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John Wayne Appreciation Day
John Wayne started out as a prop guy. He was a college student, and he picked up extra cash doing props for movies and occasional extra work. This was how he met John Ford. He almost got fired from a … Continue reading
John Wayne Appreciation Day
From Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors, by Peter Bogdonavich: To me, Duke had always seemed slightly out of breath, as though he hadn’t yet caught up on the last twenty years, not to mention the … Continue reading
John Wayne Appreciation Day
That’s one of my favorite images of John Wayne, by the way – from Red River. He’s so IN it, isn’t he?? I wish I could have found a closer image of his face – He is so in that … Continue reading
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John Wayne Appreciation Day
More from Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors by Peter Bogdonavich. I wish all action stars looked at their jobs in this way – we’d get some better movies. Any time there was a chance for … Continue reading
John Wayne Appreciation Day
From Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors: John Wayne talks about John Ford – this is from an interview he gave to Peter Bogdonavich. I laughed out loud at the last line of this story. Obviously, … Continue reading
John Wayne Appreciation Day
From Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors, by Peter Bogdonavich: His performances in these pictures [Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, The Searchers, The Wings of Eagles, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance] rate with the finest examples … Continue reading
John Wayne Appreciation Day
From Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors, by Peter Bogdonavich: There’s a moment in Rio Bravo — which features, I think, Wayne’s most genuinely endearing performance — when he walks down the street of the jail/sheriff’s … Continue reading
John Wayne Appreciation Day
From Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors , by Peter Bogdonavich: And after forty years in films, Duke had more excitement about the job than most people just starting out. He liked working with newcomers, too, … Continue reading
John Wayne Appreciation Day
From Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors, by Peter Bogdonavich: In a lifetime of almost thirty years as a top-ten box-office attraction (plus twenty before that as a not unpopular star actor), Wayne’s accumulated persona had … Continue reading
Beauty in the Blockbuster
I go to Blockbuster to get a John Wayne picture. Any John Wayne picture. Their set-up SUCKS. They no longer put the classics in their own section – they mix them in – which, in theory, is cool – but … Continue reading