JOHN WAYNE as RINGO KID | STAGECOACH (1939) Photo

[Los Angeles, United Artists, 1939]  Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo. Coded “John Wayne @ 1938 6300-106”. Minor wear, just about fine.

Though John Wayne had nine years of moviemaking in his holster, mostly in B serial Westerns, it was John Ford’s now classic 1939 “Grand Hotel on wheels” which moved him to star status. Here is a wonderful portrait of him in the star-making role of Ringo Kid.