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Weighing in on Wayne
May 25, 2007
Our friends over at Philadelphia-based Movies Unlimited catalog company/online retailer, in celebration of what would have been John Wayne’s 100th birthday on May 26 (the same date as my dad, the venerable
Bennett C. Lerman), conducted a poll among their movie-loving staff members to vote for their favorite film starring The Duke.
“As far as Movie Unlimited is concerned, John Wayne’s films have sold more than any other actor in our 29-year-history, and they continue to sell extremely well,” said Jerry Frebowitz, president of Movies Unlimited.
Here’s what they came up with (in order of popularity):
- The Searchers (1956)
- The Quiet Man (1953)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
- Stagecoach (1939)
- True Grit (1969)
- Rio Bravo (1959)
- The Shootist (1976)
- Red River (1948)
- North to Alaska (1960)
- TIE: Donovan’s Reed (1963) and McLintock! (1963)
It’s an impressive if relatively unsurprising list. It should be noted that the top four entries were directed by John Ford, who has long been considered The Captain to John’s Wayne’s Tennille.
Posted by Laurence Lerman on May 25, 2007 | Comments (0)
