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Jul 17, 2019 · John Ford (February 1, 1894 - August 31, 1973) was one of the greatest film directors of all time. He won four Best Director Academy Awards, more than any other director. He is best known for his Westerns, but multiple of his novel adaptations stand among the best films of all time. Fast Facts: John Ford.
Jan 30, 2015 · The Iron Horse (1924) The Iron Horse (1924) Having debuted by directing himself as the stunt-riding hero of The Tornado (1917) and forged a 26-film partnership with cowboy star Harry Carey (1917-20), John Ford reached western maturity with this epic account of the building of the transcontinental railway.
1939 1h 36m Approved. 7.8 (54K) Rate. 93 Metascore. A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. Director John Ford Stars John Wayne Claire Trevor Andy Devine. 6. The Quiet Man. 1952 2h 9m Approved.
Sep 1, 1973 · John Ford was born Sean Aloysius O'Fearna on Feb. 1, 1895, in Cape Elizabeth. Me., but grew up in Portland. His father, Sean, a seaman, and his mother, the former Barbara Curran, were immigrants ...
1956 1h 59m Approved. 7.8 (97K) Rate. 94 Metascore. An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm. Director John Ford Stars John Wayne Jeffrey Hunter Vera Miles.
Fittingly, John Ford was the first recipient of the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1973. President Nixon attended the ceremony and bestowed the nation’s highest civilian honor on the ailing director, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Several months later, John Ford succumbed to stomach cancer at age 79.
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).
