Coen Brothers’ Next is True Grit Source: Variety March 23, 2009 Joel and Ethan Coen will next put their spin on True Grit, the iconic Western that won John Wayne an Oscar. The Paramount film will be more faithful to the Charles Portis book than the 1969 pic, also distributed by Paramount. Portis’ novel is […]
Read More14th Annual John Wayne Shootout is underway near San Luis Obispo
Listen up, pilgrim: it’s that time of year again. 220 gun slinging enthusiasts from all around the country and the world are participating in the 14th Annual John Wayne Shootout. The event is being held near San Luis Obispo, off Highway 1 across from Cuesta College. Organizers said the “wild west” theme draws a large […]
Read More‘Shootist’ screenwriter to speak at BBHC
CODY – In 1976, John Wayne’s last movie, “The Shootist,” catapulted its screenwriter, Miles Swarthout, into all the best Hollywood circles. It’s hard to say whether being acquainted with the story’s author helped or hindered the project, though. The man who wrote “The Shootist” was none other than Swarthout’s father, Glendon, who also authored a […]
Read More‘Cowboys’ exhibit will soon ride off into the sunset
You only have a couple of weeks left to check out “Cowboys on the Silver Screen.” The special exhibit at the Yakima Valley Museum features items culled from the museum’s own collections (plus cool stuff purchased on eBay), various photos and keepsakes on loan from the attics and scrapbooks of local folks, and a wide […]
Read MoreJohn Wayne Film Festival rides into the sunset
Oakhurst festival raises roughly $3,000 for the Sierra Historical Sites Association. LaDonna Douglas was one of the 120 or so people who showed up Sunday at the MET Cinemas of Oakhurst for the John Wayne Film Festival. Why? “Well, oh my God, it’s John Wayne,” the Oakhurst resident gushed. She was buying raffle tickets for […]
Read MoreShadow of the Shootist
The western died with John Wayne, but his daughter-in-law is determined to reignite the genre. John Wayne: godfather of the western. The most aggressively American movie star, the epitome of rugged individualism, is synonymous with the most classically American movie genre. It is appropriate that westerns were marginalised in US culture at around the time […]
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John Wayne To Be Posthumously honored
Screen legend JOHN WAYNE is to be posthumously honored at the 25th Golden Boot Awards in August (07). The Academy Award-winning actor’s son Patrick will collect the Founders Award on his father’s behalf at the Beverly Hills, California ceremony. Wayne died in 1979. Viggo Mortensen, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Kove, Lee Horsley and the late […]
Read MoreThe Duke’s co-star
A movie pilgrimage to Monument Valley MONUMENT VALLEY, Ariz./Utah—He remembered the first time he saw this place. It was October 1948, and the chill of high-country autumn had already set in. He was here to work with Victor McLaglen and Ben Johnson and John Agar and Arthur Shields and John Ford and the tall guy from […]
Read MoreJohn Wayne is still as charismatic as ever
As we mark John Wayne’s birth centennial this month, we’re reminded that he was that rare movie star whose charisma not only endures, but grows. He remains the American icon: His persona – its bigness, roughness, but also its decency – defines our heritage. His name was not only invoked by Bruce Willis in the […]
Read MoreCOWBOYS AND INDIANS MAGAZINE – JULY, 2007 EDITION featuring JOHN WAYNE
This news item comes from the latest edition of the MAUREEN O’HARA MAGAZINE NEWSLETTER. Just to let you know that “Cowboys and Indians” Magazine (July 2007 issue) has dedicated an 11 page feature article to John Wayne with a fabulous photo layout and cover. Joe Leydon authors the article on Duke and I have written […]
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