John Wayne's primary photo

Hollywood Hist-o-Rama

John Wayne
TV Episode | 4 min | Documentary, Biography
The film uses an off-screen narrator and still photographs to breeze through John Wayne's film career. First, he's an extra after playing guard for USC's football team; Raoul Walsh gives him his first screen test and his breakthrough role ...See moreThe film uses an off-screen narrator and still photographs to breeze through John Wayne's film career. First, he's an extra after playing guard for USC's football team; Raoul Walsh gives him his first screen test and his breakthrough role is in John Ford's "Stagecoach." Then, we get a rapid recitation of starring roles along with photos of him with some of his co-stars -- in Westerns, war films, costume dramas, and a few comedies. By the early 1960's Wayne is an American icon, one of movies' biggest stars. Written by See less
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Joseph R. Juliano
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Updated Dec 31, 1961
Release date
1961 (United States)

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