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DVD NOTES.(The John Ford Film Collection)(John Wayne: John Ford Film Collection)(Video recording review)
WHY OUT WEST? -- When John Ford directed "Stagecoach" (1939), he launched the modern Western and made John Wayne a star. If Ford's name is synonymous with the Western, two colossal new boxed sets, "The John Ford Film Collection" and "The John Wayne–John Ford Film Collection" (both from Warner Home Video), show why: because the Western was Hollywood's political genre par excellence, and Ford was America's greatest political filmmaker.
Ford took the newly settled West as a vast historical stage on which to dramatize the rise of democracy. In Westerns, he brought to life the abstract functions of government, from defense and diplomacy to trade and infrastructure, placing on his characters a constant civic responsibility.
In "Stagecoach," which is set in Arizona in the eighteen-eighties, Ford presents a West that is already becoming Easternized, with temperance leagues, meddling church ladies, and plutocratic bankers. The nine travellers who head for the aptly named outpost of Lordsburg are a microcosm of the westward expansion: a mistrustful bunch of outcasts and opportunists who must confront the menace of hostile Apaches and take their common fate into their own hands. First among them is the Ringo Kid (John Wayne), a renowned and unjustly convicted gunslinger who has escaped from jail and is out for revenge. Ringo's romance with a prostitute (Claire Trevor), which unfolds under the benevolent eye of a ...
- On the western front: JOHN WAYNE, JOHN FORD TEAMED TO MAKE COWBOYS AMERICAN...
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) June 5, 2006 700+ words
...because they never saw John Wayne, hoop-cocking a...Apache territory of John Ford's 1939 western...the documentary "John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and...released Tuesday as "The John Wayne-John Ford Film Collection...
- One of the Greatest Director-Star Combinations in Hollywood History ``The John...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 6, 2006 700+ words
...deluxe DVD treatment with the June 6 release of "The John Wayne-John Ford Collection," a ten-disc set featuring eight of...length documentary American Masters: John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker & the Legend produced by WNET...
- Duke, you can drive my Ford: The John Wayne-John Ford Film Collection.(video...
- Magazine article from: Video Business Hulse, Ed May 22, 2006 700+ words
The John Wayne-John Ford Film Collection Warner, 10 discs, color & B&W, 905...preprint. Feature-length American Masters episode "John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend" and newly produced documentary...
- The John Wayne-John Ford Collection.(Video recording review)
- Magazine article from: Cineaste Fujiwara, Chris March 22, 2007 700+ words
The John Wayne-John Ford Collection Includes Stagecoach...particularly factitious. The John Wayne-John Ford Collection includes eight films starring John Wayne--excluding (in addition to the...
- DVD sets demonstrate lasting appeal of John Wayne, John Ford.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune June 2, 2006 700+ words
...than 25 years after his death, John Wayne's giant shadow still stretches...Wayne and his favorite director, John Ford. Both sets are scheduled to be released Tuesday. "The John Wayne-John Ford Collection" ($79.92) includes...
- The searcher (with apologies to John Ford and John Wayne): an epic story of one...
- Magazine article from: Guns Magazine October 1, 2003 700+ words
Growing up in the kinder, gentler 1950s was a wonderful experience for many reasons, not the least of which was the excellent, and very wise teachers I had in high school. Several of the men were returning veterans, while the English department was staffed with the proverbial old maid
- Stardust & stagecoaches: Documentaries on Bette Davis and John Wayne herald the...
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) May 3, 2006 700+ words
...television near you: John Wayne and Bette Davis...greatest director, John Ford, in a PBS documentary...side to Wayne in John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker...What a nice guy John Wayne turned out to...American Masters. "John Ford wasn't ...
- `Directed by John Ford,' premiering Tuesday on TCM.
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) November 3, 2006 700+ words
...Clint Eastwood calls John Ford "the granddaddy of all directors." John Wayne, Henry Fonda and James...itself. "Directed by John Ford" is a loving reminder...DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD Cast: John Wayne, Clint Eastwood...