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Authors: Scott Eyman
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John Wayne: The Life and Legend (111 page)
Mary Brown, before she was Mary Morrison and the mother of John Wayne.
The house Clyde Morrison was renting in Winterset, Iowa, when his eldest son was born on May 26, 1907.
The Morrison family circa 1914, shortly before they moved to Glendale, California. (Note gun and holster on Clyde.) From left: Duke (the dog), Duke (the boy), Bob, Molly, and Clyde Morrison.
Marion Morrison (second row, fourth from left) as vice president of the junior class at Glendale High in 1924.
Big Man on Campus: Duke Morrison (bottom row, center) with his teammates on the Glendale High team that was Southern California high school champs.
In the school yearbook
A heretofore unknown Duke Morrison/John Wayne appearance in a two-reel comedy from Educational Studios entitled
Seeing Stars,
shot in 1927.
Seeing Stars,
shot in 1927.
A young prop man/bit player named Duke Morrison (far right) watches John Ford direct
Men Without Women
(Fox, 1930).
(Joe Musso Collection)
Men Without Women
(Fox, 1930).
(Joe Musso Collection)
The newly minted young star in 1930’s
The Big Trail.
The Big Trail.
With ever-present off-screen cigarette on the set of
The Big Trail,
sitting next to Fox production head Winfield Sheehan (with cigar) and director Raoul Walsh.
(Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
The Big Trail,
sitting next to Fox production head Winfield Sheehan (with cigar) and director Raoul Walsh.
(Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
After the failure of
The Big Trail,
Wayne became a jobbing actor in anything that would pay a salary, including serials.
Hurricane Express
(Mascot, 1932) starred Wayne, along with players Ernie Adams (far left) and stuntman Glenn Strange (holding onto Wayne’s leg), who later played Frankenstein’s monster at Universal.
(Joe Musso Collection)
The Big Trail,
Wayne became a jobbing actor in anything that would pay a salary, including serials.
Hurricane Express
(Mascot, 1932) starred Wayne, along with players Ernie Adams (far left) and stuntman Glenn Strange (holding onto Wayne’s leg), who later played Frankenstein’s monster at Universal.
(Joe Musso Collection)
A too-carefully posed barroom brawl from
The Dawn Rider
(1935) with Wayne facing off with stuntman Yakima Canutt.
(Joe Musso Collection)
The Dawn Rider
(1935) with Wayne facing off with stuntman Yakima Canutt.
(Joe Musso Collection)
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