John Wayne turned down the chance to work with a director on 1940's 'North West Mounted Police' because he had previously ...

John Wayne was given his stage name by a studio boss and later became known as The Duke - but on the set of a classic Western ...

The Big Trail actor John Wayne ultimately became one of the world’s biggest movie stars. However, it took some time for his audiences to catch onto his style. Director Raoul Walsh gave Wayne his ...

John Wayne's real name was Marion Morrison, but the film legend went on to be known as 'The Duke' after the first film in ...

Raoul Walsh, as much as any figure in early Hollywood, grew up with the emergent movie business and helped shape its destiny, first as an actor, apprentice, and collaborator with D.W. Griffith, then, ...

The filmmaker suggested that the young Marion Morrison use Anthony Wayne as his stage name after the Revolutionary War ...

While working there, director Raoul Walsh saw a star quality in him and decided to cast John Wayne in The Big Trail, making it his first leading role in any movie. The Big Trail was a ...

Raoul Walsh (March 11, 1887 – December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the brother of silent screen ...

Raoul Walsh on show at the Cinémathèque Française The Paris venue is presenting an extensive retrospective of the American director's work, featuring 80 films. By Jacques Mandelbaum ...

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