John Wayne's Attempt To Break Out Of Westerns Led To One Of The Lowest Points In His Career

Jan 5 2023 by /Film

 

In the early days of the classical Hollywood era, the demand for new movies was so great that studios created low-budget production wings (known as B-units) to cheaply meet the demand for content. Smaller studios — known as Poverty Row — filled the remaining gap with quickly produced cheap movies. The practice resulted in what's best known as the low-budget B-movie.

Filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, and Ron Howard all have humble beginnings in B-movies, as do actors like...

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