John Wayne, known for acting as tough guys in Westerns and war movies. John Wayne was the embodiment of all Americans of that era: honesty, individuality, heroism. His work "Guan Shan Feidu Stagecoach" (1939) is famous in the world film industry, a total of 250 films in his lifetime, a great influence, is one of the greatest Hollywood film stars ever. In 1999, he was selected by the American Film Institute as the 13th greatest actor of a hundred years. He is also ranked 4th in the "Top 10 Cultural Icons in the United States".
Pictured is 1930, John Wayne starred in the movie The Great Tracking Image source: Visual China
After middle age, John Wayne was plagued by health problems for a long time, but still insisted on filming, and finally won an Oscar in 1969 for his old spicy performance in "The Land Thunder True Grit". John Wayne died on June 11, 1979. He was highly regarded by the President of the United States and by fans, and Congress awarded him the Medal of Freedom. As a sign of condolences to him, the flag on the Los Angeles building was lowered to half-mast.
Pictured here is a still from the 1948 film "Desert Three Heroes" starring John Wayne. Image source: Visual China
Although John Wayne is one of the legends of The Golden Age of Hollywood, but there are countless female stars who play against him, he is not like Jally Cooper, although they are both 190 cm tall, but the vast majority of the actresses who play with John Wayne are second- and third-line actresses, which may be because his personal screen image is too distinct, allowing other actresses to rob him of his heroic image on the screen, come and see these actresses in John Wayne movies, you know a few
Pictured here is a still from the 1943 film The Adventurous Woman starring John Wayne. Image source: Visual China
John Wayne and Marguerite Churchill starred in 1930 in The Big Trail
John Wayne and Gayle Russell and Irene Rich in Angel and the Badman in 1947 Image: Visual China
1947 John Wayne and Gail Russell starred in Angel and the BadMan by Angel and the Devil Image: Visual China