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Best known for his enduring westerns (Stagecoach, The Searchers) and classic films (The Grapes of Wrath, The Quiet Man) American film director John Ford received an unprecedented four Academy Awards for Best Director over his lifetime. This collection of essays offers a comprehensive examination of Ford's life and career, revealing the frequent intersections between Ford's personal life and artistic vision. Part one provides an overview of Ford's importance in the early development of cinema. Part two focuses on selected aspects of Ford's personal life, specifically his genealogy, Irish heritage, and roots in the coastal community of Portland, Maine. Part three situates Ford's films within a broader cultural and intellectual context, exploring theories that explain why Ford's movies have sparked such interest, debate, and enjoyment among Hollywood film critics and the general cinema community.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
General Introduction
Michael C. Connolly and Kevin L. Stoehr
Part One: Ford's Vision and Importance
Introduction to Part
Kevin L. Stoehr
A Tribute to John Ford
Peter Bogdanovich
John Ford in the Twenty-First Century: Why He Still Matters
Scott Eyman
Ford and the Romantic Tradition
Charles Silver
Part Two: Life in Maine, Ireland, and Beyond
Introduction to Part
Michael C. Connolly
A Bull Is Reared on Munjoy Hill: John Ford's Irish Upbringing in Portland, Maine
Michael C. Connolly
John Ford: A Memorial
Maidhc P. Ó Conaola (Mike P. Connolly), translated by Kenneth E. Nilsen
John Ford and the Feeney Family of Galway and Portland
Matthew Jude Barker
The John Ford Tour
Margaret Feeney LaCombe
John Ford's Arrival in Hollywood
Dan Ford
Reflections on the Battle of Midway: An Interview with John Ford (August 17, 1943)
We Shot D-Day on Omaha Beach: An Interview with John Ford
Peter Martin
John Ford's Use of Gaelic in The Quiet Man: An Interview with Nora Folan
Kenneth E. Nilsen
Part Three: Ford's Films
Introduction to Part Three
Kevin L. Stoehr
"If You Can Call It an Art...": Pictorial Style in John Ford's Universal Westerns (1917-1918)
Tom Paulus
Beyond the Blessings of Civilization: John Ford's Stagecoach and the Myth of the Western Frontier
Robert C. Sickels
John Ford's Festive Comedy: Ireland Imagined in The Quiet
William C. Dowling
The Quiet Man and the Boxing Film: Allusions and Influences
Leger Grindon
Ways of Knowing: Peter Lehman and The Searchers
Tom Paulus
Populist Motifs in John Ford's Films
Roy Grundmann
Heroism, Faith, and Idealism in 7 Women and Other Films by John Ford
Kevin L. Stoehr
About the Contributors
Works Cited
Index
