True Grit (G)

Well, not really women, since True Grit stars a fourteen-year-old girl with John Wayne in his only Academy-Award-winning role.  He plays Rooster Cogburn, a name that captures his arrogance and stubbornness.  Wayne fulfills our expectations as a bandit-chasing U.S. Marshal but surprises us with his soft side.  He calls Mattie (Kim Darby) “little sister”.  He shifts between […]