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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092
EAN: 9780806133294
ISBN: 0806133295
Label: University of Oklahoma Press
Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2001-05
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Sales Rank: 377022
Studio: University of Oklahoma Press
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
More than two decades after his death, John Wayne is still America's favorite movie star. He has become a cultural icon whose stature seems to grow with the passage of time. In this illuminating biography, Ronald L. Davis focuses on Wayne's human side, portraying a complex personality defined by frailty and insecurity as well as by courage and strength.
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Author Ronald L. Davis has given us a very informative, easy to read biography of a surprisingly complex, some would say tortured soul. All the highlights are there, Duke's less than perfect childhood, his early days as a prop man for Fox Film, Duke's first big movie made in 1930, "The Big Trail", a critical success but box office failure. Then the hungry decade where Wayne honed his skills and waited for his "time" to come.
It came in 1939 when John Ford chose Duke to star in the ground ... Read More
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His friends & fans simply call him Duke.
More than 20 yrs. after his death he is still coming in 1st or 2nd in polls askings Americans who their favorite actor is.
Why is this?
Come on, he's dead already!
Beginning in 1930 with THE BIG TRAIL & ending in 1976 with THE SHOOTIST, DUKE has been bigger than life, a symbol to the world of the ruggedness, tough independence, personal conviction, & courage that make up the American character.
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This biography succeeds in its evenhanded portrayal of John Wayne. No doubt some will criticize it because Davis doesn't spend his time eschewing Wayne's politically incorrect opinions, but neither does the author lionize Wayne the man. What you have left is a concise and readable 400 page biography that covers all the movies and all the wives. Davis gives his opinions as to why the Wayne legend still survives, and what his fellow actors thought of him way back when.
Interesting is the ... Read More
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Though very in-depth in explaining each movie John Wayne appeared, the book lacks somewhat in explaining who John Wayne was. In comparison, Donald Dewey's recent biography of Jimmy Stewart gives the reader a more detailed examination of Stewart than Ronald Davis does of Wayne. Ronald Davis also relies too much on the self-centered Pilar Wayne, the third Mrs. John Wayne, for anectdotal information. Davis's use of interviews with Harry Carey, Jr. are quite valuable and illuminating. It's a shame that ... Read More
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