The movie Henry Fonda was “shamed” into making: “That’s like playing God, to me”
Sometimes shame is as good a motivator as any.
John Ford
“Who the hell needs you?”: did John Ford only cast James Stewart to spite Henry Fonda?
Was it all about Fonda, after all?
The John Ford movie that John Wayne admitted he’d been miscast in: “I felt awkward”
A humbling experience.
The death-defying stunt that earned Katharine Hepburn a standing ovation from Hollywood’s toughest director
I’m a damned good horsewoman”.
Titans of Americana: When Woody Guthrie met John Steinbeck
“In 17 verses he got the entire story of a thing that took me two years to write!”
The double life of a ‘draft dodger’: John Wayne’s secret role in gathering military intelligence
He did serve his country, in a way.
The one role John Wayne wishes he’d never played: “I was just all wrong for the picture”
He had a bad feeling from the start.
The John Wayne movie Ray Winstone calls his favourite: “Such a great performance”
“It’s such a great performance, hero playing a man like that.”
The biggest mystery of John Wayne’s career: “A trade secret”
Wayne was sworn to secrecy on this one…