by Scott Eyman
Legend of the Lost, 289, 291, 292–93, 343
The Longest Day, 362–64, 430
The Long Voyage Home, 12, 106–9, 168, 176, 202
McLintock!, 370–71, 372–76, 432, 456
McQ, 497–98, 499–500, 502
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 10, 152, 175, 277, 279, 348, 356, 359–62, 377
Men Are Like That, 61
Mother Machree, 36, 49
New Frontier, 99, 100, 105, 420
North to Alaska, 302, 333, 334, 338, 356
Operation Pacific, 206, 210, 231, 284
Overland Stage Raiders, 92
Pittsburgh, 113–14, 123, 127
The Quiet Man, 8, 10, 17, 139, 197, 199, 211–15, 216, 217, 218, 224, 372, 375, 414, 432, 448, 542
Reap the Wild Wind, 124–26, 129, 130, 260
Red River, 8, 10, 58, 120, 146, 170, 171–78, 184, 185, 189, 202, 206, 224, 271, 277, 278, 279, 300, 302, 308, 376, 403, 408, 423, 424, 450, 545, 570
Red River Range, 93, 94
Reunion in France, 123, 127
Ride Him Cowboy, 66–67
Riders of Destiny, 77–78
Rio Bravo, 10, 299, 306, 312, 350, 401, 423
Rio Grande, 10, 180, 197–98, 211, 216, 217, 218, 224, 385
Rio Lobo, 376, 456–58, 459–60
Rooster Cogburn, 511–17
Sands of Iwo Jima, 10, 193–96, 198, 216, 258, 271, 372, 409, 424, 430, 448, 449, 455, 477
Santa Fe Stampede, 92–93
The Sea Chase, 260–62, 265, 284
The Searchers, 8, 10, 58, 65, 180, 271, 273–280, 281, 288, 299, 308, 342, 360, 414, 434, 448, 450, 542, 545, 573
Sea Spoilers, 85, 86, 88
Seven Sinners, 109–11, 123
Shadow of the Eagle, 62–63, 64
The Shepherd of the Hills, 109, 111–12, 439, 568
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, 8, 10, 180, 185–189, 196, 199, 202, 224, 279, 424, 434, 448, 476, 545
The Shootist, 5, 10, 356, 357, 451, 519–21, 526, 531–32, 533, 534, 545
The Sons of Katie Elder, 111, 378, 387, 388–389, 390–91, 392–96, 425, 446, 451, 516
The Spoilers, 113, 123, 127
Stagecoach, 1–7, 10, 94–98, 101, 107, 120, 122, 161, 168, 176, 188n, 189, 202, 278, 279, 300, 371, 395, 403, 426
Tall in the Saddle, 147, 199
They Were Expendable, 10, 99, 139, 151–52, 157, 176, 179, 204, 287, 464
Three Faces West, 106
Three Girls Lost, 60
3 Godfathers, 184–85, 202, 434
Three Texas Steers, 99–100
The Trail Beyond, 80
The Train Robbers, 489, 491–92, 493, 494, 504
Trouble Along the Way, 228–29, 231, 462, 498
True Grit, 2n, 10, 279, 356, 378, 400, 417, 442–51, 452, 453, 456, 494, 511, 513, 515, 516, 517, 531, 545, 566
Tycoon, 183, 199
The Undefeated, 451, 452–53, 454
Wake of the Red Witch, 146, 202, 203, 216, 263, 391, 439
The War Wagon, 418–23, 425, 432
West of the Divide, 77
Winds of the Wasteland, 84
The Wings of Eagles, 281, 287–89
Without Reservations, 123, 153–54
Wayne, John Ethan, 242, 404, 411
Wayne, Mad Anthony, 48
Wayne, Marisa, 242, 368, 411–12, 439–40, 498, 504, 548, 550, 552
Wayne, Melinda, 70, 373, 412, 413, 561
Wayne, Michael, 11, 31, 40, 70, 76, 120, 130, 137, 155, 157, 161, 186, 197, 198, 225, 226, 229–30, 232, 237, 243, 244, 246, 263, 268, 285, 297–98, 307, 317–18, 321–22, 334, 337, 338, 344, 369, 371, 373, 374–75, 383, 384, 388, 400, 402–3, 405, 406, 412, 413, 415, 416, 417, 426, 431, 432, 433, 436, 437, 438, 440, 442, 451, 453–54, 456, 461, 462, 471, 474–75, 489–92, 502–3, 505, 512, 515, 532, 538, 542, 543, 548, 549, 555, 556, 558, 559, 562, 565, 566, 567
Wayne, Patrick, 70, 120, 159, 197, 214, 273, 307, 321, 373, 410, 412, 413, 414–15, 416, 447, 462, 474, 475, 544, 549, 555, 558, 559–60, 561
Wayne, Pilar Pallete, 229–30, 242, 254, 266, 267, 269, 271, 290, 291, 294, 297, 308, 329, 349, 351, 369, 373, 386, 387, 398, 400, 401, 403, 404, 408–9, 413, 415, 425, 427–28, 429, 462, 472, 483, 484, 486, 496–97, 498–99, 504, 505, 511, 549, 562, 565, 566, 568
Wayne-Fellows Productions, 124, 218–20, 224, 225, 226, 228, 231, 232, 237, 245–47, 256, 257–58, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263
see also Batjac Productions
Wayne/Ford relationship, 25, 41, 42, 82–83, 87, 106–7, 112, 118–19, 122, 132, 154, 161, 405, 416
first meeting in, 36–37
Ford as mentor in, 43, 44–45, 308, 405, 416
Ford’s cruelty toward Wayne in, 198, 223
Ford’s Stagecoach hazing of Wayne in, 96–98
Way West, The (Guthrie), 259
Wead, Frank “Spig,” 131, 151, 152, 153, 281, 287, 288
Wead, Mrs., 287–88
Weaver, William, 274–75
Weissmuller, Johnny, 71, 115, 551, 555–56
Weissmuller, Maria, 556
Welch, Robert, 349
Weldy, Richard, 229
Welles, Orson, 120, 165, 291
Wellman, Paul, 352
Wellman, William, 68, 72, 210, 219, 232, 233–34, 235, 246, 252–53, 254, 255, 256, 260, 262–63, 264, 268–71, 283–84, 307
Wellman, William, Jr., 269, 270–71, 307, 493, 545–46
Wells Fargo, 539
Wells Fargo, 94
West, Billy, 64
Western Costume, 190, 217
westerns, 73–74, 83, 94, 106
Lone Star, 71–72, 74, 76, 77, 78–79, 81, 85
West of the Divide, 77
West Point, 249, 288
Wexler, Haskell, 539–41
What Hat, Which Door and When Do I Come In?, 481
What Price Glory (film), 47
What Price Glory? (theatrical production), 190–91
What’s Up, Doc?, 472
Wheeler, William, 168
Wheel of Fortune, 549
When the Legends Die, 513
When There’s Somethin’ to Do, 503–4
When Willie Comes Marching Home, 191–92
Whipsaw, 159
White, Jack, 35–36, 107
White, Jules, 35
White, Sam, 35
White Company, The (Doyle), 405
White Gold, 258
Whitman, Stuart, 299, 352–53, 354, 355–56, 363–64
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 450
“Why I Am Proud to Be an American” (Wayne’s speech), 439–40
Wicki, Bernhard, 363
Wide, Wide World (tv show), 296–97
Widmark, Richard, 299, 317, 322, 324–25, 328, 341, 542
Wieghorst, Olaf, 549
Wild Bunch, The, 450, 504
Wilder, Billy, 306, 342
Wilder, Gene, 493, 534
Wild Goose (boat), 366–69, 381, 385, 401, 406, 412–13, 414, 427, 453, 481, 482, 483, 484, 497, 498, 502, 533, 538, 544, 546, 547, 550–51, 566
Wilkerson, Billy, 255, 291
Williams, Don, 34
Williams, Elmo, 362
Williams, Jack, 259–60
Williams, Ted, 205
Williams, Tennessee, 306
Wills, Chill, 335, 339–40
Wills, Garry, 58
Wilson, Terry, 348, 349
Winds of the Wasteland, 84
Wingfield, Ralph, 376
Wings, 232, 234, 246
Wings of Eagles, The, 281, 287–89
Winkler, Henry, 534
Winsten, Archer, 228
Winters, Roland, 190
Winterset, Iowa, 15–18, 49, 59
Wise, Robert, 179, 322
Withers, Googie, 289
Withers, Grant, 69–70, 81, 138, 148, 217, 225–26, 240, 246, 306, 370
Without Reservations, 123, 153–54
Witney, William, 100
Witte, Louis, 50
Wizard of Oz, The, 205
Wojchiechowi
cz, “Bow Wow,” 339
Wolfe, Herb, 205
Wood, Ed, 266
Wood, Grant, 109
Wood, Natalie, 210, 273–74
Wood, Sam, 140, 141, 142, 145, 166, 169, 507
Words and Music, 45
World War I, 287
World War II, 16, 129–37, 227, 347, 364, 385, 386, 437, 438
deferments in, 129–30
WPA (Works Progress Administration), 142
Wright, Harold Bell, 111
Wright, Loyd, 177
Wright, Mack V., 84
Wright, Virginia, 144
Wright brothers, 557
Writers Guild of America, 505
Writers’ Project, 142
Wyler, William, 167, 169, 184, 246, 306, 322, 342, 542, 562
Wyman, Max, 366–67, 369
Wynn, Keenan, 252, 422, 482
Wyoming Outlaw, 99
Wyoming Wonder, 56
Yates, Herbert, 63, 81–82, 84, 85, 90–91, 96, 100–101, 105, 117, 129, 130, 138, 139, 154, 165, 183, 192–93, 194, 196, 197, 198, 211, 214–15, 216–17, 218, 258, 263, 284, 310, 384
Ybarra, Al, 246, 311–13, 316, 319
Yeager, Chuck, 201
Yeaman, Elizabeth, 57
Yearling, The, 197
Yellowstone National Park, 54
Yordan, Philip, 380, 381, 384
You Can’t Take It with You, 381
Young, Andrew, 537–38
Young, John Sacret, 460–61, 573
Young, Loretta, 39–40, 69, 70, 114, 252, 512
Young, Polly Ann, 39–40, 42
Young, Sally, 39–40, 114–15
Young Cassidy, 382, 426
Young Mr. Lincoln, 180
You Touched Me, 174
Zanuck, Darryl, 139, 150, 172, 350, 362–63, 462, 467
Zanuck, Richard, 442, 454
Zinnemann, Fred, 52, 298
Zolotow, Maurice, 481
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Eyman, Scott, date.
John Wayne: the life and legend / Scott Eyman.—First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Wayne, John, 1907–1979. 2. Motion picture actors and actresses—United States—Biography. I. Title.
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