John Wayne

Favorite Actors & Actresses -- Today & Yesteryear (30 person items)

"Born: Marion Robert Morrison on May 26, 1907 Place of Birth: Winterset, Iowa Died: July 11, 1979 Place of Death: Los Angeles, California In 1930, Marion Morrison took the stage name "John Wayne" at the suggestion of Raoul Walsh to star in Walsh's epic Western The Big Trail. At this time, Wayne's weekly salary was raised to $105. While this film would raise Wayne's standing in the film industry, providing him with a prolific amount of work (about eighty A-pictures by his own estimation), it wasn"

Who is your Favorite Cowboy ? (48 person items)

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Tough Guy Names From our Favorite Movies (7 person items)

" John Wayne Duke Slade in Adventure's End Wedge Donovan in The Fighting Seabees Chance Buckman in Hellfighters"

Who's the Best Classic Actor? (45 person items)

"7 points chris043 (4); phillydude (3)"

I won an Oscar... (147 person items)

"for the movie "True Grit" "

Favourite Oscar Acceptance Speeches (10 person items)

"Wow! If I'd a known that, I'd a put that patch on 35 years earlier! Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm no...stranger to this podium. I've come up here and picked up these beautiful golden men before...but always for friends. One night I picked up two...one for Admiral John Ford, one for our beloved Gary Cooper. I was very clever and witty that night. The envy of even Bob Hope. But tonight, I don't feel very clever, very witty. I feel...very grateful, very humble. To all you people who are watching "

Acting Dynasties: Generations of Performers (52 person items)

"Marion Morrison (his real name) was a USC football player in college. He eventually started working as a set hand on a film set, where he met legendary director John Ford. I'm not gonna say the rest is history, but you can say it yourself at home if you need to. John Wayne had the rugged good looks of a strong and deliberate man. He starred in many Westerns, including Stagecoach and The Searchers. He got the nickname Duke, and in real life he was a hard drinking, fist fighting, no nonsense ass"

The Birth Names of Celebrities (104 person items)

"Marion Morrison"