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(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 […]

Ethan Wayne, his youngest son, knows choosing what to keep and what to sell is delicate. The Duke’s ‘True Grit’ Golden Globe and an eye patch from the film are among available items. Ethan Wayne, the youngest son of Hollywood legend John Wayne, hates to have anything in his pockets because as a young boy […]

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 […]

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 […]

Thursday, January 13, at 7:00 p.m. the Beltonian Theater will feature “The Searchers”, starring John Wayne, as part of our mini-film festival weekend of John Wayne Westerns. Admission is $6. John Wayne plays an ex-confederate soldier who spends five years searching for his niece who was captured by the Comanches who massacred his family. What […]

If you look at the very early John Wayne films you’ll discover a very different person. First there was the name: it was originally Marion Michael Morrison. Morrison went to USC and played football. He might have gotten his first taste of stardom from silent star and “It girl” Clara Bow. There were rumors that […]

JOHN WAYNE’s RINGO KID and ALAN LADD’s SHANE have landed top spots in a new poll of the greatest movie cowboys. The two movie icons’ western heroes in the films Stagecoach and Shane, respectively, feature in Cowboys & Indians magazine’s list of the 15 most beloved film characters. Also making the grade: Gary Cooper’s Will […]

A few exceptions like “Ben-Hur” and “The Departed” aside, Oscar hasn’t smiled on too many remakes. But that’s no reason to count out Joel and Ethan Coen’s “True Grit,” which has been described not as a redo of the 1969 Henry Hathaway film but as a more faithful adaptation of Charles Portis’ novel. Jeff Bridges, […]

The California Rodeo Salinas plans to present the John Wayne classic, “Tall in the Saddle,” Thursday at the Forest Theater in Carmel. Those who attend the film should dress warmly and bring a picnic to enjoy, including beverages of choice (alcohol is allowed but not for sale), blankets and stadium seats if desired. # What: […]