John Ford

“I am… a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.” – John Ford

Documentary Biography: Directed by John Ford (1971)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066997/

“You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.” / John Ford

Information edited from Screen Junkies: John Ford Western Movies – Jackie Barlow / http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/genres-movies/westerns/john-ford-western-movies/

• “Rider of the Law” – 1919, black and white silent movie – Told of the adventures of  the Texas Rangers.
• “3 Bad Men” – 1926, Ford’s last silent western. Filmed in the Mojave Desert and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
• “Stagecoach” – 1939, Ford’s first western with sound. Starring the unknown John Wayne, along with Claire Trevor, this movie is still the most admired and the most imitated of all the Hollywood movies.
• “MoDrums Along the hawk” – 1939, Ford’s first Technicolor movie.  It co-starred Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert.
• “My Darling Clementine” – 1946, romanticized version of the legend of Wyatt Earp and the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Film’s starred Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp, Victor Mature as Doc Holliday, and Linda Darnell.
• “Fort Apache” – 1948, The first of Ford’s “Cavalry Trilogy”.  John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and also Shirley Temple in one of her last movie appearances. It was one of the first movies to present a sympathetic and authentic view of Native Americans.
• “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” – 1949, second of the “Cavalry Trilogy”.  In Technicolor.
• “Rio Grande” – 1950, Third part of the “Cavalry Trilogy” starred John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, and screen debut of Wayne’s son Patrick Wayne.
• “The Searchers” – 1956, The only western Ford made in the 1950’s besides “Rio Grande”, this  movie was named “the greatest western of all time” by the American Film Institute in 2008. Featured the rising star Natalie Wood as well as Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, and others.
• “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” – 1962, said to be Ford’s last great movie.  It starred John Wayne, Vera Miles, James Stewart, Edmund O’Brien, Andy Devine, Lee Marvin, Denver Pyle, and John Carradine.

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