John Wayne—Big Man! . . . Big Life! . . . Big Love!

You don’t catch John Wayne’s family singing the “location blues” when he’s off making a picture—whether it be “Donovan’s Reef” or his forthcoming “McLintock!” For where he goes they go, and love it—as witness his wife Pilar playing with their baby, John Ethan. But nobody enjoys their presence more than the big man himself. Daughter Aissa snuggles against her hero, Daddy. At right, Duke shows the baby son how it feels to ride tall without a saddle. Far right, he embraces his son Pat, one of his four children by his first marriage (Wayne has been married three times). Best of all, for John and Pilar, it’s just like home as, the day’s work over, they sit in the kitchen and play cards. And sometimes Duke and the love of his life (his “haven,” he calls her) take hands and go for a walk—away from everybody. 

 

It is a quote. PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE OCTOBER 1963