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John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn
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After losing his athletic scholarship at the
University of Southern California because of a surfing injury, Marion
Morrison began working at the local film studios. Silent film star Tom Mix
had gotten him a summer job in the prop department in exchange for football
tickets. Wayne soon moved on to bit parts, establishing a longtime
friendship with the director . John Ford, who provided most of those roles.
Marion soon changed his name to John Wayne. Soon his film career began to
take on legendary proportions with a total o f 167 film credits. Wayne was
given a Best Actor Oscar for his iconic role if Rooster Cogburn in
True Grit (1969) and was also nominated as the producer of Best
Picture for The Alamo (1960).
However, it was Wayne's personal life that often made more headlines than
his film career, including his controversial remarks
about race and class in the United States in an interview in the May, 1970
Playboy magazine p, and his numerous v
conservative Republican statements. He took part in creating the Motion
Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals in February 1944
and was elected president of that organization in 1947. Wayne also
was a member of the conservative and anti-communist John Birch Society.
He was an ardent anti-communist, and vocal supporter of the House
Un-American Activities Committee which resulted in.
Joseph Stalin order for Wayne's assassination
Stalin died before the killing could be accomplished. His successor, Nikita
Khrushchev, reportedly told Wayne during a 1959 visit to the United States
that he had personally rescinded the order. Getting on Stalin's hit list
certainly took true grit.
Foodies who are also die-hard John Wayne fans
may want to buy a copy of
True Grits: Recipes Inspired by the Movies of
John Wayne which
features 100 recipes inspired by
Wayne's greatest films from the Alamo Burger to Donovan's Beef, from the
Quiet Man Corned Beef and Cabbage to the Crumb Buns of Katie Elder,
However, this book features the original true grits.
.Hominy grits, or just plain grits, are primarily sold in the
southern states stretching from Texas to Virginia, which is also known as
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food in 2002 The word grits comes from the Old English. "grytt", for "bran",
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old-fashioned or stone-ground. Grits originally were primarily a breakfast
food, but more recently with the additions of butter, cheese,
vegetables, ham, bacon, sausage and shrimp, they are also becoming a popular
luncheon and dinner dish.
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