for years to avoid the “terrible temper” and physical attack of director John Ford. When the filmmaker finally found out what he’d done to John Wayne, he was “left speechless”. john Wayne and John Ford collaborated on some of the…
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John Wayne estate shares rare The Searchers behind-the-scenes set photo
John Wayne’s estate has shared a rare behind-the-scenes photo from the set of The Searchers. Back in 1956, John Wayne starred in what many consider to be one of his greatest movies. John Ford’s The Searchers, one of the best Westerns ever made, saw Duke play a Civil War veteran spending years searching for…