The movie that launched John Wayne in to super stardom 🤠 The hat Duke wore in Stagecoach (1939) was his own & he wore it in many other movies before retiring it after he wore it in Rio Bravo in 1959. | JOHN WAYNE

John Wayne's breakout performance as Ringo the Kid in Stagecoach (1939) 🐎 The original negatives of Stagecoach were either lost or destroyed & the film could have been lost forever but Duke would request 35mm copies of many of his films after they were completed. He gave his copy of Stagecoach to the American Film Institute | JOHN WAYNE

Stagecoach 1939 John Ford's landmark Western revolves around an assorted group of colorful passengers aboard the Overland stagecoach bound for Lordsburg, New Mexico, in the 1880s. An alcoholic philosophizer (Thomas Mitchell), a lady of ill repute (Claire Trevor) and a timid liquor salesman (Donald Meek) are among the motley crew of travelers who must contend with an escaped outlaw, the Ringo Kid (John Wayne), and the ever-present threat of an Apache attack as they make their way across the Wild