The 1959 co-star who made John Wayne jealous: “He gets all the fireworks, doesn’t he?”

In 99% of cases, whenever John Wayne stepped onto a movie set during his decades-long reign as one of Hollywood’s most ...

1959 John Wayne Classic With Star-Studded Cast Named One of the 'Greatest Western Movies' of All Time

John Wayne earned his reputation as one of the most iconic actors of all time by starring in movies like True Grit, The ...

1946 Classic, Intended for John Wayne, Named One of the Greatest Westerns of All Time

A 1946 classic initially intended to star John Wayne, but became one of the greatest Westerns of all time without him.

The 1948 co-star John Wayne called too ugly to make it: “You just aren’t a handsome fella”

Feel free to disagree, but John Wayne didn’t become one of the biggest stars of his era because he was handsome. He wasn’t ...
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Are you a true John Wayne fan? See if you've seen all 10 of his best movies

Stacker reports John Wayne, originally Marion Morrison, transitioned from football to iconic Western star, earning accolades ...

57 Years Ago: Why So Many Fans Believe This Was the Best John Wayne Movie Ever Made

Fifty-seven years after True Grit, we revisit John Wayne's only Oscar-winning performance and why Rooster Cogburn tops his ...

John Carpenter Wrote This '90s Western Movie For John Wayne To Star In

While most well-known for his horror, John Carpenter wrote a few Western films — one of which was at the behest of John Wayne in the 1970s, ...

Best John Wayne Movies Ranked — And 1940 Classic Among the Top Has Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score

John Wayne is synonymous with Westerns, but one of the highest-rated films of his career isn't a Western at all. Released in 1940, The Long Voyage Home landed among Gold Derby's picks for John ...

5 Best John Wayne Movies That Are Not Westerns

John Wayne is synonymous with the legends of the Western, but that's not the entirety of his career. These are his five best movies that better show his range.