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, Blu-ray, LaserDisc, CED (RCA SelectaVision VideoDisc), and 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 own research and 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). 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. |
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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 these 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•]).
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, which has 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 over two minutes yet scene-for-scene 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 late 1945. 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. 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 $9.5 million to CBS, which had been leasing it, and the entire film library was sold for $3.35 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 900 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), but they never materialized. In late 2011 Olive Films acquired home distribution rights to the classic Paramount library and, beginning with Rio Grande, have released many John Wayne titles never seen on DVD or Blu-ray before. |
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The major public domain distributors have 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 Lady and Gent which the studio now owns.) 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 which 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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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; and TCM, Turner Classic Movies. 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). Foreign Blu-ray only. |
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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•]). DVD-R release: 12-11-12: TGG Direct (via Amazon) from a newly mastered print (2.35:1 anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 111m:11s; cover shown on hover). DVD release: 6-13-17: Kino Lorber from the same newly mastered print but with a higher bitrate (click for cover). |
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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. 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). |
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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). |
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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). |
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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. 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 (2.35:1 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). |
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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. 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 (2.65:1 [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. 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. DVD release: 10-28-97 (2.35:1 non-anamorphic; 1.0 mono; 141m:51s [141m:56s•]). |
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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; BFI: 12,420' [138m:00s]. DVD release: 2-5-02 (2.30:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 137m:46s [138m:03s•]). 8-26-14: Kino Lorber from a newly mastered print (2.35:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 137m:46s [138m:17s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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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. 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 [70mm]; 2.35:1 [35mm]; 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). (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]/2.35:1; 138 mins. ©1964 Bronston-Midway Productions. MPAA #20610. Not available on Region 1. AFI: 135 mins.; copyrighted: 131 mins.; BBFC: 136m:47s and 131m:59s. The uncut version was 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). View the Japanese DVD. DVD release: 2-27-03 (2.35:1 anamorphic; 4.0 Surround; 137m:54s [there is no intermission and exit music]). Foreign Blu-ray only. (See notes.) |
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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. 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†; 2.35:1 [35mm]; 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. 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). †Boxoffice: 3.18:1. |
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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). |
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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; BFI: 14,184' [157m:36s]. 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; 123 mins. ©1961 Paramount Pictures Corp. and John Ford Productions, Inc. MPAA #20128. BBFC: 125m:23s. 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). |
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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). |
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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). |
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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. (with music); 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•]). †Boxoffice: 2.55:1 with a running time of 211 minutes. (See notes.) |
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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; 1.85:1; 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•]). View the aspect ratios of three prints in circulation. |
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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). |
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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. 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); 1.75:1†; 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 (1.75:1 with color sequences). Released on VHS by VCI (Video Communications, Inc.) and later by its parent company, United Home Video (83m:24s; cover shown) and on LaserDisc (83m:32s [12 seconds of end credits were omitted]; hover for cover) by Image Entertainment, all full-frame [open-matte] without the color sequences. †Boxoffice: 1.85:1. View the aspect ratios of the LaserDisc and TCM print. |
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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•]); 5-24-16: Olive Films with a higher bitrate (2.35:1 anamorphic; 2.0 mono; 108m:08s [108m:34s•]; cover shown on hover). †Boxoffice: 2.55:1. |
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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; 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). Released solo 6-12-12 on Universal's Vault Series DVD-R (click for cover). The LaserDisc and VHS are presented in the film's original uncropped 1.37:1 aspect ratio. |
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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. 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]/1.85:1†; 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). †The recommended aspect ratio for VistaVision; Boxoffice: 2.00:1. |
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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 [filmed 2.55:1]; 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 solo 6-12-12 on Universal's Vault Series DVD-R (click for cover). Foreign Blu-ray only. |
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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. DVD release: 5-3-05 (2.55:1 anamorphic; 2.0 Surround [simulated]; 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•]). Foreign Blu-ray only. |
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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•]). |
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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. DVD release: 8-2-05 (2.0 mono; 109m:12s [109m:32s•]). Foreign Blu-ray only. |
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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. 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. AFI: 11,631' [129m:14s]. DVD release: 2-16-99 (2.0 mono; 129m:04s [129m:11s•]); 10-22-02: collector's edition (3.1 Surround [remixed from mono] and 1.0 mono; 129m:04s [129m:11s•]; cover shown on hover); 1-22-13: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 129m:14s [129m:37s•]; click for cover). |
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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:50s); 10-22-02: collector's edition (3.1 Surround [remixed from mono] and 1.0 mono; 104m:53s [105m:02s•]; cover shown on hover); 8-7-12: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 104m:53s [105m:24s•]; cover shown on click). The DVD was initially distributed by Republic Entertainment shortly before Artisan Entertainment licensed the Republic library. |
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Favorite Films Corp. (1950 reissue of Born to the
West) The only official home video release of the film under any title is a 1994 LaserDisc (55m:15s) by The Roan Group which was sanctioned by Zane Grey, Inc., owner the literary rights. View an image of two different title cards. (See notes on how this film and 19 other Paramount titles were orphaned from the studio.) Listed below are John Wayne feature film reissues from 1947–1970, including National Screen Service stock numbers—excluding the 'R' which usually prefaced reissues—to substantiate their inclusion. All were re-released by their original distributors unless noted. Although films were commonly re-released over the years, a reissue generally means a re-release on a national scale, with new advertising accessories. Note that RKO closed its US exchanges in early February 1957, with Universal-International handling subsequent distribution of RKO's backlog made or acquired before the end of 1956, along with Budd Rodgers for a different block of titles on the independent states right market. Post-1956 RKO reissues, none of which U-I distributed, were all handled states rights—including after the company's demise in 1959, since RKO General, Inc. retained domestic theatrical rights. 1947: Riders of Destiny (#47/252, Western Adventure Pictures); Sagebrush Trail (#47/253, Western Adventure Pictures); West of the Divide (#47/254, Western Adventure Pictures); The Lucky Texan (#47/255, Western Adventure Pictures); Blue Steel (#47/256, Western Adventure Pictures); The Man from Utah (#47/257, Western Adventure Pictures); Randy Rides Alone (#47/258, Western Adventure Pictures); The Star Packer (#47/259, Western Adventure Pictures); In Old California (#47/522); The Spoilers (NSS # unknown, Film Classics, sublicensed from Realart Pictures); Pittsburgh (NSS # unknown, Realart Pictures, and 1953); The Three Musketeers (NSS # unknown, Favorite Films; technically a reissue since Mascot Pictures released a featurized version along with the serial). 1948: The Long Voyage Home (#48/733, Masterpiece Productions); California Straight Ahead (#48/753, Film Classics, sublicensed from Realart Pictures); I Cover the War (#48/824, Realart Pictures); Seven Sinners (#48/952, Eagle-Lion, sublicensed from Realart Pictures, and 1953); Rainbow Valley (#48/960, Western Adventure Pictures); Texas Terror (#48/961 [unconfirmed], Western Adventure Pictures); Sea Spoilers (#48/977, Realart Pictures); Three Faces West (#48/1017); Idol of the Crowds (#48/1048, Film Classics, sublicensed from Realart Pictures); Stagecoach (#48/1186, Masterpiece Productions); The Fighting Seabees (#48/1266, and 1954); Flying Tigers (#48/1267, and 1954); Paradise Canyon (#48/1505, Western Adventure Pictures); 'Neath the Arizona Skies (#48/1506, Western Adventure Pictures); The Dawn Rider (#48/1554, Western Adventure Pictures); The Lawless Frontier (#48/1555, Western Adventure Pictures). 1949: The Desert Trail (#49/279, Western Adventure Pictures); The Trail Beyond (#49/280, Western Adventure Pictures); Adventure's End (#49/354, Realart Pictures); Conflict (#49/364, Realart Pictures); Tall in the Saddle (#49/389, and 1953, 1957); Desert Command (#49/404, Favorite Films, and 1947 under the source serial's original title, The Three Musketeers). 1950: Lady for a Night (#50/136); Back to Bataan (#50/304); Angel and the Badman (#50/403, and 1959); Flame of Barbary Coast (#50/405); Dakota (#50/404); War of the Wildcats (#50/406, and 1959); Hell Town (#50/590, Favorite Films; originally Born to the West); A Lady Takes a Chance (#50/685, and 1954 as The Cowboy and the Girl). 1952: Red River (#52/293); Dark Command (#52/315); Allegheny Uprising (#52/401, and 1957). 1953: Fort Apache (#53/131, and 1957, 1967); Lady from Louisiana (#53/169); A Man Betrayed (#53/170; not reissued as Wheel of Fortune—its TV title—as many sources report); Pals of the Saddle (#53/173); Overland Stage Raiders (#53/175); Sante Fe Stampede (#53/176); Red River Range (#53/177); Night Riders (#53/185); Three Texas Steers (#53/186); Wyoming Outlaw (#53/187); New Frontier (#53/188, 1939 version); Pittsburgh (#53/363, Realart Pictures, and 1947); Without Reservations (#53/462, and 1967); Seven Sinners (#53/626, Realart Pictures, and 1948); Tall in the Saddle (#53/708, and 1949, 1957). 1954: The Cowboy and the Girl (#54/91, Phoenix Films; originally A Lady Takes a Chance which was reissued in 1950 by RKO); Flying Tigers (#54/165, and 1948); The Fighting Seabees (#54/166, and 1948); Wake of the Red Witch (#54/181); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (#54/435, and 1957, 1967); Reap the Wild Wind (#54/454); Sands of Iwo Jima (#54/508). 1955: The Fighting Kentuckian (#55/285); Shepherd of the Hills (#55/403). 1956: Rio Grande (#56/116); The Quiet Man (#56/121, and 1957); Flying Leathernecks (#56/229, and 1957, 1967); Haunted Gold (#56/441, Dominant Pictures). 1957: Noah's Ark (#57/43, Dominant Pictures); The Quiet Man (#57/199, and 1956); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (#57/232, and 1954, 1967); Flying Leathernecks (#57/282, and 1956, 1967); Allegheny Uprising (#57/327, and 1952); Fort Apache (#57/343, and 1953, 1967); Tall in the Saddle (#57/368, and 1949, 1953). 1959: Angel and the Badman (#59/213, and 1950); War of the Wildcats (#59/237, and 1950). 1960: I Married a Woman (#60/177); The Conqueror (#60/275). 1961: Jet Pilot (#61/105). 1964: North to Alaska (#64/236). 1966: The Wings of Eagles (#66/126). 1967: The Alamo (#67/63); Hatari! (#67/166); Flying Leathernecks (#67/377, and 1956, 1957); Fort Apache (#67/378, and 1953, 1957); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (#67/396, and 1954, 1957); Without Reservations (#67/408, and 1953). 1968: The Sons of Katie Elder (#68/158). 1969: The Longest Day (#69/128). 1970: How the West Was Won (#70/139). Miscellaneous: 1959: The Boy and the Laughing Dog (#59/335; originally Good-bye, My Lady); Man in the Vault (#59/396). |
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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: 7-14-98 (1.0 mono; 109m:22s). The DVD was initially distributed by Republic Entertainment shortly before Artisan Entertainment licensed the Republic library. 11-11-14: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 109m:22s [109m:48s•]; cover shown on click). |
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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). DVD release: 11-23-99 (2.0 mono; 99m:53s [100m:11s•]); 9-24-13: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 99m:55s [100m:21s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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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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Favorite Films Corp. (1949) 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.]. Theatrically released feature version of the 12-chapter Mascot serial The Three Musketeers (filmed in early 1933). Also released as a feature by Favorite Films Corp. in 1947 under the serial's original title. (See notes explaining why the film is listed as a 1949 release.) |
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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•]); 4-23-13: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 106m:28s [106m:54s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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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 before Fort Apache and Tycoon (additional scenes were filmed for Red River just after the completion of Tycoon). AFI: 11,363' [126m:15s]. Restored to 133 mins. in 1987. DVD release: 11-18-97 (2.0 mono; 132m:35s [132m:38s•]); 5-27-14: Criterion Collection from newly mastered prints (1.0 mono; 126m:19s [126m:57s•], pre-release version: 132m:38s [133m:16s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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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). |
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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. Although in the public domain, the film had previously never been officially released on DVD except for Region 2/4 by Universal UK in 2006. DVD release: 7-30-13 (1.0 mono; 99m:33s [100m:00s•]). View a comparison video here. |
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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; BFI: 7,340' [81m:33s]. The initial DVD is hard-telecined. DVD release: 5-21-02 (2.0 mono; 81m:40s). 3-28-17: Kino Lorber from a newly mastered print (2.0 mono; 81m:44s [81m:52s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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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:52s [90m:56s•]); 6-18-13: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 90m:57s [91m:24s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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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; 100 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:21s [99m:27s•]); 4-23-13: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 99m:30s [100m:00s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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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. AFI: 102 mins./9,204' [102m:16s]; BBFC: 101m:54s; BFI: 9,191' [102m:07s]. Retitled War of the Wildcats in 1945 (see notes). DVD release: 4-23-13 (1.0 mono; 101m:54s [102m:21s•]). |
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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]; BBFC: 85m:53s; BFI: 7,729' [85m:52s]. Reissued in 1954 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). 5-15-18: Kino Lorber from a newly mastered print (2.0 mono; 85m:44s; cover shown on hover). (See notes.) |
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Reunion in France UK: Mademoiselle France (reissued under its 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. Filmed before Pittsburgh. Copyrighted and previewed under its working title, Reunion. TJWF: 104 mins.; AFI: 101 mins./9,339' [103m:46s]; BBFC: 103m:50s; TCM print: 98m:44s. DVD release: 5-22-07 (1.0 mono; 103m:51s). |
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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]; BBFC: 91m:20s. 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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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]. DVD release: 5-16-00 (2.0 mono; 101m:20s [101m:26s•]); 5-13-14: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 101m:20s [101m:45s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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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:33s [87m:36s•]); 5-28-13: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 87m:33s [87m:59s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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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. AFI: 124 mins./11,094' [123m:16s]. 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. TJWF: 89 mins.; AFI: 87-88 mins./7,857' [87m:18s]; BBFC: 90m:07s; BFI: 87m:44s. DVD release: 2-26-13 (1.0 mono; 87m:16s [87m:46s•]). |
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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]; BFI: 8,769' [97m:26s]. DVD release: 5-30-06 (2.0 mono; 97m:27s). Released solo 6-12-12 on Universal's Vault Series DVD-R (cover shown on hover). |
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Republic (1941) John Wayne (John Reynolds), Ona Munson, Ray Middleton, Henry Stephenson, Helen Westley. Directed by Bernard Vorhaus. b&w; 83 mins. ©1941 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #7207. TJWF: 84 mins.; AFI: 82 mins./7,418' [82m:25s]; BBFC: 85m:16s; BFI: 7,446' [82m:44s]. DVD release: 5-28-13 (1.0 mono; 82m:27s [82m:55s•]). |
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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; 82 mins. ©1941 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #7055. TJWF: 83 mins.; AFI: 80 or 82 mins./7,365' [81m:50s]; BBFC: 84m:18s; BFI: 7,385' [82m:03s]. Released on videocassette under its 1955 television title, Wheel of Fortune. DVD release: 3-26-13 (1.0 mono; 81m:31s [81m:57s•]). |
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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; BFI: 9,406' [104m:30s]. 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•]). Foreign Blu-ray only. |
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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. DVD release: 5-11-04 (2.0 Surround [mono]; 78m:37s [78m:40s•]); 4-30-13: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 78m:39s [79m:05s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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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: 8,347' [92m:44s]. DVD release: 11-23-99 (2.0 mono; 93m:20s); 5-28-13: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 93m:20s [93m:46s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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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. DVD release: 5-22-07 (1.0 mono; 80m:30s). |
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A list of copyright renewals for Wayne's 1935–1939 Republic films
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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; 55 mins. ©1939 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #5520. TJWF: 56 mins.; AFI: 56-57 mins./4,946' [54m:57s]; BBFC: 56m:45s; BFI: 4,991' [55m:27s]. DVD release: 1-22-13 (1.0 mono; 54m:57s [55m:23s•]). Although appearing with artwork of the film's 1953 television title, Frontier Horizon, the credits show the original title. |
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Republic (1939) John Wayne (Stony Brooke), Ray Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, Donald Barry, Adele Pearce. Directed by George Sherman. b&w; 56 mins. ©1939 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #5415. TJWF: 56-62 mins.; AFI: 56 or 58 mins.; BBFC: 57m:27s; 1940 Kinematograph Year Book: 4,947' [54m:58s]. DVD release: 3-26-13 (1.0 mono; 56m:02s [56m:28s•]). |
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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; 56 mins. ©1938 [sic] Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #5251. TJWF: 57 mins.; AFI: 56-57 mins./5,050' [56m:06s]; BBFC: 55m:58s. DVD release: 10-2-12 (1.0 mono; 55m:52s [56m:18s•]). |
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Republic (1939) John Wayne (Stony Brooke), Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Doreen McKay, Ruth Rogers. Directed by George Sherman. b&w; 56 mins. ©1938 [sic] Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #5176. TJWF: 57 mins.; AFI: 58 mins.; 1940 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,033' [55m:55s]. DVD release: 10-2-12 (1.0 mono; 55m:45s [56m:11s•]). |
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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. |
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Republic (1938) John Wayne (Stony Brooke), Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Polly Moran, Lorna Gray. Directed by George Sherman. b&w; 56 mins. ©1938 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #4857. TJWF: 56 mins.; AFI: 55-56 mins./5,018' [55m:45s]; 1940 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,016' [55m:44s]. DVD release: 10-2-12 (1.0 mono; 55m:43s [56m:09s•]). |
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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. AFI: 56 mins./4,982' [55m:21s]; 1940 Kinematograph Year Book: 4,979' [55m:19s]. DVD release: 5-11-04 (2.0 Surround [mono]; 55m:20s [55m:22s•]); 4-23-13: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 55m:22s [55m:48s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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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]; 1940 Kinematograph Year Book: 4,911' [54m:34s]; BFI: 4,941' [54m:54s]. DVD release: 10-2-12 (1.0 mono; 54m:31s [54m:57s•]). |
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Republic (1938) John Wayne (Stony Brooke), Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Doreen McKay, Josef Forte. Directed by George Sherman. b&w; 55 mins. ©1938 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #4518. TJWF: 55 mins.; AFI: 55 mins./4,933' [54m:48s]; 1940 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,027' [55m:51s]. DVD release: 4-30-13 (1.0 mono; 54m:24s [54m:50s•]). |
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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; 55 mins. ©1937 Paramount Pictures, Inc. MPPDA #3706. TJWF: 51-59 mins.; Variety: 52 mins.; Boxoffice: 51 mins.; Motion Picture Herald: 66 mins.; Film Daily: 59 mins.; Monthly Film Bulletin: 57 mins.; 1939 Kinematograph Year Book: 4,535' [50m:23s]; copyrighted: 6 reels. Reissued as Hell Town by Favorite Films Corp. in September 1950 (see entry). |
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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. Produced for Universal by Trem Carr, Inc. MPPDA #3546. TJWF: 63 mins.; AFI: 60 or 63 mins.; Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily, Variety, Harrison's Reports: 63 mins.; BBFC: 63m:25s; 1939 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,588' [62m:05s]; copyrighted: 7 reels. (See notes.) |
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Universal (1937) John Wayne (Johnny Hansen), Sheila Bromley (Mannors), Billy Burrud, Russell Hopton, Huntley Gordon. Directed by Arthur Lubin. b&w; 62 mins. ©1937 Universal Pictures Co., Inc. Produced for Universal by Trem Carr, Inc. MPPDA #3520. TJWF: 60 mins.; AFI: 60 or 62-62.5 mins.; Film Daily, Motion Picture Daily: 60 mins.; Motion Picture Herald, Harrison's Reports: 62½ mins.; Variety: 62 mins.; 1938 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,664' [62m:56s]; 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. Produced for Universal by Trem Carr, Inc. MPPDA #3302. TJWF: 65 mins.; AFI: 65 or 68-69 mins.; Film Daily, Motion Picture Daily: 65 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 67 mins.; Motion Picture Herald: 68½ mins.; 1938 Kinematograph Year Book: 6,213' [69m:02s]; 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. Produced for Universal by Trem Carr, Inc. MPPDA #3111. TJWF: 65-67 mins.; AFI: 57 or 67 mins.; Film Daily, Motion Picture Herald, Harrison's Reports: 67 mins.; BBFC: 68m:46s; 1938 Kinematograph Year Book: 6,179' [68m:39s]; 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; 61 mins. ©1936 Universal Productions, Inc. Produced for Universal by Trem Carr, Inc. MPPDA #2713. AFI: 60-61 mins.; 1938 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,528' [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. Produced for Universal by Trem Carr, Inc. MPPDA #2474. AFI: 62-63 mins.; 1937 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,664' [62m:56s]; copyrighted: 7 reels. View the copyright renewals of the six Universal titles. |
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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; 54 mins. ©1936 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #2316. TJWF: 57 mins.; AFI: 53 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 55½ mins.; Film Daily, Motion Picture Daily: 57 mins.; 1938 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,003' [55m:35s]. Released on VHS by Republic (cover shown; 53m:48s). View the VHS, the GoodTimes DVD and the Legend Films DVD. |
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Republic (1936) John Wayne (Capt. John Ashley), Ann Rutherford, Cy Kendall, Bob Kortman, Snowflake. Directed by Joseph Kane. b&w; 56 mins. ©1936 Republic Pictures Corp. MPPDA #2213. TJWF: 57 mins.; AFI: 55-56 or 58 mins.; 1938 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,345' [59m:23s]; BFI: 5,162' [57m:21s]. DVD release: 4-30-13 (1.0 mono; 55m:55s [56m:21s•]). |
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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.; 1938 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,051' [56m:07s]. DVD release: 10-23-01 (2.0 mono; 54m:31s [54m:34s•]); 1-22-13: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 54m:30s [54m:56s•]; cover shown on hover). |
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Republic (1936) John Wayne (John Tipton), Ann Rutherford, Harry Woods, George Hayes, Al Bridge. Directed by Joseph Kane. b&w; 56 mins. ©1936 Republic Pictures Corp. TJWF: 55 mins.; AFI: 55 or 57-58 mins.; 1937 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,161' [57m:20s]. DVD release: 3-26-13 (1.0 mono; 55m:43s [56m:08s•]). |
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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. AFI: 59 mins.; 1937 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,131' [57m:00s]. |
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Republic (1935) John Wayne (John Middleton), Sheila Mannors, Frank McGlynn, Jr., Jack Curtis, Wally Howe. Directed by R.[obert] N. Bradbury. b&w; 53 mins. ©1935 Republic Pictures Corp. Filmed before The New Frontier. TJWF: 55 mins.; AFI: 59 mins./4,794' [53m:16s]; 1938 Kinematograph Year Book: 4,938' [54m:52s]. Released on VHS by Republic (cover shown; 52m:51s). View the VHS and copyright notes. |
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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; 54 mins. ©1935 Republic Pictures Corp. TJWF: 59 mins.; AFI: 54 or 59 mins.; 1937 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,056' [56m:10s]. DVD release: 1-22-13 (1.0 mono; 54m:25s [54m:51s•]). |
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Republic (1935) John Wayne (John Wyatt), Sheila Mannors, Frank McGlynn, Jr., James Farley, Jack Curtis. Directed by R.[obert] N. Bradbury. b&w; 61 mins. ©1935 Republic Pictures Corp. TJWF: 63 mins.; AFI: 60 or 65 mins.; Motion Picture Daily: 57 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 60 mins.; 1936 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,536' [61m:30s]; copyrighted: 7 reels. DVD release: 5-11-04 [imprint: 9-9-03] (2.0 Surround [mono]; 60m:35s [60m:56s•]); 3-26-13: Olive Films from a newly mastered print (1.0 mono; 60m:50s [61m:16s•]; cover shown on hover). (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. TJWF: 59 mins.; AFI: 52-53 or 59 mins.; BBFC: 53m:20s; BFI: 4,819' [53m:32s]. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678938; 52m:00s). The FAT-W version is 0m:11s longer than the Second Sight version; 0m:16s shorter than the Columbia version (52m:16s). The FAT-W version is cut by at least 1m:10s (53m:10s). |
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Monogram (1935) John Wayne (John Mason), Marion Burns, Denny Meadows, Reed Howes, Joe DeGrasse. Directed by R.[obert] N. Bradbury. b&w; 53 mins. ©1935 [never registered]. Produced by Lone Star Productions. TJWF: 56 mins.; AFI: 53 or 56 mins./4,864' [54m:02s]; BBFC: 53m:20s; BFI: 4,771' [53m:00s]; 1936 Kinematograph Year Book: 4,800' [53m:20s]. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678563; 52m:50s). The FAT-W version is 0m:24s shorter than the Second Sight version (53m:14s). |
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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; 55 mins. ©1935 [never registered]. Produced by Lone Star Productions. TJWF: 54 mins.; BBFC: 54m:27s; BFI: 4,952' [55m:01s]; 1936 Kinematograph Year Book: 4,934' [54m:49s]. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678525; 51m:55s). The FAT-W version is 2m:52s shorter than the Second Sight version (54m:47s); 0m:20s shorter than the Columbia version. |
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Monogram (1935) John Wayne (John Martin), Lucille Browne, George Hayes, LeRoy Mason, Lloyd Ingraham. Directed by R.[obert] N. Bradbury. b&w; 52 mins. ©1934 [never registered]. Produced by Lone Star Productions. Filmed before Texas Terror. BBFC: 52m:04s; BFI: 4,459' [49m:32s]. |
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Monogram (1935) John Wayne (Sheriff John Higgins), Lucille Browne, LeRoy Mason, Fern Emmett, George Hayes. Directed by R.[obert] N. Bradbury. b&w; 52 mins. ©1934 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions. TJWF: 51-58 mins.; AFI: 45 or 51 mins.; BBFC: 52m:34s; 1936 Kinematograph Year Book: 4,467' [49m:38s] and 4,667' [51m:51s]; 1953 Kinematograph Year Book: 4,872' [54m:08s]. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678921; 50m:42s). The FAT-W version is 0m:45s longer than the Second Sight version. The FAT-W version is cut by at least 0m:56s (51m:38s). |
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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. TJWF: 52-57 mins.; AFI: 52, 54 or 56-57 mins.; BBFC: 52m:13s. Often reviewed and advertised as 'Neath Arizona Skies, it is unlikely the film ever appeared with that title in the credits (including the UK). Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678761; 49m:02s). The FAT-W version is 2m:59s shorter than the Second Sight version (52m:01s). The Second Sight version is cut by 0m:14s (52m:15s). |
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Monogram (1934) John Wayne (John Tobin), Sheila Terry, Jack Rockwell, George Hayes, Buffalo Bill, Jr. (Jay Wilsey). Directed by R.[obert] N. Bradbury. b&w; 51 mins. ©1934 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions. TJWF: 59 mins.; AFI: 55-59 mins.; BBFC: 52m:05s; 1936 Kinematograph Year Book: 4,627' [51m:24s]. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678648; 48m:55s). The FAT-W version is 1m:54s longer than the Second Sight version. The FAT-W version is cut by at least 2m:26s (51m:21s). |
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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. TJWF: 55 mins.; BBFC: 54m:59s; BFI: 5,017' [55m:44s]. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678792; 54m:03s). The FAT-W version is 0m:11s shorter than the Second Sight and Columbia versions (54m:14s). The Second Sight and Columbia versions are cut by 0m:42s (54m:56s). |
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Monogram (1934) John Wayne (U.S. Marshal John Travers), Verna Hillie, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Billy Franey. Directed by R.[obert] N. Bradbury. b&w; 53 mins. ©1934 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions. TJWF: 52-54 mins.; AFI: 52 or 54 mins.; BBFC: 53m:20s. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 887936659454; 49m:23s). The FAT-W version is 3m:48s shorter than the Second Sight version (53m:11s). The Second Sight version is cut by 0m:07s (53m:18s). (See notes.) |
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Monogram (1934) John Wayne (Randy Bowers), Alberta Vaughn, George Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire. Directed by Harry Fraser. b&w; 52 mins. ©1934 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions. TJWF: 54 mins.; AFI: 54 or 56 mins.; BBFC: 52m:31s; BFI: 4,788' [53m:12s]. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678723; 51m:56s). The FAT-W version is 0m:24s shorter than the Second Sight version (52m:20s). |
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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. TJWF: 55-57 mins.; AFI: 55 or 57 mins.; BBFC: 52m:11s; 1935 Kinematograph Year Book: 4,696' [52m:10s]. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678662; 51m:44s). The FAT-W version is 0m:19s longer than the Second Sight version. The Mr. FAT-W version is cut by at least 0m:17s (52m:01s). |
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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. TJWF: 54-59 mins.; AFI: 54 or 59 mins.; BBFC: 54m:13s. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678600; 53m:44s). The FAT-W version is 0m:19s shorter than the Second Sight version (54m:03s). The Second Sight version is cut by 0m:07s (54m:10s). |
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Monogram (1934) John Wayne (Ted Hayden), Virginia Faire Brown (Virginia Brown Faire), 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. Filmed before The Lucky Texan. TJWF: 52-55 mins.; AFI: 52 or 54-55 mins.; BBFC: 53m:19s. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678822; 51m:32s). The FAT-W version is 0m:29s shorter than the Second Sight and Columbia versions (52m:01s). The Second Sight and Columbia versions are cut by at least 1m:13s (53m:14s). |
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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; 54 mins. ©1933 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions. TJWF: 56 mins.; BBFC: 54m:47s; BFI: 4,900' [54m:26s]. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678778; 51m:26s). The FAT-W version is 2m:44s shorter than the Second Sight version (54m:10s). The Second Sight version is cut by 0m:15s (54m:25s). |
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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. TJWF: 55-58 mins.; AFI: 53, 55 or 58-59 mins./4,839' [53m:46s]; BBFC: 53m:45s; BFI: 4,881' [54m:14s]. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678853; 52m:23s). The FAT-W version is 1m:15s shorter than the Second Sight version (53m:38s). |
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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. AFI: 75 mins.; BBFC: 76m:40s.; Film Daily: 75 mins.; Variety: 75 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 74 mins. DVD-R release: 10-5-10 (2.0 mono; 75m:41s). |
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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. Directed by Edwin L. Marin. b&w; 76 mins. ©1933 Monogram Pictures Corp. Filmed the same time as Riders of Destiny, the reason Wayne does not actually appear in this film [see top of notes]. TJWF: 73-76 mins.; AFI: 73 or 75-76 mins.; BBFC: 73m:20s; Film Daily: 77 mins.; Variety, Harrison's Reports: 73 mins.; Motion Picture Herald: 76 mins. This film is included for reference only. |
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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; 52 mins. ©1933 Monogram Pictures Corp. Produced by Lone Star Productions. TJWF: 58 mins.; AFI: 56, 58 or 60 mins./4,754' [52m:49s]; BBFC: 52m:49s; BFI: 4,872' [54m:08s]. Released on DVD-R by Mr. FAT-W Video (UPC 886470678945; 50m:34s). The FAT-W version is 1m:34s longer than the Second Sight and Columbia versions. The FAT-W version is cut by at least 1m:46s (52m:20s). |
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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; 71 mins. ©1933 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Co-presented by The Vitaphone Corp. Filmed before The Man from Monterey, His Private Secretary and The Three Musketeers [see top of notes]. AFI: 71 or 76 mins.; Film Daily: 76 mins.; Variety: 71 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 69½ 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. Filmed before His Private Secretary and The Three Musketeers [see top of notes]. AFI: 56-57 or 59 mins./5,294' [58m:49s]; Film Daily: 59 mins.; Variety: 56 mins.; Harrison's Reports, 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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Showmens 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]; Film Daily: 60 mins.; Motion Picture Herald: 60 mins.; Variety: 68 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 61 mins.; copyrighted: 6 reels. The Roan Group cover shown (60m:14s). View the original and reissue title cards and a trade advertisement. (See notes.) |
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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. Filmed before Central Airport and The Three Musketeers [see top of notes]. TJWF: 89 mins.; AFI: 70-71 mins. (one-week New York engagement; later updated in the catalog to 85 mins. [general release]); Film Daily: 85 mins.; Variety: 71 mins.; Motion Picture Herald: 70 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 87 mins.; TCM print: 88m:04s (uncut version). |
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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. Filmed before Central Airport and The Three Musketeers [see top of notes]. TJWF and copyrighted: 57 mins.; AFI: 57 or 59 mins./5,318' [59m:05s]; BBFC: 58m:15s; Film Daily: 59 mins.; Variety, Harrison's Reports: 57 mins. DVD release: 11-7-06 (2.0 mono; 57m:29s); 5-22-07: released solo (cover shown on hover). |
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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. Filmed before The Three Musketeers [see top of notes]. TJWF: 70-75 mins.; AFI: 70, 72 or 75 mins.; BBFC: 74m:39s; Film Daily: 70 mins.; Variety: 72 mins.; Motion Picture Herald: 75 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 74 mins.; copyrighted: 8 reels. DVD-R release: 2-2-10 (2.0 mono; 72m:02s). |
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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. A 72-minute feature, with Wayne top-billed, was culled from this serial and released in 1949 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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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. Filmed before Haunted Gold [see top of notes]. TJWF and copyrighted: 59 mins.; AFI: 54 or 59-60 mins./5,090' [56m:33s]; BBFC: 54m:57s; Film Daily: 60 mins.; Variety: 54 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 54 and 55 mins. 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.; Film Daily: 58 mins.; Variety, Harrison's Reports: 57 mins. 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. Filmed before The Hurricane Express [see top of notes]. TJWF: 63 mins.; AFI: 54-55 or 63 mins.; copyrighted: 54 mins.; BBFC: 55m:01s.; Film Daily: 63 mins.; Motion Picture Herald: 54 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 53 mins.; 1933 Kinematograph Year Book: 4,890' [54m:20s]. 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. Filmed before The Hurricane Express [see top of notes]. TJWF: 56-63 mins.; AFI: 55-56 or 61 mins.; Film Daily: 61 mins.; Variety: 55 mins.; 1933 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,078' [56m:25s]. 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; 84 mins. ©1932 Paramount Publix Corp. TJWF: 85 mins.; AFI: 80 or 84 mins.; Variety: 84 mins.; Motion Picture Herald: 80 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 85 mins.; 1932 Kinematograph Year Book: 7,104' [78m:56s]; copyrighted 9 reels. The print in circulation is 85m:37s (probably plays slower). Owned by Universal Pictures. |
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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.; 1932 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,299' [58m:52s]; Variety: 54 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 57 mins.; 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). DVD release: 5-14-02 (2.0 mono; 56m:39s); 9-30-14: Mill Creek from a newly mastered print, officially licensed from Sony (2.0 mono; 56m:39s; see The Range Feud for cover). (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 (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.; Harrison's Reports: 5,444' [60m:29s); 1932 Kinematograph Year Book: 5,256' [58m:24s]; Film Daily: 63 mins.; copyrighted: 6 reels. DVD release: 5-31-05 (2.0 mono; 57m:15s); 9-30-14: Mill Creek from a newly mastered print, officially licensed from Sony (2.0 mono; 57m:15s; see The Range Feud for cover). (See notes.) |
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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]; Film Daily: 71 mins.; Motion Picture Herald: 67 mins.; Variety: 70 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 68 mins.; 1932 Kinematograph Year Book: 6,708' [74m:32s]. Released on VHS (cover shown) by Columbia (68m:41s). View the 1998 VHS. |
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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.; 1932 Kinematograph Year Book: 6,152' [68m:21s]; Film Daily: 67 mins.; Motion Picture Herald: 68 mins.; Variety: 66 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 66 mins. |
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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; Motion Picture Herald: 56 mins.; Variety: 58 mins.; Film Daily: 64 mins.; copyrighted: 6 reels. Also includes Texas Cyclone and Two-Fisted Law, the three films officially licensed from Sony Pictures; the 4th film is Angel and the Badman. DVD release: 9-30-14 (2.0 mono; 57m:28s). (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; Film Daily: 70 mins.; Variety: 71 mins. Originally released and advertised as Arizona, the film was briefly retitled Men Are Like That for its New York opening and subsequent nationwide release, then shortly thereafter under its original title. DVD release: 7-2-12 in the 5-movie Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection, part of the TCM Vault Collection (2.0 mono; 66m:31s). |
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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'.
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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]; Film Daily: 80 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 71½ mins.; Variety: 72 mins. 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; Film Daily: 79 mins.; Variety: 64 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 67 mins. Announced to be released on DVD-R by Fox Cinema Archives in early 2016 but still unreleased. |
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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]/2:1; 122 mins. ©1930 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 158 mins.; AFI: 14,200' [126m:13s; see notes] for 70mm Grandeur version and 11,314' for 35mm version [125m:42s]; Motion Picture News: 11,116' [123m:30s] for 35mm version; BBFC: 109m:45s. DVD release: 5-20-03 (1.33:1; 2.0 stereo [simulated] and 2.0 mono; 108m:08s including exit music); 5-13-08: 2-disc special edition (2.10:1 anamorphic; 2.0 stereo [simulated] and 2.0 mono; 121m:32s including exit music; cover shown on hover; also includes the full-frame 2003 release). (See notes for the Grandeur running time and the foreign versions.) |
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Fox Film Corp. (1930) Arthur Lake, Dixie Lee, Olga Baclanova, “Whispering” Jack Smith, Johnny Arthur, [John Wayne (Roy) uncredited]. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. b&w; 64 mins. ©1930 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 66 mins.; AFI and copyrighted: 5,730' [63m:40s]; Motion Picture News: 5,600' [62m:13s]; Film Daily: 76 mins.; Variety: 63 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 66 mins. |
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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]; Film Daily: 55 mins.; Variety: 57 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 56 mins. The print in circulation is 53m:31s. Principal outdoor scenes filmed before Born Reckless; interiors, completed about two months after location filming, were delayed due to the illness of Helen Chandler. |
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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. TJWF: 82 mins.; AFI and copyrighted: 7,400' [82m:13s]; Variety: 73 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 78 mins. 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; 73 mins. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 77 mins.; AFI and copyrighted: 7,774' [86m:22s]; Motion Picture News: 7,246' [80m:30s]; Film Daily: 77 mins.; Variety: 76 mins.; Harrison's Reports: 78 mins. No complete sound version known to exist. The DVD-R is derived from an international work print, with mostly intertitles and very limited sound. DVD-R release: 10-20-2015 (2.0 mono; 73m:12s [73m:24s•]). |
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Fox Film Corp. (1929 [see notes for release date]) George O'Brien, Sue Carol, Warren Hymer, Roy Stewart, Russell Simpson, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by A. F. Erickson. b&w; also released silent; 64 mins. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 64 mins.; AFI: 5,736' [63m:44s] for sound version and 5,948' for silent version; Motion Picture News: 5,940' [66m:00s] for sound version; Film Daily, Harrison's Reports: 64 mins. for sound version. The version in circulation is an international work print, with music and sound effects (67m:31s). View an audioless video clip here. |
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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; also released silent; 81 mins. ©1929 First National Pictures, Inc. TJWF: 80 mins.; AFI: 7,246' [80m:30s] for sound version and 4,920' for silent version; copyrighted: 81 mins. |
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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 Tinling. b&w; also released silent; 64 mins. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 65 mins.; copyrighted: 5,745' [63m:50s]; AFI: 6,500' [72m:13s] for sound version and 5,745' for silent version; Harrison's Reports: 5,818' [64m:39s] for sound version. |
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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; also released silent [see top of notes]; 85 mins. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 83-86 mins.; AFI and copyrighted: 7,610' [84m:33s]; Film Daily, Motion Picture News: 8,500' [94m:26s]; Harrison's Reports: 7,678' [85m:19s] for sound version. The print in circulation is 83m:50s. |
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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; also released silent [see top of notes]; 94 mins. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 98 mins.; AFI: 8,487' [94m:18s]; Harrison's Reports: “8,487 ft.; time, 98½ minutes.” The 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; also released silent [see top of notes]; 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); also released silent; 62 mins. ©1929 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 78 mins.; AFI: 5,567' [61m:51s] for sound version and 5,526' for silent version; Harrison's Reports: “Syn. and Sil., 5,526 ft.” |
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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); also released silent; 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' 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'; Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World: 6,430'; Harrison's Reports: “6,518 ft.; 75 to 93 min.” Also includes 3 Bad Men (1926). Also released on VHS by Critics' Choice Video (Killiam Collection print; 72 mins.). 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); also released silent; 96 mins. ©1928 Fox Film Corp. TJWF: 100 mins.; AFI: 8,962'–9,412'. 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•]). The film was previewed in San Jose, California, late November 1927 under its working title, Grandma Bernle Learns Her Letters. |
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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'; Motion Picture News: 6,802'. 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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Fox Film Corp. (1927) 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); also released silent; 75 mins. ©1927 Fox Film Corp. Filmed before Annie Laurie. TJWF: 75 mins.; AFI: 6,807'. No complete print known to exist, with three reels missing. The print in circulation has music but no effects (29m:16s). In an October 21, 1926 trade advert, Fox reported the film completed and awaiting release. Playing in London in September 1927 and Australia in December 1927, its general release was delayed with the addition of Movietone sound. |
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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'. 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'. 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'. 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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Fox (1926) Janet Gaynor, Leslie Fenton, Willard Louis, J. Farrell MacDonald, Claire McDowell, [John Wayne uncredited]. Directed by John Ford. b&w; silent; 66 mins. ©1926 Fox Film Corp. AFI: 5,685'; Motion Picture News: 5,866'. The print in circulation runs 66m:15s. View a video clip here. |
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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'. 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 [foreign countries 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. Released theatrically to foreign houses only. TCM print: 86m:15s; BBFC: 86m:15s. Released on VHS by Rawhide Video (cover shown on hover), the same 73-minute version as the DVD (a VHS transfer). French poster shown on click. View a video clip as broadcast on TCM. DVD imprint: 2-25-03 (1.33:1 [open-matte version]; 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.; Harrison's Reports: 78 mins. Released to television in 1961 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.; BFI: 8,522' [94m:41s]; Harrison's Reports: 91 mins. 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. 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 to 124 mins. The 87-minute theatrical version was initially released on VHS by Republic (hover for cover). DVD release: 7-30-13 (1.0 mono; 123m:40s [without new end credits]; 124m:26s [with new end credits]; [124m:51s•]). |
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Below are two compilations which do not fit within the conventional guidelines. Upscaled titles such as these do not appear in the main filmography with the Blu-ray icon. |
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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 standard definition sources. From Gaiam, Inc. (catalog #05-58925; Region A). Released May 6, 2012. The titles: McLintock!, The Dawn Rider, Texas Terror, The Trail Beyond, The Star Packer, The Hurricane Express and the trailer compilation John Wayne: American Hero of the Movies. |
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The McLintock! Blu-ray from Soul Media, one of several films licensed from London-based Hollywood Classics Ltd., which have European home entertainment licensing rights to a small library of films from Universal, Fox, and MGM/UA. (View the Blu-ray's mastering defect.) Besides the Blu-ray debut of McLintock!, Soul Media also had the debut of The Barbarian and the Geisha. The labels Koch Media and Soul Media have begun to release some of Hollywood Classics' titles on Blu-ray not yet available in their native country (Hellfighters, The Conqueror, and Legend of the Lost). Other John Wayne titles that Hollywood Classics Ltd. has or had licensing rights to, excluding those already released on Blu-ray in some form: The Alamo, Allegheny Uprising, Brannigan, Jet Pilot, Pittsburgh, and Sea Spoilers. |
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 (see below), and both play film slightly slower than what one would see in a theater using a perfectly calibrated 35mm projector if one existed. In other words, NTSC DVDs play back 1.001 times longer than 35mm film, as does Blu-ray—whose origins are still entrenched in NTSC since they generally use 23.976 fps just like their DVD counterparts. The longer NTSC play back time is also applicable to film content not soft-telecined at 23.976 fps, i.e. hard-telecined at 29.97 fps. So for NTSC, both DVD and Blu-ray play back about 3.6 seconds longer for each hour of 35mm film. A DVD, for instance, that has 194,626 frames of NTSC video at 29.97 fps will be reported as 1 hour 48 minutes 14 seconds and 2 frames (0.07 seconds) using drop-frame timecodes, or simply 108m:14.1s. Using non-drop-frame timecodes, reflective of film time, the running time would be reported as 1 hour 48 minutes 7 seconds and 16 frames (0.53 seconds), or simply 108m:7.5s. Using that same 194,626-frame NTSC video and performing an inverse telecine would yield 155,700 frames, which if projected at 24 fps would be 108m:7.5s—the same running time using non-drop-frame timecodes. 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 as of 2012. Since that time Olive Films has released six of the titles. 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 myself, 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, which was a partner 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 is included although it is not an official studio release. The VHS was released in 1993 by Rawhide Video but the film was not registered for copyright until 1994 (by Turner Entertainment Company), the label incorrectly assuming the title was not under legal protection. A year earlier, CK Entertainment also had released the film on videocassette with the same assumption, one in which there are no potential legal penalties until actual registration. Thus, release of the film previous to its July 31, 1994, copyright registration did not contravene US law. 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. Turner Classic Movies is the best source for the film, which runs the full 86 minutes as seen in foreign theaters. I Married a Woman is 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 sale and rental, and in 1985 that company's product fell under the United Home Video umbrella, which in turn was owned by United Entertainment, Inc. The 1990 LaserDisc from Turner Home Entertainment, like the videocassette, does not have 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., which was also involved with the 1993 LaserDisc, both officially licensed by P.C. Films Corp., the film's previous owner but now owned by Les Films de la Madeleine. North American distribution rights are now owned by The Weinstein Company, which was 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, along with three other Bronston titles, was initially released on VHS and Beta by VCI Home Video in 1979, licensed by P.C. Films Corp., a company set up by Bronston's creditors after his bankruptcy. View the 1987 VHS and the 1991 VHS. Using stills, view a comparison of some home video releases here, or a video comparison 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 (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 entered 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, which 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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Fox Silents: Fox announced in early 1929 that it intended to release talkers only, but stated in July 1929 that it would have 34 silent versions for release to unwired houses during the 1929–30 season. Speakeasy, The Black Watch, and Salute appear in the AFI Catalog with no mention of silent versions, yet Fox announced that these would also be released without sound. The Black Watch, for instance, was reviewed in May of 1929 in The Film Daily (a major source for the AFI) as sound with no silent version; Fox's subsequent change in policy has not been reflected in the AFI Catalog. Four Sons is also listed in the AFI Catalog with no mention of a silent version, yet a Fox advert from June 29, 1928 stated that a silent version was “now ready.” Production Chronology: The production chronology for Wayne's films between 1932 and mid-1933 is confusing, propagated by inaccurate or missing production information in the AFI Catalog and Fred Landesman's book, The John Wayne Filmography. The period is a source of much confusion with biographers, too, who have attempted to chronicle a disparate chronology based mainly on release dates. Also creating confusion are overlapping start and completion dates, which makes Wayne's 'studio hopping' impossible to document accurately because, with his minor roles, he would have showed up on the set infrequently, the timeline of those appearances unknown. The main filmography lists films by order of the earliest copyright or release date (including premiere), with a note (filmed before) if a production predates another. What is listed below, sorted by completion date, will further define the use of “filmed before” in the main filmography between 1932 and mid-1933. Following the production date is the source used for that information: TJWF (The John Wayne Filmography), AFI (American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films), FD (The Film Daily), HR (The Hollywood Reporter), and HF (Hollywood Filmograph). Following the source is the earliest release date and copyright date. Dates for films previewed to the trades and reviewed earlier than what is listed are not included.
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Texas Cyclone |
Columbia | Jan 5—Jan 11, 1932 |
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Feb 24, 1932 |
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The Shadow of the Eagle |
Mascot | late Jan—late Feb 1932 |
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Mar 12, 1932 |
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Two-Fisted Law |
Columbia | Apr 6—Apr 11, 1932 |
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Jun 8, 1932 |
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Lady and Gent |
Paramount | early May—late May 1932 |
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Jul 15, 1932 |
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Ride Him, Cowboy |
Warner | late May—early Jun 1932 |
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Aug 27, 1932 |
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The Big Stampede |
Warner | began Jun 24, 1932 |
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Oct 7, 1932 |
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The Hurricane Express |
Mascot | mid-Jul—early Aug 1932 |
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Aug 15, 1932 |
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The Telegraph Trail |
Warner | began Aug 11, 1932 |
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Mar 18, 1933 |
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Haunted Gold |
Warner | late Sep—early Oct 1932 |
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Dec 16, 1932 |
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Somewhere in Sonora |
Warner | late Nov—early Dec 1932 |
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May 27, 1933 |
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The Life of Jimmy Dolan |
Warner | Nov 14—Dec 16, 1932 |
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May 31, 1933 |
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Central Airport |
Warner | late Nov 1932—early Jan 1933 |
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Apr 15, 1933 |
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Baby Face |
Warner | early Jan—late Jan 1933 |
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Jun 22, 1933 |
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The Man from Monterey |
Warner | mid-Jan—Feb 3, 1933 |
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Jul 13, 1933 |
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The Three Musketeers |
Mascot | late Feb—mid-Mar 1933 |
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Apr 15, 1933 |
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His Private Secretary |
Showmens | began Apr 24, 1933 |
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Jun 10, 1933 |
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Riders of Destiny |
Monogram | early Aug—mid-Aug 1933 |
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Sep 24, 1933 |
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College Coach |
Warner | early Sep—late Sep 1933 |
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Nov 4, 1933 |
That's My Boy is not included in the list because Wayne was not on the set at any time, his involvement based on football scenes from the earlier Maker of Men. Also not included is Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, a film Wayne had been cast in, even so far as appearing in pre-production cast photos, but instead made Riders of Destiny while the former was being lensed at the same time. Production on Sweetheart of Sigma Chi began August 11, 1933 and had its premiere on September 30. (Note that after principal photography, Central Airport had additional scenes filmed in early February.) It should be noted that the six westerns Wayne made for Leon Schlesinger under his Four Star Western banner were actually made independently in conjunction with Warner Bros. (Vitagraph, Inc.). While the last in the series, The Man from Monterey, was being filmed, Schlesinger was negotiating with Wayne to make more of the films and was also making new arrangements after Warner Bros. did not exercise its option for the 1933–34 season. Wayne was under contract to Leon Schlesinger for the Four Star Western films, not Warner Bros.
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Information in the list above has been gathered from an ongoing project of mine titled the John Wayne Production Chronology: 1926 to 1939, detailing—with annotations—production and release dates. |
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Adventure's End. John Wayne's six Universal productions from the 1930's are not officially available on home video. Some of the films, however, are not out of circulation by Universal since four of the titles are available for non-theatrical showings from Filmbank Distributors Ltd., based in the UK: California Straight Ahead, I Cover the War, Idol of the Crowds, and Sea Spoilers. Some of the films, all reissued by Realart Pictures, Inc. beginning in 1948, were released to television by Screen Gems in the late 1950's. Only Adventure's End and Idol of the Crowds never made it to television. Composite master positives—used for release prints—of Adventure's End and Conflict are part of the AFI/Universal Pictures Collection at the Library of Congress, as are the other four titles. The Alamo. A few news items from the Motion Picture Daily about the film's running time:
Big Jake. Cinema Center Films was the theatrical production arm of CBS Television, which distributed their films in the US by National General Pictures. Rio Lobo and Big Jake are distributed on DVD and Blu-ray by Paramount but under the CBS name.
The Big Trail. The Grandeur version of The Big Trail is sometimes listed as 158 minutes based on the film being 14,200 feet, which in standard 35mm would be 157m:46s. But the film was 70mm, of course, which in that format running at 12.8 frames per foot would be 126m:13s. However, the April 1930 issue of The Motion Picture Projectionist reported: “With “Happy Days,” first Grandeur picture, projector speed was ninety feet per minute. Each foot of film has thirteen frames, and the sprocket perforations are, of course, much wider than 35 millimeter film.” 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.” Obviously this indicates some confusion based on the initial Grandeur specification. The projector speed of “ninety feet per minute” stated in The Motion Picture Projectionist would equate to 19.5 frames per second. Modern sources say that Grandeur changed to 24 frames per second for The Big Trail. Premiering on October 2, 1930, the film was reviewed in Motion Picture News on October 11 at “126 mins.,” and in The Film Daily on October 12 as “2 hrs., 5 mins.” Such early reviews must have been based on the Grandeur version. Indeed, Panavision's website has a drawing from the Mitchell Camera Corp., dated March 27, 1930, of their 70mm film dimensions which clearly shows 12.8 frames per foot were used (view a stylized version below). Mitchell cameras were used on The Big Trail, and the company at the time was a corporate bed partner of William Fox. Principal photography began on April 30, 1930, shortly after Mitchell finalized their 70mm specifications.
Motion Picture News listed the 35mm version as 11,116 feet (123m:30s); Exhibitors Herald-World, 11,314 feet (125m:42s). Both trade papers listed the Grandeur version as 14,200 feet. A 35mm version was also released at 9,891 feet (109m:54s). The film was copyrighted at 13,000 feet with no film gauge noted, and its copyright renewal stated “a photoplay in thirteen reels by Fox Film Corp.” The number of 13,000 feet is no doubt 13 reels x 1000 feet of film (the maximum footage of an exchange reel), but at the time it was recommended to keep 35mm footage between 800 and 950 feet per reel. Because of this, no accurate running time can be calculated from such a generalization. There was no 158-minute version of The Big Trail, a myth based on 14,200 feet being calculated on 35mm film—the running time was 126 minutes. The 35mm version, filmed simultaneously with the 70mm version, was 124–126 minutes. Harrison's Reports, November 22, 1930: Those who are to run the Fox picture, “The Big Trail,” had better obtain the correct running time from the exchange; the picture has been cut down and for that reason the running time given with the review in this paper ['2 hrs.'] may not be correct. The news item above explains the 108- or 110-minute version.
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While early into the production of The Big Trail, Fox announced that John Wayne would later be featured in two productions that were never made: Wyoming Wonder, based on the Max Brand story, “Alcatraz,” adapted by Willard Robertson and directed by A.F. Erickson; and No Favors Asked, based on Paul Leicester Ford's story, “The Great K & A Train Robbery,” directed by Alfred Werker. Both films were to be sound versions of previous Tom Mix westerns, Wyoming Wonder being a remake of his 1922 film, Just Tony. |
Fox produced four foreign-language versions of The Big Trail with different cast members. Spanish: La gran jornada (directed by David Howard and released in Spain as Horizontes nuevos; starring Jorge Lewis); Italian: Il grande sentiero (directed by Louis Loeffler; starring Franco Corsaro); German: Die grosse Fährte (directed by Lewis Seiler; starring Theo Shall); French: La piste des géants (directed by Pierre Couderc; starring Gaston Glass).
As reported in The Film Daily, December 28, 1930, in a news item titled “Fast Shooting”: “Only 13 days were required by Louis R. Loeffler, director, in shooting the Italian version of “The Big Trail.” Although he is of German descent, Loeffler speaks Italian fluently. The Spanish version of the same picture was finished in 16 days, the French in 18 days and the German in 22 days.” The foreign versions were not filmed simultaneously with the 70mm and 35mm versions, and only the French version was not released in the US.
Born to the West, reissued as Hell Town, was one of 20 Paramount titles from 1930–1940, based on the writings of Zane Grey, which were sold to Favorite Films Corp. for reissue in the US and Canada beginning in 1950; foreign rights were held by Arista Film Corp. In June 1953 Unity Television Corp., corporately related to Arista, acquired seven-year TV rights to the films from Major Attractions, Inc., which was corporately related to Unity and Arista. Variety, June 14, 1950: N.Y. Syndicate Secures In an unusual deal which brought 20 Zane Grey pictures out of storage, a New York syndicate, which includes Irvin Shapiro, Joseph Auerbach, Moe Kerman and Joseph Felder, secured full reissue rights. The negatives had been held by Paramount, but rights to the stories had reverted to the author’s estate. The syndicate brought the two parties together under an arrangement whereby the estate okayed use of the yarns, and Par[amount] turned over the negatives. Included in the list of oldies is “Born to West,” John Wayne starrer; “Heritage of the Desert,” starring Randolph Scott. Franchiseholders of the new syndicate will hold a confab on domestic releasing policy in Chicago June 28. Pictures are for release in theatres, not for TV. Paramount's pre-1949 sound library, comprising 700 features, was sold outright in 1958 to a subsidiary (EMKA, Ltd.) of Management Corp. of America (MCA), but because of Paramount's expired rights, the 20 Zane Grey titles were not part of the deal. By 1962 MCA acquired full control of Universal, which today owns Paramount's pre-1949 library. The films were given a ten-year licence from Zane Grey, Inc., helmed by the writer's widow and son, with a June 1960 expiration. None of the films had their copyrights renewed. The LaserDisc from The Roan Group, which included Hell Town, also had Zane Grey's Fighting Caravans (1931) and The Fighting Westerner (1935, originally released as Rocky Mountain Mystery), both reissued by Favorite Films in 1950. Born to the West is based on the serialized story Open Range, published in Country Gentleman magazine between March and July 1927. Despite reports, Born to the West is not a remake of the 1926 Paramount film of the same name, which was based on a dissimilar Zane Grey story. Open Range began production, initially with Utah exteriors, shortly after the story's last installment was published, and finished in mid-September with Hollywood interiors. The serialized story's copyright was renewed in 1954 by the widow of Zane Grey, Lina Elise Grey. 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 on DVD. 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.
Desert Command. The featurized version of the Mascot serial The Three Musketeers may have been released in 1946, as so many sources report. Film Daily, June 7, 1945: ITT Purchases Mascot; Purchase of Mascot Pictures by International Theatrical and Television Corp. was announced yesterday by George A. Hirliman, president of ITT, through negotiations with Nat Levine and Consolidated Industries. Under the deal, ITT acquired world rights for 16 mm. 35 mm. and television on more than 19 features and 20 serials. Distribution of the 35 mm. versions will be handled by United Screen Attractions, under the supervision of Irvin Shapiro. New advertising accessories and campaigns will be prepared on both the 35 mm. and 16 mm. versions. Variety, June 13, 1945: Hirliman Takes Over George A. Hirliman, president of International Theatrical & Television Corp., has purchased Mascot Pictures, following negotiations with Nat Levine and Consolidated Film Industries. IT&T thus acquires the world rights to all Mascot pictures ever produced, for 16mm, 35mm and television. Mascot productions included in the deal are “Laughing at Life” (Victor MacLaglen), “Little Men” (Ralph Morgan), “Crimson Romance” (Erich von Stroheim), “Waterfront Lady” (Ann Rutherford). Group of films also includes serials with names such as Harry Carey, Gene Autry, George Brent, John Wayne and Bela Lugosi. United Screen Attractions initiated its Mascot library on August 10, 1945 by releasing The Atomic Raiders, a featurized version of the 1935 Mascot serial The Phantom Empire. The condensed version, initially released as Radio Ranch and Men with Steel Faces in 1940, remains relatively unknown to this day under its other title, indicative of how obscure United Screen Attractions' product was at the time. The first feature film release of United Screen Attractions was Africa Speaks on June 29, 1945, made independently but released by Columbia in 1930. Based on National Screen Service poster information, United Screen Attractions released the majority of the Mascot features in 1945, yet these reissues are generally undocumented. Although it became the core of Republic Pictures in 1935, Mascot previous to its sale in 1945 was still active, distribution handled by independent states righters under the helm of the company's founder, Nat Levine. Irvin Shapiro, a longtime distributor and president of United Screen Attractions, acquired television rights to Mascot's library in late 1946 through his Film Equities Corp., which would soon advertise itself as “the largest library of TV films in the industry.” Equity would eventually become Unity Television Corp., which was absorbed into Columbia's Screen Gems subsidiary in 1956, the Mascot library—in perpetuity–included. By October 1947, International Theatrical & Television Corp., formed in 1944 to specialize in 16mm distribution and production (among other things), advertized rights to 200 features, 500 shorts, and 15 serials (the other four Mascot serials were likely licensed to others). The company would be mired in financial difficulties by mid-1946, however, filing for Chapter 11 under the Bankruptcy Act. One of the creditors, Nat Levine of Mascot, claimed $167,500 owed. ITT reorganized and continued in business under an amended debt plan but seemed to have disappeared in 1948. Screen Gems likely owned all negative rights since, according to the book The Vanishing Legion: A History of Mascot Pictures 1927–1935, by Jon Tuska, “Columbia surrendered all of the original negatives of the Mascot productions to the Library of Congress so that they might be transferred to acetate and thus preserved for future generations.” None of the Mascots registered for copyright were renewed. In this advert, published August 22, 1945, United Screen Attractions mentions John Wayne in The Three Musketeers; Bela Lugosi in Whispering Shadow; George Brent in The Lightning Warrior; and Boris Karloff in King of the Wild, all Mascot serials which United Screen Attractions likely planned to featurize. The book Forgotten Horrors: Early Talkie Chillers from Poverty Row, by George E. Turner and Michael H. Price, says The Three Musketeers was released in a 90-minute feature before Desert Command, which lists that film as a 1948 release. This poster of Desert Command circulating on the internet appears to be a digitally altered fake from one of the original release posters. 'DESERT COMMAND' was added, as were some other textual modifications. Film Daily, May 22, 1947: Favorite Handling “Musketeers”. “Three Musketeers” will be released by Favorite Films Corp. on July 1, Moe Kerman, president, announced. Motion Picture Daily, June 19, 1947: 'Musketeers' Out July 1. “Three Musketeers,” a Favorite Films feature starring John Wayne, will be released nationally on July 1. Note the mention of 'feature' in the second news item. The trades later contradicted themselves, since the announcement had been made months earlier: Film Daily, September 29, 1947: Favorite Has “Musketeers”. U.S. rights to “The Three Musketeers” have been acquired by Favorite Film Corp., Moe Kerman, president, announced. Motion Picture Daily, September 22, 1947: Acquire Film Rights. Favorite Film Corp., here [New York], has acquired U.S. reissue rights to “Three Musketeers” and have scheduled it for national release on Dec. 15. This still from The Three Musketeers released by Favorite Films Corp. does not say whether it is a feature or serial, but it is likely the former, as reported by Film Daily in 1947. The only concrete evidence of Desert Command being released is by Favorite Films Corp. in 1949. Showmen's Trade Review listed the release date as August 1949, although newspaper searches show the film was in circulation in June 1949. But an earlier feature was probably released by the company in 1947. 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 2.65:1, showing considerably more on the right side of the frame than the 16x9 DVD and foreign Blu-ray. His Private Secretary. This was the first film produced by Screencraft Productions, formed by Al Alt and Sam Katzman, with David J. Mountan's Showmens Pictures distributing.
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. Although on a public domain label (Vintage Home Entertainment), the film is still under copyright by MGM (Turner).
The AFI Catalog, in its notes section for the film Hondo, states Hondo and the Apaches was based on the series pilot which never aired on American television. However, in a 1967 newspaper article, Charles Witbeck wrote: “To pay $750,000 for an hour TV pilot that might not sell, the four partners [Batjac, Andrew Fenady, MGM and ABC] decided instead to make an [sic] European film version called “Hondo and The Apaches,” and use it as a pilot. “With guest stars Michael Rennie, Robert Taylor and Gary Merrill, in addition to series regulars [Ralph] Taeger, Gary Clarke, Noah Beery, Jr., and Kathy Browne, Fenady filmed the picture in 18 days, then shot an additional 15 minutes to fill out two one-hour TV segments which will become the first shows on the air this fall.” There is no evidence of Hondo and the Apaches ever being released theatrically in the US but was in some non-European countries. Production began in late October 1966. Although presented open-matte, the film is composed for 1.85:1 and was probably released to foreign theaters at 1.66:1.
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, likely released directly to television by Film Equities Corp., formed in 1947 and later called Unity Television Corp., is available on various public domain labels. It runs 78m:30s and has the same credits as the serial. The feature may have also been released theatrically by United Screen Attractions. I Married a Woman. Universal-International handled US distribution after RKO, which co-produced the film with Gomalco Productions, closed its exchanges in 1957.
In Old Oklahoma. Motion Picture Herald, January 1, 1944: Dismiss “Oklahoma” Suit The suit charging unlawful use of the title, “Oklahoma,” brought by the Theatre Guild, Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd, and Richard Rodgers, producer, author and composer, respectively, of the musical play, “Oklahoma,” against Republic Pictures Corporation, was dismissed by Federal Judge Samuel Mandelbaum in New York last week. The plaintiff had sought to stop Republic from releasing a picture titled “In Old Oklahoma,” based on a story by Thomson Burtis, called “War of the Wildcats.” According to the agreement entered between both parties, Republic agrees that it will withdraw the title after January 1, 1945, in this country, after April 1, 1945, in Canada, and after January 1, 1946, in foreign countries. Republic Pictures Corporation announced, in connection with the Theatre Guild settlement on the “In Old Oklahoma” title, that published reports stating that “Republic also agrees not to use the word 'Oklahoma' in any other film” are not correct. Republic denied that it was party to such a stipulation. Jet Pilot. Universal-International handled US distribution after RKO closed its exchanges in 1957. A Lady Takes a Chance. What can only be called a 'straggler' in Wayne's post-1939 career, the film was copyrighted by Frank Ross, Inc., and made in conjunction with RKO under the working title “Free for All,” the title changed while nearing the end of production. It was reissued in 1954 as The Cowboy and the Girl with advertising material stating “An Onyx Picture” and “Onyx Pictures,” released by Phoenix Films, Inc. Formed by David Emanuel in mid-1953, Phoenix Films was a states rights distributor based in New York, the company handling a few reissues nationally. Phoenix appears to have faded from existence when Emanuel became general manager of Tudor Pictures, Inc. and later president of its affiliate, the newly formed Governor Films, Inc. Sam Lake's Onyx Pictures Corp. likely was producer's representative for the film. In circulation for years after its initial release, the film was reissued under its original title by RKO in September 1950, double-billed with another RKO reissue, Mr. Lucky. The poster for The Cowboy and the Girl, which was first released no later than January 2, 1954, in Boston, makes no mention of the film's previous title as was common for reissues. With RKO's ten-year rights reverting back to producer Frank Ross, the film was reissued in the UK in 1955 under its original title by Butcher's Film Distributors Ltd. In 1955 television rights were sold under its original title to Hygo Television Films, Inc., and passed on to Prime TV Films, Inc. in the early 1960's. Ownership of the film ultimately ended up being claimed by film collector Raymond Rohauer, who renewed the copyright in 1971 under his Film Archives Trading Company. Frank Ross, the film's producer, however, eventually assigned outright ownership to Prime TV, and with the company's demise in 1989, Republic Pictures (formerly National Telefilm Associates) acquired the title. Exclusive videocassette rights were with New York-based Video Tape Network in 1979, VidAmerica in the 1980's, and Republic Entertainment in 1995. Now owned by Paramount, for a long time A Lady Takes a Chance had the distinction of being the worst print on home video of Wayne's post-1939 work—culled from a tape master. Although it does not have the original camera negative, the UCLA Film & Television Archive has various 35mm and 16mm elements for A Lady Takes a Chance, including a 16mm composite dupe negative that Prime TV used for television prints. Broadcasting-Telecasting, August 13, 1956: Movie producer Frank Ross has concluded a financing agreement with MCA for his first television venture, a pilot and series for the 1957 market which will star his wife, Joan Caulfield, featured in CBS-TV's My Favorite Husband. Series will be based on movie A Lady Takes a Chance which Mr. Ross produced ten years ago starring John Wayne and Jean Arthur. The TV series was made as “Sally” and lasted only one season. Legend of the Lost has the MPAA seal on the print but with no certificate number. The Lone Star Ranger is commonly listed as being released on January 5, 1930, but opened on December 31, 1929, at the Capitol Theater in Dunkirk, New York. The film was copyrighted December 4, 1929, so may have been in release even earlier than December 31.
Pittsburgh was officially released on December 11, 1942, but previously had test runs in six Eastern industrial centers, and Universal had advertised the film for a Thanksgiving release. Reunion in France was trade-shown as Reunion on December 1, 1942, and was retitled and released as a Christmas attraction in 19 key cities.
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Exploitation at its best: Raiders of the Desert, a 1941 Universal picture that used a little footage from Wayne's I Cover the War, has the Duke first-billed alongside Desert Command which was culled from the serial The Three Musketeers. The date is January 27, 1950, a ploy used in the 300-seat Mercury Theatre in Buffalo, New York. |
The Range Feud. Like the other two early Columbia westerns available on DVD, Texas Cyclone and Two-Fisted Law, The Range Feud is derived from a 16mm television print issued by Gail Pictures in the 1950's, with a 1931 copyright statement by Gail Pictures International Corp. Typical of their prints, the credits are bastardized and in this case the title appears as Range Fued. The film was copyrighted and initially advertised as The Range Feud. Gail Pictures International Corp. was a subsidiary of Hygo Television Films, Inc., which purchased, among other deals, 79 westerns from Columbia Pictures in 1955. The 79-film library was announced to make its television debut on January 1, 1956, WATV, New Jersey, on the station's “Western Prairie Theatre.” In turn, Hygo and its subsidiaries—notably Unity Television Corp.—were purchased in late 1956 by Columbia's Screen Gems subsidiary, all rights, titles and interests of the Columbia westerns returning to the original studio. Apparently missing from the corporate takeover, however, were the original negatives, which would have been used by Hygo and its affiliates to make 16mm prints for television, with new credits and removal of all references to Columbia Pictures. Hygo, organized in early 1952 by Jerry Hyams, was co-helmed by Louis Goldstein (the two founders, Hyman-Goldstein, comprise the company name), a former longtime Columbia executive, in charge of various foreign departments, who no doubt influenced the studio to make available some of their “out-of-date” westerns for television beginning in 1954 with Wild Bill Elliott and Russell Hayden titles. That same year, Hygo also acquired 156 “Krazy Kat” cartoons from Columbia. The three John Wayne titles had their copyrights renewed by Gail Pictures International Corp., then a Columbia subsidiary: The Range Feud (October 8, 1958, R222669); Texas Cyclone (March 2, 1959, R232348); and Two-Fisted Law (July 1, 1959, R238774). Rio Lobo. Cinema Center Films was the theatrical production arm of CBS Television, which distributed their films in the US by National General Pictures. Rio Lobo and Big Jake are distributed on DVD and Blu-ray by Paramount but under the CBS name.
The Star Packer. Often listed as being released in the UK as He Wore a Star, the film was released there under its original title, including the reissue. 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. 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 the first film under the Republic banner after Monogram was taken over by Republic.
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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. According to Chris Enss, co-author of the book, The Young Duke: The Early Life of John Wayne, “Prior to The Big Trail being done he had propped more than eighty pictures.” 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 John Wayne 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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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
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John Wayne appears in The
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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. The Shamrock Handicap: Wayne can be seen briefly in two crowd scenes. 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 October 27, 2021, by Neil Roughley. Corrections, additions and comments are most welcome: wagonmaster@dukefilmography.com.
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