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Killing John Wayne: The Making of the Conqueror
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Ryan Uytdewilligen | 1 comments Killing John Wayne: The Making of the Conqueror
Hey Golden Age of Hollywood Book Club,
You sound like a group that is right up my alley! I did just want to suggest/showcase my latest non-fiction film history that I think you'd all enjoy!
Behold the history of a film so scandalous, so outrageous, so explosive it disappeared from print for over a quarter century!
A film so dangerous, half its cast and crew met their demise bringing eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes’ final cinematic vision to life!
Starring All-American legend John Wayne in (very wrong) Fu Manchu make-up as Mongol madman Genghis Khan!
Featuring sultry seductress Susan Hayward as his lover!
This is the true story of The Conqueror (1956), the worst movie ever made.
I'm a Canadian author from the prairies who spent three years researching and writing this crazy tale.
Beyond the wild casting choices, this film is known as the movie that destroyed one of Hollywood's biggest studios, RKO, and put a nail in the Golden Ages' coffin.
Just 153 miles from the film's set in St. George, Utah, nuclear bombs were detonated regularly in Nevada at the height of the cold war.
Published by Rowman and Littlefield last fall, this book tells the full story of the making of The Conqueror, its ignominious aftermath, and the radiation induced cancer that may have killed John Wayne and many others.
I hope you like it and I look forward to chatting with you all about classic film!!


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