John Wayne branded ‘idiot’ Gone with the Wind star ‘too stupid to do anything except act’
John Wayne’s daughter revealed the truth behind the feud between a Gone with the Wind star and other famous Hollywood legends, including Duke. Daily Express :: Films Feed
John Wayne was left furious with stunt double after glaring mistake — ‘Watch it!’
The western star was left furious after his stunt double made an on-screen blunder. Daily Express :: Films Feed
John Wayne branded ‘idiot’ Clark Gable ‘too stupid to do anything except act’
John Wayne’s daughter revealed the truth behind the feud between Clark Gable and famous actors and directors including The Duke. Daily Express :: Films Feed
John Wayne shot his co-star in the back off set – and was reminded of it in his will
Western stars John Wayne and Ward Bond made 23 films together even though The Duke once shot the other actor in a very delicate place. Daily Express :: Films Feed
The Quiet Man: John Wayne left speechless after Maureen O’Hara’s forbidden improvised line
JOHN WAYNE movie The Quiet Man, which was released 70 years ago this week, saw Duke’s genuine surprise at Maureen O’Hara’s whispered unscripted line that was captured at the film’s conclusion at director John Ford’s insistence. The notoriously bad-tempered filmmaker had to fight hard for the final cut to include this scene and more. Daily […]
John Wayne: Katharine Hepburn confronted ‘real b*****d’ star at Rooster Cogburn wrap party
JOHN WAYNE was seriously ill before and during the filming of True Grit sequel Rooster Cogburn, dealing with injuries and relying on an oxygen mask during the shoot. Duke’s co-star Katharine Hepburn had enough of his furious outbursts at the director and lambasted him at the wrap party. Nevertheless, the Hollywood legends couldn’t help but […]
John Wayne struggled with ill-health, confessed ‘I’m on borrowed time’ when John Ford died
JOHN WAYNE, health was in serious decline in his later years as he struggled on tenaciously with just one lung after the removal of the cancerous other in 1964. Tragically, Duke knew his days were numbered when his long-time collaborator director John Ford died in 1973. Daily Express :: Films Feed
John Wayne condemned Kirk Douglas’ Spartacus upon its release: ‘We never saw eye-to-eye’
JOHN WAYNE had a real issue with Kirk Douglas’ Spartacus, which is on ITV4 today, and publically condemned the movie. The Hollywood legends still ended up starring opposite each other in The War Wagon a few years later. However, Duke was left fuming when he found out the reason his co-star was late to set […]
The Searchers: John Ford was enraged by what Ward Bond did to John Wayne on set
THE SEARCHERS featured an appalling mistake by Ward Bond that had to be covered up for years to avoid the “terrible temper” and physical attack of director John Ford. When the filmmaker finally found out what he’d done to John Wayne, he was “left speechless” as his face “turned white” as a sheet. Daily Express […]
John Wayne was ‘restrained by six security’ over fears he’d hurt Sacheen Littlefeather
JOHN WAYNE had to be “restrained by six security men” over fears he may hurt Native American civil rights activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who was protesting against the Academy in the early Seventies, unearthed accounts show. Daily Express :: Films Feed