by Scott Eyman
“Everything points”: Batjac Productions, Feldman to Wayne, 2-4-57.
“That goddamn bitch”: Roberts and Olson, p. 411.
Gregg Barton remembered: Lilley, Gregg Barton interview, p. 10.
“Dogs are great”: Kane manuscript, p. 39.
Armendáriz decided to steal: Kane manuscript, p. 33.
“He was a very, very shy”: USC, Special Collections, Warga, draft of tape 6A, April 1971.
One day Tom Kane: Kane manuscript, p. 33.
“Wellman had a terrible temper”: Michael Wayne to SE.
“Mitchum started bouncing”: Ibid.
There was a forty-five-minute meeting: USC, Warner Bros. Collection, Blood Alley file.
“I was apprehensive”: MOMA, John Wayne, MacNeil/Lehrer Report transcript, 6-12-79.
there was a wild party: AMPAS, John Wayne, “Blood Alley Party Sends Five to Jail,” Los Angeles Examiner, 2-12-55.
“They were so much fun”: William Wellman Jr. to SE.
he had mellowed: Ibid.
“He’s a wonderful”: John Wayne to SE.
As Mitchum and his wife, Dorothy: Aissa Wayne, p. 34.
“a nice guy”: AMPAS, John Wayne, Helen Itria, “Big John,” Look, 8-53.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
“I don’t think the price”: Batjac Productions, Wayne to Feldman, 3-30-57.
ten to twenty setups: USC, Hal Roach Collection, Rookie of the Year budget and schedule.
He received $250,000: Landesman, p. 317; Batjac Productions, Wayne to Merian Cooper, 6-15-55.
“had a blanket over him”: Harry Carey Jr. to SE.
“Go shit”: Robert Wagner to SE.
“She thought he”: Robert Wagner to SE.
“brutal in spots”: USC, Warner Bros. Collection, MacEwen to Warner, 12-5-55.
“This was the heart”: Frankel, p. 241.
“Ford goes very far”: Pippin, p. 109.
“Such landscapes and feelings”: Roberts and Olson, p. 422.
“The big man standing alone”: AMPAS, The Searchers file, William C. Reynolds.
“We had a vertical”: AMPAS, Winton Hoch, John Gallagher, “Winton Hoch: Master of Technicolor,” American Classic Screen, vol. 1, No. 3, 1982.
As the critic David Overbey once observed: MOMA, John Wayne files, David Overbey, “John Wayne Reconsidered,” 1976.
“Wayne was never”: Terry Curtis Fox, “The Duke of Deception,” Film Comment, 9/10-79.
“I don’t see any reason”: F. Anthony Macklin, “I Come Ready,” Film Heritage, Summer 1975, p. 30.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
“if you can get”: USC, Jack L. Warner Collection, Sea Chase file, box 27, Trilling to Wayne, 4-23-55.
“Duke [gave] me”: Moving Images Pinewood Dialogues, David Schwartz and Budd Boetticher, movingimagessource.us./files/dialogues.
“I wrote ’em for Duke”: Burt Kennedy to SE.
“One day at Lone Pine”: Moving Image Pinewood Dialogues, David Schwartz and Budd Boetticher, movingimagessource.us/files/dialogues.
“Borzage had been hanging around”: Clothier to SE.
“Wayne got into”: Eyman, Five American Cinematographers, p. 132.
“Jack was funny”: Angie Dickinson to SE.
“Nobody came out”: McGilligan, Backstory, p. 107.
Wayne turned down an overture: Batjac Productions, Feldman to Wayne, 12-17-56.
“You really oughta bring”: Michael Wayne to SE.
“You people have no pride”: Kane manuscript, p. 18.
“I’ll can your ass”: Ibid., p. 31.
there was also an agreement with Fox: Batjac Productions, Feldman to Sokolov, 5-13-56.
Bob Hope was getting: AMPAS, John Wayne, The Hollywood Reporter, 6-26-56.
“After 30 years”: USC, John Wayne, James Bacon, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 3-22-58.
“There is no love”: USC, MGM Collection, The Wings of Eagles script, Red to Phil, 11-1-54.
“Two minutes after”: Maureen O’Hara to SE.
“The deal is either worth it”: USC, Batjac Collection, box 53, folder 18, Wayne to Blumofe, 9-13-56.
“I said it was like”: Marsha Hunt to SE.
“The Sahara desert”: Cardiff, p. 192.
he believed she was: Roberts and Olson, p. 434.
“We are working”: AMPAS, John Wayne, W. R. Wilkerson, “Trade Views,” Hollywood Reporter, 2-7-57.
“I hope Pilar”: Davis, p. 210.
“They asked me about it”: Heritage Auctions, The Personal Property of John Wayne Auction Catalog, Ford to Wayne, 1-25-57.
“communistic or subversive”: Ibid., Ford to Wayne, undated but 1956, p. 104.
“Christ, Kirk”: Douglas, p. 268.
“I feel that on the whole”: USC, 20th Century Fox Script Collection, The Barbarian and the Geisha, Adler to Huston, 9-18-57.
“I ask him”: Grobel, p. 449.
“It’s a little frustrating”: Davis, p. 212.
“They had nothing”: Grobel, p. 449.
“Are you serious?”: AMPAS, John Huston Collection, Huston to Adler, 12-17-57.
“to give [the character of Harris] some vitality”: AMPAS, John Huston Collection, Frenke to Huston, 5-14-58.
“When I brought it back”: Huston, p. 267.
“I found it impossible”: John Wayne to SE.
Autry was no stranger: Gene Autry to Leonard Maltin, Maltin archives.
Wayne gave the bride away: AMPAS, John Wayne, “Film Notables Throng Toni Wayne’s Wedding,” Los Angeles Times, 5-27-56.
Henaghan turned to his boss: Shaw, pp. 20–21.
“146 Int.”: USC, Warner Bros. Collection, script for Rio Bravo.
“The dialogue in the finished film”: McCarthy, p. 552.
For the rest of the cast: All payroll information derives from the USC, Warner Bros. Collection, Rio Bravo file.
“I remember third shows”: Lewis, p. 128.
whose Armada Productions: USC, Warner Bros. Collection, Rio Bravo file, contracts dated 3-18-58 and 4-1-58.
“I had done one good movie”: Angie Dickinson to SE. All subsequent quotes from Dickinson derive from this interview.
“Wayne is better”: Thomas B. Morgan, “God and Man in Hollywood,” Esquire, 5-63.
“self-respect, self-control”: McCarthy, p. 565.
“I was going to come down”: USC, Warner Bros. Collection, Warner to Wayne, 7-18-58.
“Jack got to the point”: Vincent Sherman to SE.
“It’s all my fault”: Kane manuscript, p. 28.
“polluting the bloodstream”: Fraser-Cavassoni, p. 212.
“Well, Duke. Duke”: Mirisch, p. 105.
Pilar slashing her wrists: Aissa Wayne, John Wayne, My Father, p. 35.
“I liked Duke Wayne”: Walter Mirisch to SE.
“my career, my personal fortune”: USC, Batjac Collection, box 2, folder 14, Wayne to Cates, 8-6-59.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
“Jim powdered”: Lilley, Andrew McLaglen, CD companion to Campfire Conversations.
He also capped: USC, Batjac Collection, box 3, folder 6, Murchison to Wayne, 7-8-58 and 7-2-59.
Wayne would later estimate: AMPAS, John Wayne, Dean Jennings, “John Wayne: The Woes of the Box Office King,” Saturday Evening Post, c. 1962.
“and we argued”: Shahan to Frank Thompson, Thompson archives.
On the last day: Clark and Andersen, p. 25.
“All I want”: Shahan to Frank Thompson, Thompson archives.
“When John Wayne saw it”: Al Ybarra interview with Frank Thompson, courtesy of Thompson.
Wayne called Shahan: James T. Shahan interview with Frank Thompson, courtesy of Thompson.
In April 1959: AMPAS, John Wayne, “John Wayne Shocked at Charges on Arias,” Los Angeles Times, 4-22-59.
The implication was: FOIA report, John Wayne file, document addressed to J. Edgar Hoover, 5-5-59.
Wayne estimated: AMPAS, John Wayne, “Playboy Interview: John Wayne,” Playboy, May 1971.
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In addition: AMPAS, Alamo files, Zeitlin, Life magazine backgrounders.
Each animal: Clark and Andersen, p. 38.
“Take that down”: Ybarra to Frank Thompson, Thompson archives.
Ybarra wasn’t happy: Clark and Andersen, p. 41.
“was the only man”: AMPAS, John Wayne, “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood,” “John Wayne,” 10-23-60.
“my adding machine’s broken”: USC, Batjac Collection, box 3, folder 7, Wayne to McCullough, 6-3-59.
“To be frank”: USC, Batjac Collection, box 3, folder 21, Skouras to Wayne, 7-11-59.
A few days later: Batjac Productions, Feldman to Wayne, 7-16-59.
“Picture that being”: USC, Batjac Collection, box 3, folder 21, Wayne to Skouras, 7-11-59.
“If Spyros didn’t put”: Batjac Productions, Feldman to Wayne, 2-25-59.
“once you sign the papers”: Batjac Productions, Feldman to “Jack, Frank and Harry,” 7-16-59.
Batjac forwarded a balance sheet: USC, Batjac Collection, box 3, folder 6, Davis to Spradley, 9-4-59.
On July 3, 1959: USC, Batjac Collection, box 3, folder 6, Jenkens to Wayne, 7-3-59.
“I have to defend Wayne”: James T. Shahan to Frank Thompson.
“[Wayne] should have done”: Al Ybarra to Frank Thompson.
“Frank came over”: AMPAS, John Wayne, Bill Kelly, “John Wayne,” South Bay, 7-81.
“I told them”: Dean Smith to SE. All subsequent quotes from Smith derive from this interview.
“Bob Relyea”: Robert Relyea to SE. All subsequent quotes from Relyea derive from this interview.
“When we walked”: Eyman, Five American Cinematographers, p. 145.
He was up for 7.5 percent: USC, Batjac Collection, box 3, folder 20, John Wayne contract, 9-1-59.
“Duke knew that script backwards”: Clothier to SE.
“we are working”: USC, Batjac Collection, Wayne to Feldman, 9-21-59.
“He plunked himself”: Eyman, Five American Cinematographers, p. 134.
In July 1959: AMPAS, The Alamo file, “400 Acre Alamo Set on Texas Ranch Will Cost $1.5 million,” Hollywood Reporter, 7-29-59.
“Goddamn it”: Clothier to SE.
“Gentlemen, I want to tell you something”: Lilley, John Hudkins interview, p. 100.
“We thought Ford was gonna”: Ibid., p. 101.
“Ford went out”: Clothier to SE.
Richard Widmark remembered: Wills, p. 224.
“You men, pour in here”: AMPAS, The Alamo file, Life reports, 7-21-60.
One of the few accidents: Thompson, p. 77.
Each of the eight: AMPAS, The Alamo file, Life reports, 7-21-60.
During one shot: Clark and Andersen, p. 80.
Wayne had agreed: Roberts and Olson, p. 466.
Jimmy Grant was standing nearby: USC, Batjac Collection, T. F. James, “The Man Who Talks Back to John Wayne,” Cosmopolitan, 8-60.
“Duke’s only problem”: Eyman, Five American Cinematographers, pp. 133–34.
“All the fans”: USC, Batjac Collection, box 1, folder 10, Grant to Wayne, 10-11-59.
“Don’t let this”: USC, Batjac Collection, box 1, folder 10, Grant to Wayne, 12-4-59.
“was an opinionated guy”: Shahan to Frank Thompson, Thompson archives.
“It looks like”: Clothier to SE.
“There really weren’t any”: Burt Kennedy to SE.
“Let’s see if you can make it”: Relyea to SE.
UA refused to advance: Clark and Andersen, p. 93.
“You know how they treat”: Karen Sharpe Cramer to SE.
“Filthy minds and filthy words”: AMPAS, The Alamo file, Beverly Hills Citizen, 1-12-60.
“Let’s go over to Lucey’s”: Kane manuscript, p. 44.
“They had a great relationship”: Ibid., p. 20.
“The emphasis”: Clark and Andersen, p. 103.
Grant wrote that: USC, Batjac Collection, folder marked “Grant, James E.—writer—Misc.”; Grant to Leiber, 3-22-60.
That same month: USC, Batjac Collection, box 3, folder 3, “Comparative Summary of Production Costs,” 3-22-60.
Variety reported: USC, Batjac Collection, Army Archerd, Variety, 10-26-60.
“Ford didn’t do enough”: Dan Ford to SE.
Not only that: USC, Batjac Collection, “Loan and Security agreement,” box 6, folder 3.
The ad budget: Clark and Andersen, p. 128.
“I have to admit”: USC, Batjac Collection, box 1, folder 10, Grant to Wayne (apparently), 8-16-60.
On September 24: USC, Batjac Collection, Grant to Wayne, 9-24-60.
The rough outline: Batjac Productions, Feldman to Jurow, 7-14-61.
The Alamo premiered: AMPAS, The Alamo file, Erskine Johnson, “Rip-Snortin’ Texas Premiere Opens Wayne’s Alamo Film,” Los Angeles Mirror, 10-25-60.
He told The Hollywood Reporter : AMPAS, John Wayne, “John Wayne Lashes Last Summer and Cordura as Poison Polluting the Bloodstream of Hollywood,” Hollywood Reporter, 1-11-60.
“A great deal”: AMPAS, John Wayne, Philip K. Scheuer, “Alamo Wayne Dream Realized,” Los Angeles Times, 10-27-60.
“The word of mouth”: Thomas Morgan, “God and Man in Hollywood,” Esquire, 5-63.
On November 4: AMPAS, The Alamo file, Hollywood Reporter, 11-4-60.
“There doesn’t seem”: USC, Batjac Collection, Grant to Wayne, 12-12-60.
“is kicking hell out of us”: USC, Batjac Collection, box 1, folder 10, Grant to Wayne, 12-13-60.
“North to Alaska business”: Batjac Productions, Feldman to Wayne, 11-30-60.
Feldman wrote his client: Batjac Productions, Feldman to Wayne, 2-21-59.
UA further cut: AMPAS, The Alamo file, “30 Mins. Shortened Alamo Out in March,” Variety, 2-8-61.
“In my opinion”: Clark and Andersen, p. 139.
“This is sheer, unadulterated”: Ibid., p. 145.
“an ode to a heroic era”: Frank Thompson, “The Alamo Wayne’s Reel Heroes,” American Cinematographer, July 1990, p. 35.
“Duke didn’t have”: Burt Kennedy to SE.
“Everybody made money”: AMPAS, John Wayne, Roy Newquist, “John Wayne Separates the Legend and the Myth,” Chicago American Magazine, 6-18-67.
Before the film was released: AMPAS, John Wayne, Jack Smith, “Wayne Plays Wayne Hard, Rides Fame Easy,” Los Angeles Times, undated but 1960.
By comparison: All these figures come from Balio, p. 138.
The picture’s negative cost: USC, Batjac Collection, box 3, folder 21, “File Alamo audit.”
“extraordinary miscellaneous charges”: Wayne to Landesman, 2-77, courtesy of Joe Musso.
“it would be a crime”: USC, Batjac Collection, box 3, folder 17, Michael Wayne memo, 10-14-65.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
“Ward had many reputations”: Robert Horton to SE. All subsequent quotes from Horton derive from this interview.
“steadfastness, courage, and clarity”: AMPAS, Ward Bond file, partial clipping, American Home, August 1960.
He would start his day: Vaughan, p. 93; Robert Fuller to SE.
John Ford knew: Dan Ford to SE.
“Hold on,” blurted Wilson: AMPAS, Ward Bond, TV Guide, undated, but November 1960.
Harry Carey and Ken Curtis sang: AMPAS, Ward Bond, Jeff Davis, “500 Attend Funeral for Ward Bond,” Los Angeles Mirror, 11-7-60.
“I’ll tell you what you do”: Lilley, Terry Wilson, CD companion to Campfire Conversations.
The only untoward thing: Ibid.
“I had never seen him”: Roberts and Olson, p. 486.
“funerals are so medieval”: USC, Special Collections, Warga.
But the president of the Birch Society: Rosenfeld, p. 304.
“What a bunch of horseshit”: Roberts and Olson, p. 568.
“Actors are now directing”: Behlmer, pp. 259–60.
Wayne came aboard: McCarthy, p. 571.
“Listen kids”: Ibid., p. 580.
“Duke, there’s a leopa
rd”: Munn, p. 237.
Martinelli also claimed: McCarthy, p. 583.
“You take a different”: McCarthy, p. 587.
“I remember his working”: McGilligan, Backstory 2, p. 23.
“We should have done something”: Bogdanovich, p. 292.
“I would appreciate”: Batjac Productions, Wayne to Hawks, 6-12-61.
“There’s a hell of a role”: Stuart Whitman to SE. All quotations from Whitman derive from this interview.
“Are you the fella”: Tom Mankiewicz to SE.
“Duke directed more than half”: Dean Smith to SE.
“Duke and George Sherman”: Eyman, Five American Cinematographers, p. 135.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Wayne was getting: Eyman, Print the Legend, p. 488.
He complained: Bogdanovich, p. 290.
“James Edward Grant”: Dan Ford to SE.
“Ford has been making bad”: AMPAS, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance production files, Mike Herr, New Leader, 7-9-62.
“I am writing this”: Batjac Productions, Zanuck to Wayne, 6-28-61.
“I am shocked”: Batjac Productions, Zanuck to Wayne, 9-8-61.
Zanuck directed all: AMPAS, The Longest Day production files, letter from DFZ, Saturday Review, 12-15-62.
“Wayne never showed”: Knox, p. 190.
Mickey Knox reported: Knox, p. 191.
“[Ford] never should have used me”: John Wayne to SE.
“Ford hired a friend”: William Clothier to SE.
“John [Ford] called”: Dorothy Lamour to SE.
“the screenplay”: AMPAS, Donovan’s Reef files, Stanley Eichelbaum, San Francisco Examiner, 7-18-63.
“There was no pride”: AMPAS, John Wayne, Dean Jennings, “The Woes of the Box Office King,” The Saturday Evening Post, c. 1962.
Her appointments included: John Wayne, p. 190.
“He liked to fish”: Bert Minshall to SE. All subsequent quotes from Minshall derive from this interview.
“I need the space”: Thomas B. Morgan, “God and Man in Hollywood,” Esquire, 5-63.
“I don’t want my boat”: AMPAS, John Wayne, Rich Roberts, “A Goose Flies Again,” Los Angeles Times, 10-21-92.
“I don’t trust a man”: Minshall to SE.
Wayne took no salary: Batjac Productions, David Picker wire to Feldman, 8-27-62.
After recoupment: Batjac Productions, David Picker to Arthur Krim, 8-22-62.