True Grit gave John Wayne his one and only Academy Award and, in his opinion, his role in the movie ended a 20-year career rut. John Wayne was arguably the greatest Western star of all time ...

Think of it like this: Talent and compassion get you started. Effort helps build skill as the more you do something the ...

True Grit is one of John Wayne‘s most memorable roles. The Western star played a tough U.S. Marshal, alongside costars Glen Campbell and Kim Darby. The movie’s story seems so realistic that ...

However, it would be for one of the most iconic movies of his career. Wayne won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for True Grit. However, that isn’t to say that he didn’t think that ...

Hathaway shot the same old Arizona–New Mexico buttes we know from other John Wayne movies, but this True Grit is where it belongs, in high deserts and forests denuded by winter. Carter Burwell ...

John Wayne’s Oscars moment finally came when he starred as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit. After reading Charles Portis’ novel, Duke actively campaigned for the starring role in the 1969 movie ...

What: "True Grit," the 1969 version of the Charles Portis novel, starring John Wayne as the one-eyed man ... When: Saturday (Jan. 8), 7 p.m. Where: American Movie Classics (AMC) Why: Let's for ...

True Grit was a godsend for John Wayne, who lobbied for the lead role of one-eyed US Marshal Rooster Cogburn after reading Charles Portis’ novel of the same name. Duke would go on to finally win ...

In all its glory, nothing better represents the American Old West than the well-preserved Colorado ranch from John Wayne’s 1969 movie, “True Grit.” And now, for a whopping $10.95 million ...

No one would argue that John Wayne was a true legend. Born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa on May 26, 1907, he took the stage name John Wayne for his movies, but was also lovingly known as The Duke.