Steven Spielberg invited John Wayne to appear in one of his movies, but the legendary actor turned down the role, calling the ...

During WWII, many Hollywood stars, like Jimmy Stewart and Clark Gable, proudly enlisted to serve overseas. But one of America’s most enduring icons of toughness—John Wayne—remained stateside. Over the ...

Every few years, movie lovers ask what happened to the Western — the film genre that helped launch America’s film industry at the dawn of the 20th century and constituted up to a quarter of ...