Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mutungamiriri Ford pakuvamba akanga asina chokwadi kuti ndiani waaizokanda mubasa guru. Zvisinei, aiziva kuti akanga asingadi John Wayne nokuda kwechikamu chacho - achifunga, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, kuti Wayne aizoita unhu hwemakore anopfuura makumi maviri kupfuura zvaakanga ari panguva iyoyo. Zvinonzi, kuita kwaWayne muna 1948 mu"Red River" kwakachinja pfungwa dzaFord, kuchimuita kuti ati, "Handina kuziva kuti mwana mukuru wetsvina aigona kutamba!" Ford akaziva kuti Wayne akanga akura zvikuru somutambi, uye akanga ava kukwanisa kutamba unhu hwaaifungidzira nokuda kwefirimu iri. Apo kupfura kwakapedzwa, Ford akapa Wayne keke rine shoko rokuti, "Iwe zvino wava mutambi". Basa racho rakavawo rimwe remitambo yaWayne yaanofarira. Wayne, iye amene, akanzwa kuti kusarudzwa kwake nokuda kweAcademy Award nokuda kwoMutambi Akanakisisa wa1949
raifanira kuva rokuti "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" panzvimbo pokuti "Sands of Iwo Jima".