Inacareerofmorethanfiftyyears?spanningtheGoldenErafrom1926to1976?HollywoodiconJohnWaynecreatedatreasuretroveofmovies.Today,scarcelyanhourgoesbywithoutoneofthemappearingontelevisionsomewhereintheworld.WithmostoftheWaynefilmsavailabletohisfanstoday,justafewofthemremainunavailableinthiseraofremasteredmiracles.Ofallthemovieshemadebeyondthe1939’Stagecoach’age,onlytwohavebeenkeptfromthepublic:’IslandintheSky’and’TheHighandtheMighty.’Manyreasonshavebeensuggestedforwhythetwofilmshavebeenunavailableuntilthesummerof2005,fromthethoughtthattheoriginalfilmsweredamagedandthecopieswerenotgoodenoughforadditionaldistributiontothetheorythattheyhavebeenwithheldforafuturegrandrelease.Whateverthereasonsmaybe,’TheLostFilmsofJohnWayne’honorshisworkinbothfilmsandservesaasalovingportrayalofsomefothelesser-knownimagesheleftbehind.
