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The Sun Shines Bright. William Pittman Priest has to use all his wiles to retain his position as judge in his Kentucky hometown, while continuing to be a voice for the town's underclass and for democratic values.
The Sun Shines Bright is a 1953 American comedy-drama Western film directed by John Ford, based on material taken from a series of Irvin S. Cobb "Judge Priest" short stories featured in The Saturday Evening Post in the 1910s, specifically "The Sun Shines Bright", "The Mob from Massac", and "The Lord Provides".
Three Cobb stories: "The Sun Shines Bright", "The Man From Massac", and "The Lord Provides", form the basis of a Laurence Stallings screenplay set in 1905 Fairfield, Kentucky, where incumbent magistrate William Priest (Charles Winninger in a rare starring turn) faces a close election against Yankee prosecutor Horace Maydew (Milburn Stone ...
The Sun Shines Bright (1953) - Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu said that this film was the main inspiration for his entire film career and that he watched it over and over as a child and used it, especially its morality and characterizations, as a model for the kind of films he wanted to make.
Aug 25, 2013 · The Sun Shines Bright 1953 John Ford. Dan. 1.85K subscribers. Subscribed. 3.7K. 1.2M views 10 years ago.
A straight-talking, sensible public servant, Judge William Pittman Priest (Charles Winninger) is friendly with most of the townspeople in his Kentucky hometown.
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The Sun Shines Bright is a 1953 American Comedy-Drama Western film directed by John Ford, based on material taken from a series of Irvin S. Cobb "Judge Priest" short stories...
“The Sun Shines Bright” doesn’t have a desert in sight, but the film’s community-centric ethos makes it unmistakably a work by John Ford. Where “Wagon Master” painted a utopian picture of a pacifist society founded on idealism and a prayer, “Sun” tests comradeship under the stressors of racial and economic disparity.
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Overview. With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth. John Ford. Director. Laurence Stallings.
