JOHN "DUKE" WAYNE - DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/26/1961 - HFSID 287384
Price: $2,950.00
JOHN WAYNE
John Wayne signs a document for the Directors Guild of America attesting that in
1961 his earnings were less than $10,000.00
Document signed: "John Wayne", 1 page 8½x11. Los Angeles, California, 1961 December
26. Directors Guild of America, confidential report of earnings for 1961. Typed Los Angeles
address. Wayne reports 1961 earnings as a member as under $10,000.00, and estimated
earnings for 1962 as under $10,000.00. Includes photograph of Wayne in army fatigues and
helmet. Wayne (1907-1979, born Marion Michael Morrison in Winterset, Iowa) appeared in
more films (over 250) than any other star.Best known for his roles in Westerns and
war movies, he was the embodiment of the American hero in over 200 films, fighting (on
screen) for his country in many of them. Wayne's long list of Westerns includes Stagecoach
(1939), which made him a star, Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio
Grande (1950), Hondo (1953), Rio Bravo (1959, which Wayne and director Howard Hawks
remade as El Dorado in 1967 and Rio Lobo in 1970) and The Shootist (1976, his last film).
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1949 for The Sands of Iwo Jima,
Wayne was awarded the 1969 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as U.S. Marshall
Rooster Cogburn in True Grit. Stamp marked received on bottom left corner. Ink mark on
bottom left (unknown hand). Fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA.
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