Marty
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Post by Marty on Jan 3, 2006 15:58:50 GMT
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Post by Vercetti on Jan 3, 2006 16:16:57 GMT
The Searchers The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance I have The Quiet Man and The Grapes of Wrath ready to watch.
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Post by jrod on Jan 3, 2006 16:27:54 GMT
Stagecoach Grapes of Wrath Searchers (need to rewatch)
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Post by Capo on Jan 4, 2006 22:44:04 GMT
1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 2. Stagecoach 1939 3. My Darling Clementine 1946 4. The Searchers 1956 5. The Grapes of Wrath 1940
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Jan 5, 2006 7:02:35 GMT
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Post by Omar on Jan 5, 2006 12:31:18 GMT
I've got "The Grapes of Wrath" ready to watch.
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Jan 5, 2006 23:55:34 GMT
"The Grapes of Wrath" is no doubt his masterpiece. Strong acting, technically amazing with Greg Toland's wonderful use of deep focus photography and of course it does faithfully adapt the Steinbeck novel, (With several edits here and there) which is one of thegreatest American novels in history.
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Jan 6, 2006 16:23:38 GMT
I don't even think that John Ford completed "Mister Roberts". To my knowledge, Ford and Fonda had a real falling out on the set of this film and Ford walked off with another director completing the thing.
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Marty
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Post by Marty on Jan 6, 2006 16:37:08 GMT
I don't even think that John Ford completed "Mister Roberts". To my knowledge, Ford and Fonda had a real falling out on the set of this film and Ford walked off with another director completing the thing. Though it's true Mervyn LeRoy shared the directorial credits with Ford, (with that in mind i'll edit the initial list accordingly, thanks for the reminder) it's not totally clear which elements are Ford's and which LeRoy's, but the majority of sources do state that the script as shot for the most part was that begun by John Ford. The reason he never completed the film, now that's another matter, and not such a clear one, tension between Fonda and Ford, Cagney and Ford as well as John Ford's poor health have all been cited. If I had to choose i'd probably go with the ill health theory as the main reason, given Ford's notorious brashness and well documented candour I doubt whether his name would have remained on the film should there have been really serious creative differences.
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Jan 6, 2006 16:40:51 GMT
In that case, then this only goes to show you just how much of a master that Ford could be. Hell, as seen in Mr. Roberts he could transfer a marvelous Broadway play and make it one of the great comedies of it's time. In fact, I had forgoten about it and unless someone would have directly meantioned it I would have forgoten it too. Mister Roberts (1955)
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Post by ronnierocketago on Jan 6, 2006 17:30:57 GMT
John Ford is a master filmmaker among the greats out there. Do I have to repeat the fact that Orson Welles was quite influenced by the then-rapid editing scheme in Ford's STAGECOACH when he made CITIZEN KANE?
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Jan 7, 2006 1:38:25 GMT
Welles saw "Stagecoach" 31 times during the filming of "...Kane" and also hirre Gregg Toland, one of Ford's collaborators, to do cinematography.
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Post by Boz on Aug 18, 2006 7:56:23 GMT
The Searchers (1956)
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Marty
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Post by Marty on Oct 2, 2006 16:35:08 GMT
updates after watching the "cavalry trilogy" pictures once again.
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Oct 7, 2006 20:34:58 GMT
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Post by Marty on Oct 8, 2006 13:01:33 GMT
amended list due to finally picking up a DVD copy of "The Informer" which I haven't seen in nearly 20 years. The performance in the title role by Ford stalwart Victor McClaglen is a revelation. Max Steiner's score underpins some fine set piece photography. My favourite of Ford's "Irish" pictures.
A John Ford recommendation of the month, for those who may be unfamiliar with his work, and given it's 125 years this month since the famous gunfight at the OK Corral is "My Darling Clementine" Joe McDonald's camerawork is amongst some of the finest of the era. And Ford's use of framing, lighting and score make this the best of all retellings of this legend.
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Oct 8, 2006 17:53:04 GMT
Agreed Marty. For all of its inacuracies, it is easily the finest re-telling. Let's not forget the magic between Fonda and Ford. Ford brought something out of him, making this amoung Fonda's most iconic roles.
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Post by quentincompson on Oct 30, 2008 18:52:41 GMT
1.My Darling Clementine 8/10 2.How Green Was My Valley 7/10 3.The Searchers 5/10 4.Stagecoach 5/10 5.Young Mr. Lincoln 5/10
Thought I'd seen more.
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Post by Anasazie on Nov 1, 2008 12:28:25 GMT
1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 9/10 2. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 9/10 3. My Darling Clementine (1946) 8/10 4. Stagecoach (1939) 7/10 5. The Lost Patrol (1934) 7/10 6. How Green Was My Valley (1941) 7/10 7. Fort Apache (1948) 7/10 8. The Fugitive (1947) 6/10 9. The Informer (1935) 6/10 10. The Searchers (1956) 6/10 11. Wagon Master (1950) 5/10 12. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) 5/10 13. Donovan’s Reef (1963) 4/10 14. Mister Roberts (1955) 3/10 15. Mary of Scotland (1936) 2/10
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