Dorothy Jordan (American actress) Ford, forming Argosy Productions in 1947. It was for Argosy's "The Sun Shines Bright", directed by Ford in 1953, that Jordan again came out of retirement, for a small role. She later had a small role as the sister-in-law of John Wayne's character, Ethan Edwards, who seeks Jordan's daughter, played by Natalie Wood, in the epic 1956 Argosy film "The Searchers". Jordan appeared once more, in a small role in the John Ford film "The Wings of Eagles" in 1957 before retiring permanently. Jordan and Cooper lived in Coronado, California and remained married until his death of cancer on April
John Wayne title was a play on the Dumas classic. He was mentored by stuntmen in riding and other Western skills. Stuntman Yakima Canutt and Wayne developed and perfected stunts and onscreen fisticuffs techniques which are still in use. Wayne's breakthrough role came with John Ford's "Stagecoach" (1939). Because of Wayne's B-movie status and track record in low-budget Westerns throughout the 1930s, Ford had difficulty getting financing for what was to be an A-budget film. After rejection by all the major studios, Ford struck a deal with independent producer Walter Wanger in which Claire Trevor—a much bigger star at the time—received top