Acclaimed artist and author Pilar Wayne, the widow of screen legend John Wayne, is set to headline back-to-back benefits for The Hospitality House on June 24 and 25. The first event, “Dinner With The Duke,” is being held at 7 p.m. Sunday at The Painted Fish Café in Banner Elk, where guests will dine on […]
Read MoreJohn Wayne partners up with classic cowboys in Savannah this weekend
Howdy, partner. Three classic Westerns will be screened June 29 and 30 at the Lucas Theatre. “True Grit” — the original 1969 version starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn — will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday. Based on Charles Portis’ 1968 novel “True Grit,” the film was adapted by Marguerite Roberts and […]
Read MoreThe Wayne Collection, a permanent exhibit featuring personal memorabilia from John Wayne
“THE WAYNE COLLECTION,” A PERMANENT EXHIBIT HONORING THE LIFE AND CAREER OF AMERICAN FILM ICON JOHN WAYNE, TO BE UNVEILED JUNE 21 AT USC’S SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS. On Thursday, June 21st, USC School of Cinematic Arts will unveil a new permanent exhibit, “The Wayne Collection”, an extensive permanent exhibit featuring personal memorabilia from John […]
Read MoreCinemark Classic Series featuring The Searchers on the Big Screen!
Warner Bros. and Cinemark/Century theaters will be showing John Wayne’s ‘The Searchers’ at select Cinemark/Century theatres across North America next Wednesday (June 27) with two showtimes: 2pm & 7pm (local time). You can get more details on showtimes and buy tickets to a participating Cinemark/Century theater at http://www.cinemark.com/cinemark-classic-series. Other classics being shown are Cool Hand […]
Read MoreL.N. Resident Remembers John Wayne, Who Died 33 Years Ago Today
Photographer Barton Mac Leod the actor known as ‘The Duke;’ who was larger than life. He met him several times and also worked with him on the 1968 film, “The Green Berets.” “The Duke,” a.k.a. John Wayne, died 33 years ago, on June 11, 1979. Wayne died at the age of 72 of lung and […]
Read MoreJohn Wayne’s daughter-in-law oversees release of ‘Hondo’ on widescreen Blu-ray
The general public hasn’t seen “Hondo” ride across a wide screen since its initial 1953 release. Even then, most small-town theaters hadn’t yet converted to CinemaScope-size projection. Consequently, most John Wayne fans have only seen the film in the old square format on screens both large and small. But the Duke’s daughter-in-law has finally done […]
Read MoreA.J. Fenady Remembers the Duke
That America craves strength in the face of metastasizing challenges and threats, within and without, makes John Wayne, who died thirty three years ago today, more relevant than ever. Recently I spoke with A.J. Fenady about “the Duke” to mark the 105th anniversary of his birth on May 26. I interviewed A.J. at his offices […]
Read MoreHow 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; […]
Read MoreGrowing 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 […]
Read MoreJohn Wayne: A unique American hero
(CBS News) For fans who can’t get enough of the movies of John Wayne, there will be an opportunity later this week to acquire a piece of his private life, as John Blackstone is about to show us: We knew him on the big screen as the cowboy … the co-pilot … The Green Beret […]
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