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March 3: On This Day in World History … briefly
Known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed 'Duke', he was an American actor and filmmaker among the top box office draws for three decades.
1939: Western movies are art declares John Wayne
“Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.”
Quoted from John Wayne at the premiere of his latest movie ‘Stagecoach’ in New York.
The movie is a tale of heroes, heroines and villains set in a stirring drama and coupled with the breadth of vision of the movie camera created a formula that could never be achieved in theatre or opera.
Art or not, John Ford’s ‘Stagecoach’ was a classic Western with all the ingredients of a spectacular Hollywood hit. It was the first major screen role of cowboy John Wayne (whose real name was Marion Michael Morrison) had already carved out a niche for himself with his granite features and understated heroism.
Most notable historic snippets or facts extracted from the book ‘On This Day’ first published in 1992 by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London, as well as additional supplementary information extracted from Wikipedia.
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