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Wayne again visits a darker version of the western in Ford's ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056217/], in which the philosophy related to “truth vs. legend” is severely questioned.  But he also did several other, albeit non-western, films for Ford, among them the sentimental favorite ''The Quiet Man'' (1952)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045061/], in which he plays a Pittsburgh steel worker who returns to his boyhood home in [[Ireland]]; his screen pairing with close friend Maureen O'Hara is among the classics in romantic film.  

Wayne again visits a darker version of the western in Ford's ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056217/], in which the philosophy related to “truth vs. legend” is severely questioned.  But he also did several other, albeit non-western, films for Ford, among them the sentimental favorite ''The Quiet Man'' (1952)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045061/], in which he plays a Pittsburgh steel worker who returns to his boyhood home in [[Ireland]]; his screen pairing with close friend Maureen O'Hara is among the classics in romantic film.  

His films with Howard Hawks differed in some degree from Ford's, but featured Wayne in the role of an individual who intends to do his duty against overwhelming odds.  In ''Red River'' (1948)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040724/], Wayne played a cattle baron determined to complete a drive despite the growing antagonism between himself and his adopted son; Wayne's character is shown as a megalomaniac who's attempt at total control causes a loss of control, resulting in another criticaly-acclaimed performance.  Among his personal favorites, Wayne thought so much of this film that the image of the D-Bar Ranch brand penned into the dirt in the final scene would be crafted into a belt buckle he would wear in many of his later films.

His films with Howard Hawks differed in some degree from Ford's, but featured Wayne in the role of an individual who intends to do his duty against overwhelming odds.  In ''Red River'' (1948)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040724/], Wayne played a cattle baron determined to complete a drive despite the growing antagonism between himself and his adopted son; Wayne's character is shown as a megalomaniac who's attempt at total control causes a loss of control, resulting in another critically-acclaimed performance.  Among his personal favorites, Wayne thought so much of this film that the image of the D-Bar Ranch brand penned into the dirt in the final scene would be crafted into a belt buckle he would wear in many of his later films.

''Rio Bravo'' (1959)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053221/] would be his next film with Hawks, in which Wayne played a sheriff holding a man who's cohorts are determined to get him out of jail; the resolute stand Wayne's character made was his (and Hawks') response to the weak-willed characters portrayed in ''High Noon'' (1952)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044706/], which both saw as an example of cowardice in the face of adversity, which was especially telling during the [[Cold War]].  Although ''Rio Bravo'' was not a box office hit at the time of release, it has since been considered a classic of the genre; Hawks would remake the film with Wayne twice, as ''El Dorado'' (1967)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061619/], and ''Rio Lobo'' (1970)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066301/]

''Rio Bravo'' (1959)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053221/] would be his next film with Hawks, in which Wayne played a sheriff holding a man who's cohorts are determined to get him out of jail; the resolute stand Wayne's character made was his (and Hawks') response to the weak-willed characters portrayed in ''High Noon'' (1952)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044706/], which both saw as an example of cowardice in the face of adversity, which was especially telling during the [[Cold War]].  Although ''Rio Bravo'' was not a box office hit at the time of release, it has since been considered a classic of the genre; Hawks would remake the film with Wayne twice, as ''El Dorado'' (1967)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061619/], and ''Rio Lobo'' (1970)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066301/]

==Character==

==Character==

Wayne was a life-long conservative, endorsing for office [[Barry Goldwater]], [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]], and fellow actor [[Ronald Reagan]].  He supported the effort in the [[Vietnam War]], and went so far as to make a pro-war film titled ''The Green Berets'' (1969)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063035/], which irritated critics such as Roger Ebert who wrote: "What we certainly do not need is a movie depicting Vietnam in terms of cowboys and Indians.... We need no more propaganda. But propaganda is what we get in 'The Green Berets,' a heavy-handed, remarkably old-fashioned film."<ref>[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19680626/REVIEWS/806260301/1023 The Green Berets], Robert Ebert's 1968 review</ref>

Wayne was a lifelong conservative, endorsing for office [[Barry Goldwater]], [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]], and fellow actor [[Ronald Reagan]].  He supported the effort in the [[Vietnam War]], and went so far as to make a pro-war film titled ''The Green Berets'' (1969)[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063035/], which irritated critics such as Roger Ebert who wrote: "What we certainly do not need is a movie depicting Vietnam in terms of cowboys and Indians.... We need no more propaganda. But propaganda is what we get in 'The Green Berets,' a heavy-handed, remarkably old-fashioned film."<ref>[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19680626/REVIEWS/806260301/1023 The Green Berets], Robert Ebert's 1968 review</ref>

.  He supported the soldiers who fought in the war and visited them on goodwill tours, and was a prominent invited gueat in [[Ross Perot]]'s 1973 “San Fransisco Party” for returned prisonors of war and the men who tried rescuing them in the abortive [[Son Tay raid]] of 1970.

.  He supported the soldiers who fought in the war and visited them on goodwill tours, and was a prominent invited gueat in [[Ross Perot]]'s 1973 “San Fransisco Party” for returned prisonors of war and the men who tried rescuing them in the abortive [[Son Tay raid]] of 1970.

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[[Category:Hollywood Conservatives]]

[[Category:Hollywood Conservatives]]