John Wayne Wins An Oscar

April 7th 1970

The 42nd Annual Academy Awards were held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and had no official host.  The Academy celebrated the year 1969 in film.

The big news for a lot of film fans was that John Wayne was nominated again for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his turn as Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit".  This was his 2nd nomination in the category, the first was 1949 for his role in "The Sands of Iow Jima".  

I agree with him winning the Award I will say for me his best role was in his last film "The Shootist" in 1976.

Here he is accepting the award from Barbra Streisand and he mentions that he finally gets to accept for himself instead of for friends winning awards that weren't attending the ceremonies. 

Classic Movie Poster of the Day

From 1969, True Grit, the movie that won John Wayne his only Academy Award. He won for Best Actor.

The Trailer Park (Remake Edition)

Today the trailer park is giving you preview of the 2010 remake of the 1969 John Wayne film "True Grit". Directed by the Ethan and Joel Cohen and starring Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn (the role that Wayne won an Oscar for) and Matt Damon as La Boeuf the Texas Ranger that was originally portrayed by Glen Campbell.

The new True Grit opens December 22nd and is expected to be among the contenders for the Academy Awards in 2011.

Here is the trailer for the 1969 classic and followed by the new Cohen Brothers updated and less humor filled version.