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1952 that was like real money. Umm huh. And he he would you know he's got he was big and strong and he had a deep voice kind of a slow way of walking and talking, and so besides being the kind of all American western hero, he had a kind of reassuring presence that I think had translated pretty well on screen. In 1956 he does perhaps his best film he he liked the film best "The Searchers". Uh in fact he named one of his sons, he had like 7 kids and one of his sons' name was Ethan and that was the role he played in that film. And then then he does some odd things. He decides he want to make "The Alamo". in 1960 he makes "The Alamo", and he directs it, he produces it, he does the whole thing. He stars in it as Davey Crockett. Its not a huge success, but its that part of his career and he gets kind of political in the 60's and as a child of the 60's I remember John Wayne kind of gritting my teeth because he was much very supportive of the war effort. He did a film in i think it was about 1968 called "The Green Berets" super patriotic fighting John Wayne and he really was kind of the right wing conservative voice uh in an era dominated by the anti-war sentiment. But then the year after he does "Green Berets" he does this amazing film "True Grit" which blows everybody away and people who were, who had kind of type cast him as this right wing, super-patriot- New York Times critic Vincent Canby just cannot stop saying more wonderful things about John Wayne and "True Grit". So this is obviously a career role (laughs) he's not you know, He is not, ya know,exactly in wonderful shape any more. he's-in fact a director Henry Hathaway told him put on some weight, you know bulk it up because he's supposed to look like you're casted. and he wears an eye patch which he didn't want to wear but he does. and there he is this kind of enormous man galloping around and as i said in this scene he's depicted chasing four outlaws which he summarily does away with uh pretty soon- but its a great great role. and after 69 well he has a bout with lung cancer in the 60s which he overcomes. and then in the 70s he the films get a little not as distinguished. but he does a wonderful film that I like a lot. Rooster Cogburn" which was the role he played here. and he does it in 1975 with Kathryn Hepburn. Same character but its kind of like the African Queen but instead of Bogey its Hepburn and and Duke Wayne.

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