it's this John Ford/John Wayne collaboration that remains so often at the forefront of the genre. In fact, it was one of the very first motion pictures ever preserved by the United States' Library ...

Any thought of acting as an art seemed far from Wayne’s understanding of the vocation. John Wayne (Credits: Far Out / Monogram Pictures Corporation) The lack of a sustained script or comprehensive ...

John Wayne was one of Hollywood’s most recognisable stars, right up there with Marilyn Monroe and James Dean. Unlike Monroe and Dean, however, he was not the victim of a tragically early death. Born ...

The central figure of The Searchers, director John ... Wayne, for his part, shows off a deeper range as an actor than ever before. His performance smashes the romantic cowboy image that he spent ...

Long before Yellowstone hit the screen and captivated audiences, Gunsmoke was the gold standard, paving the way for Western ...

Yet Douglas replied: “I don’t want to get involved in a conversation about John Wayne. I’ve made quite a few pictures with John Wayne and, by the way, I’ve always called him John.

Appearing in around 170 movies across half a century, John Wayne remains an icon of Americana almost 50 years after his death. Yet it wasn’t until the start of the decade that his estate opened ...

But 15 years later, he passed away after stomach cancer metastasized. His family established the John Wayne Cancer Institute, which helps others fight their cancer battles. Actor John Wayne died from ...