John Wayne was a Hollywood legend for decades, and his rugged individuality was a big part of his image. It's hard to imagine a guy best known for playing a lonesome cowboy as a ladies' man, but before he starred in Westerns, studios hadn't quite nailed down Wayne's image. The actor found his brief stint as a romantic comedy actor so embarrassing that he almost hung up his cowboy hat for good before ever becoming a household name.
Before he was America's movie cowboy, the Duke's early work like "Brown of Harvard" and "Girls Demand Excitement" featured a sports edge. "I should've been playing on the National Football Team in 1928," Wayne explained in a 1976 interview, per The Bobby Wygant Archive.
Wayne starred in his first feature-length cowboy film in 1930, titled "The Big Trail," but the studio wasn't sure that they saw him as a cowboy just yet. Here's what he...
Before he was America's movie cowboy, the Duke's early work like "Brown of Harvard" and "Girls Demand Excitement" featured a sports edge. "I should've been playing on the National Football Team in 1928," Wayne explained in a 1976 interview, per The Bobby Wygant Archive.
Wayne starred in his first feature-length cowboy film in 1930, titled "The Big Trail," but the studio wasn't sure that they saw him as a cowboy just yet. Here's what he...
- 3/1/2023
- by Shae Sennett
- Slash Film
“While the events of this story are fictional…These. People. Existed.” Thus begins Jeymes Samuel’s western “The Harder They Fall,” currently streaming on Netflix. The period picture is populated with 19th century Black icons including Nat Love (Jonathan Majors), a former enslaved cowboy, Mary Fields (Zazie Beetz), the first Black star-route mail carrier in the U.S., and Rufus Black (Idris Elba), the head of the ruthless multi-racial gang of bank robbers.
“The Harder They Fall” is the first major Western led by a Black cast since Mario Van Peebles 1993 “Posse.” The director, though, told the L.A. Times that “The Harder They Fall” shouldn’t be described as simply a “Black” Western. “It’s just a story about these people in their own world, just like ‘Rio Bravo” is a story about John Wayne and Dean Martin in their own world,” Samuel said. “These aren’t white Westerns or white movies,...
“The Harder They Fall” is the first major Western led by a Black cast since Mario Van Peebles 1993 “Posse.” The director, though, told the L.A. Times that “The Harder They Fall” shouldn’t be described as simply a “Black” Western. “It’s just a story about these people in their own world, just like ‘Rio Bravo” is a story about John Wayne and Dean Martin in their own world,” Samuel said. “These aren’t white Westerns or white movies,...
- 11/8/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Amazon is selling the John Wayne Ultimate 25 Movie DVD Collection [1] (which comes with a bonus $5 Amazon VOD Credit) for only $4.99. John Wayne remains one of the most beloved icons in the history of American film. With over 142 lead performances, his prolific career established him as the symbol of an American West that epitomized the virtues of courage, toughness, humor and loyalty. This amazing collection features 20 Westerns, 3 Adventures, one Comedy, and a John Ford Documentary. Titles Included Are: Angel and the Badman, Blue Steel, The Dawn Rider, Desert Command, Hell Town, His Private Secretary, The Hurricane Express, The Lawless Frontier, The Lucky Texan, The Man From Utah, McLintock, 'Neath Arizona Skies, Paradise Canyon, Rainbow Valley, Randy Rides Again, Riders of Destiny, Sagebrush Trail, Shadow of the Eagle, The Star Packer, Texas Terror, The Trail Beyond, West of the Divide, and Wind of the Wasteland. Amazon is also giving away an additional...
- 12/24/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Ok movie buffs and water buffs. Here's your chance to shine: I've worked on water issues for three decades. And I love movies. So... I'm building a list of movies where water, water politics, and water conflict all come together. Here is part of my list, but please weigh in with corrections and additions. If you have additions, I'd love the Title, Year, and a Short precis of how water is centrally involved. Documentaries, sci-fiction, westerns, action... but water has to play a central role in the plot, somehow. Peter Gleick's PartialList of Movies and Water Three Word Brand (1921): Paul and Brand (twins separated at birth, played by William S. Hart) become governor of Utah and a partner in a ranch where neighboring ranchers are trying to get control of local water rights. Riders of Destiny (1933): Government agent Saunders (John...
- 8/18/2010
- by Peter H. Gleick
- Huffington Post
Some lucky people are getting out of town for Memorial Day 2010. But some of us are staying at home. Luckily, all your favorite channels are doing mega marathons of all your favorite shows.
Zap2it is the one-stop shop for all your Memorial Day programming. From delightfully bad reality TV like "Real Housewives" and "Jersey Shore" to the quirky 1990s dramedy "Twin Peaks" to the serious TCM salute to war movies, there's something for everyone on TV this weekend. All times Eastern, but check your local listings for times and channel numbers.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
A&E (11 a.m. - 6 p.m.): Flip This House
Animal Planet (1 p.m. - 7 p.m.): River Monsters
BBC America (8 p.m. - 8 a.m.): Doctor Who
Bet (10 a.m. - 7 p.m.): Everybody Hates Chris
Biography (8 p.m. - 3 a.m.): Celebrity Ghost Stories
Bravo (9 p.m. - 2 a.
Zap2it is the one-stop shop for all your Memorial Day programming. From delightfully bad reality TV like "Real Housewives" and "Jersey Shore" to the quirky 1990s dramedy "Twin Peaks" to the serious TCM salute to war movies, there's something for everyone on TV this weekend. All times Eastern, but check your local listings for times and channel numbers.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
A&E (11 a.m. - 6 p.m.): Flip This House
Animal Planet (1 p.m. - 7 p.m.): River Monsters
BBC America (8 p.m. - 8 a.m.): Doctor Who
Bet (10 a.m. - 7 p.m.): Everybody Hates Chris
Biography (8 p.m. - 3 a.m.): Celebrity Ghost Stories
Bravo (9 p.m. - 2 a.
- 5/29/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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