The John Wayne Birthplace Society is hoping to expand a complex that includes the tiny Victorian house in Winterset, Iowa, where the Oscar-winning actor (“True Grit”) was born Marion Morrison on May 26, 1907. His family lived in the four-room house until he was 3. They then moved 12 miles north to Earlham for three […]
Read MoreHOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Paramount Home Entertainment and Paramount’s television distribution entities have entered into an agreement with Batjac Productions, the production company founded by John Wayne, for worldwide DVD and television distribution. The agreement was announced today by Thomas Lesinski, President, Paramount Pictures, Worldwide Home Entertainment, Joel Berman, President, Paramount Worldwide Television […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – He crossed “Rio Bravo” and “Red River.” He fought at “Fort Apache” and on “The Sands of Iwo Jima.” He was “The Quiet Man” and won an Oscar as Rooster Cogburn in “True Grit,” but everyone knew him as the Duke. Next month, movie hero John Wayne will get his own postage stamp. […]
Read MoreLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Legendary film producer Hal B. Wallis had quite a run in Hollywood’s salad days. The former publicist and onetime protege of Jack Warner worked with some of the biggest names in the business, and his name was associated with some first-class films, not the least of them “Casablanca.” He talked […]
Read MoreWayne Flies over “The O.C.” Fri Jun 11, 1:15 PM ET Add Television – E! Online to My Yahoo! By Sarah Hall Looks like John Wayne (news) has got more staying power than The O.C.’s fictional crew of tawny teens. Two days after an Orange County supervisor made the ill-advised suggestion that John Wayne Airport […]
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – In 1939, an Irish miss of 18 landed in Hollywood not knowing what to expect. Her education came swiftly as she was thrust into stardom with her first movie and became a pawn in the big-studio system. With customary frankness, Maureen O’Hara recounts her life story in “‘Tis Herself,” written with John […]
Read MoreKim Darby has many memories of the time she spent working with John Wayne. She only wishes she had more. Darby was barely 21 when she starred with him in the 1969 film “True Grit.” She was going through a divorce at the time and brought her newborn daughter to the set each day. Amid […]
Read MoreJOHN WAYNE SADDLES UP U.S. Postal Service honors the “Duke” in Legends of Hollywood Commemorative Stamps Series WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service has chosen Marion Michael Morrison, better-known to millions of adoring fans as John Wayne (or “Duke”), to be honored in the Legends of Hollywood commemorative stamp series this year. The full pane of […]
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John Wayne was buried on an ocean-view hillside in Newport Beach more than 24 years ago, a private service from which dozens of fans were turned away by security guards. For nearly two decades, Wayne’s final resting place remained nearly as private: The actor’s grave, on a grassy slope next to a sturdy shade tree, […]
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Jack Elam, a character actor and favorite Western villain who menaced good-guy cowboys with his crazy grin, wild eyes and remorseless gunslinging in films such as “Rawhide” and “Wichita,” has died, a family friend said Tuesday. Elam, who had been in declining health in recent years, died Monday afternoon at his home […]
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