John Wayne had already remade 1959’s Rio Bravo, a film about a sheriff defending his office from outlaws, in 1966’s El Dorado. Yet Howard Hawks, who directed both films, wanted to make it a ...

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And so it has been a long time since a John Wayne Western in the classic mold: Not, in fact, since Howard Hawks’ last film, “El Dorado” (1967). Both “El Dorado” and “Rio Lobo” deliberately avoided any ...

It's easy to take for granted the fact that John Wayne is arguably the most notable Western star that Hollywood ever produced. But it wasn't always this way. Back when the Duke was a far younger ...

Having regretted passing on 1971’s Dirty Harry, John Wayne took a turn in a gritty cop thriller a couple of years later as McQ. Intended for Steve McQueen, hence the title, the film’s script ...

On Dec. 11, 1978, serial killer John Wayne Gacy walked into Nisson Pharmacy in Des Plaines, Ill., to discuss a remodeling job with the store owner. Little did anyone know at the time, he was about ...

John Wayne and John Ford made several classic westerns together, but it was the 1939 film 'Stagecoach' that made 'Duke' a ...

Michael Wayne Wiseman was born August 17 ... Mike was in the first graduating class of Eastwood High School in El Paso, and obtained a BS in mathematics, and later an MS in industrial engineering ...

Police watchdog, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) says the 42-year-old Eldorado Park police officer who fatally shot his 22-year-old girlfriend has been charged with murder.

Due to his continued dedication to honing his craft, John Wayne soon became synonymous with the western genre, closely working with John Ford on pictures such as The Searchers and The Man Who Shot ...

With the poem or the poet? Is it always so easy to tell? Diane Seuss’s crush on the actual John Keats is a matter of poetic record. In another of her poems, the similarly titled “Romantic ...