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Searching for John Wayne in the Alabama Hills
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24407455
9 October 2013 Last updated at 21:20 ET Share this pageEmail Print
By Tara McKelvey BBC News Magazine
Long-lost stills from The Oregon Trail show John Wayne, centre, at 28
John Wayne was the archetypal screen cowboy, embodying the rough independence of the American west for generations of film fans. Now, newly discovered still photographs offer fresh insight into a western he made that was last seen more than three-quarters of a century ago.
Kent Sperring was raised in Ocala, Florida, in the 1940s by his mother, a widow who worked as a chemist's clerk.
"Money was kind of scarce," he said.
Luckily, he could see "a double-feature western for nine cents" at the Ritz theatre on Saturdays. The movies made an impression.
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