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5 pages. John Wayne was an American cultural icon. Marion Morrison, Raoul Walsh, John Ford, and many others made the character of John Wayne. The influence that John Wayne had on our culture is multi-faceted. This paper will look at all of this and more, as well as the influence he had on gender and economic class in the 1950's and 1960's. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The influence that John Wayne had on our culture is multi-faceted. This paper will look at all of this and more, as well as the influence he had
on gender and economic class in the 1950s and 1960s. MARION MORRISON Marion Robert Morrison, better known to the world as John Wayne, was born in 1907 in Winterset
Iowa. He acquired the nickname Duke when one of the local firemen started calling him and his dog, an Airedale named Duke, "Big Duke and Little Duke" (American Legend
PG). The name seemed to stick. Duke attended the University of Southern California on a football scholarship, and for extra money he worked part time on the Fox lot
by loading and unloading boxes, feeding animals, and once in a while appearing in a film as an extra. His first film he was in was "Brown of Harvard".
This was in 1926 and he was a double for a football player. In 1928 Duke appeared only as a silhouette in "Hangmans House" (American Legend PG). Duke
met John Ford on the Fox lot. Duke was still working there moving props and doing odd jobs when John Ford began good-naturedly kidding him about his prowess as
a football player. Ford then told Duke to "try to tackle him" (PG) and Duke attempted it but was thrown roughly to the ground. When he got up,
Duke was angry - but John Ford grinned and they shook hands. Thus began a lasting friendship, with John Ford being one of the more prominent men to figure
in the making of Dukes career. When in 1930 Raoul Walsh was directing a movie entitled "The Big Trail." He wanted Gary Cooper to play the part. Cooper,
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