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(1940s) John Wayne
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1940s Highlights
PEOPLE
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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John Wayne
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<p>(October 12, 1942)
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<p> Solid (6 ft. 2 in.) John Wayne, 35, found it very easy to get
into films, and very slow going, after he got there. Wayne, born
Marion Michael Morrison in Winterset, Iowa, was raised on a
California ranch. At the University of Southern California he
picked up the nickname "Duke," was an honor student. Vacations
he worked as a truck driver, an iceman, a prop man for Fox.
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<p> "Duke" was hauling furniture around the set for Born Reckless
when Director Raoul Walsh spotted him, ordered him for god's
sake not to cut his hair, which had grown shaggy at the nape.
Then "Duke" was renamed John Wayne, pushed ahead of some 82
other candidates for the juvenile lead in The Big Trail. He did
very nicely with the part. Later he made a personal-appearance
tour on which, to his embarrassment, he was required to keep his
hillbilly hair in a rich fringe over his collar.
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<p> It was not until John Huston picked him up in his super-
western Stagecoach (1939) that Wayne began to come out of
the tumbleweed into the limelight. In Seven Sinners and The
Spoilers, he turned out to be one of the best tackling dummies
Marlene Dietrich has ever faced. The war has given Cinemactor
Wayne an unexpected break. Since outdoor violence has become one
of the world's most important occupations, any man who can
portray it honestly on the screen has a likely future.</p>
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