Full interview by Playboy with Wayne, May 1971, where he let both the blacks and the Indians have it: John_Wayne-Playboy-May-1971-blacks-amerindians
I know John Wayne was one of us, because Julie Foster, whom both Margi and I knew, the circulation manager of The Spotlight newspaper — and which was founded by my late boss, Willis A. Carto — told me herself that John Wayne subscribed for years to this soft-WN weekly newspaper.
The Irish-American Marion Morrison, later “John Wayne,” stood a whopping 193 cm/six-foot-six
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Liberty Lobby and Spotlight HQ, across from the Library of Congress/Jefferson Building on Capitol Hill (I worked out of here 1987-93)
…..Wayne in “The Quiet Man” (1952), an Irish-American boxer kills his opponent in the ring, retires ruefully, emigrates to Eire
Great Screenplay by Frank Nugent 😉
Opening musical theme reminiscent of the Horst Wessel song 😉
Obituary of John Wayne in Variety showing that in a town full of jews like Hollywood, he almost never worked for jewish directors:
John Wayne, 72, Dies of Cancer
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