[3] Mister Roberts [4] is only half a John Ford movie. Precisely which half has been debated ever since this naval comedy/drama was released in 1955. Ford, the grand old man of movies, was fired from the project halfway through filming.
[6] Donovan’s Reef [7] (1963) is a film of John Ford’s old age. Depending on how you look at it, it's either a gentle reverie or an escape from all the things in real life which were making Ford a cranky old man.
[9] The Quiet Man [10] (1952) may have been the film dearest to Ford’s heart, a sort of fairy tale set in ‘20s Ireland and overflowing with the sights, colors, eccentric characters, and time-tested customs of the Emerald Isle.
[12] The Wings of Eagles [13] is one of Ford’s oddest movies, one featuring a near-great performance from John Wayne but jam-packed with ambivalence.
[15] They Were Expendable [16] is a movie about defeat. Or, rather, the glory that may be found in defeat. Based on a non-fiction book by William L. White, it’s a grim, sad yarn, but a strangely uplifting one.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/Film+Blog/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-mister-roberts-1955
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22John+Ford%22+title:%22Mister+Roberts%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/16706#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-donovans-reef-1963
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22John+Ford%22+title:%22Donovan%E2%80%99s+Reef%22
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/16633#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-quiet-man-1952
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22John+Ford%22+title:%22The+Quiet+Man%22
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/16618#comment-form
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-wings-eagles-1957
[13] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22John+Ford%22+title:%22The+Wings+of+Eagles%22
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/16473#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-they-were-expendable-1945
[16] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22John+Ford%22+title:%22They+Were+Expendable%22
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-they-were-expendable-1945#comments
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=26
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=23
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=24
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=25
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=28
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=29
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=30
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=31
[27] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=42
