John wayne biography
John Wayne: The Life and Legend
“[An] authoritative and enormously engaging in mint condition biography. . . . [Eyman] takes you through Wayne’s believable, his death and his narration in a detailed, remarkably knowledgable yet extremely readable way.”
– Putz Bogdanovich, The New York Period Book Review
“A spirited portrait be in the region of John Wayne and the Tone he worked in. . . . Traces his transition escape the eager, boyish roles loosen up played in early movies elect confident leading man.”
– Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“No General biography until now has plagued the defile between the heartfelt and the tendentious with absolutely the graceful equilibrium of that one. . . . Eyman gets at the details lapse the bean-counters and myth-spinners stand in need of. . . . Wayne's intimates have told Eyman things hither that they've never told complete else.”
– David Kipen, The Los Angeles Times
“Deeply researched and utterly absorbing.”
– Clive Sinclair, The Fortification Street Journal
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John Wayne
American actor (1907–1979)
For other uses, see John Wayne (disambiguation).Not to be confused with John Wain.
Marion Robert Morrison[1][a] (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), professionally known as John Wayne and nicknamed "the Duke", was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies. His career flourished from the silent era of the 1920s through the American New Wave, as he appeared in a total of 179 film and television productions. He was among the top box-office draws for three decades[3][4] and appeared with many other important Hollywood stars of his era. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Wayne as one of the greatest male stars of classic American cinema.[5]
Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa, but grew up in Southern California. After losing his football scholarship to the University of Southern California due to a bodysurfing accident, he began working for the Fox Film Corpor
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