John Wayne 1907 - 1979
In more than 200 films made over 50 years, John Wayne saddled up to become the greatest figure of one of America's greatest native art forms, the Western.
The movies he starred in rode the range from out-of-the-money sagebrush quickies to such classics as "Stagecoach" and "Red River." He won an Oscar as best actor for another western, "True Grit," in 1969. Yet some of the best films he made told stories far from the wilds of the West, such as "The Quiet Man" and "The Long Voyage Home." — Richard F. Shepard
Highlights from the Archives
Building the Duke, Film by Film
A John Wayne centenary brings with it the opportunity to be amazed at the endurance of an image.
May 20, 2007MoviesNewsThe First Action Hero
The Wayne who presented himself on Oscar night as he was visibly dying and a shadow of his former, monumental self has stuck with many of us and may be more responsible for his permanent star status than all of his routine action pictures or all the films he made between "The Big Trail" and "Stagecoach."
March 23, 1997ArtsReviewThe Immortal Duke
Though he was said to be haunted by his failure to enlist for military service during World War II, John Wayne managed to capitalize on his warrior image through his career.
September 10, 1995ArtsReviewARTICLES ABOUT JOHN WAYNE
Familiar Faces in Strange Places
Olive Films’ Blu-ray of “Wake of the Red Witch” shows John Wayne in a lyrical light; Warner Archive’s “Sincerely Yours” shows Liberace on screen.
June 2, 2013, Sunday
American Obsession
Glenn Frankel sorts through the layers of history in a classic film.
February 24, 2013, Sunday
John Ford’s Portraits of Loss and Redemption
Two John Ford films reappear in new Blu-ray editions: “How Green Was My Valley” and “The Quiet Man.”
February 10, 2013, Sunday
Tall in the Saddle in 2 Eras at Once
John Wayne stars in four “Three Mesquiteers” installments from the 1930s: “Overland Stage Raiders,” “Red River Range,” “The Night Riders” and “Three Texas Steers.”
September 30, 2012, Sunday
Cowboys and Colleens
Embracing the prickly John Ford, the storyteller who helped define the image of America and Ireland.
July 08, 2012, SundayHow the West Was Filled With Loss
FOR his 1948 ''Fort Apache,'' the first movie in his celebrated cavalry trilogy, John Ford brought together four of the five leading men most closely associated with his career: George O'Brien, the star of ''The Iron Horse'' (1924), Ford's first major critical and commercial success; Victor McLaglen, whose 12 films with Ford include an Oscar-winning performance in ''The Informer'' (1935); Henry Fonda, the Tom Joad of Ford's ''Grapes of Wrath'' (1940); and John Wayne, who first worked with Ford ...
March 25, 2012, Sunday
John Ford’s ‘Fort Apache’ on Blu-ray From Warner Home Video
John Ford’s “Fort Apache” (1948), one of the great achievements of American cinema, has been released in a magnificent Blu-ray edition by Warner Home Video.
March 23, 2012, FridayHow the West Was Filled With Loss
John Ford’s “Fort Apache” (1948), one of the great achievements of American cinema, has been released in a magnificent Blu-ray edition by Warner Home Video.
March 25, 2012, SundayNewswallah: Bollywood Edition
A weekly roundup of news reported from the country's Bollywood industry.
December 10, 2011
John Wayne and Alex Cord: Two Ringo Kids of ‘Stagecoach’
When Alex Cord agreed to play the John Wayne role in the 1966 remake of “Stagecoach,” it seemed like an engraved invitation to commit career suicide.
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