In Podcast 3, we learn about a little boy who had a challenging childhood but still managed to ascend to the height of Hollywood—John Wayne. Podcast 3 explains how the seemingly one-dimensional movie actor, John Wayne, bears little relationship to the boy, Marion Morrison, who took on that adult role. Critical to shaping his childhood was the horrible relationship between his mother, a mercurial harridan of a woman, and his good-natured but hapless father. The future John Wayne was an excellent student, a bookworm and a fine athlete. While he loved going to the movies, he had no interest in getting into the movie business. Though he was a model at school (except for a few occasional pranks), he was a veritable hellion on the weekends. Before he was a teenager, Wayne was working a slew of jobs, both before and after school and on Saturdays and Sundays. These are just a few of the things revealed in the complex portrait of this simple movie cowboy. ”Heroes with Humble Beginnings” also describes the difficulties and deprivations encountered by Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Jimmy Cagney, Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas, and Sidney Poitier.
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Original music composed and performed by Ted Michalek