HARRISON CARROLL
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Award-
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Photos:
Harrison
Carroll Cinema Prize Award - 1971, John Wayne,
Harrison Carroll, Priscilla Cory, Terry Moore, Troy
Cory, at the Marquis in Hollywood - 1971 "Best
Entertainment Story" - Wendel Corey, Starmakers.
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Speaking of old friends,
Harrison Carroll was very much on hand for the
press party hosted by John Wayne at the Marquis
Restaurant. Occasion of the get-together was the
presentation of the Harrison Carroll Cinema Press
Prize.
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Feature
Story
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About
John Wayne
•Person
of the Month
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Larger
than life
. .
.an
American actor, film director-
and producer who became an
enduring American icon. He
epitomized rugged masculinity,
and was famous for his
distincitive voice, walk and
height. His film career spanned
more than 45 years. He was borne
Marion Robert Morrison and was
given his stage name, John Wayne,
by Hollywood newspaper columnist,
Harrison Carroll. He won a 'Best
Actor' Academy Award in 1969, for
"True Grit." He symbolized and
communicated American values and
ideals.
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His
nickname was "Duke" and his
family nickname JW. CLICK
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Part
02hTIMELINE
/John
Wayne, American Film Actor,
Produer He
is perhaps best remembered for
his parts in Ford's cavalry
trilogy - "Fort Apache," "She
Wore a Yellow Ribbon" and "Rio
Grande."
•
1907
-John
Wayne was born Marion Robert
Morrison on May 26, 1907, in
Winterset Iowa, the son of
pharmacist Clyde Morrison and his
wife Mary, who developed a lung
condition that required the
family to move from Iowa to the
warmer climate of southern
California, settling in
Lancaster, where they tried
ranching in the Mojave
Desert. •
1911
-His
he family moved to Glendale,
California.
•
1907
-Marion
delivered medicines for his
father, sold newspapers and had
an Airedale terrier dog named
"Duke" (the source of his own
nickname). He preferred "Duke" to
"Marion," and the name stuck for
the rest of his life. He did well
at school both academically and
in football. When he narrowly
failed admission to Annapolis he
went to USC. •
1920 -
As a teen,
Wayne worked in an ice cream shop
for a man who shod horses for
Hollywood
studios. •
1924
-He
played football for the 1924
champion Glendale High School
team. Wayne applied to the U.S.
Naval Academy, but was not
accepted. He instead attended the
University of Southern California
(USC), majoring in
pre-law.
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1925-27
- Attended USC on a football
scholarship. •
1929 -
Wayne began working at local
film studios, and prolific silent
western film star Tom Mix got him
a summer job as a prop man in
exchange for football
tickets. •
1929 -
On the sets
he became close friends with
director John Ford for whom,
among others, he began doing bit
parts, some billed as John Wayne,
a name given to him by newspaper
columnist Harrison Carroll.
•
1930 -
Director
Raoul Walsh cast him in his first
starring role in "The Big
Trail." •
1930 -
Featured in
film "Men Without
Women." •
1934 -Born Michael Wayne - (Film
Produce) - on November 23rd. Died
April 2,
2003. •
1936 -
Born Mary
Antonia "Toni" Wayne LaCava on
February
25th. •
1939 -
Born Patrick
Wayne (actor) on July 15th. •
1939 -
Film:
"Stachecoach." •
1940 -
Born Melinda
Wayne Munoz on December
3rd. •
1942 -
From 1942-43
he was in a radio series, "The
Three Sheets to the
Wind." •
1943 -
Wayne was a
conservative Republican. He took
part in creating the Motion
Picture Alliance for the
Preservation of American Ideals,
a right-wing political
organization, later becoming its
President. Wayne
Used his Iconic Status to Support
Conservative
Causes. •
1947 -
Elected
president of Motion Picture
Alliance for the Preservation of
American
Ideals. •
1951 -
He was an
ardent anti-communist, and vocal
supporter of the House
Un-American Activities
Committee.
He made Big Jim McLain (1952) to
show his support for the
anti-communist cause. He also
claimed to have been instrumental
in having Carl Foreman
blacklisted from Hollywood after
the release of the
anti-McCarthyism western High
Noon
(1952). •
1948 -
Film: "Fort
Apache."
•
1949 -
Film: "She
Wore a Yellow Ribbon." •
1949 -
Film: "The
Fighting Kentuckian." •
1949 -Receives
the Best Actor nomination for
"Sands of Iwo
Jima." •
1950 -
Film: "Rio
Grande." Co-star, Maureen O'Hara
Blair. •
1950 -
Received the
Laurel Award from Motion Picture
Exhibitors for "Screen King of
the Year." •
1950 -
Voted Star of the
Decade for 1950-1960 by the
Motion Picture Herald. •
1955 -
Film: "Bloddy
Alley," with Lauren Bacal. •
1953 -
Wayne was awarded
the Henrietta Award for World
Film Favorites by the Hollywood
Foreign Press
Association. •
1956 -
Born Aissa Wayne
- (Actress, now Attorney) - on
March
31st. •
1952 -
Made the film
"Big Jim McLain" to show his
support for the anti-communist
cause. •
1958 -
Soviet
documents released in 2003 reveal
that, despite being a fan of
Wayne's movies, Joseph Stalin
ordered Wayne's assassination due
to his strong anti-communist
politics. Stalin died before the
killing could be accomplished.
His successor, Nikita Khrushchev,
reportedly told Wayne during a
1958 visit to the United States
that he had personally rescinded
the order. •
1960 -
Produced,
directed and starred in "The
Alamo," which reflected his
conservative political
stance. When
John F. Kennedy won the election:
"I didn't vote for him but he's
my president, and I hope he does
a good
job." •
1960 -A supporter of then Vice
President Richard Nixon's bid for
the White House, he famously
expressed his vision of
patriotism when John F. Kennedy
won the election: "I didn't vote
for him but he's my president,
and I hope he does a good
job." •
1962 -Born
John Ethan Wayne - (Actor) on
February 22nd. •
1962 -
Film: "How the West was Won." •
1962 -
Film: "The Longest Day." •
1962 -
Film: "Hatari." •
1964 -Wayne had been a chain-smoker
of cigarettes since young
adulthood. In 1964, Wayne was
diagnosed with lung cancer, and
had a cancerous left lung
removed. However, within a few
years of his operation he chewed
tobacco and began smoking
cigars. •
1964 -Born Marisa Wayne - (Actress)
on February 22nd. •
1965 -
Film: "In Harm's Way." •
1965 -
Film: "The Sons of Katie
Elder." •
1966 -
Film: "The Greatest Story Ever
Told." •
1966 -
Film: "El Dorado." •
1966 -
Film: "Cast a Giant Shadow." •
1966 -Waye was awarded the Cecil B.
DeMille Award by the Hollywood
Foreign Press Association for
outstanding contribution to the
world of
entertainment. •
1968 -
His patriotic
stand was enshrined in film "The
Green Berets," which he
co-directed and starred
in. •
1968 -
Actively
campaigned for Richard Nixon, and
addressed the Republican National
Convention on its opening day in
August 1968. •
1968 -
Film: "Hellfighters." •
1967 -
Film: "The War Wagon. •
1969 -
Received the
Oscar for his role as one-eyed
Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit."
Appeared on the cover of Aug. 8
Time Magazine (Aug. 8). •
1969 -
Film: "The Undefeated." •
1970 -
Film: "Chisum." •
1970 -
Film: "Rio Lobo." •
1970 -
Honored with a Golden Globe Award
for best performance by an actor
in a Motion Picture Drama by
theHollywood
Foreign Press
Association. •
1971
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TheRightFix -
Harrison
Carroll Cinema Prize / TVI
Awards •
1971
- John Wayne,
Troy Cory and Brayden
Linden meet at John Wayne's
residence to discuss the
establisment of the Harrison
Carroll Cinema Reporting Prize
Foundation, to honor outstanding
newspaper columnists with the
Harrison Carroll Award. Wayne to
be Chairman of the
Foundation.
•
1971
- In June meeting at
the "Room
at The Top," (later "Simply
Blues") in the Sunset & Vine
tower in Hollywood.
Establishes the Harrison
Carroll Award, and the Harrison
Carroll Cinema Reporting Prize
Foundation,
with
co-founders Troy Cory, Brayden
Linden, Jossi Sigl and Maria
Carroll. On the Board of
Governors are Melvin Belli,
Marjory Oswald, John Wayne,
Ernest Borgnine, Sammy Darvis,
Jr., Stephen Crane, Glenn Ford,
Anthony Quinn and Zsa Zsa Gabor,
to name a
few. •
1971 -
On July 1, the HCCRPF
and John Wayne host a
star-studded banquet at
Martoni-Marquis on Sunset in
Hollywood.
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Troy Cory announces that
Harrison Carroll was endowing a
permanent Cinema Reporting Prize
Foundation for entertainment
columnists throughout the
country. To fund the Endowment,
Harrison has pledged as
collateral his memoirs his
fantastic photograph collection,
and his other memorabilia
collected over forty years. •
1971
-
Film:
"Big
Jake." •
1972
-
Film:
"The Cowboys." •
1972
-
Film:
"Cancel My Reservation." •
1973
-
Film:
"Cahill, United States
Marshal." •
1973
-
Film:
"The Train Robers." •
1973
- Garnered a Grammy
nomination for his spoken word
album "America Why I Love
Her." •
1974
- Film: "McQ." •
1975
- Film: "Brannigan." •
1975
- Film: "Rooster
Cogburn." •
1976- His
final film "The Shootist." •
1978- In
March 1978 he was diagnsed
withlung cancer. He underwent
heart valve replacement surgery;
and in January 1979 his stomach
was
removed. Wayne
received the two highest civilian
decorations awarded by the United
States government.
•
1979 -
Approved by Congress, Wayne
was awarded the Congressional
Gold Medal, inscribed simply
"John Wayne-American." On June 9,
1980, Wayne was posthumously
awarded the Presidential Medal of
Freedom, (Americas highest
civilian honor) by Jimmy Carter
(at whose inaugural ball Wayne
had appeared "as a member of the
loyal opposition", as Wayne
described it in his speech to the
gathering). •
1979 -
Died June 11, 1979 of lung
and stomach cancer in Los
Angeles. •
1979 -
In his honor, Orange County
Airport waas renamed "John Wayne
Airort in June. Personal
Life:
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Wayne was
married three times and divorced
twice. His wives, all of them
Hispanic women, were Josephine
Alicia Saenz, Esperanza Baur, and
Pilar Pallete. He had four
children with Josephine:
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Michael
Wayne; Mary Antonia "Toni" Wayne
LaCava; Patrick Wayne; Melinda
Wayne Munoz; and three with
Pilar:
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Aissa
Wayne; John Ethan Wayne; Marisa
Wayne.
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Editor's Note /
Harrrison
Carroll's "leg man". . . Army
Archerd. Julian Myers,
who started at 20th Century Fox
in 1948, recalls Archerd's
pre-Variety stint as "leg man"
for Los Angeles Herald-Express
columnist Harrison Carroll. "Army
was the consummate interviewer,"
Myers says, "a handsome young
man, very accessible. "Army came
out to Fox every Friday. I was
assigned to take him to all the
shooting stages. The actors
looked forward to
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Army's visits because they
would read in Carroll's column
something interesting and honest
about them."
JUST
FOR VARIETY By Army Archerd .
. . July 6,
1971 John Wayne on hand at the
Marquis to help launch the
Harrison Carroll Cinema
Reporting Prize Foundation of
which he's chairman. "I've neer
known him to double-cross anyone
on either side of the camera,"
said Wayne of the former
columnist. "I'm really happy to
be here to help honor this
wonderful guy: . . .
Prizes toalling $10,000
annually for showbiz reporting is
plotted by the foundation,
announced president Brayden
Linand and Troy Cory,
coordinator, Vice President Gerd
Oswald also on hand, Terry
Moore,("Bunny O'Hare"). among
Carroll longtime pals.
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Film Star •
•
John Wayne (born Marion
Morrison) was the son of
pharmacist Clyde Morrison and his
wife Mary. Clyde developed a lung
condition that required him to
move his family from Iowa to the
warmer climate of southern
California, where they tried
ranching in the Mojave Desert.
Until the ranch failed, Marion
and his younger brother Robert E.
Morrison swam in an irrigation
ditch and rode a horse to
school.
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•
When the
ranch failed, the family moved to
Glendale, California, where
Marion delivered medicines for
his father, sold newspapers and
had an Airedale dog named "Duke"
(the source of his own nickname).
He did well at school both
academically and in football.
When he narrowly failed admission
to Annapolis he went to USC on a
football scholarship 1925-27.
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•
Tom Mix
got him a summer job as a prop
man in exchange for football
tickets. On the set he became
close friends with director John
Ford for whom, among others, he
began doing bit parts, some
billed as John Wayne.
•
•
His first
featured film was "Men Without
Women" (1930). After more than 70
low-budget westerns and
adventures, mostly routine,
Wayne's career was stuck in a rut
until Ford cast him in Stagecoach
(1939), the movie that made him a
star.
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He
appeared in nearly 250 movies,
many of epic proportions. From
1942-43 he was in a radio series,
"The Three Sheets to the Wind",
and in 1944 he helped found the
Motion Picture Alliance for the
Preservation of American Ideals,
a right-wing political
organization, later becoming its
President. His conservative
political stance was also
reflected in "The Alamo" (1960),
which he produced, directed and
starred in. His patriotic stand
was enshrined in "The Green
Berets" (1968) which he
co-directed and starred
in.•
•
Over the
years Wayne was beset with health
problems. In September 1964 he
had a cancerous left lung
removed; in March 1978 there was
heart valve replacement surgery;
and in January 1979 his stomach
was removed.
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•
He
received the Best Actor
nomination for Sands of "Iwo
Jima" (1949) and finally got the
Oscar for his role as one-eyed
Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit"
(1969).
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•
A
Congressional Gold Medal was
struck in his honor in 1979.
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•
He is
perhaps best remembered for his
parts in Ford's cavalry trilogy -
Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a
Yellow Ribbon (1949) and "Rio
Grand" (1950).
Harrison
Carroll Award
Establishedby
the Harrison Carroll Cinema
Reporting Prize Foundation - John
Wayne, Chairman •
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Entertainment columnists
will henceforth be honored by the
newly organized Harrison Carroll
Cinema Reporting Prize, it was
announced at a star-studded
banquet held at the Marquis
Restaurant recently. The prizes,
to be awarded early next year,
will be in honor of Harrison
Carroll who devoted more than 40
years to show-business reporting
until his retirement in 1969. "I
like Hollywood people," he once
said. "I give them every break I
can."
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Hosts of the Prize
Foundation - Co-founded by
Brayden Linden, and Troy
Cory-Stubblefield, were well
represented at the banquet,
including actors John Wayne,
chairman, and Brayden Linden,
president; movie director Gerd
Oswald, vice president;
singer-actor Troy Cory, exectuive
coordinator, and many film
executives such as producer Terry
Moore, ("Bunny O'Hare"), Josie
Cory, Troy Cory's daughter
Priscilla Cory, Vikki Dugan,
Jossi Sigl, just to mention a
few. Mr. Carroll, star for the
night was accompanied by his
lovely
wife.
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Other well-known
celebrities on the Board of
Governors, are Melvin Belli, John
Wayne, Ernest Borgnine, Sammy
Darvis, Jr., Stephen Crane, Glenn
Ford, Anthony Quinn and Zsa Zsa
Gabor, to name a
few.
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