John Wayne on TCM
John Wayne in The Alamo. Photo: Courtesy Turner Classic Movies.
It’s John Wayne day on Tuesday, Aug. 18, as Turner Classic Movies continues with its "Summer Under the Stars" series.
One of the most popular film stars ever, John Wayne was almost invariably John Wayne (or the screen version of himself) no matter who or what he played. But then again, the same can be said of Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart and other well-respected actors of the studio era. I’m not quite sure why Wayne is generally regarded as less of an actor than those other performers, but perhaps one explanation is that Westerns and war movies aren’t perceived as settings for a real actor, and Wayne made his [...]
by Andre Soares | August 14, 2009
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Tags: Baby Face, Classic Movies, John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, McLintock, Summer Under the Stars, TCM, The Alamo, The Green Berets, Turner Classic Movies
THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY, HONDO, McLINTOCK!: John Wayne on DVD
Paramount Home Entertainment and Paramount’s Worldwide Television Distribution, in association with John Wayne’s old Batjac Productions, will be distributing several Wayne titles on DVD beginning in spring 2005.
The upcoming releases include:
Island in the Sky (1953), a rarely seen adventure film about a plane crash in sub-Arctic Canada;
Hondo (1953), a Western based on a story by Louis L’Amour, who was erroneously nominated for an Academy Award in — and was later withdrawn from — the Motion Picture Story category; additionally, Hondo earned Geraldine Page her first Academy Award nomination (as best supporting actress);
the comic Western McLintock! (1963), partly inspired by Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, and co-starring Maureen O’Hara and Stefanie Powers;
and a fully [...]
by Andre Soares | October 24, 2004
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Tags: Adventure Movies, Claire Trevor, Classic Movies, DVDs, John Wayne, McLintock, Plunder of the Sun, Robert Mitchum, The High and the Mighty, Track of the Cat
