Vintage 1961 John Wayne "Los Comancheros" 3.5" x 5" Original Theatrical Movie Herald

Retail Price $495

  • Lot number 946952
  • Total views 4
  • Total bids 17
  • Winning bid $60.00
  • Buyer's premium $9.60
  • Total $69.60
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The Comancheros, the 1961 Michael Curtiz cowboy western ("The Law... The Lawless... The Lovers - Reckless Adventures On The Border Of No Return!"; "A kingdom of killers... plundering for women and gold!"; "These were the reckless who trespassed the borders of no return... Into the kingdom of killers known as The Comancheros"; "Big Jake the Adventurer... Paul Regret the Gambler... Pilar the Gypsy beauty... three with a past... destined to cross and clash... in a kingdom of killers!"; "Based on the novel by Paul I. Wellman") starring John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin, Nehemiah Persoff, Lee Marvin ("as Crow"), Michael Ansara, and Tom Hennesy.

The herald measures 3.5" x 5" SRP $495

John Wayne

Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker. An Academy Award-winner for True Grit (1969), Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades. Wayne's career took off in 1939, with John Ford's Stagecoach making him an instant star. He went on to star in 142 pictures. Biographer Ronald Davis said, "John Wayne personified for millions the nation's frontier heritage. Eighty-three of his movies were Westerns, and in them, he played cowboys, cavalrymen, and unconquerable loners extracted from the Republic's central creation myth."

Wayne's other well-known Western roles include a cattleman driving his herd north on the Chisholm Trail in Red River (1948), a Civil War veteran whose young niece is abducted by a tribe of Comanches in The Searchers (1956), and a troubled rancher competing with a lawyer for a woman's hand in marriage in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). He is also remembered for his roles in The Quiet Man (1952), Rio Bravo (1959), and The Longest Day (1962). In his final screen performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in The Shootist (1976). He appeared with many important Hollywood stars of his era, and his last public appearance was at the Academy Awards ceremony on April 9, 1979

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