[Start with the boxing film review, stick around for the behind-the-scenes gossip. Trust me, it’s wilder than most any film the man made.] John “The Duke” Wayne. Should require no introduction, but if he does…well, I’m not really sure what to make of you. For those who haven’t checked him out in a while or allowed the memory to dim, allow me to say, at his best he was a larger-than-life presence on the screen. He possessed a toughness mixed with a gentle charm. Those who knew the man and worked with him said, what you saw on the screen wasn’t too far off from the truth. Let us look to a little-viewed 1936 boxing picture titled Conflict . [aka The Abysmal Brute.] A low-budget affair produced by Universal, Wayne may be the star here, but this is before he become THE John Wayne. He’s still a hopeful hand at this point. Directed by David Howard, with a screenplay by Charles A. Logue and Walter Weems based on Jack London’s famous boxing story The Abysmal Brute. The scr...
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