John Wayne: Essential Hollywood

Sex appeal, magnetism and a huge on-screen persona; John Wayne had it all. And, despite the fact that his beginnings on the silver screen, when "talkies" began to oust the silent movie era, were somewhat humble, he went on to hold the record for the most leading-man roles - 142 - by an actor. He first appeared in film in 1926 in The Great K & A Train Robbery as an un-credited extra and prop boy in this stunt-driven movie and went on to work on a long list of B-rated movies before his first ...