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Who is Your Favorite Hero In HollyWood? Why?
There are Many Great Hero's in Hollywood whom do you choose as your Favorite & Why?
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My choice for “Who is Your Favorite Hero In Hollywood” has got to be John Wayne.
Marion Robert Morrison (John Wayne) was born May 26, 1907 in Winterset, Iowa. He was
an Actor, Patriot, Man of Honor, a Director and Producer, and an American! He epitomized
rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon. He is famous for his
distinctive voice, walk and height.
Wayne's family moved to Palmdale, California, and then in 1911 to Glendale, California,
where his father worked as a pharmacist. A local fireman at the station on his route to school
in Glendale started calling him "Little Duke", because he never went anywhere without his
huge Airedale Terrier dog, Duke. He preferred "Duke" to "Marion," and the name stuck for
the rest of his life.
Wayne’s acting career began with low-budget "Poverty Row" westerns, mostly at
Monogram Pictures and serials for Mascot Pictures Corporation. By Wayne's own
estimation, he appeared in about eighty of these horse operas between 1930 - 1939. In
Riders of Destiny (1933) he became film's first singing cowboy!
Wayne's breakthrough role came with director John Ford's classic Stagecoach (1939).
Stagecoach was a huge critical and financial success, and Wayne became a star. He later
appeared in more than twenty of John Ford's films, including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
(1949), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty
Valance (1962).
John Wayne was always “one of the good-guys” fighting for American values and freedom
in films like The Green Berets (1968), and Sands of Iwo Jima for which he was nominated
best male actor, but lost the 1949 Oscar to Broderick Crawford. In the Film The Alamo
(1930), Wayne played the role of American Legend and Folk Hero Davie Crockett. Wayne
was a popular visitor to the war zones in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. By the 1950s,
perhaps in large part due to the military aspect of films such as Flying Tigers, Flying
Leathernecks, Island in the Sky, The Wings of Eagles, Jet Pilot, They Were Expendable, and
the Ford cavalry trilogy. Wayne had become an icon to all the branches of the U.S. Military,
even in light of his actual lack of military service. Many veterans have said their reason for
serving was in some part related to watching Wayne's movies. His status grew so large and
legendary that when Japanese Emperor Hirohito visited the United States in 1975, he asked
to meet John Wayne, the symbolic representation of his country's former enemy.
Wayne was a Lady’s Man too, acting along side some of Holywoods most famous Actresses.
Women like; Claudette Colbert, Natalie Wood, Gail Russell, Martha Hyer, Stefanie Powers,
Claudia Cardinale, Capucine, Katharine Ross, Joan Crawford, Kim Darby, Ann-Margret,
Janet Leigh, Lee Meriwether, Paula Prentiss, Vera Ralston, Colleen Dewhurst, Diana
Muldaur, Patricia Neal, Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg, Marlene Dietrich, Susan Hayward,
Katharine Hepburn, Angie Dickinson, Jean Arthur, Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Shirley
Temple-Black, Louise Brooks, Vera Miles, Maureen O'Hara, Rita Hayworth, Geraldine
Page, Joan Blondell, Ann Rutherford, Paulette Goddard, Claire Trevor, Loretta Young,
Donna Reed, Barbara Stanwyck, and Yvonne De Carlo.
By the middle of his career, Wayne had developed a larger-than-life image, and as his career
progressed, he selected roles that would not compromise his off-screen image. By the time of
his last film The Shootist (1976), Wayne refused to allow his character to shoot a man in the
back as was originally scripted, saying "I've made over 250 pictures and have never shot a
guy in the back. Change it."
John Wayne's enduring status as an iconic American was formally recognized by the United
States Congress on May 26, 1979, when he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
Hollywood figures and American leaders from across the political spectrum, including
Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Mike Frankovich, Katharine Hepburn, General and Mrs.
Omar Bradley, Gregory Peck, Robert Stack, James Arness, and Kirk Douglas, testified to
Congress of the merit and deservedness of this award. On June 9, 1980, Wayne was
posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter.
After a long battle with stomach cancer, John Wayne passed away on June 11, 1979. Daniel
Aranda may have sumed it up the best by quoting these words: "We have lost one of the
greatest male actors of all time, a gem of all generations, John Wayne shall be sadly missed."
John Wayne rose beyond the typical recognition for a famous actor to that of an enduring
icon who symbolized and communicated American values and ideals. “The Duke” is indeed
my choice for: Who is Your Favorite Hero In Hollywood.
Who is yours, and why?
Cadguy016
Marion Robert Morrison (John Wayne) was born May 26, 1907 in Winterset, Iowa. He was
an Actor, Patriot, Man of Honor, a Director and Producer, and an American! He epitomized
rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon. He is famous for his
distinctive voice, walk and height.
Wayne's family moved to Palmdale, California, and then in 1911 to Glendale, California,
where his father worked as a pharmacist. A local fireman at the station on his route to school
in Glendale started calling him "Little Duke", because he never went anywhere without his
huge Airedale Terrier dog, Duke. He preferred "Duke" to "Marion," and the name stuck for
the rest of his life.
Wayne’s acting career began with low-budget "Poverty Row" westerns, mostly at
Monogram Pictures and serials for Mascot Pictures Corporation. By Wayne's own
estimation, he appeared in about eighty of these horse operas between 1930 - 1939. In
Riders of Destiny (1933) he became film's first singing cowboy!
Wayne's breakthrough role came with director John Ford's classic Stagecoach (1939).
Stagecoach was a huge critical and financial success, and Wayne became a star. He later
appeared in more than twenty of John Ford's films, including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
(1949), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty
Valance (1962).
John Wayne was always “one of the good-guys” fighting for American values and freedom
in films like The Green Berets (1968), and Sands of Iwo Jima for which he was nominated
best male actor, but lost the 1949 Oscar to Broderick Crawford. In the Film The Alamo
(1930), Wayne played the role of American Legend and Folk Hero Davie Crockett. Wayne
was a popular visitor to the war zones in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. By the 1950s,
perhaps in large part due to the military aspect of films such as Flying Tigers, Flying
Leathernecks, Island in the Sky, The Wings of Eagles, Jet Pilot, They Were Expendable, and
the Ford cavalry trilogy. Wayne had become an icon to all the branches of the U.S. Military,
even in light of his actual lack of military service. Many veterans have said their reason for
serving was in some part related to watching Wayne's movies. His status grew so large and
legendary that when Japanese Emperor Hirohito visited the United States in 1975, he asked
to meet John Wayne, the symbolic representation of his country's former enemy.
Wayne was a Lady’s Man too, acting along side some of Holywoods most famous Actresses.
Women like; Claudette Colbert, Natalie Wood, Gail Russell, Martha Hyer, Stefanie Powers,
Claudia Cardinale, Capucine, Katharine Ross, Joan Crawford, Kim Darby, Ann-Margret,
Janet Leigh, Lee Meriwether, Paula Prentiss, Vera Ralston, Colleen Dewhurst, Diana
Muldaur, Patricia Neal, Sophia Loren, Anita Ekberg, Marlene Dietrich, Susan Hayward,
Katharine Hepburn, Angie Dickinson, Jean Arthur, Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Shirley
Temple-Black, Louise Brooks, Vera Miles, Maureen O'Hara, Rita Hayworth, Geraldine
Page, Joan Blondell, Ann Rutherford, Paulette Goddard, Claire Trevor, Loretta Young,
Donna Reed, Barbara Stanwyck, and Yvonne De Carlo.
By the middle of his career, Wayne had developed a larger-than-life image, and as his career
progressed, he selected roles that would not compromise his off-screen image. By the time of
his last film The Shootist (1976), Wayne refused to allow his character to shoot a man in the
back as was originally scripted, saying "I've made over 250 pictures and have never shot a
guy in the back. Change it."
John Wayne's enduring status as an iconic American was formally recognized by the United
States Congress on May 26, 1979, when he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
Hollywood figures and American leaders from across the political spectrum, including
Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Mike Frankovich, Katharine Hepburn, General and Mrs.
Omar Bradley, Gregory Peck, Robert Stack, James Arness, and Kirk Douglas, testified to
Congress of the merit and deservedness of this award. On June 9, 1980, Wayne was
posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter.
After a long battle with stomach cancer, John Wayne passed away on June 11, 1979. Daniel
Aranda may have sumed it up the best by quoting these words: "We have lost one of the
greatest male actors of all time, a gem of all generations, John Wayne shall be sadly missed."
John Wayne rose beyond the typical recognition for a famous actor to that of an enduring
icon who symbolized and communicated American values and ideals. “The Duke” is indeed
my choice for: Who is Your Favorite Hero In Hollywood.
Who is yours, and why?
Cadguy016
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