John Wayne, the Great American
Almost 30 years after his death,
John “Duke” Wayne remains a
legendary figure in the hearts and
memories of America and the
world. The universally acclaimed
actor wasn't just known for his
almost 200 film performances. He
also was an outspoken advocate for
traditional American values and
ideals - his patriotism was never in
question even when people
disagreed with his conservative
political views. In support of his
country and its Armed Forces, he
worked tirelessly with the USO
from World War II right through
Vietnam. When he passed away,
newspaper headlines in Japan read
“Mr. America Is Dead” and many
Americans agreed.
“The Duke” was born Marion
Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907
to Clyde and Mary Morrison of
Winterset, Iowa. His middle name
was later changed to Michael when
a second son was born and named
Robert Emmet. After Clyde was
diagnosed with tuberculosis, the
family relocated to Palmdale,
California. After the farm failed in
1916, the Morrison's moved again
to Glendale, only 10 minutes from
the heart of Los Angeles
Marion grew up with a strict work
ethic and began working when he
was only 11 years old. Before
school he delivered newspapers and
then, after school, he would deliver
prescriptions for his father who
worked for a local drugstore. He
also had a Saturday job working at
the local movie theater - probably
where his love of film was born. His
nickname as “The Duke” began
during this time despite the many
rumors that later abounded. Marion
had a dog that used to roam around
town with him and people
affectionately called them
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This movie wasn't a big success for
Wayne and he ended up back in bit
parts for several years.
In 1939, John Ford needed an actor
to play the character of the Ringo
Kid in his new western Stagecoach.
This movie won acclaim from the
critics and the public alike and
seemingly overnight, John Wayne
became a star. Soon he was to
become a household name as the
western came into its own as a
serious film genre. Although he
John “Duke” Wayne starred as sailors, football coaches
and war heroes, Wayne will forever
be memorialized as the Great
“Big Duke” and “Little Duke”. He American Cowboy image that he so
was to remain “Duke” until the day capably portrayed. He so embodied
he died. the cowboy for America that Life
Magazine showed him in cowboy
attire, complete with hat, on all
Working at such diverse jobs as
three of the covers that featured
soda jerk and ice hauler, Morrison
him.
was an honor student and a football
player in high school. His athletic
ability earned him a football He played the cowboy so well and
scholarship to the University of so believably through the years that
Southern California. While going to there are so many films to choose
college, he got a job setting up from. To discuss all of them would
scenery with Fox Films. One of the be to take us much further than this
most influential friendships of his article would have room for but no
life was to begin at Fox when John
Ford made him a prop boy. He
dropped out of college to pursue his
film career after breaking his ankle
during his sophomore year, starting
with being an extra whenever he
had the chance as well as doing
stunt work.
His first starring role was in The
Big Trail in 1930 and this is when
the stage name of John Wayne was
created. The producer, Raoul
Walsh, felt that Marion was a
“sissy” name and people wouldn't
buy a cowboy actor by that name.
Without any real input from
Marion, he became John Wayne
overnight and went by that name for McLintock is available on FMO
the rest of his illustrious career.
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article about John Wayne would be
complete without some highlights
from at least a few of his greatest
films.
In The Big Trail, Wayne played the
character of Breck Coleman as he
leads a wagon train cross country.
As he guides the pioneers through
storms and deserts, he fights off
Indian attacks. Meanwhile he looks
for a murderer and falls in love with
a pioneer woman from the wagon
train. While not particularly
successful, this is a good example
of how talented Wayne already was
in the early years of his career.
1947 had Wayne cast as Quirt
Evans in the classic, Angel and the
Badman. This movie depicts Wayne
as a general bad guy until meeting a
Quaker girl who nurses him back to
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health after being injured. Of
course, he ends up having to choose
between being bad or being good to
win the girl.
He got the chance to show us his
comedic talents in McLintock! in
1963. Playing a cattle baron in this
film, we got to see Wayne show
how funny he could be while
battling his land-grabbing enemies
along with his own family.
The Wayne classic film True Grit,
from 1969, is one of his most
famous movies. Playing U.S.
Federal Marshal Rooster Cogburn,
he unwillingly teams up with a
teenage hoyden to get justice over
her father's death. The pair hooks up
with a Texas Ranger, played by
Glen Campbell, and chase the bad
guys deep into Indian territory
before finding the culprit.
Wayne's last movie was an eerie
foreshadowing for his 1979 death.
In The Shootist, he plays an aging
gunfighter who is dying of cancer.
In pain and deciding he wants to go
out on his own terms, he sets up a
shootout in order to try to be killed
quickly.
When “The Duke” passed away in
1979 after losing his long battle
with cancer, America grieved and
the world mourned with us. Before
he died, Wayne had stated that he
wanted his epitaph “Feo, Fuerte y
Formal” to be carved on his
headstone. Translated into English
this says “He was ugly, strong and
had dignity”. Most would disagree
with the ugly but even his detractors
always had to acknowledge that he
was certainly “strong and had
dignity”.
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The Hurricane Express (1932)

- Directors: J.P. McGowan & Armand Schaefer
- Genre: Adventure | Crime | Drama
- Cast: Tully Marshall, Conway Tearle, John Wayne, Shirley Grey, Edmund Breese

John Wayne is the son of a murdered engineer on the Hurricane Express, the world's
fastest train. His mission: finish the train's run and catch the murderer, a diabolical master
of disguise known as "the Wrecker." Great action scenes and a motorcycle chase that
Wayne did himself. 12 full-throttle episodes; 3 2/3 hrs. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

Chapter Titles: 1. The Wrecker | 2. Flying Pirates | 3. The Masked Menace | 4.

Buried Alive | 5. Danger Lights | 6. The Airport Mystery | 7. Sealed Lips | 8. Outside the
Law | 9. The Invincible Army | 10. The Wrecker's Secret | 11. Wings of Death | 12.
Unmasked

The Three Musketeers (1933)

- Directors: Colbert Clark & Armand Schaefer
- Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller
- Cast: Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, John Wayne, Lon Chaney Jr., ...

When Lt. Wayne is framed for the murder of his fiancé's brother, Armand Corday (Lon
Chaney, Jr.), he vows to capture the real killer, a mysterious Arab terrorist known only as
El Shaitan. He is aided by the Three Musketeers: Clancy (an Irishman always spoiling for
a fight), Renard, and Schmidt (who loves sausages). 12 full-throttle episodes

Chapter Titles: 1. The Fiery Circle | 2. One For All, All For One | 3. The Master Spy |
4. Pirates of the Desert | 5. Rebel Rifles | 6. Death's Marathon | 7. Naked Steel | 8. The
Master Strikes | 9. The Fatal Cave | 10. Trapped! | 11. The Measure of a Man | 12. The
Value of Comrades

The Shadow Of The Eagle (1932)

- Directors: Ford Beebe
- Genre: Adventure | Crime | Drama
- Cast: John Wayne, Dorothy Gulliver, Edward Hearn, Richard Tucker, ...

The Eagle uses sky writing to make threats against a corporation. Nathan Gregory owns
a travelling fairground and is thought to be the Eagle. Craig McCoy (John Wayne) is a
pilot who goes looking for the Eagle when Gregory turns up missing. 12 full-throttle
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Chapter Titles: 1. The Carnival Mystery | 2. Pinholes | 3. The Eagle Strikes | 4. The
Man of a Million Voices | 5. The Telephone Cipher | 6. Code of the Carnival | 7. Eagle or
Vulture? | 8. On the Spot | 9. When Thieves Fall Out | 10. The Man Who Knew | 11.
The Eagle's Wings | 12. The Shadow Unmasked

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Monogram (1935)

John Wayne (Sheriff John Higgins), Lucille Browne, LeRoy Mason, Fern Emmett, George Hayes.
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Monogram (1934)

John Wayne (Ted Hayden), Virginia Faire Brown, George Hayes, Loyd (Lloyd) Whitlock, Yakima
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Monogram (1934)

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Paramount (1937)

John Wayne (Dare Rudd), Marsha Hunt, John Mack Brown, John Patterson, Monte Blue. Directed
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Monogram (1934)
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John Wayne (Chris Morrell), Sheila Terry, Shirley Jane Rickert, Jack Rockwell, Yakima Canutt.
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Monogram (1935)

John Wayne (John Wyatt), Marion Burns, Reed Howes, Earle Hodgins, Gino Corrado. Directed by
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Monogram (1935)

John Wayne (John Martin), Lucille Browne, George Hayes, LeRoy Mason, Lloyd Ingraham.
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Monogram (1934)

John Wayne (Randy Bowers), Alberta Vaughn, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire.
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Monogram (1933)

John Wayne (Singin' Sandy Saunders), Cecilia Parker, Forrest Taylor, George Hayes, Al St. John.
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Monogram (1933)

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Monogram (1935)

John Wayne (John Mason), Marion Burns, Denny Meadows, Reed Howes, Joe DeGrasse.
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Monogram (1935)

John Wayne (John Scott), Mary Kornman, Paul Fix, Eddy Chandler, Carmen LaRoux. Directed by
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Monogram (1934)

John Wayne (John Tobin), Sheila Terry, Jack Rockwell, George Hayes, Buffalo Bill, Jr. (Jay
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Monogram (1934)

John Wayne (Jerry Mason), Barbara Sheldon, Lloyd Whitlock, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt.
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Star Productions.

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Monogram (1934)

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by Lone Star Productions.

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Republic (1936)

John Wayne (John Blair), Phyllis Fraser, Lew Kelly, Douglas Cosgrove, Lane Chandler. Directed by
Mack V. Wright. b&w; 57 mins. ©1936 Republic Pictures Corp.

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 Maureen O'Hara: "The Queen of Technicolor"
One of America's most Douglas Fairbanks Jr.). Of course, who could forget
her role as the pirate captain, Spitfire Stevens, in her
beloved actresses, Maureen role opposite Errol Flynn in “Against All Flags”
O'Hara actually grew up in (1952)?
Ireland and wanted to
become an opera star. With
her beautiful soprano voice, Another genre that Maureen O'Hara excelled at was the
she was accepted into the classic western and she starred in many over the years.
prestigious Abbey Theater in Through her work, she developed a lifelong friendship
Dublin when she was only with John Wayne after first starring with him in “The
14 years old to study Rio Grande” (1950) as the inimitable Kathleen Yorke.
classical theater and opera. She went on to star in four more films with Wayne
That changed when she was through the years: “The Quiet Man” (1952), “Wings of
discovered by Charles Laughton in 1939. He cast her Eagles” (1957), “McLintock!” (1963), and “Big Jake”
first in “Jamaica Inn” (produced by Alfred Hitchcock) (1971).
and then in the acclaimed “The Hunchback of Notre
Dame”, filmed in America, later the same year. Ms.
O'Hara is one of the few true stars who started at the top
Her friendship with John Wayne was such that she
and stayed there throughout her career. testified before Congress in 1979 in a petition to cast a
commemorative medal honoring him. It was her
original idea to have it simply say “John Wayne,
With the start of World War II, Charles Laughton had American” as in her testimonial she states, “...he is,
to stop filming at his London studios and Maureen's
contract was bought up by RKO Studios and she
immigrated to America. A few years later, in 1946, she
became a US citizen. With her classic beauty and
expressive eyes, she was a popular box office headliner
for many years. Her thick red hair and green eyes made
her a favorite of Herbert Kalmus, the inventor of the
Technicolor process. She became known as “The Queen
of Technicolor” and probably was key to the success of
Kalmus' invention.

believe me, the United States of America. He is a man

that has a code of beliefs that he sticks with.”

As an active octogenarian, Ms.

O'Hara is officially retired and
spends her time between her
homeland of Ireland, the US and her
Maureen O'Hara and Tyrone Powell - The Black Swan
home in the Virgin Islands. Still
beautiful and dynamic, she recently
Not only known for her beauty and phenomenal acting published her autobiography
skills, she was also very athletic and performed many of through Simon & Schuster called
her own stunts. She did much of the fencing and 'Tis Herself. Although she is no
fighting that you see her perform in such swashbuckling longer making films, “The Queen of Technicolor” will
classics as “The Black Swan” (1942 with Tyrone live on in our hearts and minds as the true star that she
Power), “The Spanish Main” (1945 with Paul Henreid) always has been.
and Sinbad the Sailor (1947 with Anthony Quinn and
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