John Wayne News

Hoping they'd be discovered for a role in a Hollywood movie, about 200 girls converged in Lubbock to show they had "True Grit." An open call for casting Saturday at Lubbock's Homewood Suites attracted girls ages 12-16 who were hopeful they'd play the role of Mattie Ross in a remake of the 1969 film and novel, "True Grit." Among girls trying out for ...

Merrimack Hall will continue its Classic Sunday Film series with the John Wayne epic classic "The Searchers." Directed by John Ford and released in 1956, "The Searchers"tells the saga of Ethan Edwards and his five-year quest through the dusty Arizona desert to avenge the death of his family and find his kidnapped niece,. The film has been called ...

The good, the bad and the ugly of the western film genre has left its mark on a new exhibition... WALK down Edinburgh's Market Street after dusk next month and you might just have a face to face encounter with John Wayne.

Nov 03, 2009 "A rip-snorting Western, as brashly entertaining as they come." So said New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther in his May 31, 1956, review of The Searchers .

By Barbara Manson As travelers drive along Highway 180 from Weatherford to Mineral Wells, few realize they have entered the true west that is steeped in history and legend.

So it is fitting, if not downright appropriate, to seize upon the equineosity of the season and turn our collective mind to the marvellous contribution horses have made to the cinematic arts.

Paramount Pictures and the Academy Award-winning Coen brothers are remaking the John Wayne classic True Grit and will be holding auditions for the lead role of Mattie at Billy Boba s Texas on Sat., Nov.

Tonight I caught up with a new-to-me John Wayne movie, BIG JIM McLAIN. Wayne plays the title character, a HUAC investigator hunting Communists in Hawaii along with James Arness.

Matt Damon is in discussions to star in writer-director Ethan and Joel Coen's remake of "True Grit." He would take on the role Glen Campbell played in the 1969 original, a Texas Ranger tracking an outlaw along with a gruff U.S. marshal.

Jeff Bridges is set to play John Wayne's iconic character in 'True Grit'. The 59-year-old actor will portray legendary cowboy Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn in the modern-day remake of the 1969 blockbuster, which is due to be made by renowned filmmakers the Coen brothers.

An upcoming Joel and Ethan Coen remake of a 1969 John Wayne classic Western might have found its two lead actors.

Some of Hollywood's finest motion pictures from the treasured Metro Goldwyn Mayer library of over 4,100 timeless films have been blended with 10,000 hours of television's golden age to create THIS TV , a network devoted entirely to classic programming.

John Wayne was most likely smiling up there in the Milky Way when Lanny Joe and I got married last weekend in Ridgway, Colorado.

We're looking for some unusual collections -- stamps and salt shakers don't count.

"As far as Harry was concerned, Victor Ramdass Singh was just another Nervous Camera director, who worked tirelessly to make the audience realize at every moment that the picture was indeed being directed." This passage appears in Don Carpenter's 1975 novel The True Life Story of Jody McKeegan .

ENLARGE Red Cliffs Lodge, about 14 miles outside of Moab, Utah. Ray Guziak Head west on I-70 towards Utah.

One of the more pleasant perks of this gig is occasionally encountering a film you've heard about for ages but never seen, and then discovering that it lives up to its rep.

"THE Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," John Ford 's great, autumnal western, dramatizes a moment of historical transition.

For 25 years, the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, have been making stylish, personal films.

Jerry Goldsmith was a master of almost every Hollywood genre. Nominated for 18 Oscars , he scored "Alien," "Chinatown" and five "Star Trek" features.