Wayne rose to fame in the 1930s, and throughout the 1940s and 1950s, built up his reputation as Hollywood's ultimate bastion of masculinity. Indeed, as early as 1964, when Wayne was making films like "The Sons of Katie Elder" and "In Harm's Way," some filmmakers were already looking to exploit Wayne's image for satirical purposes. Wayne's ultra-masculinity wasn't fashionable any longer, and some of the filmmakers of the 1960s were eager to lampoon it.
Author: staff@slashfilm.com (Witney Seibold)
Published at: 2025-05-03 21:45:00
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