It is one of the immortal icons of Hollywood cinema. We devote our quiz of the day to John Wayne with seven of his films to find!
Born Marion Robert Morrison exactly 118 years ago (and one day) in Iowa in the United States, the one who will remain in the legend of Hollywood cinema under the name of John Wayne, grew up in a modest family, son of a pharmacist and a mother to the home whose religious faith will have capital importance in the education of the young boy.
The family then moved to California, and very early on the young Marion chained the little jobs, including that of cinema opener, which allows him to know his first discoveries of films on the big screen, in particular westerns and adventure films.
The young John Wayne develops in parallel of the noticed sports qualities, mainly in American football, and it is through this that he will have the opportunity to win his first figurations and his first roles in the cinema.
Difficult beginnings
After a brief meeting with the director John Ford in the mid-1920s, who will be of paramount importance on the continuation of his career, he again continued several jobs, in the world of cinema this time, becoming in turn carpenter, electrician, carpenter or even painter.
Subsequently, the one who will be renamed John Wayne by director Raoul Walsh, manages to win several roles on the big screen, a majority of which are commercial failures that threaten the rest of the young actor's career.
Consecration thanks to John Ford
It is John Ford who will revive him definitively by imposing it in the main role of his film La ride fantastique, when many stars of the time had been expected, including Gary Cooper.
The film is a success, it received seven nominations with the Oscars imposing the western as the popular cinematographic genre par excellence, and John Wayne as a new face that counts in Hollywood.
The rest of the career of the one who will be nicknamed The Duke will make him one of the greatest stars of American cinema, and we dedicate our quiz to him today with seven of his films to recognize.
