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My Darling Clementine ***** (1946, Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature) – Classic Movie Review 2081

Director John Ford’s splendid 1946 back and white Western tells a fanciful version of the tale of the Gunfight at the OK Corral. Career-best portrayals by Henry Fonda as a thin-lipped, tough, resolute lawman Wyatt […]

Jan, 17

The Grapes of Wrath ***** (1940, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 1825

Best Director John Ford and Best Supporting Actress Jane Darwell both won essential Oscars for this stupendous 1940 film of the John Steinbeck story about the odyssey of the Joads. They are a poor Oklahoma farming […]

Nov, 10

Stagecoach ***** (1939, John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft) – Classic Movie Review 386

‘My name’s John Ford and I make Westerns,’ said the director, and this double Oscar-winning 1939 masterwork is his most famous. In it, a motley crew of misfits tries to cross the New Mexico Territory in a […]

Nov, 10

The Searchers ***** (1956, John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond) – Classic Movie Review 349

With a fine screenplay by Frank S Nugent based on the factually based novel by Alan Le May, this 1956 all-time great John Ford movie The Searchers is simply one of the best Westerns ever. […]

Nov, 02

How Green Was My Valley ***** (1941, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall) – Classic Movie Review 71

John Ford’s 1941 black-and-white drama film How Green Was My Valley was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning five, beating Citizen Kane, Sergeant York and The Maltese Falcon for Best Picture. Director John Ford’s 1941 […]

Jul, 20

The Quiet Man ***** (1952, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara) – Classic Movie Review 62

Winning his all-time-record fourth (and last) Best Director Oscar, director John Ford is totally in his element in this delightful, boisterous, good-natured 1952 movie. A double Academy Award winner, it is sparkily written Frank S […]

Jul, 18

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