{"id":6000,"date":"2020-08-27T16:55:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/?p=6000"},"modified":"2020-08-27T18:35:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T17:35:23","slug":"movies-john-wayne-never-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/movies-john-wayne-never-made\/","title":{"rendered":"More Movies John Wayne Never Got To Make"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the second part of John Wayne&#8217;s &#8220;unrealised&#8221; films. The first installment considers the movies JW passed on for one reason or another. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/john-wayne-roles-turned-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Movies John Wayne Turned Down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recently perusing an old movie magazine that was published way back in 1969 I came across an article on the films of John Wayne which happened to mention that after appearing in \u201cThe Undefeated\u201d the actor had a \u201cfurther project in active preparation [entitled] \u2018Overlord of Hope\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>No? Me neither. Never heard of it and I can\u2019t find any reference to this movie that JW never appeared in anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>This got me thinking about all of the films JW didn\u2019t get to make or just plain missed out on for one reason or the other so here&#8217;s a few more to add to the list from the previous article.<\/p>\n<p>As before the titles are listed according to personal preference.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/movies-john-wayne-never-made\/#The_Betsy_1978\" title=\"The Betsy (1978)\">The Betsy (1978)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/movies-john-wayne-never-made\/#Midway_1976\" title=\"Midway (1976)\">Midway (1976)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/movies-john-wayne-never-made\/#Santa_Fe_Trail_1940\" title=\"Santa Fe Trail (1940)\">Santa Fe Trail (1940)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/movies-john-wayne-never-made\/#The_Plainsman_1936\" title=\"The Plainsman (1936)\">The Plainsman (1936)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/movies-john-wayne-never-made\/#North_West_Mounted_Police_1939\" title=\"North West Mounted Police (1939)\">North West Mounted Police (1939)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/movies-john-wayne-never-made\/#The_Tall_Men_1955\" title=\"The Tall Men (1955)\">The Tall Men (1955)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/movies-john-wayne-never-made\/#The_Alamo_1960\" title=\"The Alamo (1960)\">The Alamo (1960)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/movies-john-wayne-never-made\/#Duel_in_the_Sun_1946\" title=\"Duel in the Sun (1946)\">Duel in the Sun (1946)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/movies-john-wayne-never-made\/#Yellowstone_Kelly_1959\" title=\"Yellowstone Kelly (1959)\">Yellowstone Kelly (1959)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/movies-john-wayne-never-made\/#Patton_1970\" title=\"Patton (1970)\">Patton (1970)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Betsy_1978\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6002\" src=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheBetsy-728x546.jpg\" alt=\"Movie poster for The Betsy\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheBetsy-728x546.jpg 728w, https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheBetsy.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>The Betsy (1978)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One can only thank the gods that the JW faithful never got to see their hero onscreen uttering the words &#8220;never sh*t a sh*tt*r&#8221; which gives you some idea of the tone of the film, which was based upon the Harold Robbins novel of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>The main character, as would have been played by Wayne, was a thinly-disguised portrait of car magnate Henry Ford in all his rough mouthed, lady killing arrogant best.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully Duke lost out to that most revered of all British thespians, Laurence Olivier, who obviously had no qualms when it came to dropping his trousers for the camera prior to indulging in a five-minute relationship on the nearest bed with his housemaid.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Midway_1976\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6003\" src=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/midway-728x518.jpg\" alt=\"Movie poster for Midway\" width=\"728\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/midway-728x518.jpg 728w, https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/midway.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>Midway (1976)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>According to various sources, Wayne was supposedly in the running to play Admiral William \u201cBull\u201d Halsey in the all-star WWII epic \u201cMidway\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The famous admiral had already been portrayed by James Cagney in \u201cThe Gallant Hours\u201d in 1960 and I think I\u2019m fairly sure I read somewhere once that Wayne was up for taking on the role but then passed on it.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe because he\u2019d just finished \u201cThe Shootist\u201d and was still suffering the effects of the flu that he caught whilst filming what turned out to be his last movie.<\/p>\n<p>Either way JW didn\u2019t take on the role of Halsey, the part eventually going to Robert Mitchum instead.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Santa_Fe_Trail_1940\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6004\" src=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Santa-Fe-728x410.jpg\" alt=\"Movie poster for The Santa Fe Trail\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Santa-Fe-728x410.jpg 728w, https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Santa-Fe.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>Santa Fe Trail (1940)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cTogether on the big screen for the first time! Errol Flynn and John Wayne!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it was not to be. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3gB1aNR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">biographer Scott Eyman<\/a>, \u201cWarner Bros. pursued Wayne to play George Custer\u201d but by 1940, Duke was bathing in the stardom that came his way after \u201cStagecoach\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He apparently balked at playing a secondary role to Flynn, although that didn\u2019t stop JW doing that exact thing opposite Claire Trevor for a couple of films or more.<\/p>\n<p>The role went to Ronald Reagan instead who, according to Eyman \u201cspent the rest of his life complaining about how playing second lead to Errol Flynn was a recipe for professional oblivion\u201d, so maybe JW got it right on this one.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Plainsman_1936\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6014\" src=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Plainsman-1-365x550.jpg\" alt=\"Movie poster for The Plainsman\" width=\"365\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Plainsman-1-365x550.jpg 365w, https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Plainsman-1-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Plainsman-1.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/>The Plainsman (1936)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This DeMille film and the following title, \u201cNorth West Mounted Police\u201d, another DeMille effort, are linked as regards Wayne\u2019s non-participation, as will be explained.<\/p>\n<p>Stuck in Poverty Row hell after the box-office failure of \u201cThe Big Trail\u201d, Duke and his agent at the time expressed interest in him playing the role of Wild Bill Hickok in \u201cThe Plainsman\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a meeting with DeMille the director, according to Scott Eyman, told Wayne \u201cI saw it [\u201cThe Big Trail\u201d] and you did just fine. But a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>DeMille then went on to cast Gary Cooper in the role of Hickock instead. Flash forward a few years later to\u2026.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"North_West_Mounted_Police_1939\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6006\" src=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/north-west-mounted-police-703x550.jpg\" alt=\"Movie poster for North West Mounted Police\" width=\"703\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/north-west-mounted-police-703x550.jpg 703w, https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/north-west-mounted-police.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/>North West Mounted Police (1939)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u2026 and by this time Duke\u2019s stardom is now in its ascendancy so DeMille sent JW the script to his new Mountie film for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>JW decided he didn\u2019t want the part on offer, which eventually went to Preston Foster, and sent the script back with a note saying \u201cA lot of water\u2019s gone under the bridge\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This clearly did not interfere with their professional relationship, both director and star eventually working together on \u201cReap the Wild Wind\u201d in 1942.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Tall_Men_1955\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6007\" src=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Tall-Men-728x430.jpg\" alt=\"Movie poster for The Tall Men\" width=\"728\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Tall-Men-728x430.jpg 728w, https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Tall-Men.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>The Tall Men (1955)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Here was an opportunity for Wayne to play with a screen star of equal standing, this time Clark Gable, in a big-budget 20th Century Fox production, and what happens?<\/p>\n<p>According to author Fred Landesman it seems neither JW nor Gable could agree on who was to get top billing so Duke hitched up his wagon and moved on, gifting the role he was slated to play to Robert Ryan.<\/p>\n<p>The film, budgeted at a whopping $3 million dollars and directed by Raoul Walsh, who also helmed \u201cThe Big Trail\u201d, would have seen the pair fighting each other over sultry screen siren Jane Russell.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Wayne didn\u2019t want to be seen being given the elbow in preference to Gable.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Alamo_1960\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5165\" src=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/The-Alamo-728x539.jpg\" alt=\"The Alamo with John Wayne poster\" width=\"728\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/The-Alamo-728x539.jpg 728w, https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/The-Alamo.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>The Alamo (1960)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This is a bit of a cheat if I&#8217;m honest because, seeing as Duke both produced and directed the film he had the power to play any role he wanted to, initially plumping for the part of Sam Houston, a cameo appearance that would have given him time to concentrate solely on his main role as director.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, United Artists never got to read that memo and decided that if JW wanted them to help finance his pet project then he would have to take on the starring role of Davy Crockett instead.<\/p>\n<p>The part of Houston went to Richard Boone who walked away with a brand new Rolls Royce in payment courtesy of Duke.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Duel_in_the_Sun_1946\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6008\" src=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Duel-in-the-Sun-728x506.jpg\" alt=\"Movie poster for Duel in the Sun\" width=\"728\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Duel-in-the-Sun-728x506.jpg 728w, https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Duel-in-the-Sun.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>Duel in the Sun (1946)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Various sources, including the American \u201cTV Guide\u201d assert that the two main roles in what the magazine called \u201c An enormous, lumbering horse opera, done up like an oversexed prize-winning bronco\u201d, were originally offered to Wayne and Hedy Lamarr.<\/p>\n<p>Due to being inconveniently pregnant Lamarr lost out on the role of the sensual half-Native American temptress Pearl Chavez to Jennifer Jones, who at that time was being heavily romanced by the producer of the film, David \u201cGone With the Wind\u201d O Selznick.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on who you believe either Wayne passed on the project after reading \u201cthe dubious script\u201d which apparently \u201cmade him squeamish\u201d or he was \u201cforced to commit elsewhere [when] production delays continued\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The role of bad boy Lewt McCanies was eventually given to Gregory Peck who must have been somewhat chagrined when critics rechristened the film \u201cLust in the Dust\u201d. Probably another lucky break for Mr. Wayne in hindsight.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Yellowstone_Kelly_1959\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6009\" src=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Yellowstone-Kelly-395x550.jpg\" alt=\"Movie poster for Yellowstone Kelly\" width=\"395\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Yellowstone-Kelly-395x550.jpg 395w, https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Yellowstone-Kelly-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Yellowstone-Kelly.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/>Yellowstone Kelly (1959)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The role of the title character was originally supposed to be played by John Wayne, with John Ford directing from a Burt Kennedy script.<\/p>\n<p>For reasons never really specified, although I suspect money was the prime motivator, actor and director opted to make \u201cThe Horse Soldiers\u201d instead.<\/p>\n<p>I think both Wayne and Ford made a big mistake on this one, seeing as how \u201cThe Horse Soldiers\u201d didn\u2019t do that well at the box office.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the role of fur trapper and scout Kelly was custom made for Wayne, and the positive reaction that the film has garnered over the years from both critics and audiences alike suggests that with JW in the title role, it could have been just as successful, if not more so, than \u201cHondo\u201d, a role somewhat similar in style to that of the part Wayne bequeathed to Clint Walker.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Walker was in the middle of a successful six-year stint as TV cowboy \u201cCheyenne\u201d, the film capitalising on his small screen fame as well as that of co-star and teen sensation Edd Byrnes, famous for his role as Kookie in \u201c77 Sunset Strip\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake. \u201cYellowstone Kelly\u201d is a very good and highly underrated Western. Just think how much better it would have been with both Wayne and Ford involved. C\u2019est la vie as they say in certain circles.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Patton_1970\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6010\" src=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Patton-728x459.jpg\" alt=\"Movie poster for Patton\" width=\"728\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Patton-728x459.jpg 728w, https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Patton.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/>Patton (1970)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>IMDB states that \u201cJohn Wayne eagerly sought the role of Gen. George S. Patton but was turned down by producer Frank McCarthy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>JW biographer Scott Eyman maintains, however, that Wayne \u201cturned down <em>Patton<\/em>, although since he was a huge admirer of George C. Scott\u2019s performance he had no regrets\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, who won an Oscar for playing the famed WWII general, is definitely at his best in this film but since becoming aware that Wayne might have been up for the role it\u2019s hard to imagine anyone else in the part.<\/p>\n<p>The famous opening speech where Patton makes his feelings known to his men on the subject of Hitler, the Nazis, cowardice, heroism and war, in general, is absolutely tailor-made for Duke.<\/p>\n<p>I can just hear him right now addressing his audience in that familiar voice of his that constantly threatened and intimidated at one and the same time to \u201cremember that no b*st*rd ever won a war by dying for his country.<\/p>\n<p>He won it by making the other poor dumb b*st*rd die for his country\u2026 We\u2019re going to murder those lousy Hun b*st*rds by the bushel\u2026I don\u2019t want to get any messages saying we\u2019re holding our position.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not holding anything. We\u2019re going to go through them like cr*p through a goose\u2026 Alright, you sons of bitches. Now you know how I feel\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another memorable scene Patton runs out into the path of a Nazi plane strafing his soldiers and actually tries to shoot it down with his handgun.<\/p>\n<p>No wonder JW may have \u201ceagerly sought the role\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It has John Wayne written all over it and maybe somewhere out there in a parallel universe he would have played Patton instead of George C. Scott. I doubt he would have refused the Oscar like Scott did though. That would have been just plain dumb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the second part of John Wayne&#8217;s &#8220;unrealised&#8221; films. The first installment considers the movies JW passed on for one reason or another. Check out The Movies John Wayne Turned Down. Recently perusing an old movie magazine that was &#8230; <a title=\"More Movies John Wayne Never Got To Make\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/movies-john-wayne-never-made\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about More Movies John Wayne Never Got To Make\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6000"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6015,"href":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6000\/revisions\/6015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}