Becoming John Ford A graceful paean to a legendary director's first three decades behind the camera, "Becoming John Ford" relies primarily on film scholars -- his collaborators mostly having died ...

Filmmaker John Ford and actor John Wayne made one of the best film collaborations in Hollywood history. They had a special bond as close friends that lasted for many years. However, Ford refused ...

“John Ford was one of those artists who never used the word “art” and was one of those poets who never used the word “poetry… With a royal ease, John Ford knew how to make the audience ...

John Ford is to America what Rudyard Kipling is to England: a constant reminder of our past sins and triumphs, a consummate craftsman and professional hack, a flag-waver who keeps nudging us, if ...

John Ford emerged from the debacle weakened physically and emotionally. He was 60, a smoker and a drinker and in poor health. He was frustrated with the studio, the actors and his own flagging health.

At a Directors Guild meeting in 1950, a tense session on the subject of anti-Communist loyalty oaths, John Ford began his dissenting statement thus: “My name’s John Ford. I make westerns.” ...

The “Ford at Fox” set also includes an informative new documentary, “Becoming John Ford,” and a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book. Even at $300 (as little as $209 online), it’s a ...

Directed by John Ford” bears the same title, and contains much of the same material, as Peter Bogdanovich’s pioneering 1971 study of Hollywood’s most lauded director, the man Walter Hill ...

John Ford and John Wayne joined forces for 'The Quiet Man.' However, the director put the actor in an 'awkward' situation while filming a scene with Maureen O'Hara.