John Wayne’s spanking of co-star ‘so genuine she had bruises for per week’ | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Back in 1963, John Wayne starred in a Western comedy loosely primarily based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

Duke performed an ageing rancher known as George Washington McLintock, a rich self-made man dealing with numerous points.

High-ranking authorities officers, his personal sons and native Native Americans all desire a piece of his large farmstead.

Meanwhile, his spouse (performed by common collaborator Maureen O’Hara), who separated from him two years prior, is again on the scene demanding custody of their daughter.

McLintock! celebrates its 61st anniversary this week, as celebrated by the John Wayne property on Instagram.

A latest put up learn: “Did you know? Although often seen as simply a knockabout comedy, John Wayne also intended the film to be a statement on his disapproval of the negative representation of Native Americans in previous westerns he had no creative-control over, and his disapproval of wife-beating and marital abuse from either spouse.”

A movie of its time, McLintock famously has a scene, as captured on its poster, of Wayne’s George publicly spanking his spouse, performed by O’Hara.

According to his co-star’s autobiography, this scene was “completely authentic” with Duke carrying it out with “such gusto”, that she “had bruises for a week.”

Adding to the satire, Wayne had the weak Governor be named Cuthbert H Humphery. This was meant to be a parody of the liberal Senator Hubert H Humphrey who the conservative Duke couldn’t stand.