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Op-Ed in the Orange County Register Supports John Wayne Airport Name and Statue
We recently posted an item that described a non-binding resolution passed by the Orange County (Calif.) Democratic Party calling for the...
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Jul 7, 20202 min read
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Director Peter Bogdanovich Dissects 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'
Peter Bogdanovich is one of the most celebrated film directors in modern times. He’s also a noted authority on Hollywood and the history...
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Jul 6, 20201 min read
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Sunday Shootout! Lee Marvin vs. Richard Boone
Two of the scariest bad guys in any of John Wayne’s 172 films are Lee Marvin and Richard Boone. We’ve pulled two clips to compare these...
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Jul 5, 20202 min read
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A Special Message From John Wayne Speaks on Independence Day
Every man and woman or child I’ve ever known, met, seen, or heard of wants one thing more than anything else in the world. That one thing...
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Jul 4, 20201 min read
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Friday Favorite Quote of the Week: The Alamo
A publicity photo on the filmsite of The Alamo (1960), with (l. to r., front row) John Wayne as Davy Crockett, Richard Widmark as Jim...
John Wayne Speaks
Jul 3, 20202 min read
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The Space-Time Continuum in John Wayne's Early Westerns
Horse-riding bandits rob the stage, er, inter-city passenger bus, in Overland Stage Raiders. John Wayne’s Lone Star Westerns produced by...
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Jul 2, 20202 min read
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Capsule Review of the Week: The Comancheros
John Wayne, wearing one of his iconic pink shirts, plays Jake Cutter, a captain in the Texas Rangers who has been dispatched to arrest...
John Wayne Speaks
Jul 1, 20201 min read
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Will John Wayne's Name Remain on the Orange County Airport?
Statue honoring the Duke at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. (Flickr) The recent protests over the killing by police of...
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Jun 30, 20202 min read
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When John Wayne Worked on Poverty Row
PRC Studios, 1440 N. Gower St., part of Hollywood's "Gower Gulch" or so-called Poverty Row. A movie ticket went a lot farther back in the...
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Jun 29, 20202 min read
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Sunday Shootout! Stagecoach Entrance vs. Hondo Entrance
Two of the finest screen entrances ever filmed are from Stagecoach (1939), directed by John Ford, and Hondo (1953), directed by John...
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Jun 28, 20202 min read
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Saturday Sidekicks: Sleepy-eyed Hank Worden
Hank Worden (l.) and John Wayne. There could hardly be a more recognizable face (if not name) in any John Wayne film than Hank Worden....
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Jun 27, 20202 min read
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Friday Favorite Quote of the Week: Big Jake
The Movie: Big Jake belongs on any list of Top 20 John Wayne films, with plenty of action and lots of good dialogue from screenwriters...
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Jun 26, 20201 min read
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The Hippie and the Duke: How John Wayne and Henry Hathaway Saved Dennis Hopper’s Career
John Wayne and Dennis Hopper (r.) in The Sons of Katie Elder. Easy Rider, the 1969 film starring Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and Jack...
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Jun 25, 20202 min read
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The Three Mesquiteers: When John Wayne Was Part of A Trio
Max Terhune, John Wayne, and Ray "Crash" Corrigan" in Three Texas Steers (1939). There was a time in America when kids would head to the...
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Jun 24, 20202 min read
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140? 169? 172? More? How Many Films Did John Wayne Really Make?
How many films did John Wayne make as an actor? It's not an idle question. Nor is it an easy question to answer. You can get as many...
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Jun 23, 20201 min read
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Think Pink: John Wayne Can Wear Whatever He Wants
Go ahead and call it pale red, Or salmon, Or dusty rose. The fact is, John Wayne liked to wear pink throughout his film career. And why...
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Jun 22, 20201 min read
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John Wayne and the USC-Hollywood Connection
In the 1920s, the USC football team was the West Coast antidote to the effete Ivy League teams at Princeton, Yale, and Harvard. (Believe...
John Wayne Speaks
Jun 21, 20201 min read
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Saturday Sidekicks: Yakima Canutt, the Most Famous Actor That No One Knows
It's Saturday, when we feature our favorite John Wayne co-stars and supporting players. This week, it's Yakima Canutt. Enos Edward...
John Wayne Speaks
Jun 20, 20201 min read
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An Appreciation: John Wayne's First and Final Starring Roles
Anson Mount, the actor who starred as Cullen Bohannon in AMC's action-packed Western series Hell on Wheels, has written a fun...
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Jun 19, 20201 min read
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Is This John Wayne's Best Hat Ever?
John Wayne favored simple hats with a triangular crown creased down the center. But in one film in particular, he wears the baddest,...
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Jun 18, 20201 min read
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