John Wayne Collection (Warner Bros)

Wayne, John

Genre: movies4me > Western

Format: DVD Video (PAL) Box Set What are PAL & NTSC?

Released: Wed 9 Aug 2006

Catalogue Number: 1000129025

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Region: 4 - Suitable for Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South America, Central America, Pacific Islands and Caribbean What are DVD regions?

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Description:
Contains:

Blood Alley
McQ
The Sea Chase
3 Godfathers
The Train Robbers
Chisum

Born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa, John Wayne first worked in the film business as a laborer on the Fox lot during summer vacations from U.S.C., which he attended on a football scholarship. He met and was befriended by John Ford, a young
director who was beginning to make a name for himself in action films, comedies and dramas. It was Ford who recommended Wayne to director Raoul Walsh for the male lead in the 1930 epic Western The Big Trail, and, although it was a box office failure, the movie showed Wayne's potential.

For the next nine years, Wayne worked in a multitude of B-Westerns and serials in between bit parts in larger features. Wayne's big break came in 1939, when Ford cast him as the Ringo Kid in the adventure Stagecoach. Wayne nearly stole the picture from
his more seasoned co-stars, and his career as a box-office superstar began. During his 50 year film career, Wayne played the lead in 142 movies, an as yet unsurpassed record, and was nominated for three Academy Awards®, winning the Best Actor award in 1970 for his performance in True Grit.

Details:

Actor: John Wayne
Distributor: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Bros
Feature:
- Newsreel footage
- 1955 Promos on Blood Alley
- John Wayne trailer gallery
- Working with a Western Legend
- The Wayne Train
Discs: 6
Format: PAL