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John Ford's Point in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. The Vanishing American (1925) [1]; The Lone Star Ranger (1930); Stagecoach (1939), directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, has had an enduring influence in making the Valley famous.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is a 1949 American Technicolor Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne.It is the second film in Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", along with Fort Apache (1948) and Rio Grande (1950).
The picture cemented John Wayne's standing as an A-list leading man, and made a profit of $297,690. [2] Cast member Louise Platt, in a letter recounting the experience of the film's production, quoted Ford on saying of Wayne's future in film: "He'll be the biggest star ever because he is the perfect 'everyman'". [15]
John Wayne’s sheriff faces an army of bad guys with only a drunk, a young gunfighter and a crippled old man on his side. ... with stunning use of Monument Valley on the Arizona-Utah border, the ...
Fort Apache is a 1948 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda. [4] [5] The film was the first of the director's "Cavalry Trilogy" and was followed by She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950), both also starring Wayne.
In 1939, Ford directed Stagecoach, which made John Wayne a major star and brought an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor to Thomas Mitchell. [3] [13] [14] It was also the first time Ford filmed in Monument Valley. [15] That same year Ford made Young Mr. Lincoln and Drums Along the Mohawk, both with Henry Fonda. [16]
Film authority Farran Nehme. She mentioned Wounded Knee, the South Dakota town occupied at that moment by Native activists marking the massacre of 300 Lakota by the U.S. Army at that site in 1890.
The John Wayne Cancer Foundation was founded in 1985 in honor of John Wayne, after his family granted the use of his name (and limited funding) for the continued fight against cancer. [184] The foundation's mission is to "bring courage, strength, and grit to the fight against cancer". [ 184 ]