Wayne became one of the biggest movie stars to ever make their way through the Hollywood machine. However, his first leading role in Raoul Walsh’s The Big Trail in 1930 was a box office disaster.

Before he became an actor, Wayne attended USC (University of Southern California), where he played football. However, a bodysurfing injury ended his football career. He was removed from the team and ...

Wayne's breakout role in the 1939 movie Stagecoach led to him being cast in lead roles in many big movies - and it is claimed ...

Were it not for the efforts of Enos “Yakima” Canutt (1895-1986), John Ford’s “Stagecoach” (1939) might be less than what it is — that is to say, a masterwork of American cinema — and would not be on ...

Christmas and the Wild West don't often go together, but one John Wayne masterpiece stands out as the ultimate holiday story ...