John Wayne Before He Was John Wayne
Tonight, The Common Room leaves the Little Station on Commercial Street and broadcasts from Brooklyn, Iowa — the small town where a boy named Marion Morrison once lived and attended first grade.
The world would come to know him as John Wayne.
But tonight we’re doing something different. We’re taking away Monument Valley, the horse, the hat, John Ford’s camera — even that famous walk — and asking:
What happens when all that’s left is the voice?
Join us for a special Common Room deep dive into four remarkable old-time-radio performances featuring John Wayne, including radio adaptations of…
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