However, John Waynes movies werent always Westerns or war films and didn't always feature Wayne at the forefront ... enormously throughout the 30s and 40s. The film starred Barabra Stanwyck ...

Back in 1942, John Wayne ... know that the movie’s Memphis Belle steamboat inspired the name of the World War 2 B-17 bomber? Marking the film’s 83rd anniversary this week, Wayne’s estate ...

That alone speaks to its power as a film, as well as Wayne's as an actor. Maybe it's a little arrogant to consider your own movie the best of its genre, but in John Wayne's case, it's hard to argue.