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Post by profblues on Apr 24, 2015 10:07:35 GMT -5
I really like John Ford's films and honestly I will get around to voting for him in the Movie Hall of Fame, eventually. Right now there are two or three more names I would like to see in first is all. Mack Sennett is one, King Vidor is another. Cecil B. DeMille as well since the bulk of his work was in silent.
but back to John Ford. to be honest, I haven't seen a lot of Ford's early works especially his silent era stuff....my favorite Ford films
1. The Searchers 2. Grapes of Wrath 3. Stagecoach 4. My Darling Clementine 5. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence 6. The Long Voyage Home 7. How Green Was My Valley 8. The Informer 9. The Quiet Man 10 Ford's Calvary trilogy (Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande) 11. The Last Hurrah 12. Wagonmaster 13. The Long Gray Line 14. They Were Expendable 15. What Price Glory?
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Post by erik on Apr 24, 2015 22:26:27 GMT -5
Another one of Ford's important films was of the silent era, namely 1924's THE IRON HORSE, which was referred to (along with several other Ford films, and Ford's beloved locale of Monument Valley) in director Sergio Leone's classic 1969 western epic ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST.
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Post by egoodstein on Apr 25, 2015 9:36:25 GMT -5
I like almost all the films mentioned a lot too (including The Iron Horse). I'd also mention:
My Darling Clementine is perhaps my fave John Ford film
Also, a very different '30's comedy deserving more attention (also a commentary on prison system!), 'The Whole Town's Talking' w. Jean Arthur & Edward G. Robinson in a dual role. And, if pretty dated and 'tame adventure movie' by todays' whiz bang special effects stuff, 'Drums Along the Mohawk.' I think 'The Informer,' if rather melodramatic, attention too, especially for the way it was filmed and the atmosphere/'feel' of the film throughout. Actually, the creation of 'setting' and almost poetic way of presenting that is one of Ford's main strengths I think. He may have done mainly 'action/adventure' films, but he has a lot of poetry and sensitivity in his soul I think.
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