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In 1956 the production company became Batjac Productions, the banner under which Wayne would produce nearly 30 more films before his death. Batjac was a misspelling of Batak, a reference from a 1948 film Wayne made at Republic, Wake of the Red Witch, with his recurring leading lady Gail Russell. After Wayne’s death, eldest son Michael would ...
Apr 20, 2007 · Ethan Wayne: Batjac owns some films but the majority are owned by the studios. We've established relationships with different studios and we have a number of different partnerships. We're working ...
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Sep 30, 2010 · Batjac Productions. Inc. is an independent film production company. founded by John Wayne in the early 1950s as a vehicle. for Wayne to produce as well as star in movies. Its first release was Big Jim McLain with Warner Brothers in 1952, and its final film was also with Warner Brothers, McQ, in 1974.
Apr 4, 2003 · Michael Wayne, the eldest son of the actor John Wayne and the producer of many of his father's films, died on Wednesday in Burbank, Calif. He was 68. The cause was heart failure after ...
Apr 23, 2018 · In the late 1970s I came to work at John Wayne’s Batjac Productions after writing “The Fall Guy,” the autobiography of Chuck Roberson, Duke’s stuntman and dear friend. Duke loved Chuck’s book, wrote the foreword and told me with a laugh, “You’ve got all the good stuff in Chuck’s book! There’s nothing left for me to tell!”.
Nov 16, 2022 · Batjac turned out 26 theatrical features between 1952 and 1974. Three of these earned Academy Award nominations ("Hondo," "The High and the Mighty" and "The Alamo"), but the movies were generally ...
Jul 10, 2023 · Batjac Productions is an independent film production company co-founded by John Wayne in 1952 as a vehicle for Wayne to both produce and star in movies. The first Batjac production was Big Jim McLain released by Warner Bros. in 1952, and its final film was McQ , in 1974, also distributed by Warner Bros. After John Wayne's death in 1979, his son ...
