John Wayne tried to land the lead role in a Western that would later receive critical acclaim, but was turned down by the ...

John Wayne took the lead in the adventure comedy Donovan's Reef, sharing the screen with Lee Marvin, Jack Warden, and ...

Lubbock, Texas, in the summer of 1956, with the sort of intensity typically reserved for scenes in western movies when the hero is stranded in the desert.

John Wayne's final public appearance took place at the Academy Awards, where a severely weakened Duke tenaciously gave a ...

Back in 1963, John Wayne starred in adventure comedy Donovan’s Reef, opposite Lee Marvin, Jack Warden and Elizabeth Allen. Set in French Polynesia but filmed in Hawaii, Duke once again teamed up with ...

One powerful line connects the careers of John Wayne, Buddy Holly and The Beatles, bringing all of them major success as it was passed down through them.

John Wayne was a great Hollywood cowboy, but when it came to his money, he couldn't shoot straight.(DMN Archives / AP) If all-powerful movie star John Wayne can lose his life savings not once but ...