True Grit (1969 film) Their adaptation focuses more on Mattie's point of view, as in the novel, and is more faithful to its Oklahoma setting. Hailee Steinfeld portrays Mattie Ross, Jeff Bridges plays Rooster Cogburn, and the cast also includes Matt Damon as La Boeuf and Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney. True Grit (1969 film) True Grit is a 1969 American western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Kim Darby as Mattie Ross and John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. It is the first film adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Marguerite Roberts.
J. Reuben Clark III a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Utah and did graduate studies at Columbia University. Clark married Emily Anderson in the Salt Lake Temple in 1934. Among other positions in the LDS Church he served as a bishop and stake president of BYU wards. Among those who studied Latin under Clark was Richard Lloyd Anderson. BYU has a J. Reuben Clark III Lecture in the Classics and the Classical Tradition named in his honor. J. Reuben Clark III J. Reuben Clark III (1908–1992) was a