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John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath (1940). His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, and one of ...
Dec 8, 2023 · Director John Ford , Henry Hathaway , George Marshall , Richard Thorpe Cast Carroll Baker , Lee J. Cobb , Henry Fonda , Carolyn Jones , Karl Malden ...
Jul 19, 2002 · I repeat myself in keeping with Orson Welles who after viewing Stagecoach (1939) 40 times before embarking on Citizen Kane (1941) said he was influenced by the old guys; the “classical” film makers, by which he meant “John Ford, John Ford and John Ford”. If the pantheon of classical music is “the three Bs” (Bach, Beethoven and ...
Oct 11, 1973 · American director John Ford, wearing a suit, a tie and a hat, portrayed on a water taxi while smoking a cigarette, St Mark's Square in the background, Venice, Italy, 1971 Archivio Cameraphoto ...
May 10, 2006 · Within two years Morrison had changed his name to John Wayne and Ford, very pleased with the young man’s work, recommended him to Raoul Walsh, another director on the lot.
In 2011, the Irish Film & Television Academy instituted ‘John Ford Ireland’, which celebrates the works of this illustrious director. The next year, the first ‘John Ford Symposium’ was held to commemorate his life and works.
Dec 8, 2023 · The first of John Ford's Best Director wins came in 1936 for his film The Informer. Ford was then nominated yet did not win the Best Director award for the 1940 film Stagecoach. However, Ford rectified this by winning two successive Oscars for Best Director in 1941 and 1942 for the films The Grapes of Wrath and How Green Was My Valley respectively.
