A review by robin_is_me
John Wayne and the Movies by Allen Eyles

informative

4.0

This is an interesting look at John Wayne’s movie career. The author basically gives a synopsis of each of his movies, in chronological order, along with a critical review. Some entries are short, while others are much more detailed. Actually, I don’t think every movie Wayne made is included, but there are 90 entries so quite a lot of movies! But there is a full detailed filmography in the back of the book. I was looking forward to the author’s take on Rooster Cogburn, and was disappointed to reach the end of the book, only to have the author mention, in the third to last paragraph, that at the time of this writing Wayne had made a sequel to True Grit that had not yet been released. It’s been a long time since I’ve watched any of Wayne’s movies, other than the wonderful Stagecoach which I saw a few weeks ago, and now I really want to revisit some of the ones I’ve seen, and find the ones I’ve missed, which is a lot of movies added to my want to watch list!