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John Wayne
 
     That name immediately creates images in the minds of many movie-goers over a career that lasted some fifty years.
     Even now, his name evokes the American West - if not Texas itself - like no other in the entire world, like him or not.
     Read on for more about one of Hollywood's quintessential movie stars and then scroll down to take the John Wayne Quiz!

John Wayne and Lucille Ball
lucyandjohnwayne.jpg
In "The Lucy Show"

Would you believe John Wayne meets Lucille Ball?!
The Lucy Show:
or

John Wayne in True Grit, Then and Now, Extended Video:

 

In 1969 John Wayne starred in

“True Grit” and won an Academy Award

for his performance as

Rooster Cogburn.

 

The film was shot in

 and around Ridgeway, Colorado

 in the San Juan Mountains.

 

[This is the youtube.com clip

that shows the area then

during filming and now . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EUP9rOLf30

and Wayne getting the Academy Award that year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qQhODwivLU&feature=related.]  

John Wayne's Career

Ethan and Patrick Wayne on Their Father, John

John Wayne's "Alamo" (1960)

John Wayne's Birthplace

Island in the Sky (1953)

John Wayne at the Helm of the Wild Goose

The Floor Plan of the Wild Goose

John Wayne's Haunted Wild Ghoose

Who's That With Ward Bond?

Would you believe John Wayne doing the jitterbug?!

Ready for some questions about Mr. Wayne?! 

John Wayne Trivia Questions

When you're finished, you can check the answers at QUIZ ANSWERS!

Maven was with family Christmas (2009) watching El Dorado with John Wane and Robert Mitchum.  El Dorado, the poem used in the credits and quoted by James Caan, was written by Edgar Allan Poe:
 
El Dorado
 
Gaily bedight,
A gallant night
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long
Singing a song,
In search of El Dorado.
 
But he grew old --
This knight so bold --
And -- o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like El Dorado.
 
And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow --
"Shadow," said he,
"Where can it be --
This land of El Dorado?"
 
"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied --
"If you seek for El Dorado."

 THE ALAMO (1960) Links

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053580/alternateversions

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053580/awards

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053580/fullcredits#cast

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053580/goofs

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053580/locations

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053580/mediaindex

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053580/quotes

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053580/trivia

 

THE ALAMO VILLAGE:

http://thealamovillage.homestead.com/HistoryAndMovies.html

 

http://thealamovillage.homestead.com/PhotoPage.html

 

ALAMO VILLAGE IN SEPIATONE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7MjTDXtLus

 

OTHER MOVIES MADE AT THE ALAMO VILLAGE:

http://www.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=Alamo%20Village%20-%20Highway%20674,%20Brackettville,%20Texas,%20USA&&heading=18;with+locations+including;Alamo%20Village%20-%20Highway%20674,%20Brackettville,%20Texas,%20USA

How about some of the locations used in Wayne's movies?!
 

JOHN WAYNE QUIZ[1]

 

1. For what movie did John win an Academy Award?
  A.   "The Shootist"
  B.   "True Grit"
  C.   "The Searchers"
  D.   "The Quiet Man"
 
2. In which movie did John enjoy his first starring role?
  A.   "True Grit"
  B.   "The Three Musketeers"
  C.   "The Big Trail"
  D.   "Stagecoach"
 
3. What was his first color film?
  A.   "Stagecoach"
  B.   "Shepherd of the Hills"
  C.   "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
  D.   "Reap the Wild Wind"
 
4. For which film was he nominated as best producer?
  A.   "The Alamo"
  B.   "True Grit"
  C.   "The Green Berets"
  D.   "The Conqueror"
 
5. What was John Wayne's last film ?
  A.   "The Green Berets"
  B.   "True Grit"
  C.   "Sands of Iwo Jima"
  D.   "The Shootist"
 
6. What item is contained in his footprints at Grumman's Chinese Theater?
  A.   pieces of a green beret
  B.   a bullet
  C.   sand from Iwo Jima
  D.   a belt buckle
 
7. In how many films was John Wayne's character shown getting killed?
  A.   0
  B.   7
  C.   15
  D.   11
 
8. How did he get the nickname Duke?
  A.   It was the name of the character in his first film
  B.   After his father
  C.   After his beloved dog
  D.   After his favorite horse
 
9. What was the stage name that the agents originally wanted to give to John?
  A.   Duke Wayne
  B.   Anthony Wayne
  C.   Wayne Anthony
  D.   John Anthony
 
10. One film supposedly caused John to contract lung cancer while filming in 1956. What was it?
  A.   "True Grit"
  B.   "The Conqueror"on"
  C.   "The Sands of Iwo Jima"
  D.   "She Wore a Yellow Ribb


[1] http://www.peoplequiz.com/trivia-quiz-1330.html

 

THE ANSWERS ARE AT QU

JOHN WAYNE QUIZ

 

1. For what movie did John win an Academy Award?
  A.   "The Shootist"
  B.   "True Grit"
  C.   "The Searchers"
  D.   "The Quiet Man"
 
2. In which movie did John enjoy his first starring role?
  A.   "True Grit"
  B.   "The Three Musketeers"
  C.   "The Big Trail"
  D.   "Stagecoach"
 
3. What was his first color film?
  A.   "Stagecoach"
  B.   "Shepherd of the Hills"
  C.   "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
  D.   "Reap the Wild Wind"
 
4. For which film was he nominated as best producer?
  A.   "The Alamo"
  B.   "True Grit"
  C.   "The Green Berets"
  D.   "The Conqueror"
 
5. What was John Wayne's last film ?
  A.   "The Green Berets"
  B.   "True Grit"
  C.   "Sands of Iwo Jima"
  D.   "The Shootist"
 
6. What item is contained in his footprints at Grumman's Chinese Theater?
  A.   pieces of a green beret
  B.   a bullet
  C.   sand from Iwo Jima
  D.   a belt buckle
 
7. In how many films was John Wayne's character shown getting killed?
  A.   0
  B.   7
  C.   15
  D.   11
 
8. How did he get the nickname Duke?
  A.   It was the name of the character in his first film
  B.   After his father
  C.   After his beloved dog
  D.   After his favorite horse
 
9. What was the stage name that the agents originally wanted to give to John?
  A.   Duke Wayne
  B.   Anthony Wayne
  C.   Wayne Anthony
  D.   John Anthony
 
10. One film supposedly caused John to contract lung cancer while filming in 1956. What was it?
  A.   "True Grit"
  B.   "The Conqueror"
  C.   "The Sands of Iwo Jima"
  D.   "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"