How Elvis Presley “honoured” John Wayne
The meeting of two icons.
John Wayne Archives: 11/2024
How self-consciousness convinced John Wayne to try his luck as a director
“I never want to play silly old men chasing young girls.”
The John Wayne movie that almost descended into violence: “What a miserable film to make”
“He kept needling Duke”.
John Wayne on the greatest acting advice he ever received: “Why don’t you wise up?”
This piece of advice wound up shaping The Duke’s entire career.
The one actor who threatened John Wayne: “You big son of a bitch”
You know what? He did drop The Duke.
The one thing John Ford hated the most about John Wayne: “I wanted to murder the old son of a bitch”
He had to get used to it.
The John Wayne movie John Wayne hated watching: “It’s kind of irritating to see”
Not the biggest fan of his own work.