How the West Was Filled With Loss

John Ford’s ‘Fort Apache’ on Blu-ray From Warner Home Video 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; […]

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Growing up as John Wayne’s son in O.C.

NEWPORT BEACH – Ethan Wayne, as his surname implies, is one of the seven children of John Wayne, one of Orange County’s most famous residents. Despite that, Ethan Wayne insists that his life growing up was “not typical Hollywood at all. “Our life was basically small-town beach life,” the 49-year-old Wayne said. “(Dad) drove a […]

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John Wayne auction rustles up $5.4M

(CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES — Organizers say a two-day auction of more than 700 costumes, scripts, awards and memorabilia from the estate of film star John Wayne brought in $5.4 million. Heritage Auctions said Friday that the auction included items such as Wayne’s last driver’s license ($89,625), a holster and gun belt from the film “El […]

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First authorized book on John Wayne

JOHN WAYNE ENTERPRISES GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR FIRST AUTHORIZED BOOK ON JOHN WAYNE TO POWERHOUSE BOOKS To be Released Fall 2011, Book to Feature Never-Before-Seen John Wayne Archived Photo Collection Newport Beach, California (March 14, 2011): John Wayne Enterprises (JWE), LLC, exclusive owner and licensor of the John Wayne brand, has entered into a publishing […]

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True Grit: Rooster to the rescue

Why, in troubled times, does America turn to a hard-drinking, half-blind US marshal? Frank Rich on how True Grit speaks to the Obama generation as profoundly as it did to Nixon’s A month before John Wayne won the 1969 best actor Oscar for True Grit, Richard Nixon wrote him a “Dear Duke” fan letter from […]

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