It's easy to take for granted the fact that John Wayne is arguably the most notable Western star that Hollywood ever produced. But it wasn't always this way. Back when the Duke was a far younger ...

Due to his continued dedication to honing his craft, John Wayne soon became synonymous with the western genre, closely working with John Ford on pictures such as The Searchers and The Man Who Shot ...

John Wayne was the silver screen’s all-American action hero, starring in countless beloved westerns and war films. With his stoney-faced stoicism and heroic antics, the image of Wayne’s various ...

Back in 1959, John Wayne teamed up with his longtime collaborator and fellow Hollywood conservative John Ford on what would be the filmmaker’s only full American Civil War movie. Duke and his ...

John Wayne and Clint Eastwood are movie legends, and although they acted in vastly different movies, they both reached legendary status in Westerns. Stories about cowboys and the open range existed ...

Howard Hawks’ “Rio Lobo” is a John Wayne Western. That was a little unusual in 1970, because John Wayne had unaccountably been finding himself in some Westerns that weren’t John Wayne Westerns.