By Sam Jacobs web posted July 5, 2021
John Wayne is an American Hollywood icon every bit the equal of James Dean or Marilyn Monroe. He is also a man from another era, a man whose conservatism came as naturally as walking down the street. Affectionately known as “The Duke,” he spent three decades as a top box office draw with 179 film and television credits to his name.
Before The Duke: Marion Robert Morrison
His story is as American as his values. Born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa at a whopping 13 pounds, his family relocated to Southern California. His family first arrived in America from Ireland in 1799 and his grandfather was a Civil War veteran. His nickname was bestowed upon him in childhood (“Little Duke” at the time) by a milkman amused by the omnipresence of Wayne’s Airedale Terrier, Duke.
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Sam Pollardâs archive documentary cleverly uses the FBIâs pursuit of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr to tell the entwined history of leftwing protest and state-sanctioned surveillance. Former FBI director J Edgar Hoover feared âthe rise of a black messiahâ would disrupt the segregated status quo, and so set out to use information about Kingâs private life, such as his extramarital affairs, to discredit his public persona. Pollard includes clips from movies such as
Big Jim McLain and
The FBI Story to show how the bureau infiltrated pop culture to cultivate an image of itself as âreasonable, sane and patrioticâ.