Cowboy de Hollywood
John
Wayne aparece en una entrevista (en inglés) en la que
discute sobre las listas negras de Hollywood. Para los que quieren ampliar su
vocabulario cantankerous y para saber sobre Carl Foreman, autor que
estuvo en las listas negras por comunista.
Born in Winterset, Iowa, John Wayne grew up in Southern California. He was president of
Glendale High class of 1925. He found work at local film studios when he lost
his football scholarship to the University of Southern California as a result
of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he appeared mostly in small bit parts. His
first leading role came in Raoul Walsh's
Western The Big Trail (1930), an
early widescreen film epic which was a box-office failure. Only leading roles
in numerous B movies followed during the 1930s, most of them also Westerns.
Wayne's career was rejuvenated with John
Ford's Stagecoach (1939) making
him an instant mainstream star. He starred in 142 motion pictures altogether,
including the dozens with his name above the title produced before 1939.
