Louis B. Mayer said that John Wayne had an endless face and he can go on forever. Appearing in more films than any major star, the legacy of John Wayne continues with the popularity of DVD. This filmography chronicles his amazing career, a catalog of theatrically released feature films and serials available on DVD, HD DVD, Blu-ray, LaserDisc, and CED (RCA SelectaVision VideoDisc), including in some cases VHS. Each film is linked via a new window to the Internet Movie Database which along with the American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films, Fred Landesman's book The John Wayne Filmography, Allen Eyles' book John Wayne and the Movies, and my ever-growing collection of films, formed the basis for this filmography. |
Titles are spelled as they appear on the print and listed in order of release, with a note if the production sequence varies (e.g. Filmed before Dakota). Because some pre-1934 titles have ambiguous or no production dates available, the copyright registration date is used instead of the release date if the former was earlier. This dating method provides a more accurate chronology of production since some films, completed and ready for release, were held back a few months before hitting the exchanges. Even with this method, however, there is no consistent accuracy with the production sequence before 1934. |
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Following the American theatrical distributor is the year of general release or premiere. The DVD's distributor and its catalog number appear next, both pertaining to the cover shown. In the case of most public domain titles, posters or other movie advertising are used instead. The DVD release date (month-day-year) is for the title itself and not always the cover shown. The few titles not available on Region 1 have additional information about their home video releases in North America (VHS and, if applicable, LaserDisc). Region 1 DVDs that have other regions encoded on the disc follow the case type. These multi-zone DVDs, all but three from Warner Bros., make no mention of other regions on the packaging or discs. Also included at times is the mastering date of the DVD, noted as 'imprint'. Every disc has an internal date when it was created before being manufactured, almost always preceding its release by a few months. Where the two dates vary greatly, an imprint note is included. DVDs are often reissued with new packaging but the imprint dates remain the same, reflecting use of the original DVD masters; some release dates are ambiguous or delayed so the imprint dates are included in such cases. |
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Cast lists are generally based on the order and spelling as they appear five deep in the opening credits. If John Wayne's name does not appear within that criteria a note follows with billing information (e.g. '8th-billed', 'uncredited'). Films where he was uncredited are denoted in blue text with notes at the bottom of the filmography outlining his involvement—not always as an actor. Also included are his character names excluding in most cases aliases. |
The principal cast is followed by the director, color process and if applicable the widescreen process. Unless noted all sound films were photographed full-frame and use standard 35mm film with four perforations running vertically at 24fps. Following the process is the aspect ratio used for the general release print, not necessarily the negative or DVD ratio. The latter is listed with the release date, including whether it is an anamorphic or non-anamorphic print. Some ratios with the same number vary slightly in size so rounding has been used. If a cover and catalog number are shown for a DVD the running time listed is that of the disc itself, which is generally the film's original length. At times this is a source of conflict, especially with the many titles reissued after John Wayne became a major star, sometimes with added scenes that padded out the length (or vice versa). Many of his pre-1940 films on DVD are based on reissue prints—providing a newer, better source—and may not represent the original running times. DVD running times, including some for VHS, are based on the exclusion of extraneous—usually modern-day—elements added before or after the films. Where extraneous material has been omitted from the running time, the DVD's main movie index time follows (e.g. [xxm:xxs•]). Footage totals are calculated at 24fps—including silent films which may not have been filmed at that rate—using the Kodak Film Calculator.
Although few are listed, running times for DVDs in PAL format are based on the true length of the film, with consideration given to the fact that not all PAL video plays 4% faster. Some DVDs (and other video) are encoded in such a way that PAL speed-up is not present so the time does not have to be compensated by a factor of 1.04 to match NTSC, which is the same as film time. So care has been taken to check for PAL speed-up, and where present the times have been converted to NTSC using the WFT Timecode Calculator. (PAL video that does not play 4% faster is because the film was mastered from an NTSC source. A few Republic titles in the UK from Universal, who have distribution rights to the Republic library, are mastered from NTSC sources.) Running times—to the second—for films not officially released on DVD are also listed, although these may vary depending on a number of factors. Many of the prints in circulation, usually recorded from television, have been passed on through collector's circles through videotape and now DVD±, so accurate running times get lost in various encoding and conversion methods. I have seen films where the running times vary by a minute yet scene-for-scene they are the same prints. Commercial studio DVDs are almost always soft-telecined at 24fps, so their times are more reflective of the original source prints. Therefore the times shown for films not officially released on DVD should not be taken as gospel. (See more about running times in the Blu-ray footnote.) Prefacing the running time is the DVD's English-only Dolby audio track or tracks—those of other languages are not included, nor are any other audio formats (e.g. PCM or DTS) since Dolby is exclusive to all the DVD titles listed herein. Dolby Surround tracks are in stereo except when, however rare, they are followed by a 'mono' note (see below). When a stereo track has been remixed from a mono source (e.g. a 5.1 mix), a 'remixed from mono' note follows. All the audio tracks have been analyzed both aurally and more importantly through software (AC3Filter) to check for mis-labeled DVD packaging, notably Republic titles which tend to state the audio incorrectly: a number are listed as Dolby 2.0 Surround but are actually Dolby 2.0, and conversely some are simply listed as Dolby monaural audio when they are specifically Dolby 2.0 Surround (albeit an odd way to encode a mono soundtrack). |
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Copyright information is based on the print itself; for those not viewed, especially Wayne's pre-Monogram days, I have used the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Motion Pictures, published by the Library of Congress. If a production company is involved other than the copyright claimant, that name follows but for independent productions excludes the co-operation of a studio (e.g. Without Reservations was co-produced with RKO and Big Jim McLain was co-produced with Warner Bros.). Some early films have incomplete on-screen copyright statements, omitting the claimant and sometimes the year but full information was registered with the Copyright Office, and it is this information which is used. (Only four of John Wayne's sound features, all from Monogram, were never registered with the Copyright Office.) On-screen dates are not always accurate: The Night Riders has 1938 even though it was filmed in February 1939; Hondo has 1952 even though production began in mid-1953 and The Greatest Story Ever Told has 1165. (The Catalog of Copyright Entries is more accurate than the copyright information in the AFI catalog because the former includes, although not consistently, 'in notice' dates.) |
Included in the filmography are the certificate numbers from the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), renamed the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in 1946. These numbers, from the Production Code Administration Office, first appeared in mid-1934. Initially Monogram and Republic were not signatories of the MPPDA so their early films did not have certificates. Some pre-1934 films were given certificates upon reissue, which may not be included in the filmography (such numbers are followed by an 'R'). Most of the numbers were culled from the online AFI catalog, an ongoing endeavor whose certificate detail does not currently cover post-1960 titles. For those I have taken the numbers from the prints themselves and from a collective list maintained at members.chello.nl/~a.degreef/.
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John Wayne will forever be connected with Republic Pictures, and as such special mention must be made because so much of his work is associated with the former studio and its predecessor, Monogram Pictures (which along with five other poverty row studios formed the basis for the new company). Wayne starred in the very first Republic production, Westward Ho, in 1935 and his sixteen Monogram westerns before that were now part of Republic. (In 1937 Monogram was resurrected as a separate company, in no way connected to Republic, that eventually became Allied Artists.) Herbert J. Yates, the head of Republic since its inception, sold out in 1959 and the name was changed to Republic Corporation in 1960, diversifying into plastics, electronics and household appliances, including film and studio rentals and film processing. The company, as a theatrical distribution and production house, with 23 sound stages, ceased to exist. In 1967 the studio lot was sold for $10 million to CBS, who had been leasing it, and the entire film library was sold for $4 million to National Telefilm Associates (NTA), a television distributor formed in 1954.
The majority of NTA was purchased in 1971 by Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), which by 1981 would become the largest cable company in the United States, bolstered by the 6000 film and television titles NTA had purchased from various producers over the years—the bulk of them from Republic. (In 1993, according to the company's archivist, Republic's library consisted of approximately 1400 features, 52 serials, 1500 cartoons and/or short subjects, 1058 TV episodes, and 2880 TV episodes that were owned by NBC but distributed by Republic.)
In early 1985 National Telefilm Associates changed its name to Republic Pictures when rights to the name and other trademarks were acquired. Republic Pictures had existed just prior to 1985 but as an entirely different company, whose rights included the famous eagle trademark and the Republic Pictures name and its variants—all subsidiaries of Republic Industries which was in no way related to Republic Corporation or NTA. Incorporated in California in 1978, Republic Pictures—without its namesake's film library—had big plans as a production company, setting up offices in Hollywood and New York. In 1980 the company's assets included the Republic trademarks, a small library of films, real estate, and two mail-order concerns which sold nutritional guides and computerized horoscopes. |
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The eagle flies again—the Republic herald from 1979. The studio and film library were gone but the brand was strong enough to see the first rebirth of Republic Pictures, a short-lived corporate endeavor. |
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Before the second rebirth of Republic Pictures: a VHS cover from NTA Home Entertainment whose vast library of films, licensed to various home video distributors, was brought under the umbrella of one company—soon to be called Republic Pictures Home Video (and its sub-label, Spotlite Video). |
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An advertisement from the March 1985 issue of Boxoffice announcing the formation of Republic Pictures. “From now on, National Telefilm Associates will be known as Republic Pictures Corporation!” Click here for a full-size view. |
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In 1986 control of Republic Pictures was in the hands of the Paragon Group, an investment partnership founded by Russell Goldsmith who helmed Republic until it was acquired in mid-1994 by Spelling Entertainment. By year's end the majority of Spelling Entertainment would be owned by Viacom (Paramount), which gained full control in 1999. Thus Paramount came to own the Republic library. Two years earlier Republic Pictures Home Video wound down operations and the library was eventually licensed to Artisan Entertainment and its successor, Lions Gate Entertainment (now called Lionsgate), whose rights were to initially expire in 2006.
Paramount has over 1,000 features and serials produced by the former studio and can now distribute and license what it has owned since 1999 (in the UK the library is currently licensed to Universal). Paramount had announced a number of Wayne's Republic productions on DVD in 2006—shown above, all but one title never released before—although all are long-delayed and in limbo now that Lionsgate will continue to distribute portions of the Republic library on home video including the Wayne titles.
When Monogram became part of Republic in 1935, the company inherited the sixteen westerns John Wayne starred in under Monogram's Lone Star banner. Entrenched in the public domain for decades now, these 6-reelers were available long before the Republic Pictures Home Video versions from the 1990's shown above. Before the creation of RPHV, the Monogram titles were licensed to Video Communications (VCI) and the Republic titles to The Nostalgia Merchant. In 1985 the Lone Star westerns were officially available for sale on 16mm from Republic Pictures and New York-based Classics Associates Inc., which appears to have been a splinter company created when NTA became Republic Pictures (Classics Associates handled mostly PRC and Eagle-Lion titles from the original NTA library). The only major studio to distribute Wayne's Monogram westerns on DVD is Columbia, who released five titles in 2002. The Columbia releases, initially shown on television, had new music added in 1985 that allowed them to be re-copyrighted—a joint venture between Fox/Lorber Associates and Classics Associates. Fifteen films from the joint venture were released on DVD in the UK by Second Sight Films, erroneously touted as “The original black and white versions with fully restored picture and soundtrack.” (Region 0 PAL, covers shown below). Columbia also released four films from the joint venture on LaserDisc, the only John Wayne Monogram titles ever in that format.
Only one Monogram western, Rainbow Valley, was not available from Classics Associates or Republic Pictures Home Video, nor available in a Fox/Lorber version; also the only one never colorized. Sadly, the best prints of Wayne's Monogram era have been bastardized with obtrusive synthesized music, editing and later, in 1990, colorization by Color Systems Technology (CST). These color versions, released full-length on VHS, have made their way onto DVD in thirteen 20-minute re-titled featurettes marketed by CST Featurizations under The Young Duke banner: Fugitive (Sagebrush Trail), Claim Jumpers and Cowboy G-man (both from The Lucky Texan), Next of Kin (West of the Divide), Bandits of the Badlands (Blue Steel), Rodeo Racketeers (The Man from Utah), The Drifter (Randy Rides Alone), The Shadow Gang (The Star Packer), Klondike Gold (The Trail Beyond), Vengeance is Mine (The Lawless Frontier), On the Run (The Desert Trail), Avenging Angel (The Dawn Rider) and The Stagecoach Race (Winds of the Wasteland, from Republic). In 2008 Legend Films released six all-new full-length color versions on DVD, including one from Republic: An Innocent Man (Sagebrush Trail), Cold Vengeance (The Dawn Rider), Gold Strike River (The Lucky Texan), Guns Along the Trail (Paradise Canyon), Stagecoach Run (Winds of the Wasteland) and Stolen Goods (Blue Steel). Also included are the black and white versions which share the same obtrusive changes.
Although initially Republic had Wayne's Monogram titles in its library, only one of the Republic Pictures Home Video releases from the 1990's has a Republic catalog number. The bulk of them have Columbia and UTE designations, the latter most likely Unity Television—a distributor formed in the 1950's—which was absorbed into Screen Gems and now part of Columbia. Unity used to distribute the Mascot serials to television, and today Columbia claims possession of that public domain library through its former Screen Gems subsidiary. Wayne made three serials for Mascot and all were released by RPHV: two with Unity catalog numbers and one from Koch Entertainment. Major public domain labels have stayed away from Wayne's pre-1940 Republic productions, with only Lawless Range, Winds of the Wasteland and Frontier Horizon showing up in proliferation. All the films were officially released on home video by Republic except The Oregon Trail which is a lost film. Mail-order dealers, however, have sold them for many years with impunity. Because the major players have stayed away, it is assumed that most of the films are not in the public domain. |
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The major public domain distributors have also stayed away from Wayne's early output from Universal, Warner Bros., Columbia and Fox. (Only Universal has not officially released any of its early Wayne titles on home video, including the Paramount-produced Born to the West and Lady and Gent which the studio now own.) Almost all the early titles are available from mail-order dealers or on eBay under the guise of an ex-VHS rental or studio DVD although never actually released on home video. Most of these dealers are now using DVD±R with the prints generally derived from consumer videotape or recorded direct-to-disc from television, not from original 16mm or 35mm elements. They are not official studio releases so the quality will never be the same. Madden's Video Collectors Classic Western Movies, for instance, sells Wayne's early Republic westerns. Another such dealer is Bygone Video who like Madden use a web-based storefront and offer titles not officially released on DVD. Many of Wayne's early films from Universal, Warner Bros., Columbia and Fox are also available from Roberts Hard to Find Videos. Such dealers, though, are not referenced in the filmography since the films are not official studio releases. So for a film listed as Not available on DVD, some dealer out there has it on DVD±R or VHS. A film listed as Not available denotes it is not in circulation even in collector's circles but a print still exists. |
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Starting from Allegheny Uprising (1939), Wayne's first film after leaving second-features forever, only I Married a Woman (1956), with Wayne appearing in an uncredited cameo, has never been officially released on DVD anywhere (NTSC or PAL). From the same time frame (excluding the aforementioned title), only A Man Betrayed (1941, aka Wheel of Fortune), Lady from Louisiana (1941), Lady for a Night (1942), and In Old Oklahoma (1943, aka War of the Wildcats) have never been officially released in NTSC. (The official PAL DVDs of Wheel of Fortune and Lady for a Night, from Sogemedia who have Spanish rights to the Republic library, are VHS-culled abominations.) Although available on many public domain labels, Angel and the Badman (1946) has never been officially released on Region 1, and it is unknown to me if there is an official NTSC release in Japan. Entries with TJWF denote Fred Landesman's The John Wayne Filmography has been cited; JWATM, Allen Eyles' John Wayne and the Movies; AFI, the American Film Institute; BBFC, British Board of Film Classification; BFI, British Film Institute; TCM, Turner Classic Movies; and AMC, American Movie Classics. Entries with |
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Paramount (1976) John Wayne (John Bernard Books), Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone. Directed by Don Siegel. Technicolor; 1.85:1; 99 mins. ©1976 Dino De Laurentiis Corp. MPAA #24467. DVD release: 7-24-01 (1.78:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 98m:53s). |
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Universal (1975) John Wayne (Reuben “Rooster” Cogburn), Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Jordan, John McIntire. Directed by Stuart Millar. Technicolor; Panavision/2.39:1; 107 mins. ©1975 Universal Pictures. MPAA #24170. Anamorphic print available on Region 1 only in Universal's 3-disc, 5-movie John Wayne: Screen Legend Collection released 6-12-07 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 107m:05s [107m:11s•]; click for cover). DVD release: 3-31-98 (2.30:1 non-anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 107m:05s [107m:27s•]). |
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United Artists (1975) John Wayne (Lt. Jim Brannigan), Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, John Vernon. Directed by Douglas Hickox. Color by De Luxe; Panavision/2.39:1; 111 mins. ©1975 United Artists Corp. Produced by Wellborn Ltd. [see notes]. MPAA #24041. DVD release: 10-2-01 (2.35:1 anamorphic [most of the film has a ratio of 2.35:1 then inexplicably changes to 2.39:1]; 2.0 mono; 110m:40s [111m:09s•]). |
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Warner Bros. (1974) John Wayne (Det. Lt. Lon McQ), Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager. Directed by John Sturges. Technicolor; Panavision/2.39:1; 111 mins. ©1974 Warner Bros., Inc. A “Batjac and Levy-Gardner Production”. MPAA #23763. TJWF: 116 mins.; initial reviews were 114-115 mins. DVD release: 5-3-05 (2.39:1 anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 110m:51s [111m:13s•]). |
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Cahill United States Marshal UK: Cahill Warner Bros. (1973) John Wayne (U.S. Marshal J.D. Cahill), George Kennedy, Gary Grimes, Neville Brand, Clay O'Brien. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. Technicolor; Panavision/2.39:1; 102 mins. ©1973 Warner Bros., Inc. A “Batjac Production”. MPAA #23684. DVD release: 6-3-03 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 101m:53s [102m:08s•]). |
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Warner Bros. (1973) John Wayne (Lane), Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George. Directed by Burt Kennedy. Technicolor; Panavision/2.39:1; 92 mins. ©1973 Warner Bros., Inc. A “Batjac Production”. MPAA #23340. DVD release: 5-3-05 (2.39:1 anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 91m:39s [91m:47s•]). |
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Warner Bros. (1973) Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy, Forrest Tucker, Anne Archer, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by Paul Bogart. Technicolor (uncredited); 1.85:1; 99 mins. ©1972 Naho Enterprises. MPAA #23313. UK theatrical release: 86 mins. DVD release: 4-12-11 (1.33:1 [open-matte version]; 2.0 mono; 99m:07s). |
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Warner Bros. (1972) John Wayne (Wil Andersen), Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Slim Pickens. Directed by Mark Rydell. Technicolor; Panavision/2.39:1; 134 mins. including overture, entr'acte and exit music which was not included in the 128m:06s theatrical release. ©1971 Sanford Productions, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. MPAA #23040. DVD release: 10-6-98 (2.30:1 anamorphic; 5.1 Surround [see note below]; 134m:18s [134m:23s•]); 5-22-07: 1-disc deluxe edition (cover shown on hover) from a new transfer (2.39:1 anamorphic; 5.1 Surround [the music is 'true' stereo with the other audio remixed from mono]; 134m:15s; Region 1/2/3/4). Released 6-5-07 on HD DVD and Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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National General (1971) John Wayne (Jacob “Big Jake” McCandles), Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot. Directed by George Sherman. Technicolor; Panavision/2.35:1; 110 mins. ©1971 Batjac Productions, Inc. A “Cinema Center Films” presentation [see notes]. MPAA #22945. DVD release: 4-29-03 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 5.1 and 2.0 Surround [remixed from mono]; 109m:34s). Released 5-31-11 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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National General (1970) John Wayne (Col. Cord McNally), Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, Jack Elam, Christopher Mitchum. Directed by Howard Hawks. Technicolor; 1.85:1; 114 mins. ©1970 Malabar Productions, Inc. A “Cinema Center Films” presentation [see notes]. MPAA #22689. DVD release: 4-29-03 (1.78:1 anamorphic; 5.1 and 2.0 Surround [remixed from mono]; 114m:09s). Released 5-31-11 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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Warner Bros. (1970) John Wayne (John Simpson Chisum), Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. Technicolor; Panavision/2.35:1; 111 mins. ©1970 Batjac Productions, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. MPAA #unknown. BBFC: 113m:21s (cut to 110 mins. for UK theatrical release [BFI]). DVD release: 6-3-03 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 111m:14s). |
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20th Century-Fox (1969) John Wayne (Col. John Henry Thomas), Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Roman Gabriel, Marian McCargo. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. Color by De Luxe; Panavision/2.35:1; 118 mins. ©1969 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. MPAA #22209. DVD release: 5-20-03 (2.30:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 118m:08s). |
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Paramount (1969) John Wayne (Rooster Cogburn), Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate, Robert Duvall. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Technicolor; 1.85:1; 128 mins. ©1969 Paramount Pictures Corp., Hal B. Wallis and Joseph H. Hazen [Hal Wallis Productions]. MPAA #22045. DVD release: 3-21-00 (1.78:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 127m:54s); 5-22-07: 1-disc collector's edition (cover shown on click) from a new transfer (1.78:1 anamorphic; 5.1 Surround [remixed from mono] and 2.0 mono; 127m:55s). Released 12-14-10 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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Universal (1968) John Wayne (Chance Buckman), Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Jay C. Flippen. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. Technicolor; Panavision/2.35:1; 121 mins. ©1968 Universal Pictures. MPAA #21851. UK theatrical release: 110 mins. Anamorphic print available on Region 1 only in Universal's 3-disc, 5-movie John Wayne: Screen Legend Collection released 6-12-07 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 2.0 Surround; 120m:52s [120m:57s•]; cover shown on hover). DVD release: 1-5-99 (2.50:1 [see notes] non-anamorphic; 2.0 Surround; 120m:52s [121m:04s•]). |
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Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1968) John Wayne (Col. Mike Kirby), David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, Raymond St. Jacques. Directed by John Wayne and Ray Kellogg. Technicolor; Panavision/2.35:1; 142 mins. ©1968 Batjac Productions, Inc. and Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc. MPAA #21657. BBFC: 142m:41s (cut to 138 mins. for UK theatrical release). Anamorphic print available on Region 1 only in Warner's 2-disc, 4-movie TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: War—Battlefront Asia released 5-5-09 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 141m:48s; Region 1/2/3/4; cover shown on hover). The solo US and UK DVDs are 'flipper' discs, including the 2007 US re-release. DVD release: 10-28-97 (2.35:1 non-anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 141m:51s [141m:56s•]). Released 1-5-10 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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Universal (1967) John Wayne (Taw Jackson), Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn. Directed by Burt Kennedy. Technicolor; Panavision/2.35:1; 101 mins. ©1967 Batjac Productions, Inc. and Universal Pictures. A Batjac-Schwartz production. MPAA #21495. Anamorphic print available on Region 1 only in Universal's 3-disc, 5-movie John Wayne: Screen Legend Collection released 6-12-07 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 100m:33s; click for cover). DVD release: 8-18-98 (2.25:1 non-anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 100m:33s). |
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Paramount (1967) John Wayne (Cole Thornton), Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix. Directed by Howard Hawks. Technicolor; 1.85:1; 126 mins. ©1966 Paramount Pictures Corp. and Laurel Productions. MPAA #21158. Premiered in Japan December 1966 but released in the US after The War Wagon. DVD release: 3-21-00 (1.78:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 126m:21s); 5-19-09: 2-disc Paramount Centennial Collection special edition (cover shown on click) from a new transfer (1.78:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 126m:23s; Region 1/4). |
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United Artists (1966) Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson, James Donald, Stathis Giallelis, [John Wayne (Gen. Mike Randolph) last-billed]. Directed by Melville Shavelson. Color by De Luxe; Panavision/2.35:1; 138 mins. ©1966 Mirisch-Llenroc-Batjac [Mirisch Corp./Llenroc Productions/Batjac Productions, Inc.]. MPAA #21183. TJWF: 142 mins.; AFI: 141 mins.; copyrighted: 139 mins.; BBFC: 146m:53s (cut to 135 mins. for UK theatrical release). DVD release: 2-5-02 (2.30:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 137m:50s [138m:03s•]). |
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Paramount (1965) John Wayne (John Elder), Dean Martin, Martha Hyer, Michael Anderson, Jr., Earl Holliman. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Technicolor; Panavision/2.35:1; 122 mins. ©1965 Paramount Pictures Corp., Hal B. Wallis and Joseph H. Hazen [Hal Wallis Productions], and John Wayne. MPAA #20933. UK theatrical release: 117 mins. DVD release: 6-5-01 (2.30:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 121m:39s). |
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Paramount (1965) John Wayne (Capt. Rockwell “Rock” Torrey), Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss. Directed by Otto Preminger. b&w; Panavision/2.35:1; 167 mins. ©1965 Sigma Productions, Inc. MPAA #20885. AFI and US/UK theatrical release: 165 mins.; BBFC: 165m:00s; BFI: 167m:06s; copyrighted: 170 mins. DVD release: 5-22-01 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 5.1 and 2.0 Surround; 166m:56s). |
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United Artists (1965) Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson, Jr., Carroll Baker, Ina Balin, Pat Boone, [John Wayne (centurion) 27th-billed]. Directed by George Stevens. Technicolor; Ultra Panavision 70 [65mm/5 perf. vertical/24fps]/2.75:1; 199 mins. including exit music. ©1965 George Stevens Productions, Inc. and United Artists Corp. MPAA #20414. Filmed before Circus World. Copyrighted and world premiere: 221 mins.; general release: 195 mins.; BBFC: 198m:53s. DVD release: 3-6-01 (2-disc special edition; 2.75:1 anamorphic; 5.1 and 2.0 Surround; 198m:51s); 7-6-04 (movie-only edition). Released 3-29-11 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). (See notes.) |
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Circus World UK: The Magnificent Showman Paramount (1964) John Wayne (Matt Masters), Claudia Cardinale, Rita Hayworth, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Technicolor; Super Technirama-70 [35mm/8 perf. horizontal/24fps; presented in single-film Cinerama for roadshow engagements]/2.20:1; 138 mins. ©1964 Bronston-Midway Productions. MPAA #20610. Not available on Region 1. Roadshow version: 135 mins. (US), 137 mins. (UK); copyrighted: 131 mins.; BBFC: 136m:47s and 131m:59s. Released on VHS by Best Film & Video Corp. (cover shown on hover); on LaserDisc, in conjunction with Best Film & Video Corp., by Image Entertainment (2.35:1; 142m:37s with intermission and exit music; 137m:54s without music). DVD release: 2-27-03 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 4.0 Surround; 137m:54s [there is no intermission and exit music]). (See notes.) Released 3-13-12 on Blu-ray in France (see the Blu-ray section). |
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United Artists (1963) John Wayne (George Washington McLintock), Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Jack Kruschen. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. Technicolor; Panavision/2.35:1; 127 mins. ©1963 Batjac Productions, Inc. MPAA #20485. UK theatrical release: 125 mins. Also available on various public domain labels although four songs in the film are still under copyright. DVD release: 10-11-05 (2.30:1 anamorphic; 5.1 Surround [remixed from mono] and 2.0 mono; 126m:40s [127m:09s•]). |
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Paramount (1963) John Wayne (Michael Patrick “Guns” Donovan), Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden, Cesar Romero. Directed by John Ford. Technicolor; 1.85:1; 109 mins. ©1963 Paramount Pictures Corp. and John Ford Productions, Inc. MPAA #20357. DVD release: 6-5-01 (1.78:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 108m:30s). |
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Cinerama Releasing Corp. (1962 [see notes])/MGM (1963) Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, [John Wayne (Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman) 12th-billed]. Directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway and George Marshall. Technicolor; Cinerama [triple 35mm/6 perf. vertical/24fps]/2.65:1; 165 mins. including opening, intermission and exit music (153 mins. without music). ©1962 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. and Cinerama, Inc. MPAA #20143. Filmed before The Longest Day. Copyrighted and general release (CinemaScope version): 149 mins.; BBFC: 163m:49s (cut to 155 mins. for UK theatrical release). First released 7-28-98 on MGM (cover shown) and 5-23-00 on Warner Bros. (Region 1/4; click for cover), both 2.35:1 non-anamorphic with 2.0 Surround from a Metrocolor reduction print (164m:27s). 9-9-08: 3-disc special edition and Ultimate Collector's edition (2.89:1 anamorphic; 5.1 Surround; 164m:30s; Region 1/2/3/4; cover shown on hover). Released 9-9-08 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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20th Century-Fox (1962) Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Beymer, [John Wayne (Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort) last-billed]. Directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki. b&w; CinemaScope/2.35:1; 178 mins. ©1962 Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Inc. and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. MPAA #unknown. TJWF, AFI and copyrighted: 180 mins.; BBFC: 178m:28s. DVD release: 11-2-99 (2.30:1 non-anamorphic; 5.0 and 2.0 Surround; 178m:10s); 5-23-06: 2-disc special edition (2.35:1 anamorphic; 4.0 and 2.0 Surround; 178m:11s; cover shown on hover). Released 6-3-08 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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Paramount (1962) John Wayne (Sean Mercer), Hardy Kruger, Elsa Martinelli, Red Buttons, Gerard Blain. Directed by Howard Hawks. Technicolor; 1.85:1; 157 mins. ©1961 Paramount Pictures Corp. and Malabar Productions, Inc. MPAA #19999. Filmed before The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Comancheros. TJWF, AFI and copyrighted: 159 mins.; BBFC: 158m:29s. DVD release: 7-24-01 (1.78:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 157m:19s). |
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Paramount (1962) John Wayne (Tom Doniphon), James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 1.85:1 [see notes]; 123 mins. ©1961 Paramount Pictures Corp. and John Ford Productions, Inc. MPAA #20128. BBFC: 125m:23s. (cut to 121 mins. for UK theatrical release [BFI]). DVD release: 6-5-01 (1.85:1 anamorphic; 5.1 Surround [remixed from mono] and 2.0 mono; 123m:11s); 5-19-09: 2-disc Paramount Centennial Collection special edition (click for cover) from a new transfer (1.78:1 anamorphic; 5.1 Surround [remixed from mono] and 2.0 mono; 123m:13s; Region 1/4). To be released on Blu-ray June 2012 in France and Germany. |
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20th Century-Fox (1961) John Wayne (Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter), Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Color by De Luxe; CinemaScope/2.35:1; 107 mins. ©1961 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. MPAA #20020. DVD release: 5-20-03 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 4.0 Surround; 107m:16s). Released 5-17-11 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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20th Century-Fox (1960) John Wayne (Sam McCord), Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, Capucine. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Color by De Luxe; CinemaScope/2.35:1; 122 mins. ©1960 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. MPAA #19724. DVD release: 5-20-03 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 4.0 Surround; 121m:55s). Released 11-22-11 on Blu-ray in Scandinavia (see the Blu-ray section). |
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United Artists (1960) John Wayne (Col. Davy Crockett), Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Richard Boone, Frankie Avalon. Directed by John Wayne. Technicolor; Todd-AO [65mm/5 perf. vertical/24fps]/2.20:1; 162 mins. ©1960 The Alamo Co. A “Batjac Production”. MPAA #19635. San Antonio premiere: 206 mins.; TJWF: 197 mins.; copyrighted: 192 mins.; AFI: 190 or 192 mins.; BBFC: 192m:29s. Released at 192 mins., then cut to 167 mins. The restored original director's cut, with overture, intermission and exit music, was released on VHS (click for cover) and LaserDisc by MGM at 202m:05s (191m:31s excluding music; 2.10:1 for LaserDisc and 1.70:1 for VHS); an earlier 172-min. version, including music, was also released on VHS and LaserDisc. DVD release: 12-5-00 (2.20:1 anamorphic; 5.1 Surround; 161m:25s [161m:42s•]). |
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United Artists (1959) John Wayne (Col. John Marlowe), William Holden, Constance Towers, Judson Pratt, Hoot Gibson. Directed by John Ford. Color by De Luxe; 1.66:1; 119 mins. ©1959 The Mirisch Co., Inc. A “Mahin-Rackin Production”. Co-produced with uncredited Batjac Productions, Inc. [see notes]. MPAA #19244. The UK Region 2/4 PAL DVD (released 3-1-04) is 1.78:1 anamorphic, and is derived from the same print. DVD release: 5-8-01 (1.66:1 non-anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 119m:11s [119m:27s•]). Released 5-10-11 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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Warner Bros. (1959) John Wayne (Sheriff John T. Chance), Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan. Directed by Howard Hawks. Technicolor; 1.85:1; 141 mins. ©1958 Armada Productions, Inc. MPAA #19034. DVD release: 5-8-01 (1.78:1 anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 140m:55s); 5-22-07: 2-disc special edition (cover shown on hover) and Ultimate Collector's edition (click for cover) from a new transfer (1.78:1 anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 140m:54s; Region 1/2/3/4). Released 6-5-07 on HD DVD and Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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20th Century-Fox (1958) John Wayne (Townsend Harris), Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe, So Yamamura, Norman Thomson. Directed by John Huston. Color by De Luxe; CinemaScope/2.35:1; 105 mins. ©1958 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. MPAA #18813. DVD release: 5-8-12 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 4.0 Surround; 104m:48s). Also released on Blu-ray as a solo title (combo pack with DVD) on the same date (see the Blu-ray section). Excluding this title, the 10-movie John Wayne Film Collection is comprised of previously released DVDs (no new transfers). |
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Universal [see notes] (1958) George Gobel, Diana Dors, Adolphe Menjou, Jessie Royce Landis, Nita Talbot, [John Wayne (Leonard and himself) uncredited]. Directed by Hal Kanter. b&w with color sequences (uncredited Technicolor); RKO-Scope/2.35:1 [see notes]; 84 mins. ©1956 RKO Teleradio Pictures, Inc. Produced by Gomalco Productions, Inc. MPAA #18202. Filmed before Legend of the Lost and The Wings of Eagles. TJWF and copyrighted: 84 mins.; AFI: 80 or 84-85 mins.; BBFC: 83m:56s; TCM print: 83m:44s (1.72:1 with color sequences). Released on VHS by United Home Video (cover shown) and, in Canada only, by ABM Group (cover shown on hover); on LaserDisc (83m:32s [12 seconds of end credits were omitted]; click for cover) by Image Entertainment, all full-frame [open-matte] without the color sequences. |
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United Artists (1957) John Wayne (Joe January), Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi, Kurt Kasznar, Sonia Moser. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Technicolor; Technirama [35mm/8 perf. horizontal/24fps]/2.35:1; 108 mins. ©1957 Batjac Productions Panama, Inc. Co-produced with Robert Haggiag and Dear Film Productions (Italy). MPAA #18842 [see notes]. DVD release: 12-3-02 (2.30:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 108m:08s [108m:24s•]). Released 12-2-11 on Blu-ray in Germany (see the Blu-ray section). |
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Universal [see notes] (1957) John Wayne (Col. Jim Shannon), Janet Leigh, The United States Air Force, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix. Directed by Josef von Sternberg. Technicolor; 1.60:1 [see notes]; 113 mins. ©1957 RKO Teleradio Pictures, Inc. Produced by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. MPAA #14297. Initial principal photography completed early 1950, before Rio Grande. Released by Universal on the 2-disc, 5-movie compilation John Wayne: An American Icon (The Franchise Collection) on 5-30-06 (1.85:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 112m:29s [112m:38s•]; cover shown on hover). DVD release: 2-15-00 [imprint: 2-23-99] (1.85:1 non-anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 112m:29s). The LaserDisc and VHS are presented in the film's original uncropped 1.37:1 aspect ratio. (See notes.) |
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MGM (1957) John Wayne (Frank W. “Spig” Wead), Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Ken Curtis. Directed by John Ford. Metrocolor; 1.85:1; 110 mins. ©1956 Loew's Inc. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. MPAA #18317. UK theatrical release: 106 mins. DVD release: 6-6-06 (1.78:1 anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 110m:09s). |
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Warner Bros. (1956) John Wayne (Ethan Edwards), Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. Directed by John Ford. Technicolor; VistaVision [35mm/8 perf. horizontal/24fps]/1.75:1; 119 mins. ©1956 C.V. Whitney Pictures, Inc. MPAA #17787. DVD release: 10-28-97 (1.78:1 anamorphic and 1.33:1; 1.0 mono; 118m:40s [118m:45s•]); 6-6-06: 2-disc 50th Anniversary edition (click for cover) and 50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's edition (cover shown on hover) from a new transfer (1.78:1 anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 118m:40s; Region 1/4). Released 8-22-06 on HD DVD; 10-31-06 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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RKO (1956) John Wayne (Temujin, later Genghis Khan), Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendariz, Agnes Moorehead, Thomas Gomez. Directed by Dick Powell. Technicolor; CinemaScope/2.35:1; 111 mins. ©1955 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. MPAA #17046. Filmed before Blood Alley and The Sea Chase. Released by Universal on the 2-disc, 5-movie compilation John Wayne: An American Icon (The Franchise Collection) on 5-30-06 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 2.0 Surround; 110m:58s [111m:18s•]; cover shown on hover). DVD release: 4-27-99 (2.35:1 non-anamorphic; 2.0 Surround; 110m:56s [111m:00s•]). Released 11-9-11 on Blu-ray in Scandinavia (see the Blu-ray section). |
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Warner Bros. (1955) John Wayne (Capt. Tom Wilder), Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim, Berry Kroger. Directed by William A. Wellman. WarnerColor; CinemaScope/2.55:1; 115 mins. ©1955 Batjac Productions, Inc. MPAA #17459. UK theatrical release: 103 mins. DVD release: 5-3-05 (2.55:1 anamorphic; 2.0 Surround; 115m:11s). |
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Warner Bros. (1955) John Wayne (Capt. Karl Ehrlich), Lana Turner, David Farrar, Lyle Bettger, Tab Hunter. Directed by John Farrow. WarnerColor; CinemaScope/2.55:1; 117 mins. ©1955 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. A “Warner Bros.-First National Picture”. MPAA #17276. DVD release: 5-3-05 (2.45:1 anamorphic; 2.0 Surround; 117m:02s). |
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Warner Bros. (1954) John Wayne (Dan Roman), Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling. Directed by William A. Wellman. WarnerColor; CinemaScope/2.55:1; 147 mins. ©1954 Wayne-Fellows Productions, Inc. MPAA #16801. DVD release: 8-2-05 (2.50:1 anamorphic; 5.1 and 2.0 Surround; 146m:43s [147m:13s•]). |
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Warner Bros. (1953) John Wayne (Hondo Lane), Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness. Directed by John Farrow. WarnerColor; WarnerVision [dual-strip 3-D, later released 'flat']/1.85:1; 83 mins. ©1952 [sic] Wayne-Fellows Productions, Inc. MPAA #16575. AFI: 80 or 83-84 mins./7,532' [83m:41s]; BBFC: 83m:25s. DVD release: 10-11-05 (1.33:1 [open-matte version]; 5.1 Surround [remixed from mono] and 2.0 mono; 83m:23s [83m:52s•]). To be released June 5, 2012 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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Warner Bros. (1953) John Wayne (Capt. Dooley), Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel, James Arness, Andy Devine. Directed by William A. Wellman. b&w; 109 mins. ©1953 Wayne-Fellows Productions, Inc. MPAA #16574. UK theatrical release: 102 mins. DVD release: 8-2-05 (2.0 mono; 109m:12s [109m:32s•]). |
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Warner Bros. (1953) John Wayne (Steve Aloysius Williams), Donna Reed, Charles Coburn, Tom Tully, Sherry Jackson. Directed by Michael Curtiz. b&w; 110 mins. ©1953 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. A “Warner Bros.-First National Picture”. MPAA #16170. DVD release: 5-22-07 (1.0 mono; 109m:56s). |
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Warner Bros. (1952) John Wayne (Jim McLain), Nancy Olson, James Arness, Alan Napier, Veda Ann Borg. Directed by Edward Ludwig. b&w; 90 mins. ©1952 Wayne-Fellows Productions, Inc. MPAA #16057. UK theatrical release: 77 mins. DVD release: 5-22-07 (1.0 mono; 89m:48s). |
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Republic (1952) John Wayne (Sean Thornton), Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen. Directed by John Ford. Technicolor; 129 mins. ©1952 Republic Pictures Corp. An “Argosy Production” (Argosy Pictures Corp.). MPAA #15529. DVD release: 2-16-99 (1.0 mono; 129m:04s [129m:11s•]); 10-22-02: collector's edition (3.1 Surround [remixed from mono] and 1.0 mono; 129m:05s [129m:11s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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RKO (1951) John Wayne (Maj. Daniel Xavier “Dan” Kirby), Robert Ryan, Don Taylor, Janis Carter, Jay C. Flippen. Directed by Nicholas Ray. Technicolor; 102 mins. ©1951 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. MPAA #14994. DVD release: 5-4-04 (1.0 mono; 102m:09s). |
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Warner Bros. (1951) John Wayne (Lt. Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford), Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Scott Forbes, Philip Carey. Directed by George Waggner. b&w; 109 mins. ©1951 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. A “Warner Bros.-First National Picture”. MPAA #14874. TJWF: 111 mins.; AFI: 109-111 mins.; copyrighted: 110 mins. DVD release: 5-13-03 (1.0 mono; 109m:15s). |
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Republic (1950) John Wayne (Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke), Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 105 mins. ©1950 Republic Pictures Corp. An “Argosy Production” (Argosy Pictures Corp.). MPAA #14822. DVD release: 7-14-98 (1.0 mono; 104m:55s [105m:02s•]); 10-22-02: collector's edition (3.1 Surround [remixed from mono] and 1.0 mono; 104m:55s [105m:02s•]; cover shown on hover). To be released August 7, 2012 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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Republic (1949) John Wayne (Sgt. John M. Stryker), John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker, Wally Cassell. Directed by Allan Dwan. b&w; 109 mins. ©1949 Republic Pictures Corp. MPAA #14111. DVD release: 9-1-98 (1.0 mono; 109m:22s). |
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Republic (1949) John Wayne (John Breen), Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy, Marie Windsor. Directed by George Waggner. b&w; 100 mins. ©1949 Republic Pictures Corp. A “John Wayne Production” (as producer). MPAA #13803. The DVD has oddball encoding (improperly telecined). The UK Region 2/4 PAL DVD from Universal (released 6-6-06 [imprint: 9-14-2004]) is from a different print and of better quality but is cut by 1m:42s (cover shown on hover). DVD release: 11-23-99 (2.0 mono; 99m:53s [100m:11s•]). |
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RKO (1949) John Wayne (Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles), Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr. Directed by John Ford. Technicolor; 104 mins. ©1949 Argosy Pictures Corp. MPAA #13509. DVD release: 6-4-02 (1.0 mono; 103m:34s). |
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Republic (1948) John Wayne (Capt. Ralls), Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara, Luther Adler. Directed by Edward Ludwig. b&w; 107 mins. ©1948 Republic Pictures Corp. MPAA #13370. AFI: 106 mins./9,482' [105m:21s]; BBFC: 106m:46s. DVD release: 5-22-01 (2.0 mono; 106m:28s [106m:39s•]). |
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MGM (1948) John Wayne (Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower), Pedro Armendariz, Harry Carey, Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh. Directed by John Ford. Technicolor; 106 mins. ©1948 Loew's Inc. Produced by Argosy Pictures Corp. A “Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture”. MPAA #13312. AFI: 105-107 mins./9,551' [106m:07s]; copyrighted: 105 mins. DVD release: 6-6-06 [imprint: 3-29-04] (1.0 mono; 106m:09s). |
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United Artists (1948) John Wayne (Thomas Dunson), Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Colleen Gray. Directed by Howard Hawks and Arthur Rosson. b&w; 133 mins. ©1947 Monterey Productions. MPAA #12398. Principal photography completed December 1946, before Fort Apache and Tycoon (additional scenes were filmed for Red River just after the completion of Tycoon). Original theatrical release: 126m:15s, released on the early VHS and LaserDisc. Restored to 133 mins. in 1987. DVD release: 11-18-97 (2.0 mono; 132m:38s). |
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RKO (1948) John Wayne (Capt. Kirby York), Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendariz, Ward Bond. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 128 mins. ©1948 Argosy Pictures Corp. MPAA #12819. DVD release: 6-6-06 (1.0 mono; 127m:42s). Released 2-21-12 on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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RKO (1947) John Wayne (Johnny Munroe), Laraine Day, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Judith Anderson, James Gleason. Directed by Richard Wallace. Technicolor; 129 mins. ©1947 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. MPAA #12261. TJWF and copyrighted: 130 mins.; AFI: 126, 128 or 130 mins./11,692' [129m:54s]; BBFC: 128m:59s. DVD release: 5-22-07 (1.0 mono; 128m:51s). |
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Republic (1947) John Wayne (Quirt Evans), Gail Russell, Harry Carey, Bruce Cabot, Irene Rich. Directed by James Edward Grant. b&w; 100 mins. ©1946 Republic Pictures Corp. A “John Wayne Production” (as producer for uncredited Patnel Productions). MPAA #11847. Released on VHS and LaserDisc by Republic. Available on many public domain labels, the film has never been officially released on Region 1 but has been on Region 2/4 by Universal (6-5-06 [imprint: 8-12-04]; 2.0 mono; 99m:28s; cover shown on hover). Worthy of note is the GoodTimes version (imprint: 7-19-00; 2.0 mono; 99m:29s; cover shown on click). Although the Image Entertainment DVD is supposedly mastered from the original 35mm nitrate fine grain master positive, the official UK DVD's print is the best (from the original negative). DVD imprint: 9-4-02 (2.0 mono; 99m:29s [99m:33s•]). |
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Favorite Films (1946) John Wayne (Tom Wayne), Ruth Hall, Robert Frazer, Noah Berry, Jr., Creighton Chaney (Lon Chaney, Jr.). Directed by Armand Schaeffer (Schaefer) and Colbert Clark. b&w; 72 mins. ©[none; source originally copyrighted 1933 Mascot Pictures Corp.]. Feature version of the 12-chapter Mascot serial The Three Musketeers (filmed in April 1932). Available on DVD, among other sources, in The Ultimate John Wayne Collection, a 7-disc set of public domain titles released in 2006 by Passport Video (2.0 mono; 71m:54s; cover shown on hover). |
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RKO (1946) Claudette Colbert, John Wayne (Rusty Thomas), Don DeFore, Anne Triola, Phil Brown. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. b&w; 101 mins. ©1946 Jesse L. Lasky Productions, Inc. MPPDA #11262. TJWF and copyrighted: 107 mins.; AFI: 105 or 107 mins.; BBFC: 106m:45s. The 2003 UK DVD released 6-14-04 by DD Video [Leisure View Video] (2.0 mono; 106m:33s; Region 0 PAL; cover shown on hover) is the complete film unlike the American VHS, LaserDisc, TCM print (all 100m:24s) and DVD. DVD release: 5-22-07 (1.0 mono; 100m:43s). |
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MGM (1945) Robert Montgomery, John Wayne (Lt. “Rusty” Ryan), Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 135 mins. ©1945 Loew's Inc. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. MPPDA #11113. Filmed before Dakota. DVD release: 5-18-99 (2.0 mono; 134m:47s). |
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Republic (1945) John Wayne (John Devlin), Vera Hruba Ralston, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Mike Mazurki. Directed by Joseph Kane. b&w; 82 mins. ©1945 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #11126. TJWF: 82 mins.; AFI: 81-82 mins./7,328' [81m:25s]; BBFC: 84m:17s. The DVD is hard-telecined. DVD release: 5-21-02 (2.0 mono; 81m:40s). |
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RKO (1945) John Wayne (Col. Joseph Madden), Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Fely Franquelli, Richard Loo. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. b&w; 95 mins. ©1945 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. MPPDA #10576. TJWF: 94-97 mins.; AFI: 95 or 97 mins./8,505' [94m:30s]; BBFC: 94m:37s; copyrighted: 95 mins. DVD release: 5-4-04 (1.0 mono; 94m:28s). |
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Flame of Barbary Coast UK: Flame of the Barbary Coast Republic (1945) John Wayne (Duke Fergus), Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut, William Frawley, Virginia Grey. Directed by Joseph Kane. b&w; 91 mins. ©1945 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #10403. DVD release: 1-21-03 (2.0 mono; 90m:56s). |
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RKO (1944) John Wayne (Rocklin), Ella Raines, Ward Bond, George “Gabby” Hayes, Audrey Long. Directed by Edwin L. Marin. b&w; 87 mins. ©1944 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. MPPDA #10109. DVD release: 5-3-05 (1.0 mono; 86m:53s [87m:09s•]). |
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Republic (1944) John Wayne (Wedge Donovan), Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinskey. Directed by Edward Ludwig. b&w; 99 mins. ©1944 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #9802. AFI: 100 mins./8,965' [99m:36s]; BBFC: 99m:43s. DVD release: 5-16-00 (2.0 mono; 99m:23s [99m:26s•]). |
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Republic (1943) John Wayne (Daniel F. “Dan” Somers), Martha Scott, Albert Dekker, George “Gabby” Hayes, Marjorie Rambeau. Directed by Albert S. Rogell. b&w; 102 mins. ©1943 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #9542. Not available on Region 1. AFI: 102 mins./9,204' [102m:16s]; BBFC: 101m:54s. Released on VHS by Republic under the reissue title War of the Wildcats (101m:27s; cover shown on hover). The UK DVD, under the same reissue title, also includes In Old California. Announced for release on DVD by Paramount in 2006 but never materialized. DVD release: 6-5-06 [imprint: 9-10-04] (2.0 mono; 101m:47s). This film has now crept into the public domain. |
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RKO (1943) Jean Arthur, John Wayne (Duke Hudkins), Charles Winninger, Phil Silvers, Mary Field. Directed by William A. Seiter. b&w; 86 mins. ©1943 Frank Ross, Inc. MPPDA #9088. AFI: 85-86 mins./8,952' [99m:28s]. Reissued as The Cowboy and the Girl. DVD release: 1-21-03 (2.0 mono; 85m:39s). The DVD is derived from a video master with oddball encoding (improperly telecined). The UK Region 2 PAL DVD released 5-31-04 by Second Sight Films, from a different print, is of marginally better quality (same running time; cover shown on hover). |
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Universal (1942) Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne (Charles “Pittsburgh” Markham aka Charles Ellis), Frank Craven, Louise Allbritton. Directed by Lewis Seiler. b&w; 91 mins. ©1942 Universal Pictures Co., Inc. A “Charles K. Feldman [Group] Production”. MPPDA #8960. TJWF: 98 mins.; AFI: 91 or 93 mins./8,191' [91m:00s]. DVD release: 5-30-06 (2.0 mono; 91m:12s). Released solo 4-25-11 on Universal's Vault Series DVD-R (cover shown on hover). (See notes.) |
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Reunion in France UK: Mademoiselle France (reissued under the American title) MGM (1942) Joan Crawford, John Wayne (Pat Talbot), Philip Dorn, Reginald Owen, Albert Bassermann. Directed by Jules Dassin. b&w; 104 mins. ©1942 Loew's Inc. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. MPPDA #8877. Copyrighted and previewed under its working title, Reunion. TJWF: 104 mins.; AFI: 101 mins./9,339' [103m:46s]; BBFC: 103m:50s (cut to 91 mins. for UK theatrical release [BFI]); TCM print: 98m:44s. DVD release: 5-22-07 (1.0 mono; 103m:51s). |
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Republic (1942) John Wayne (Capt. Jim Gordon), John Carroll, Anna Lee, Paul Kelly, Gordon Jones. Directed by David Miller. b&w; 101 mins. ©1942 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #8468. AFI: 98, 100 or 102 mins./9,141' [101m:34s]. UK theatrical release: 96 mins. [BFI]. DVD release: 5-16-00 (2.0 mono; 101m:22s [101m:26s•]). |
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Republic (1942) John Wayne (Tom “Boston” Craig), Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker, Helen Parrish, Patsy Kelly. Directed by William McGann. b&w; 88 mins. ©1942 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #8280. TJWF: 88 mins.; AFI: 88 mins./7,886' [87m:37s]; BBFC: 90m:11s. DVD release: 11-23-99 (2.0 mono; 87m:35s). |
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Universal (1942) Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne (Roy Glennister), Margaret Lindsay, Harry Carey. Directed by Ray Enright. b&w; 87 mins. ©1942 Universal Pictures Co., Inc. Produced by Frank Lloyd Productions, Inc.; a “Charles K. Feldman Group Production”. MPPDA #8269. Universal's 3-disc, 5-movie John Wayne: Screen Legend Collection released 6-12-07 (2.0 mono; 87m:09s; cover shown on hover) has a sharper print. DVD release: 6-1-04 (2.0 mono; 87m:09s). |
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Paramount (1942) Ray Milland, John Wayne (Capt. Jack Stuart), Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Robert Preston. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Technicolor; 123 mins. ©1941 Paramount Pictures, Inc. MPPDA #7468. Filmed before Lady for a Night. Universal's 3-disc, 5-movie John Wayne: Screen Legend Collection released 6-12-07 (2.0 mono; 123m:16s [123m:41s•]; cover shown on hover) has a remastered print on a dual-layer disc (the original is single layer). DVD release: 12-15-98 (2.0 mono; 123m:16s [123m:20s•]). |
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Republic (1942) Joan Blondell, John Wayne (Jackson “Jack” Morgan), Philip Merivale, Blanche Yurka, Ray Middleton. Directed by Leigh Jason. b&w; 87 mins. ©1942 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #7794. Not available on Region 1. TJWF: 89 mins.; AFI: 87-88 mins./7,857' [87m:18s]; BBFC: 90m:07s; BFI: 87m:44s. Released on VHS by Republic (click for cover; same running time as UK DVD). DVD release: 11-5-07 in the 34-film box set John Wayne: The Collection, but not available as an individual title (2.0 mono; 87m:18s). Released 9-19-07 as an individual title by Sogemedia (Spain; Region 0 PAL; cover shown on hover) but culled from VHS, minus the Republic heralds and closing credits. |
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Paramount (1941) John Wayne (Young Matt), Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi, James Barton. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Technicolor; 98 mins. ©1941 Paramount Pictures, Inc. MPPDA #7339. Filmed before Lady from Louisiana and A Man Betrayed. AFI: 98 mins./9,946' [110m:30s]. DVD release: 5-30-06 (2.0 mono; 97m:27s). |
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Republic (1941) John Wayne (John Reynolds), Ona Munson, Ray Middleton, Henry Stephenson, Helen Westley. Directed by Bernard Vorhaus. b&w; 82 mins. ©1941 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #7207. Not available on Region 1. TJWF: 84 mins.; AFI: 82 mins./7,418' [82m:25s]; BBFC: 85m:16s; BFI: 82m:44s. Released on VHS by Republic (cover shown on click; same running time as UK DVD). The UK DVD, with this specific title unfortunately culled from an NTSC master, also includes Flame of Barbary Coast. DVD release: 6-26-06 [imprint: 9-17-04] (2.0 mono; 82m:26s). The same print was also released (7-2-09; Region 0) solo in Italy by Jubal Classic Video/DNA/Millennium Storm (cover shown on hover). |
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A Man Betrayed UK: Citadel of Crime Republic (1941) John Wayne (Lynn Hollister), Frances Dee, Edward Ellis, Wallace Ford, Ward Bond. Directed by John H. Auer. b&w; 81 mins. ©1941 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #7055. Not available on Region 1. TJWF: 83 mins.; AFI: 80 or 82 mins./7,365' [81m:50s]; BBFC: 84m:18s. Released on VHS by Republic under its television title, Wheel of Fortune (81m:19s; cover shown on hover). The Spanish DVD is culled from the same VHS, minus the Hollywood Television Services introduction. The set also includes Three Faces West and Flame of Barbary Coast. DVD release: 9-19-07 (2.0 mono; 81m:14s [83m:39s• including chapter 1 which is nothing but black video]). |
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Seven Sinners UK reissue: Café of Seven Sinners Universal (1940) Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne (Lt. Dan Brent), Albert Dekker, Broderick Crawford, Anna Lee. Directed by Tay Garnett. b&w; 87 mins. ©1940 Universal Pictures Co., Inc. MPPDA #6795. DVD release: 5-30-06 (2.0 mono; 86m:33s). Released solo 4-25-11 on Universal's Vault Series DVD-R (cover shown on hover). |
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United Artists (1940) John Wayne (Ole Olsen), Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter, Barry Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 105 mins. ©1940 Walter Wanger Productions, Inc. Produced by Argosy Corp. MPPDA #6410. TJWF: 103-105 mins.; AFI: 103 mins.; BBFC: 104m:27s. The DVD is derived from a 1948 re-release print issued by Masterpiece Productions, Inc., which has entirely new credits: first-billed are John Wayne, Barry Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter and John Qualen. The LaserDisc, probably sourced from the original release print, runs 104m:59s. DVD release: 6-6-06 (1.0 mono; 105m:12s [105m:28s•]). |
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Republic (1940) John Wayne (John Phillips), Sigrid Gurie, Charles Coburn, Spencer Charters, Helen MacKellar. Directed by Bernard Vorhaus. b&w; 79 mins. ©1940 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #6239. TJWF: 79-81 mins.; AFI: 79 or 81 mins.; BBFC: 81m:14s (cut to 75 mins. for UK theatrical release [BFI]). DVD release: 5-11-04 (2.0 Surround [mono]; 78m:40s). |
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Republic (1940) Claire Trevor, John Wayne (Bob “Shortcut” Seton), Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, George Hayes. Directed by Raoul Walsh. b&w; 93 mins. ©1940 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #5985. TJWF: 94 mins.; AFI: 92-94 mins.; BBFC: 95m:22s; BFI: 92m:44s. DVD release: 11-23-99 (2.0 mono; 93m:20s). |
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Allegheny Uprising UK: The First Rebel RKO (1939) Claire Trevor, John Wayne (James “Jim” Smith), George Sanders, Brian Donlevy, Wilfrid Lawson. Directed by William A. Seiter. b&w; 81 mins. ©1939 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. MPPDA #5538. UK theatrical release: 74 mins. DVD release: 5-22-07 (1.0 mono; 80m:30s). |
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Republic (1939) John Wayne (Stony Brooke), Ray Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, Phylis Isley (Jennifer Jones), Eddy Waller. Directed by George Sherman. b&w; 57 mins. ©1939 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #5520. AFI: 56-57 mins./4,946' [54m:57s]; BBFC: 56m:45s; AMC: 56m:58s. Released on VHS by Republic under its television title, Frontier Horizon (available on various public domain labels). Announced for release on DVD by Paramount in 2006 but never materialized. |
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Republic (1939) John Wayne (Stony Brooke), Ray Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, Donald Barry, Adele Pearce. Directed by George Sherman. b&w; 58 mins. ©1939 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #5415. TJWF: 56-62 mins.; AFI: 56 or 58 mins.; BBFC: 57m:27s; AMC: 58m:06s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Three Texas Steers UK: Danger Rides the Range Republic (1939) John Wayne (Stony Brooke), Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Carole Landis, Ralph Graves. Directed by George Sherman. b&w; 58 mins. ©1938 [sic] Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #5251. AFI: 56-57 mins./5,050' [56m:06s]; BBFC: 55m:58s; AMC: 57m:53s. Released on VHS by Republic. Announced for release on DVD by Paramount in 2006 but never materialized. |
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Republic (1939) John Wayne (Stony Brooke), Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Doreen McKay, Ruth Rogers. Directed by George Sherman. b&w; 58 mins. ©1938 [sic] Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #5176. TJWF: 57 mins.; AFI: 58 mins.; BBFC: 55m:55s; AMC: 58m:05s. Released on VHS by Republic. Announced for release on DVD by Paramount in 2006 but never materialized. |
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United Artists (1939) Claire Trevor, John Wayne (The Ringo Kid), Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 96 mins. ©1939 Walter Wanger Productions, Inc. MPPDA #5029. TJWF: 105 mins.; AFI: 95-96 mins. DVD release: 10-28-97 (1.0 mono; 95m:47s [96m:09s•]); 6-6-06: 2-disc special edition (1.0 mono; 95m:49s [95m:52s•]; cover shown on hover). Released 5-25-10 by Criterion from a different print source (1.0 mono; 95m:50s [96m:05s•]; click for cover), and on Blu-ray (see the Blu-ray section). |
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Republic (1938) John Wayne (Stony Brooke), Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Polly Moran, Lorna Gray. Directed by George Sherman. b&w; 58 mins. ©1938 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #4857. AFI: 55-56 mins./5,018' [55m:45m]; BBFC: 55m:44s; AMC: 57m:49s. Released on VHS by Republic. Announced for release on DVD by Paramount in 2006 but never materialized. |
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Republic (1938) John Wayne (Stony Brooke), Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, June Martel, William Farnum. Directed by George Sherman. b&w; 55 mins. ©1938 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #4788. DVD release: 5-11-04 (2.0 Surround [mono]; 55m:22s). |
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Republic (1938) John Wayne (Stony Brooke), Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Louise Brooks, Anthony Marsh. Directed by George Sherman. b&w; 55 mins. ©1938 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #4602. AFI: 55 mins./4,941' [54m:54s]; BBFC: 54m:34s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Republic (1938) John Wayne (Stony Brooke), Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Doreen McKay, Josef Forte. Directed by George Sherman. b&w; 56 mins. ©1938 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #4518. TJWF: 55 mins.; AFI: 55 mins./4,933' [54m:48s]; BBFC: 55m:51s; AMC: 56m:21s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Paramount (1937) John Wayne (Dare Rudd), Marsha Hunt, John Mack Brown, John Patterson, Monte Blue. Directed by Charles Barton. b&w; 52 mins. ©1937 Paramount Pictures, Inc. MPPDA #3706. TJWF: 51-59 mins.; AFI: 52, 59 or 66 mins.; copyrighted: 6 reels; UK theatrical release: 50 mins. Available on various labels under the reissue title Hell Town (55-58 mins.), released by Favorite Films (poster shown on hover). |
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Universal (1937) John Wayne (Duke Slade), Diana Gibson, Montagu Love, Moroni Olsen, Maurice Black. Directed by Arthur Lubin. b&w; 63 mins. ©1937 Universal Pictures Co., Inc. MPPDA #3546. TJWF: 63 mins.; AFI: 60 or 63 mins.; BBFC: 63m:25s.; copyrighted: 7 reels. |
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Universal (1937) John Wayne (Johnny Hansen), Sheila Bromley, Billy Burrud, Russell Hopton, Huntley Gordon. Directed by Arthur Lubin. b&w; 58 mins. ©1937 Universal Pictures Co., Inc. MPPDA #3520. TJWF: 60 mins.; AFI: 60 or 62-62.5 mins.; copyrighted: 6 reels. |
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Universal (1937) John Wayne (Bob Adams), Gwen Gaze, Don Barkley (Barclay), Charles Brokaw, James Bush. Directed by Arthur Lubin. b&w; 68 mins. ©1937 Universal Pictures Co., Inc. MPPDA #3302. TJWF: 65 mins.; AFI: 65 or 68-69 mins.; copyrighted: 7 reels. |
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Universal (1937) John Wayne (Biff Smith), Louise Latimer, Robert McWade, Theodore von Eltz, Tully Marshall. Directed by Arthur Lubin. b&w; 67 mins. ©1937 Universal Pictures Co., Inc. MPPDA #3111. TJWF: 65-67 mins.; AFI: 57 or 67 mins.; BBFC: 68m:46s; copyrighted: 7 reels. |
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Universal (1936) John Wayne (Pat Glendon), Jean Rogers, Tommy Bupp, Frank Sheridan, Ward Bond. Directed by David Howard. b&w; 59 mins. ©1936 Universal Productions, Inc. MPPDA #2713. AFI: 60-61 mins.; BBFC: 61m:25s; copyrighted: 6 reels. |
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Universal (1936) John Wayne ('Bos'n' Bob Randall), Nan Grey, William Bakewell, Fuzzy Knight, Russell Hicks. Directed by Frank Strayer. b&w; 63 mins. ©1936 Universal Productions, Inc. MPPDA #2474. BBFC: 62m:56s.; copyrighted: 7 reels. |
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Republic (1936) John Wayne (John Blair), Phyllis Fraser, Lew Kelly, Douglas Cosgrove, Lane Chandler. Directed by Mack V. Wright. b&w; 57 mins. ©1936 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #2316. TJWF: 57 mins.; AFI: 53 mins. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Republic (1936) John Wayne (Capt. John Ashley), Ann Rutherford, Cy Kendall, Bob Kortman, Snowflake. Directed by Joseph Kane. b&w; 58 mins. ©1936 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #2213. TJWF: 57 mins.; AFI: 55-56 or 58 mins.; AMC: 58m:06s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Republic (1936) John Wayne (John Clayborn), Muriel Evans, Cy Kendall, Jack Clifford, Arthur Aylsworth (Aylesworth). Directed by Joseph Kane. b&w; 55 mins. ©1936 Republic Pictures Corp. TJWF: 56 mins.; AFI: 54 mins. DVD release: 10-23-01 (2.0 mono; 54m:33s). |
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Republic (1936) John Wayne (John Tipton), Ann Rutherford, Harry Woods, George Hayes, Al Bridge. Directed by Joseph Kane. b&w; 58 mins. ©1936 Republic Pictures Corp. TJWF: 55 mins.; AFI: 55 or 57-58 mins.; AMC: 57m:50s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Republic (1936) John Wayne (Capt. John Delmont), Ann Rutherford, Joe Girard, Yakima Canutt, Frank Rice. Directed by Scott Pembroke. b&w; 59 mins. ©1936 Republic Pictures Corp. |
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Republic (1935) John Wayne (John Middleton), Sheila Mannors, Frank McGlynn, Jr., Jack Curtis, Wally Howe. Directed by R. N. Bradbury. b&w; 55 mins. ©1935 Republic Pictures Corp. Filmed before The New Frontier. TJWF: 55 mins.; AFI: 59 mins./4,794' [53m:16s]. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Republic (1935) John Wayne (John Dawson), Muriel Evans, Warner Richmond, Alan Bridge, Sam Flint. Directed by Carl L. Pierson. b&w; 57 mins. ©1935 Republic Pictures Corp. TJWF: 59 mins.; AFI: 54 or 59 mins.; BBFC: 56m:11s; AMC: 56m:37s. Released on VHS by Republic. Announced for release on DVD by Paramount in 2006 but never materialized. |
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Republic (1935) John Wayne (John Wyatt), Sheila Mannors, Frank McGlynn, Jr., James Farley, Jack Curtis. Directed by R. N. Bradbury. b&w; 61 mins. ©1935 Republic Pictures Corp. TJWF: 63 mins.; AFI: 60 or 65 mins.; copyrighted: 7 reels. DVD release: 5-11-04 [imprint: 9-9-03] (2.0 Surround [mono]; 60m:36s [60m:56s•]). (See notes.) |
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Monogram (1935) John Wayne (John Wyatt), Marion Burns, Reed Howes, Earle Hodgins, Gino Corrado. Directed by Carl L. Pierson. b&w; 53 mins. ©1935 [never registered]. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. TJWF: 59 mins.; AFI: 52-53 or 59 mins.; BBFC: 53m:20s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Monogram (1935) John Wayne (John Mason), Marion Burns, Denny Meadows, Reed Howes, Joe DeGrasse. Directed by R. N. Bradbury. b&w; 54 mins. ©1935 [never registered]. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. TJWF: 56 mins.; AFI: 53 or 56 mins./4,864' [54m:02s]; BBFC: 53m:20s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Monogram (1935) John Wayne (John Scott), Mary Kornman, Paul Fix, Eddy Chandler, Carmen LaRoux. Directed by Cullen Lewis (Lewis D. Collins). b&w; 54 mins. ©1935 [never registered]. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. BBFC: 54m:27s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Monogram (1935) John Wayne (John Martin), Lucille Browne, George Hayes, LeRoy Mason, Lloyd Ingraham. Directed by R. N. Bradbury. b&w; 52 mins. ©1934 [never registered]. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. Filmed before Texas Terror. BBFC: 52m:04s. |
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Monogram (1935) John Wayne (Sheriff John Higgins), Lucille Browne, LeRoy Mason, Fern Emmett, George Hayes. Directed by R. N. Bradbury. b&w; 53 mins. ©1934 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. TJWF: 51-58 mins.; AFI: 45 or 51 mins.; BBFC: 52m:34s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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'Neath the Arizona Skies UK: 'Neath Arizona Skies Monogram (1934) John Wayne (Chris Morrell), Sheila Terry, Shirley Jane Rickert, Jack Rockwell, Yakima Canutt. Directed by Harry Fraser. b&w; 52 mins. ©1934 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. Reissued US as 'Neath Arizona Skies. TJWF: 52-57 mins.; AFI: 52, 54 or 56-57 mins.; BBFC: 52m:13s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Monogram (1934) John Wayne (John Tobin), Sheila Terry, Jack Rockwell, George Hayes, Buffalo Bill, Jr. (Jay Wilsey). Directed by R. N. Bradbury. b&w; 52 mins. ©1934 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. TJWF: 59 mins.; AFI: 55-59 mins.; BBFC: 52m:05s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Monogram (1934) John Wayne (Rod Drew), Verna Hillie, Noah Beery, Sr., Noah Beery, Jr., Robert Frazer. Directed by Robert Bradbury. b&w; 55 mins. ©1934 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. BBFC: 54m:59s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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The Star Packer UK: He Wore a Star Monogram (1934) John Wayne (U.S. Marshal John Travers), Verna Hillie, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Billy Franey. Directed by R. N. Bradbury. b&w; 53 mins. ©1934 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. TJWF: 52-54 mins.; AFI: 52 or 54 mins.; BBFC: 53m:20s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Monogram (1934) John Wayne (Randy Bowers), Alberta Vaughn, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire. Directed by Harry Fraser. b&w; 53 mins. ©1934 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. TJWF: 54 mins.; AFI: 54 or 56 mins.; BBFC: 52m:31s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Monogram (1934) John Wayne (John Weston), Polly Ann Young, Anita Compillo, Edward Peil, George Hayes. Directed by Robert Bradbury. b&w; 52 mins. ©1934 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. TJWF: 55-57 mins.; AFI: 55 or 57 mins.; BBFC: 52m:11s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Monogram (1934) John Wayne (Marshal John Carruthers), Eleanor Hunt, George Hayes, Edward Peil, Yakima Canutt. Directed by Robert Bradbury. b&w; 54 mins. ©1934 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. TJWF: 54-59 mins.; AFI: 54 or 59 mins.; BBFC: 54m:13s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Monogram (1934) John Wayne (Ted Hayden), Virginia Faire Brown, George Hayes, Loyd (Lloyd) Whitlock, Yakima Canutt. Directed by Robert N. Bradbury. b&w; 53 mins. ©1933 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. TJWF: 52-55 mins.; AFI: 52 or 54-55 mins.; BBFC: 53m:19s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Monogram (1934) John Wayne (Jerry Mason), Barbara Sheldon, Lloyd Whitlock, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt. Directed by Robert N. Bradbury. b&w; 55 mins. ©1933 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. BBFC: 54m:47s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Monogram (1933) John Wayne (John Brant), Nancy Shubert, Lane Chandler, Yakima Canutt, Henry Hall. Directed by Armand Schaefer. b&w; 54 mins. ©1933 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. TJWF: 55-58 mins.; AFI: 53, 55 or 58-59 mins./4,839' [53m:46s]; BBFC: 53m:45s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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College Coach UK: Football Coach Warner Bros. (1933) Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Pat O'Brien, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by William A. Wellman. b&w; 76 mins. ©1933 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Co-presented by The Vitaphone Corp. MPPDA #2614R. BBFC: 76m:40s. Production completed after Riders of Destiny. DVD-R release: 10-5-10 (2.0 mono; 75m:41s). |
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Monogram (1933) John Wayne (Singin' Sandy Saunders), Cecilia Parker, Forrest Taylor, George Hayes, Al St. John. Directed by Robert N. Bradbury. b&w; 53 mins. ©1933 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions [see Lone Star note]. TJWF: 58 mins.; AFI: 56, 58 or 60 mins./4,754' [52m:49s]; BBFC: 52m:49s. Released on VHS by Republic. |
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Sweetheart of Sigma Chi UK: Girl of My Dreams Monogram (1933) Mary Carlisle, Buster Crabbe, Charles Starrett, Florence Lake, Ted Fio-Rito and his Orchestra, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by Edwin L. Marin. b&w; 76 mins. ©1933 Monogram Pictures Corp. TJWF: 73-76 mins.; AFI: 73 or 75-76 mins.; BBFC: 73m:20s. A 52-minute version of the film is available to view on Google Videos. |
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Warner Bros. (1933) Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Alphonse Ethier, Henry Kolker, [John Wayne (Jimmy McCoy, Jr.) 8th-billed]. Directed by Alfred E. Green. b&w; 76 mins. ©1933 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Co-presented by The Vitaphone Corp. UK theatrical release: 68 mins. Besides the two versions of Baby Face, Forbidden Hollywood Collection Volume 1 also includes Red-Headed Woman and Waterloo Bridge. DVD release: 12-5-06 (1.0 mono; 70m:30s [original theatrical release]; 75m:49s [pre-release version]). |
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Vitagraph [Warner Bros.] (1933) John Wayne (Capt. John Holmes), Duke (a horse), Ruth Hall, Luis Alberni, Donald Reed. Directed by Mack V. Wright. b&w; 57 mins. ©1933 Vitagraph, Inc. A “Four Star Western” (Leon Schlesinger). MPPDA #2660R. AFI: 56-57 or 59 mins./5,294' [58m:49s]; copyrighted: 57 mins. DVD release: 11-7-06 (2.0 mono; 57m:08s); 5-22-07: released solo (cover shown on hover). |
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The Life of Jimmy Dolan UK: The Kid's Last Fight Warner Bros. (1933) Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Loretta Young, Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Lyle Talbot, [John Wayne (Smith) 10th-billed]. Directed by Archie Mayo. b&w; 88 mins. ©1933 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Co-presented by The Vitaphone Corp. MPPDA #2607R. AFI: 70-71 mins. (one-week New York engagement; later updated in the catalog to 85 mins. [general release]); TCM print: 88m:04s (uncut version). |
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Showmen's Pictures (1933) Evalyn Knapp, John Wayne (Dick Wallace), Reginald Barlow, Alec B. Francis, Arthur Hoyt. Directed by Philip H. Whitman. b&w; 60 mins. ©1933 Screencraft Productions. TJWF: 60 mins.; AFI: 60-61 or 68 mins./5,755' [63m:56s]; copyrighted: 6 reels. Critics' Choice cover shown (60m:14s); Roan Group cover shown on hover (60m:14s). (See notes.) |
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Vitagraph [Warner Bros.] (1933) John Wayne (John Bishop), Duke (a horse), Henry B. Walthall, Shirley Palmer, Ann Faye. Directed by Mack V. Wright. b&w; 58 mins. ©1933 Vitagraph, Inc. A “Four Star Western” (Leon Schlesinger). MPPDA #2609R. TJWF and copyrighted: 57 mins.; AFI: 57 or 59 mins./5,318' [59m:05s]; BBFC: 58m:15s. DVD release: 11-7-06 (2.0 mono; 57m:29s); 5-22-07: released solo (cover shown on hover). |
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Mascot (1933) Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., John Wayne (Tom Wayne), Ruth Hall. Directed by Armand Schaeffer (Schaefer) and Colbert Clark. b&w; 12-chapter serial; 212 mins. ©1933 Mascot Pictures Corp. Filmed April 1932. A 72-minute feature, with Wayne top-billed, was culled from this serial and released in 1946 as Desert Command (see entry). Chapter titles: (1) The Fiery Circle (2) One for All and All for One! (3) The Master Spy (4) Pirates of the Desert (5) Rebel Rifles (6) Death's Marathon (7) Naked Steel (8) The Master Strikes (9) The Fatal Cave (10) Trapped (11) The Measure of a Man (12) The Glory of Comrades. |
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First National [Warner Bros.] (1933) Richard Barthelmess, Sally Eilers, Tom Brown, Grant Mitchell, James Murray, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by William A. Wellman. b&w; 72 mins. ©1933 First National Pictures, Inc. Co-presented by The Vitaphone Corp. TJWF: 70-75 mins.; AFI: 70, 72 or 75 mins.; BBFC: 74m:39s. DVD-R release: 2-2-10 (2.0 mono; 72m:02s). |
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Vitagraph [Warner Bros.] (1933) John Wayne (John Trent), Duke (a horse), Frank McHugh, Marceline Day, Otis Harlan. Directed by Tenny Wright. b&w; 54 mins. ©1932 Vitagraph, Inc. A “Four Star Western” (Leon Schlesinger). MPPDA #2587R. TJWF and copyrighted: 59 mins.; AFI: 54 or 59-60 mins./5,090' [56m:33s]; BBFC: 54m:57s. DVD release: 11-7-06 (2.0 mono; 53m:55s); 5-22-07: released solo (cover shown on hover). |
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Vitagraph [Warner Bros.] (1932) John Wayne (John Mason), Duke (a horse), Sheila Terry, Harry Woods, Erville Alderson. Directed by Mack V. Wright. b&w; 58 mins. ©1932 Vitagraph, Inc. A “Four Star Western” (Leon Schlesinger). MPPDA #2633R. TJWF: 56-58 mins.; AFI: 57-58 mins.; copyrighted: 58 mins.; BBFC: 58m:31s. Although released third, evidently this was the first of the series to be filmed. DVD release: 11-7-06 (2.0 mono; 57m:28s); 5-22-07: released solo (cover shown on hover). |
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Columbia (1932) Richard Cromwell, Dorothy Jordan, Mae Marsh, Arthur Stone, Douglas Dumbrille, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by Roy William Neill. b&w; 71 mins. ©1932 Columbia Pictures Corp. TJWF: 71 mins.; AFI: 71 mins./6,488' [72m:05s]. |
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Vitagraph [Warner Bros.] (1932) John Wayne (Deputy Sheriff John Steele), Duke (a horse), Noah Beery, Paul Hurst, Mae Madison. Directed by Tenny Wright. b&w; 53 mins. ©1932 Vitagraph, Inc. A “Four Star Western” (Leon Schlesinger). MPPDA #2608R. TJWF: 63 mins.; AFI: 54-55 or 63 mins.; copyrighted: 54 mins.; BBFC: 55m:01s. DVD release: 11-7-06 (2.0 mono; 53m:21s); 5-22-07: released solo (cover shown on hover). |
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Ride Him, Cowboy UK: The Hawk Vitagraph [Warner Bros.] (1932) John Wayne (John Drury), Duke (a horse), Ruth Hall, Henry B. Walthall, Otis Harlan. Directed by Fred Allen. b&w; 55 mins. ©1932 Vitagraph, Inc. A “Four Star Western” (Leon Schlesinger). MPPDA #2634R. TJWF: 56-63 mins.; AFI: 55-56 or 61 mins. DVD release: 11-7-06 (2.0 mono; 55m:17s); 5-22-07: released solo (cover shown on hover). |
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Mascot (1932) Tully Marshall, Conway Tearle, John Wayne (Larry Baker), Shirley Gray (Grey), Edmund Breese. Directed by Armand Schaefer and J. P. McGowan. b&w; 12-chapter serial; 226 mins. ©1932 Mascot Pictures Corp. [never registered]. Chapter titles: (1) The Wrecker (2) Flying Pirates (3) The Masked Menace (4) Buried Alive (5) Danger Lights (6) The Airport Mystery (7) Sealed Lips (8) Outside the Law (9) The Invisible Army (10) The Wrecker's Secret (11) Wings of Death (12) Unmasked. (See notes for the feature version.) |
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Paramount (1932) George Bancroft, Wynne Gibson, Charles Starrett, James Gleason, John Wayne (Buzz Kinney). Directed by Stephen Roberts. b&w; 86 mins. ©1932 Paramount Publix Corp. TJWF: 85 mins.; AFI: 80 or 84 mins. Print in circulation is 85m:37s. |
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Columbia (1932) Tim McCoy, Alice Day, Wheeler Oakman, Tully Marshall, Wallace MacDonald, John Wayne (Duke). Directed by D. Ross Lederman. b&w; 57 mins. ©1932 Columbia Pictures Corp. TJWF: 64 mins.; AFI: 54 or 64 mins.; BBFC: 58m:53s; copyrighted: 6 reels. The two compilations, titled Riding the Trail (click) and Riding the Range (hover), also includes five John Wayne Monogram titles: Riders of Destiny, West of the Divide, The Desert Trail, Paradise Canyon and The Trail Beyond (all from Fox/Lorber-Classics Associates with new music and editing). See the entry for The Range Feud below about the Disc Plaza Entertainment DVD which also contains Two Fisted Law. DVD release: 5-14-02 (2.0 mono; 56m:43s). (See notes.) |
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Columbia (1932) Tim McCoy, Shirley Grey, Wheeler Oakman, John Wayne (Steve Pickett), Wallace MacDonald. Directed by D. Ross Lederman. b&w; 57 mins. ©1932 Columbia Pictures Corp. TJWF and AFI: 63 mins.; BBFC: 58m:24s; copyrighted: 6 reels. DVD release: 5-31-05 (2.0 mono; 57m:17s). (See notes.) |
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Mascot (1932) John Wayne (Craig McCoy), Dorothy Gulliver, Edward Hearn, Richard Tucker, Lloyd Whitlock. Directed by Ford Beebe. b&w; 12-chapter serial; 219 mins. ©1932 Mascot Pictures Corp. [never registered]. Chapter titles: (1) The Carnival Mystery (2) Pinholes (3) The Eagle Strikes (4) The Man of a Million Voices (5) The Telephone Cipher (6) The Code of the Carnival (7) Eagle or Vulture? (8) On the Spot (9) When Thieves Fall Out (10) The Man Who Knew (11) The Eagle's Wings (12) The Shadow Unmasked. |
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Columbia (1931) Jack Holt, Richard Cromwell, Joan Marsh, John Wayne (Dusty Rhodes), Natalie Moorhead. Directed by Edward Sedgwick. b&w; 69 mins. ©1931 Columbia Pictures Corp. TJWF: 67-71 mins.; AFI: 67 mins./6,306' [70m:04s]. Released on VHS (cover shown) by Columbia (68m:41s). |
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Columbia (1931) Lloyd Hughes, Dorothy Sebastian, Ian Keith, Natalie Moorhead, Richard Tucker, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by Louis King. b&w; 68 mins. ©1931 Columbia Pictures Corp. TJWF and AFI: 66-68 mins.; BBFC: 68m:21s. |
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The Range Feud (Range Fued [sic]) Columbia (1931) Buck Jones, John Wayne (Clint Turner), Susan Fleming, Ed LeSaint, William Walling. Directed by D. Ross Lederman. b&w; 58 mins. ©1931 Columbia Pictures Corp. TJWF: 64 mins.; AFI: 56, 58 or 64 mins.; BBFC: 58m:37s. Released on VHS by Columbia (57m:26s; cover shown on hover). The DVD also includes Two Fisted Law, The Lucky Texan and Lawless Range. The Range Feud was also released by Disc Plaza on other various DVDs and by East West Entertainment (click for cover). Like the Disc Plaza DVD, the East West print looks like it was culled from the Columbia VHS. DVD imprint: 7-18-03 (2.0 mono; 57m:26s). (See notes.) |
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Arizona UK: The Virtuous Wife Columbia (1931) Laura La Plante, John Wayne (Lt. Bob Denton), June Clyde, Forrest Stanley, Nena Quartaro. Directed by George B. Seitz. b&w; 67 mins. ©1931 Columbia Pictures Corp. TJWF: 67-71 mins.; AFI: 67 or 70-71 mins./5,467' [60m:44s]; BBFC: 67m:57s; Sony (Columbia) print: 66m:31s. Originally released and advertised as Arizona, the film was retitled Men Are Like That for its New York opening and subsequent nationwide release, then later reissued under its original title. To be released July 2, 2012 in the 5-movie Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection, part of the TCM Vault Collection. |
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Fox Film Corp. (1931) Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Greta Nissen, El Brendel, Fifi D'Orsay, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by Raoul Walsh. b&w; 72 mins. ©1931 Fox Film Corp. AFI: 71-72 mins./6,441' [71m:34s]; copyrighted: 6,441'. Print in circulation is 72m:18s. |
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Fox Film Corp. (1931) Loretta Young, Lew Cody, John Wayne (Gordon Wales), Joan Marsh, Joyce Compton. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. b&w; 72 mins. ©1931 Fox Film Corp. AFI: 71-72 mins.; copyrighted: 6,438' [71m:32s]. The only known print has one reel missing. |
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Fox Film Corp. (1931) Virginia Cherrill, John Wayne (Peter Brooks), Marguerite Churchill, Edward Nugent, Helen Jerome Eddy. Directed by Seymour Felix. b&w; 67 mins. ©1931 Fox Film Corp. AFI: 64 or 68 mins.; copyrighted: 6,050' [67m:13s]; BBFC: 63m:27s. |
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Fox Film Corp. (1930) John Wayne (Breck Coleman), Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power [Sr.]. Directed by Raoul Walsh. b&w; standard 35mm; 108 mins. and Grandeur [70mm/4 perf. vertical/24fps;]/2.10:1; 122 mins. ©1930 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 158 mins.; AFI: 14,200' [158 mins.] for 70mm Grandeur version and 11,314' [125m:42s] for standard 35mm version; copyrighted: 13,000' [144 mins.]; world premiere: 125 mins. (Grandeur version); BBFC: 109m:45s (cut to 99 mins. for UK theatrical release). DVD release: 5-20-03 (1.33:1; 2.0 stereo [simulated] and 2.0 mono; 108m:12s including exit music); 5-13-08: 2-disc special edition (2.10:1 anamorphic; 2.0 stereo [simulated] and 2.0 mono; 121m:36s including exit music; also includes the full-frame 2003 release; cover shown on hover). Released 2-14-12 on Blu-ray in France; 5-8-12 on Region A (see the Blu-ray section). |
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Fox Film Corp. (1930) Arthur Lake, Dixie Lee, Olga Baclanova, “Whispering” Jack Smith, Johnny Arthur, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. b&w; 64 mins. ©1930 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 66 mins.; AFI and copyrighted: 5,730' [63m:40s]. |
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Fox Film Corp. (1930) George O'Brien, Antonio Moreno, Helen Chandler, Noel Francis, David Hartford, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by A. F. Erickson. b&w; 54 mins. ©1930 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 56 mins.; AFI and copyrighted: 4,800' [53m:20s]. Print in circulation is 53m:31s. |
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Fox Film Corp. (1930) Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, Frank Albertson, Marguerite Churchill, William Harrigan, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 77 mins. ©1930 Fox Film Corp. AFI and copyrighted: 7,400' [82m:13s]. Also includes Pilgrimage (1933). DVD release: 12-4-2007 (2.0 mono; 76m:36s). |
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Fox Film Corp. (1930) Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, Farrell Macdonald (MacDonald), Warren Hymer, Paul Page, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 77 mins. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 77 mins.; AFI and copyrighted: 7,774' [86m:22s]. No complete sound version known to exist. The 72-minute version in circulation, from an AMC broadcast, is derived from an international work print, with mostly intertitles and very limited sound. |
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Fox Film Corp. (1930) George O'Brien, Sue Carol, Warren Hymer, Roy Stewart, Russell Simpson, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by A. F. Erickson. b&w; 64 mins. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 64 mins.; AFI: 5,736' [63m:44s] for sound version and 5,948' [66m:05s] for silent version. The print in circulation is the silent version, with music and sound effects (67m:31s). |
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First National (1929) Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Loretta Young, Guinn Williams, Marion Byron, Phyllis Crane, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by Edward F. Cline. b&w; 81 mins. ©1929 First National Pictures, Inc. AFI: 7,246' [80m:30s] for sound version and 4,920' [54m:40s] for silent version; copyrighted: 81 mins. |
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Fox Film Corp. (1929) George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, Joyce Compton, William Janney, Stepin Fetchit, [John Wayne (Bill) uncredited]. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 84 mins.; also released silent. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 83-86 mins.; AFI and copyrighted: 7,610' [84m:33s]. Print in circulation is 83m:50s. |
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Fox Film Corp. (1929) Lois Moran, David Percy, Helen Twelvetrees, William Orlamond, Elizabeth Patterson, Duke Morrison [John Wayne] (Pete Donahue). Directed by James Tingling. b&w; 72 mins. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 65 mins.; copyrighted: 5,745' [63m:50s]; AFI: 6,500' [72m:13s] for sound version and 5,745' [63m:50s] for silent version. |
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The Black Watch UK: King of the Khyber Rifles Fox Film Corp. (1929) Victor McLaglen, Myrna Loy, David Torrence, David Rollins, Cyril Chadwick, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 94 mins. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 98 mins.; AFI: 8,487' [94m:18s]. Print in circulation is 91m:20s; a better print, with French subtitles, is also in circulation (87m:45s). |
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Fox Film Corp. (1929) Lola Lane, Paul Page, Sharon Lynn, Warren Hymer, Helen Ware, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by Benjamin Stoloff. b&w; 64 mins. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. AFI: 5,775' [64m:10s]. |
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Fox Film Corp. (1929) Victor McLaglen, Leatrice Joy, J. Farrell MacDonald, Clyde Cook, Kent Sanderson, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by John Ford. b&w; silent with sound sequences (music and effects); 62 mins. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 78 mins.; AFI: 5,567' [61m:51s] for sound version and 5,526' [61m:24s] for silent version. |
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Warner Bros. (1928) Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery, Louise Fazenda, Gwynn Williams, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by Michael Curtiz. b&w; silent with sound sequences (talking, effects and music); 108 mins. including overture and exit music. ©1928 Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. A “Warner Brothers/Vitaphone Production”. Originally released in 1928 at 135 mins.; AFI: 9,507' [105m:38s] for sound version and 9,058' [100m:38s] for silent version. DVD-R release: 3-8-11 (2.0 mono; 107m:49s with overture and exit music; 99m:43s without overture and exit music). |
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Fox Film Corp. (1928) Victor McLaglen, June Collyer, Earle Foxe, Larry Kent, Hobart Bosworth, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by John Ford. b&w; silent; 71 mins. ©1928 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 75 mins.; AFI: 6,518' [72m:25s]. Also includes 3 Bad Men (1926). DVD release: 12-4-2007 (5.0 Surround and 2.0 stereo; 70m:53s). |
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Fox Film Corp. (1928) Margaret Mann, James Hall, Charles Morton, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., George Meeker, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by John Ford. b&w; silent with sound sequences (music and effects); 96 mins. ©1928 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 100 mins.; AFI: 8,962'-9,412' [99m:34s-104m:34s]. Included in the 5-disc The Ford at Fox Collection: Silent Epics box set (cover shown on hover) and the 21-disc The Ford at Fox Collection, but not available as an individual title. DVD release: 12-4-2007 (5.1 Surround and 2.0 stereo [original music and sound effects not included on print]; 96m:04s [96m:25s•]). |
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Fox Film Corp. (1928) Belle Bennett, Neil Hamilton, Victor McLaglen, Constance Howard, Philippe De Lacy, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by John Ford. b&w with tinted sequences; silent with sound sequences (music and effects); 76 mins.; also released silent. ©1927 Fox Film Corp. AFI: 6,807' [75m:38s]. Originally filmed in September 1926. No complete print known to exist, with three reels missing. The print in circulation has music but no effects (29m:16s). |
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The Drop Kick UK: Glitter First National (1927) Richard Barthelmess, Barbara Kent, Dorothy Revier, Eugene Strong, Alberta Vaughn, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by Millard Webb. b&w with tinted sequences; silent; 68 mins. ©[never registered and no year on print] First National Pictures, Inc. TJWF: 65 mins.; AFI: 6,819' or 6,900' [75m:46s or 76m:40s]. DVD-R release: 2004 (2.0 stereo; 68m:17s). Also released on DVD-R, from a different print source and with a different musical score, by Grapevine Video in 2010 (64 mins.; cover shown on hover). |
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MGM (1927) Lillian Gish, Norman Kerry, Creighton Hale, Joseph Striker, Hobart Bosworth, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by John S. Robertson. b&w with Technicolor sequences; silent; 99 mins. ©1927 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. TJWF: 80 mins.; AFI: 8,730' [97m:00s]. The print in circulation (100m:28s), with the Technicolor sequences intact, is recorded directly from a monitor with the timecode present (which shows a running time of 98m:48s). |
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Fox Film Corp. (1926) Tom Mix, Tony the Wonder Horse, Dorothy Dwan, William Walling, Harry Grippe, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by Lewis Seiler. b&w with tinted sequences; silent; 53 mins. ©1926 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 55 mins.; AFI: 4,800' [53m:20s]. Also released on VHS (cover shown on hover) by Critics' Choice Video (Killiam Collection print; 53m:04s). DVD-R release: 2003. The two versions in circulation have different musical scores. |
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MGM (1926) John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D'Arcy, Lionel Belmore, Emily Fitzroy, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by King Vidor. b&w; silent; 90 mins. ©1926 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. TJWF: 93 mins.; AFI: 8,536' [94m:50s]. No complete print known to exist (one reel missing). Also includes Monte Cristo (1922). DVD release: 7-14-09 (2.0 stereo; 89m:36s [90m:04s•] including reconstructed missing reel). |
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MGM (1926) William Haines, Jack Pickford, Mary Brian, Mary Alden, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by Jack Conway. b&w; silent; 85 mins. ©1926 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. TJWF: 80 mins.; AFI: 7,941' [88m:14s]. Released on VHS (cover shown) by Critics' Choice Video (Killiam Collection print; 84m:57s). |
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John Wayne has been billed the conventional way as producer for only one film, The Alamo (1960). His first three productions, for Republic Pictures (Angel and the Badman, The Fighting Kentuckian and Bullfighter and the Lady), were all billed as “A John Wayne Production”. With the formation of Wayne-Fellows Productions (later called Batjac Productions and briefly Batjac Enterprises), some films were credited as being produced by Robert Fellows while others were billed only under the company name. Island in the Sky (1953), The High and the Mighty (1954) and Blood Alley (1955), films in which John Wayne starred, have no producer credited, nor do Track of the Cat (1954) and Good-bye, My Lady (1956) which appear below, a list of films produced by Wayne's production company where he did not appear on-screen. (All the DVDs are also available in PAL except Hondo and the Apaches, Escort West, China Doll and Gun the Man Down.) |
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MGM [Europe only] (1967) Ralph Taeger, Kathie Browne, Michael Rennie, Noah Beery [Jr.], Gary Clarke. Directed by Lee H. Katzin. Metrocolor; 73 mins. [see notes]. ©1966 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Co-produced with Batjac Productions, Inc. and Fenady Associates, Inc. Produced by Andrew J. Fenady. Culled from two episodes of the television series Hondo and released theatrically in Europe only (83-97 mins.). TCM print: 86m:15s; BBFC: 86m:15s (cut to 85 mins. for UK theatrical release). Released on VHS by Rawhide Video (cover shown on hover) with a listed running time of 98 mins. but is actually the same 73-minute version as the DVD (a VHS transfer). French poster shown on click. DVD imprint: 2-25-03 (2.0 mono; 73m:01s [73m:23s•]). (See notes.) |
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United Artists (1959) Victor Mature, Elaine Stewart, Faith Domergue, Reba Waters, Noah Beery [Jr.]. Directed by Francis D. Lyon. b&w; CinemaScope/2.35:1; 76 mins. ©1958 Batjac Enterprises, Inc. A “Romina Production”. Produced by Robert E. Morrison and Nate H. Edwards. MPAA #19018. DVD release: 5-17-05 (2.30:1 anamorphic and 1.33:1; 2.0 mono; 75m:55s [76m:10s•]). |
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United Artists (1958) Victor Mature, Li Li Hua, Ward Bond, Bob Mathias, Johnny Desmond. Directed by Frank Borzage. b&w; 1.85:1; 99 mins. ©1958 Batjac Enterprises, Inc. A “Romina Production”. Produced by Frank Borzage. MPAA #18803. Copyrighted: 88 mins.; AFI: 99 mins.; BBFC: 99m:17s; US general release: 85 mins. DVD release: 4-24-07 (1.85:1 anamorphic; 2.0 stereo [simulated] and 2.0 mono; 99m:03s [99m:18s•]). |
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RKO (1956) William Campbell, Karen Sharpe, Anita Ekberg, Berry Kroger, Paul Fix. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. b&w; 1.85:1; 73 mins. ©1955 Batjac Productions, Inc. Produced by Robert E. Morrison. MPAA #17525. Filmed before Gun the Man Down, Seven Men from Now and Good-bye, My Lady. DVD release: 12-20-05 (1.78:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 72m:46s [73m:14s•]). |
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United Artists (1956) James Arness, Angie Dickinson, Emile Meyer, Robert Wilke, Harry Carey, Jr. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. b&w; 1.85:1; 76 mins. ©1956 Batjac Productions, Inc. Produced by Robert E. Morrison. MPAA #18017. Copyrighted: 78 mins.; AFI: 74 or 78 mins.; UK theatrical release: 69 mins. Reissued as Arizona Mission. DVD release: 5-22-07 (1.80:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 76m:10s). |
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Warner Bros. (1956) Randolph Scott, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin, Walter Reed, John Larch. Directed by Budd Boetticher. WarnerColor; 1.85:1; 78 mins. ©1956 Batjac Productions, Inc. Produced by Andrew V. McLaglen and Robert E. Morrison. MPAA #17817. DVD release: 12-20-05 (1.78:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 77m:30s [77m:58s•]). |
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Warner Bros. (1956) Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon de Wilde, Sidney Poitier, William Hopper. Directed by William A. Wellman. b&w; 1.85:1; 95 mins. ©1956 Batjac Productions, Inc. No producer credited. MPAA #17790. AFI: 91 or 94-95 mins. Reissued as The Boy and the Laughing Dog. DVD-R release: 12-14-10 (1.78:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 95m:01s). |
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Warner Bros. (1954) Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Diana Lynn, Tab Hunter, Beulah Bondi. Directed by William A. Wellman. WarnerColor; CinemaScope/2.55:1; 102 mins. ©1954 Wayne-Fellows Productions, Inc. No producer credited. MPAA #17120. DVD release: 12-20-05 (2.55:1 anamorphic; 4.0 and 2.0 Surround; 102m:11s [102m:39s•]). |
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Warner Bros. (1954) Clyde Beatty, Mickey Spillane, Pat O'Brien, Sean McClory, Marian Carr. Directed by James Edward Grant. WarnerColor; CinemaScope/2.55:1; 93 mins. ©1954 Wayne-Fellows Productions, Inc. Produced by Robert Fellows. MPAA #16800. UK theatrical release: 88 mins. [BFI]. DVD release: 12-20-05 (2.55:1 anamorphic; 4.0 and 2.0 Surround; 92m:43s [93m:11s•]). |
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Warner Bros. (1953) Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan, Sean McClory. Directed by John Farrow. b&w; 82 mins. ©1953 Wayne-Fellows Productions, Inc. Produced by Robert Fellows. MPAA #16295. DVD release: 12-20-05 (2.0 mono; 81m:43s [82m:11s•]). |
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Republic (1951) Robert Stack, Joy Page, Gilbert Roland, Virginia Grey, John Hubbard. Directed by Budd Boetticher. b&w; 87 mins. ©1951 Republic Pictures Corp. MPAA #15066. A “John Wayne Production” (as producer). BBFC: 87m:03s. Restored in 1986, which was released on VHS (cover shown) and LaserDisc (cover shown on hover) by Republic (123m:29s). The 87-minute version was initially released on VHS by Republic. |
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Warner Bros. (1972) John Wayne (Wil Andersen), Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Slim Pickens. Directed by Mark Rydell. Technicolor; Panavision/2.39:1; 134 mins. including overture, entr'acte and exit music which was not included in the 128m:06s theatrical release. ©1971 Sanford Productions, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. MPAA #23040. Released 6-5-07 (1080p VC-1 [2.39:1]; Dolby Digital 5.1 [the music is 'true' stereo with the other audio remixed from mono]; 134m:28s• [DVD: 134m:15s•]). |
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National General (1971) John Wayne (Jacob “Big Jake” McCandles), Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot. Directed by George Sherman. Technicolor; Panavision/2.35:1; 110 mins. ©1971 Batjac Productions, Inc. A “Cinema Center Films” presentation [see notes]. MPAA #22945. Released 5-31-11 (1080p VC-1 [2.35:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [remixed from mono] and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 [remixed from mono]; 109m:46s• [DVD: 109m:34s•]). |
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National General (1970) John Wayne (Col. Cord McNally), Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, Jack Elam, Christopher Mitchum. Directed by Howard Hawks. Technicolor; 1.85:1; 114 mins. ©1970 Malabar Productions, Inc. A “Cinema Center Films” presentation [see notes]. MPAA #22689. Released 5-31-11 (1080p VC-1 [1.78:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [remixed from mono] and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 [remixed from mono]; 114m:22s• [DVD: 114m:09s]). |
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Paramount (1969) John Wayne (Rooster Cogburn), Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate, Robert Duvall. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Technicolor; 1.85:1; 128 mins. ©1969 Paramount Pictures Corp., Hal B. Wallis and Joseph H. Hazen [Hal Wallis Productions]. MPAA #22045. Released 12-14-10 (1080p MPEG-4 AVC [1.78:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [remixed from mono] and Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; 128m:04s• [DVD: 127m:55s•]). |
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Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1968) John Wayne (Col. Mike Kirby), David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, Raymond St. Jacques. Directed by John Wayne and Ray Kellogg. Technicolor; Panavision/2.35:1; 142 mins. ©1968 Batjac Productions, Inc. and Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc. MPAA #21657. BBFC: 142m:41s (cut to 138 mins. for UK theatrical release). Released 1-5-10 (1080p VC-1 [2.40:1]; Dolby TrueHD 1.0 with embedded Dolby Digital 1.0 mono; 141m:57s• [DVD: 141m:48s•]). |
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United Artists (1965) Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson, Jr., Carroll Baker, Ina Balin, Pat Boone, [John Wayne (centurion) 27th-billed]. Directed by George Stevens. Technicolor; Ultra Panavision 70 [65mm/5 perf. vertical/24fps]/2.75:1; 199 mins. including exit music. ©1965 George Stevens Productions, Inc. and United Artists Corp. MPAA #20414. Filmed before Circus World. Copyrighted and world premiere: 221 mins.; general release: 195 mins.; BBFC: 198m:53s. Released: 3-29-11 (1080p MPEG-4 AVC [2.75:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1; 199m:10s• [DVD: 198m:51s•]). (See notes.) |
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Circus World UK: The Magnificent Showman Paramount (1964) John Wayne (Matt Masters), Claudia Cardinale, Rita Hayworth, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Technicolor; Super Technirama-70 [35mm/8 perf. horizontal/24fps; presented in single-film Cinerama for roadshow engagements]/2.20:1; 138 mins. ©1964 Bronston-Midway Productions. MPAA #20610. Roadshow version: 135 mins. (US), 137 mins. (UK); copyrighted: 131 mins.; BBFC: 136m:47s and 131m:59s. Released 3-13-12 (1080p MPEG-4 AVC @ 24.00fps [2.20:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 [stereo]; 142m:41s• with intermission and exit music). The English soundtrack has forced French subtitles. Sourced from the original Technirama camera negative. |
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Cinerama Releasing Corp. (1962 [see notes])/MGM (1963) Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, [John Wayne (Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman) 12th-billed]. Directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway and George Marshall. Technicolor; Cinerama [triple 35mm/6 perf. vertical/24fps]/2.65:1; 165 mins. including opening, intermission and exit music (153 mins. without music). ©1962 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. and Cinerama, Inc. MPAA #20143. Filmed before The Longest Day. Copyrighted and general release (CinemaScope version): 149 mins.; BBFC: 163m:49s (cut to 155 mins. for UK theatrical release). Disc 2 has the special SmileBox process transfer (1.95:1), simulating the 146° Cinerama screen, which is not included in any DVD edition. Released 9-9-08 (1080p VC-1 [2.89:1]; Dolby TrueHD 5.1 with embedded Dolby Digital 5.1; 164m:41s• [DVD: 164m:30s•; see footnote below]). |
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20th Century-Fox (1962) Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Beymer, [John Wayne (Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort) last-billed]. Directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki. b&w; CinemaScope/2.35:1; 178 mins. ©1962 Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Inc. and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. MPAA #unknown. TJWF, AFI and copyrighted: 180 mins.; BBFC: 178m:28s. Disc 2, containing the special features, is a standard DVD. Released 6-3-08 (1080p MPEG-4 AVC [2.35:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 4.0; 178m:22s• [DVD: 178m:11s•]). |
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Paramount (1962) John Wayne (Tom Doniphon), James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 1.85:1 [see notes]; 123 mins. ©1961 Paramount Pictures Corp. and John Ford Productions, Inc. MPAA #20128. BBFC: 125m:23s. (cut to 121 mins. for UK theatrical release [BFI]). To be released June 2012 in Germany and France. |
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20th Century-Fox (1961) John Wayne (Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter), Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Color by De Luxe; CinemaScope/2.35:1; 107 mins. ©1961 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. MPAA #20020. Released 5-17-11 (1080p MPEG-4 AVC [2.35:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 4.0; 107m:23s• [DVD: 107m:16s•]). |
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20th Century-Fox (1960) John Wayne (Sam McCord), Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, Capucine. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Color by De Luxe; CinemaScope/2.35:1; 122 mins. ©1960 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. MPAA #19724. Released 11-22-11 (1080p MPEG-4 AVC [2.35:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 [stereo]; 122m:02s• [US DVD: 121m:55s•]). Also included is the DVD version. |
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United Artists (1959) John Wayne (Col. John Marlowe), William Holden, Constance Towers, Judson Pratt, Hoot Gibson. Directed by John Ford. Color by De Luxe; 1.66:1; 119 mins. ©1959 The Mirisch Co., Inc. A “Mahin-Rackin Production”. Co-produced with uncredited Batjac Productions, Inc. [see notes]. MPAA #19244. Released 5-10-11 (1080p MPEG-4 AVC [1.66:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 [mono]; 120m:08s• [DVD: 119m:27s•]). |
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Warner Bros. (1959) John Wayne (Sheriff John T. Chance), Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan. Directed by Howard Hawks. Technicolor; 1.85:1; 141 mins. ©1958 Armada Productions, Inc. MPAA #19034. Released 6-5-07 (1080p VC-1 [1.78:1]; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono; 141m:03s• [DVD: 140m:54s•]). |
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20th Century-Fox (1958) John Wayne (Townsend Harris), Eiko Ando, Sam Jaffe, So Yamamura, Norman Thomson. Directed by John Huston. Color by De Luxe; CinemaScope/2.35:1; 105 mins. ©1958 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. MPAA #18813. Released 11-9-11 (1080p MPEG-4 AVC [2.35:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 [stereo]; 104m:52s• [US DVD: 104m:48s•]). Also included is the DVD version. The Region A version (details pending) was released May 8, 2012 by Fox, which also includes the DVD version. |
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United Artists (1957) John Wayne (Joe January), Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi, Kurt Kasznar, Sonia Moser. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Technicolor; Technirama [35mm/8 perf. horizontal/24fps]/2.35:1; 108 mins. ©1957 Batjac Productions Panama, Inc. Co-produced with Robert Haggiag and Dear Film Productions (Italy). MPAA #18842 [see notes]. Released 12-2-11 (1080p MPEG-4 AVC [2.35:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 [mono]; 108m:31s• [US DVD: 108m:24s•]). |
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Warner Bros. (1956) John Wayne (Ethan Edwards), Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. Directed by John Ford. Technicolor; VistaVision [35mm/8 perf. horizontal/24fps]/1.75:1; 119 mins. ©1956 C.V. Whitney Pictures, Inc. MPAA #17787. Released 10-31-06 (1080p VC-1 [1.78:1]; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono; 118m:47s• [DVD: 118m:40s•]). |
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RKO (1956) John Wayne (Temujin, later Genghis Khan), Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendariz, Agnes Moorehead, Thomas Gomez. Directed by Dick Powell. Technicolor; CinemaScope/2.35:1; 111 mins. ©1955 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. MPAA #17046. Filmed before Blood Alley and The Sea Chase. Released 11-9-11 (1080p MPEG-4 AVC [2.35:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1; 111m:23s• [US DVD: 111m:18s•]). Also included is the DVD version. |
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Warner Bros. (1953) John Wayne (Hondo Lane), Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness. Directed by John Farrow. WarnerColor; WarnerVision [dual-strip 3-D, later released 'flat']/1.85:1; 83 mins. ©1952 [sic] Wayne-Fellows Productions, Inc. MPAA #16575. AFI: 80 or 83-84 mins./7,532' [83m:41s]; BBFC: 83m:25s. To be released June 5, 2012. |
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Republic (1950) John Wayne (Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke), Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 105 mins. ©1950 Republic Pictures Corp. An “Argosy Production” (Argosy Pictures Corp.). MPAA #14822. To be released August 7, 2012. |
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RKO (1948) John Wayne (Capt. Kirby York), Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendariz, Ward Bond. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 128 mins. ©1948 Argosy Pictures Corp. MPAA #12819. Released: 2-21-12 (1080p MPEG-4 AVC; DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono; 127m:52s• [US DVD: 127m:42s•]). |
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United Artists (1939) Claire Trevor, John Wayne (The Ringo Kid), Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell. Directed by John Ford. b&w; 96 mins. ©1939 Walter Wanger Productions, Inc. MPPDA #5029. TJWF: 105 mins.; AFI: 95-96 mins. Released 5-25-10 (1080p MPEG-4 AVC; LPCM 1.0 mono; 96m:10s• [DVD: 96m:05s•]). |
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Fox Film Corp. (1930) John Wayne (Breck Coleman), Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel, Tully Marshall, Tyrone Power [Sr.]. Directed by Raoul Walsh. b&w; standard 35mm; 108 mins. and Grandeur [70mm/4 perf. vertical/24fps;]/2.10:1; 122 mins. ©1930 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 158 mins.; AFI: 14,200' [158 mins.] for 70mm Grandeur version and 11,314' [125m:42s] for standard 35mm version; copyrighted: 13,000' [144 mins.]; world premiere: 125 mins. (Grandeur version); BBFC: 109m:45s (cut to 99 mins. for UK theatrical release). Released 2-14-12 (1080i MPEG-4 AVC @25 fps [2.10:1]; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 [mono]. The Region A version (details pending) was released May 8, 2012 by Fox, which also includes the DVD version.
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The bastardization of Blu-ray: a collection of 28 public domain films and serials, the bulk of which feature John Wayne, upscaled to 1080i from poor standard definition sources. From a company called Great Movies (catalog #GM71205) and distributed by HMH Hamburger Medien Haus Vertriebs GmbH, the German disc contains almost 1800 minutes of content. The John Wayne titles, in no particular order: Texas Terror, The Dawn Rider, Paradise Canyon, The Trail Beyond, The Star Packer, Sagebrush Trail, Winds of the Wasteland, Blue Steel, Randy Rides Alone, Born to the West, The Man from Utah, Angel and the Badman, Lawless Range, The Lawless Frontier, The Desert Trail, The Lucky Texan, The Hurricane Express, and The Three Musketeers. Included more as a curio, as Blu-ray becomes more mainstream there will likely be more such discs released, taking advantage of the format's storage capacity. |
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Another Blu-ray collection of public domain material, this time all specific to John Wayne (486 minutes worth). Like the German compilation above, these are also upscaled to 1080i from poor standard definition sources. From Gaiam, Inc. (UPC #00018713589255). Released May 6, 2012. The titles: McLintock!, The Dawn Rider, Texas Terror, The Trail Beyond, The Star Packer, The Hurricane Express and the documentary John Wayne: American Hero of the Movies. |
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About Blu-ray and DVD Running Times Running times for Blu-ray appear longer in a player's on-screen display than they do for the DVD equivalent even though the prints are exactly the same. As an example, The Searchers DVD displays a running time of 1:58:40 and the Blu-ray 1:58:47, a discrepancy of seven seconds. Like all NTSC DVDs, if one actually times them with a stopwatch in real-time they are longer than the player's on-screen display; Blu-rays, on the other hand, always show this in real-time (the longer time is reflected). So both formats have the same duration in real-time but are reported differently because of timecode differences, and both play film slightly slower than what one would see in a theater using a perfectly calibrated 35mm projector if one existed. NTSC DVDs play back 1.001 times longer than 35mm film, as does Blu-ray—whose origins are still somewhat entrenched in NTSC since all the titles listed above use 23.976fps just like their DVD counterparts. (The longer play back time is also applicable to film content not soft-telecined at 23.976fps.) So both formats play back about four seconds longer for each hour of 35mm film. Therefore all Blu-ray index running times also include their DVD equivalents, which do not reflect the slower time because the player's more accurate on-screen 'film' time is used as a reference. It is interesting to note that the DVD for How the West Was Won (the newly mastered version) has the same on-screen time as the Blu-ray. The film is contained on two DVDs, and when the two on-screen times are added together they total 164m:41s, just like the Blu-ray. However, disc two of the DVD set has 11 seconds of nothing at the very start: the on-screen start time is simply offset by that much, perhaps to avoid the confusion of comparing DVD and Blu-ray running times. |
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VHSes from my collection (warts and all) of John Wayne's post-1939 films which have never been officially released on Region 1 DVD. The passing of time has made VHS (and of course Betamax) nostalgic, the format now more valuable—at least to me—for its cover art than anything else. But for these titles this was the most common NTSC format available, except for those people who had LaserDisc (what titles were available) or later made or purchased DVD±R encodings of the VHSes and LaserDiscs themselves, or acquired copies from television broadcasts or other sources. Many people, including me, would get a region-free multi-format player and purchase DVDs from foreign markets, not encumbered by region coding or the PAL format. (Click here for a reformatted, larger view of the VHSes.)
Before looking at the tapes shown above, it should be noted that Betamax and VHS were not the first home video systems to release Hollywood movies. Discounting actual film, which generally meant highly condensed 8mm titles which had been around since the 1930's, the first video-based format was Cartrivision, introduced to consumers in 1972. Marketed by Cartridge Television, Inc., tapes with licensed Hollywood feature films could be rented and played only once, with a locking mechanism that prevented them from being rewound and watched again. So John Wayne actually made his home video debut in 1972, with the titles Stagecoach, Flying Tigers, Sands of Iwo Jima, Rio Grande, and The Quiet Man. Cartrivision's feature film library was mostly from Columbia Pictures, who were partners in the distribution network. The ill-fated format lasted just over a year, eventually supplanted by Beta and VHS a few years later. (The Cartrivision rental tapes, denoted by their red cases, are very rare today. A more detailed example of one offered for sale, denoted by their black cases, can be seen here.)
Hondo and the Apaches—a film which Wayne had little to do with—is included although it is not an official studio release. The VHS was released in 1993 by Rawhide Video but the title was not registered for copyright by MGM until 1994, just before the 28-year expiration. Films are generally registered at the time of publication (in this case 1967) but evidently a last-minute registration within 28 years is legally binding. Thus, release of the VHS in 1993 appears not to have contravened any copyright laws. All the subsequent VHS releases by various public domain labels seem to have used the same poor quality 73-minute print, including the 2003 DVD by Vintage Home Entertainment (presented by Front Row Entertainment before the film begins, whose 1994 VHS can be seen here). The best source for the film is from Turner Classic Movies, who have broadcast it a number of times and runs the full 86 minutes as seen in European theaters. I Married a Woman appears to be an official release although the case and tape from 1985, released by United Home Video, do not credit the copyright owner, not unusual for some early VHSes. Early catalogs show VCI Home Video as the film's official distributor for rental, and in 1985 that company's product fell under the United Home Video umbrella (which in turn was owned by United Entertainment, Inc.). So the VHS shown is an official ex-rental. The film was also released (year unknown) in Canada by the ABM Group (click here). None of the home video releases, including the 1990 LaserDisc from Turner Home Entertainment, has the color sequences, although the Turner Classic Movies print does and is letterboxed. The Circus World VHS shown was released in 1991 by Best Film & Video Corp., who were also involved with the 1993 LaserDisc, both officially licensed by P.C. Films Corp. who hold the contested copyright. North American distribution rights are now held by The Weinstein Company, who were poised to release the film on DVD under The Miriam Collection banner in 2008 but was cancelled. Even earlier, Disney had announced a DVD release but was cancelled as well. At the time Disney owned Miramax Films, a somewhat autonomous subsidiary run by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, who left Disney in 2005 to form The Weinstein Company—and brought their rights to the Samuel Bronston library with them. (The film was initially released on VHS and Beta by VCI Home Video in the early 1980's.) View a comparison of some home video releases here. Angel and the Badman fell into the public domain in 1975 because its copyright was not renewed, becoming a staple of public domain labels. Republic never officially released the film on Region 1 DVD, although did release it on VHS (1992 45th Anniversary edition shown) and LaserDisc in 1990, culled from the original film negative which was later cleaned up for the 45th Anniversary edition released in 1992 including a new LaserDisc. Universal UK released a beautiful print—the same one used for the 45th Anniversary edition—on DVD in 2006, but on this side of the pond fans relied on PD labels or the Hal Roach release. Lady from Louisiana, Lady for a Night, and War of the Wildcats (In Old Oklahoma) were released on DVD by Universal UK, the latter two being lovely prints. Wheel of Fortune (A Man Betrayed) was released on DVD in Spain but was culled from the VHS shown here (Beta version here). Lady from Louisiana has been released on DVD in the UK, Italy and Spain, the latter two culled from the official UK version, which unfortunately was struck from an NTSC master and the same print used on the VHS (although of better quality because of DVD's increased resolution). The Bullfighter and the Lady VHS shown is the restored version, released in 1989 and LaserDisc in 1992. Years earlier, NTA Home Entertainment had released the original 87-minute version. All the Republic VHSes shown were released by Republic Pictures Home Video, and all were released earlier with different artwork by its predecessor, NTA Home Entertainment. Even earlier, most of the films were released by The Nostalgia Merchant before Republic got into the video distribution business with their own label. The Alamo is of course the unedited 202-minute roadshow version, released in 1992 on VHS and LaserDisc by MGM/UA, who also released a 172-minute version (with additional music only) in the same formats in 1990. Only the standard 162-minute version has made it to DVD, initially released on VHS and Beta by CBS/Fox in the early 1980's. Besides the roadshow version, the 1992 LaserDisc also included the uncut documentary John Wayne's "The Alamo", running 26 minutes longer than the 42-minute version released on the roadshow VHS and cut DVD. Another unedited version, although of less importance, is Without Reservations. The UK DVD released by DD Video (Leisure View Video) run six minutes longer than the US DVD released by Warner Home Video. To make matters more confusing, the VHS and LaserDisc are 19 seconds shorter than the DVD, including the same print broadcast on Turner Classic Movies. The VHS released in 1990 by Turner Home Entertainment even advertised itself as the "Original Studio Version". Warner's DVD is region-coded 1/3/4, not including Region 2 so not to infringe, it appears, on the territorial rights of the UK version (which ironically has no region coding). So there are three different versions of the film in circulation. It appears that Warner cut the film to make it more fluid and also removed some scenes that could be deemed offensive in a post-war America. With this filmography covering Cartrivision, Beta, VHS, LaserDisc, CED, DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray, one other format must be mentioned. A few Hollywood studios released content on VCD (Video CD) in North America and Europe just before the advent of DVD. The VCD format, popular in Asia to this day, was mostly frowned upon because of its poor video quality and lack of protection schemes. Paramount and MGM were among the big players who dabbled in the format from 1994-1995. So VCD was a short-lived home video distribution method except for Asia and other parts of the world, where its proliferation warranted Hollywood's attention and product. No John Wayne films were known to be released on VCD in what would become Region 1 and 2 for DVD. |
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No US label will touch most of Wayne's pre-1940 Republic titles, but the Italian label Quinto Piano S.r.l. shows no fear. Among other titles known to be in the public domain or otherwise officially available on DVD, the company has also released these seven titles: The New Frontier, The Lawless Nineties (La Banda dei Razziatori), The Lonely Trail (Il Sentiero Solitario), Red River Range, The Night Riders, Wyoming Outlaw (Wyoming), and New Frontier (Il Confine della Paura). The quality for all of them is unknown but if Red River Range is any indication (the only one I have seen), they are very bad— washed-out VHS transfers with no English soundtracks. Paramount was poised to release four of these titles in 2006 but never happened, which is unfortunate because the quality would have been to a high standard. This is the first time these titles have been available on commercial DVD, disregarding internet-based dealers using DVD±R. Their release assumes one of two things: the films are either in the public domain or Quinto Piano is violating copyright laws. The latter seems more likely since there must be good reason US PD labels have stayed away. |
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Big Jake. Cinema Center Films was the theatrical production arm of CBS Television, who distributed their films in the US under the National General Pictures banner. Rio Lobo and Big Jake are distributed on DVD and Blu-ray by Paramount but under the CBS name. The Big Trail. In his list of corrections and addenda to the book Wide Screen Movies by Robert E. Carr and R.M. Hayes, Daniel J. Sherlock states: “It is clear from the recently restored Grandeur version of The Big Trail that 24 frames per second was used for that film.” Fox produced four foreign-language versions of The Big Trail, filmed simultaneously with different cast members. Spanish: La gran jornada (directed by David Howard and released in Spain as Horizontes nuevos); German: Die grosse Fährte (directed by Lewis Seiler); Italian: Il grande sentiero (directed by Louis Loeffler); French: La piste des géants (directed by Pierre Couderc). The full-frame version with John Wayne was filmed separately from the Grandeur version.
Brannigan is presented by Michael Wayne (executive producer), Jules Levy and Arthur Gardner (producers), the same team that made McQ under the Batjac/Levy-Gardner banner. Filmed in England by Wellborn Ltd. Circus World was announced for release on Region 1 by Disney but never materialized. The Japanese release by Tohokushinsha, although Region 2, provides the best available NTSC source for this title. It is more readily available in NTSC on a Hong Kong Region 0 release by Garry's Trading Co. (1.70:1 non-anamorphic; 2.0 stereo; 131m:59s [imprint: 12-9-03]). The Universal UK Region 2/4 PAL DVD, as The Magnificent Showman, is full-frame and runs 131m:59s with a mono soundtrack.
The Greatest Story Ever Told. (1) Halliwell's Film Guide: 225 mins. “The film was originally released at 4 hours 20 minutes [260 mins.]. Subsequent versions were at 3 hours 58 minutes [238 mins.], 3 hours 17 minutes [197 mins.], 2 hours 27 minutes [147 mins.] and 2 hours 7 minutes [127 mins.].” (2) The John Wayne Filmography: “The initial version was 250 minutes in length. It was then cut to 222 minutes, then 190 minutes and finally 147.” (3) John Wayne and the Movies: “260 minutes, subsequently cut to 238, then 190, then 147 (G.B.: 197)”. (4) Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide: 193 mins. “Originally shown at 225m., then cut to 141m.” (5) The Motion Picture Almanac: 195 mins. Hellfighters. The initial DVD's aspect ratio is 2.50:1 which is from the additional cropping of 2.35:1. His Private Secretary. The top of the title card says “Colam Pictures Co. presents”, with “A Screencraft Production” at the bottom. At the end of the film, “Showmens Pictures, Inc.” is displayed (no apostrophe). The print viewed by the AFI makes no mention of Colam Pictures Co., which may have been inserted on specific distribution prints.
Hondo and the Apaches. The DVD—which also includes an unrelated film called The Man Called Noon—is from the initial Front Row Entertainment VHS release which, based on the running time, is probably a television print. The AFI states the film was based on the series pilot which never aired on American television (the film is actually comprised of the first two episodes). Although on a public domain label (Vintage Home Entertainment), the film is still under copyright by MGM (Turner).
The Horse Soldiers. A “Mahin-Rackin Production”, after the film's producers John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin. Presented and copyrighted by The Mirisch Company, Inc., the AFI catalog lists Batjac Productions, Inc. as co-producing with Mirisch. The book John Wayne: American, illustrating the complexities of film production, says the film was a co-production between United Artists, Mahin-Rackin, the Mirisch Company, Batjac, John Ford Productions, and William Holden Productions. How the West Was Won premiered in England on November 1, 1962, and was released in other parts of the world that year before its American premiere on February 20, 1963. The non-roadshow (general release) version was distributed by MGM.
The Hurricane Express. TJWF: “In the late 1940s an edited 80-minute feature version was released.” The feature version, released directly to television and available on various public domain labels, runs 78m:30s and has the same credits as the serial. I Married a Woman. Universal-International handled US distribution after the demise of RKO who co-produced the film with Gomalco Productions. RKO-Scope (in this case) is Superscope 235, a non-anamorphic filming process by which anamorphic release prints are made.
Jet Pilot. Universal-International handled US distribution after the demise of RKO. Released under the RKO-Scope banner although filmed before the advent of widescreen. The AFI catalog lists the theatrical aspect ratio as 1.60:1; a review in the September 28, 1957 issue of Boxoffice lists the same ratio. Legend of the Lost has the MPAA seal on the print but with no certificate number. Lone Star Productions. John Wayne: American: “[Trem] Carr put veteran producer Paul Malvern in charge of the films and released them under Monogram's Lone Star Productions label, a name that was used only because of its associations with Texas and the West.”
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Often cited as having an original aspect ratio of 1.66:1, a review in the April 16, 1962 issue of Boxoffice lists the ratio as 1.85:1. Pittsburgh is listed in The John Wayne Filmography as being first shown on November 20, 1942, predating that of Reunion in France (or Reunion as it was initially called). In any case, the chronological order of production and general release has been adhered. The Range Feud. Like the other two early Columbia westerns available on DVD, Texas Cyclone and Two Fisted Law, the VHS release of Range Feud is derived from a television print issued by Gail Pictures in the early 1950's, with a 1931 copyright statement by Gail Pictures International Corp. Typical of their reissues, the credits are bastardized and in this case the title appears as Range Fued. The Disc Plaza Entertainment and Cascadia Entertainment DVDs are derived from the same Gail reissue. The film was copyrighted and initially advertised as The Range Feud. Rio Lobo. Cinema Center Films was the theatrical production arm of CBS Television, who distributed their films in the US under the National General Pictures banner. Rio Lobo and Big Jake are distributed on DVD and Blu-ray by Paramount but under the CBS name.
Texas Cyclone. A television print, the title card says “Gail Pictures presents” with a 1932 copyright statement by Gail Pictures International Corp. The complete cast is listed as Tim McCoy, Shirley Grey, John Wayne, Wheeler MacDonald [sic], Vernon Dent, Mary Gordon and Walter Brenan [sic]. Two Fisted Law is listed in the AFI catalog as being filmed April 6–April 11, 1932. The John Wayne Filmography says it was filmed in one week in the late summer of 1931. A television print, the title card says “Gail Pictures presents” with a 1932 copyright statement by Gail Pictures International Corp. The complete cast is listed as Tim McCoy, John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Tully Marshall, Alice Day, Wheeler Oakman, Wallace McDonald [sic] and Richard Alexander. Westward Ho. Filmed simultaneously with Lawless Range but released first, this was Wayne's first film produced under the Republic banner after Monogram was taken over by Republic. The three previous films from Monogram (Paradise Canyon, The Dawn Rider and The Desert Trail) are invariably listed as being distributed by Republic during the corporate transition.
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Sources: The John Wayne Filmography (TJWF). John Wayne and the Movies (JWATM). John Wayne: American (JWA). No filmography of John Wayne will ever be complete, since he worked as a card-carrying union member (IATSE) doing prop work at Fox for directors like John Ford, Raoul Walsh and Ben Stoloff. While doing such work he may have appeared as an extra in a number of undocumented films that he propped, not uncommon during the days when unions were not as stringent as today. Even growing up as a child Duke would spend time at the Kalem Studio lot in Glendale, California, sometimes doing odd jobs for the friendly grips. So technically Duke first worked on a film set in 1916 at the age of nine, an outdoor studio almost in his backyard. This section of the filmography covers Wayne's uncredited work in feature films, focusing on his early years in Hollywood. As such it is incomplete and at times wrought with conflicting information. Annie Laurie: “Wayne and several other USC friends worked as costumed extras, wearing kilts, in the film.” (TJWF). Wayne recalled working in a Norman Kerry picture at MGM in which he was dressed in a Scotsman outfit but could not remember the title. Bardelys the Magnificent: “Wayne and his boyhood friend Pexy Eckles were hired as spear-carrying guards in the gallows scene.” (TJWF). The Black Watch: “Wayne worked on the film as a prop man.” (TJWF). As an extra (JWA). Wayne is visible in at least one scene (no dialogue). Born Reckless: “Wayne worked on this film in the capacity of a propman.” (TJWF). As an extra (JWA). Wayne appears very briefly as a soldier in the baseball scene. Brown of Harvard: “[Wayne] and several other USC footballers served as stand-ins for the actors. Wayne doubled for Francis X. Bushman, Jr.” (TJWF). Wayne can be seen on the football field as #17. Cancel My Reservation: Wayne appears in a dream sequence with one line of dialogue. Central Airport: As a co-pilot first seen on the wing of his downed plane, then floundering in the ocean (no dialogue). Cheer Up and Smile: “John Wayne plays Roy, Arthur Lake's fraternity brother, and it's a fairly decent supporting part, with quite a bit of dialogue in the first half of the film.” (IMDb user who viewed the film at the UCLA Film & Television Archive). Wayne also doubled as a prop man. College Coach: As a student greeting Dick Powell's character (three lines of dialogue). The Deceiver: As a corpse. |
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John Wayne appears in The Drop Kick (1927), seen here at bottom-right during a grandstand sequence that lasts about four seconds. |
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John Wayne in Four Sons (1928), a film in which he also worked as an assistant property man. View a full-size, cropped animated sequence (2.5 MB). Or view a 2.1 MB half-size, uncropped video: |
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Salute (1929) |
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John Wayne appears in Born Reckless (1930). View the scene here using stills and video.
John Wayne most likely appears in Bardelys the Magnificent (1926). View the scene here using stills and video.
John Wayne most likely appears in Mother
Machree (1926); 1.7 MB
John Wayne appears in The
Black Watch (1929); 4.3 MB
John Wayne most likely appears in the 2-reeler Careful Please (1926). View the scene here.
The Drop Kick: “Wayne was one of ten college football players (from Stanford, USC and UCLA), selected to appear as stand-ins and extras in the grandstands . . . .” (TJWF). The Forward Pass: extra. Four Sons: “Wayne worked as an assistant property man and may have participated as an extra in any one of the street sequences.” (TJWF). As an extra playing an officer (IMDb). The documentary The Duke at Fox confirms that Wayne played a police officer in a street scene. The Great K & A Train Robbery: “A young Wayne and several other USC teammates were hired to exercise with [Tom] Mix, keeping the star in shape, while the actor filmed on location. Once in Colorado, the young college athletes barely saw Mix, as their tasks were redirected towards the moving of props and driving vehicles.” (TJWF). “He propped the film, and that was it.” (JWA, although the book contradicts this in its own filmography, which says he played an extra). Hangman's House: “Wayne appeared in two sequences, of which only one survived the editing process.” (TJWF). “. . . Wayne is clearly visible in four shots, two of them centered on him.” (JWATM). Wayne also appears blindfolded in a dream sequence as a condemned man hanging from a rope, and in silhouette on the gallows; also as a person carrying what appears to be a doctor's bag.
I Married a Woman: Wayne appears in two different tongue-in-cheek roles: George Gobel and Diana Dors go to a theater and watch Wayne (as 'Leonard') and Angie Dickinson in an imaginary film called Forever and Forever and Forever, a film-within-a-film gag. Then Wayne appears at the end of the main film as himself, with two lines of dialogue. The Lone Star Ranger: As a wrangler, stunt double and bit player (TJWF). Men Without Women: “Besides being a prop man, [Wayne] drew extra pay as a stuntman during the diving sequences, was a sailor in the hapless submarine and played a radio operator on the rescue ship.” (TJWF). “[Wayne] had four or five lines to speak . . . .” (JWATM). Mother Machree: Prop man and extra. Noah's Ark: “Wayne and Andy Devine were hired as stunt swimmers.” (TJWF). Rough Romance: “Wayne, as a card player, is visible in two scenes and has one line of dialogue.” (TJWF).
Salute: “. . . Wayne joined Ward Bond and a number of football players that director John Ford had recruited from universities in the Los Angeles area to play out a complete game before the cameras. . . . Wayne also had some bits to play off the field as a cadet.” (JWATM). In one scene Ward Bond's character addresses Wayne's character as 'Bill'. Wayne appears throughout the film and has many small pieces of dialogue. Speakeasy: “. . . Wayne was assigned to this film as a third or fourth assistant property man.” (TJWF). As an extra (JWA). Strong Boy: “Wayne was an extra and worked as a prop man.” (TJWF). Sweetheart of Sigma Chi: “Wayne's one scene in the film (with a mustache) was edited out of the final print.” (TJWF). View a publicity still from the film. That's My Boy: “Wayne's role in the film may be confined to stock footage utilized from the earlier Columbia film Maker of Men. Wayne is Taylor, the star player of the Harvard team, who is shown carrying and kicking the ball.” (TJWF). Women of All Nations: “The rare Fox production was originally 95 mins. but was cut to 72 mins. before release, eliminating small roles by both Humphrey Bogart and John Wayne (still visible in the background)! It was recently restored (still at 72 mins) by UCLA.” (Michael J. Weldon). |
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Updated May 17, 2012, by Neil Roughley. Corrections, additions and comments are most welcome: wagonmaster@dukefilmography.com.
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