When it comes to movie stardom, the name John Wayne has become synonymous ... With Claire Trevor and Wayne in the starring ...

There were no small parts in a John Wayne movie. Though John Wayne is the most recognizable of these performers, he was neither the first nor the longest-tenured of these Western stars.

John Wayne’s first movie as director was 1960’s The Alamo, but he was technically the uncredited one a year later on another Western. Duke starred in The Comancheros as Captain Jake Cutter in ...

Before adopting The Duke, John Ford had a variety of on-screen avatars, notably Harry Carey, who starred in most of Ford's early silent ... John Wayne's status as a bonafide movie star.