John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. He was of English, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry. John Wayne went to USC on a football scholarship 1925-7. 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. e appeared in nearly 250 movies, many of epic proportions. 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). A dark black signature on a 8 x 10 black and white photograph of a young John Wayne. Personally inscribed, ‘Sam-Good Luck, John Wayne Duke.’ Professionally Matted and Framed. Comes with a Letter of Authenticity from Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators, (GFA).

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