Best John Ford film?

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If your favorite is some other film, please reply. He directed part or all of 144 films.

[EFerrari]

1. I picked Liberty Valance but, how do you choose?

lol

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8. "My Darling Clementine" was on PBS tonight

and I was amazed how good it was. Not necessarily accurate in terms of history, but extremely well-done and the acting was superb (espeically Henry Fonda and Victor Mature).

[petronius]

2. I haven't seen them all, but I'm going with Fort Apache

It's a relevant story for today, and I think the dissection of military myth-making as well as its treatment of the Indians was pretty impressive for 1948. (Also, I have a serious crush on the 20 year-old Shirley Temple...)

[cynatnite]

How does a person pick one out of all that?

I liked 'Grapes of Wrath' (my mother despises that flick), Mr. Roberts, and Quiet Man.

[cynatnite]

3. n/t

[Adsos Letter]

4. I had to go with "Grapes of Wrath"...

...Henry Fonda as the young Tom Joad, striding off to confront the injustice of America in the '30's, was a powerful scene.

Plus, I was taking a college History course on America during the period between WWI & WWII when I first saw it; it was a very interesting insight into the strong Socialist appeal of the times.

:D

[book_worm]

5. I'd say "The Searchers" but there are so many good ones to choose from

John Wayne was at his best when he worked with Ford or Howard Hawks. When he didn't have a strong director many times Wayne resorted to his usual tricks. The exceptions being his final film for director Don Siegel, THE SHOOTIST, and his film for Mark Rydell, THE COWBOYS.

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7. "The Shootist" is one of my favorite westerns... n/t

[WCGreen]

6. The Searchers....

It's Waynes best movie...

It is all about America coming together after the Civil War and how there will be plenty of men we depended on to show us the way who don't belong in the new country...

That last scene when everyone goes into the house, even the recaptured of Appache hostage Natalie Wood is allowed to re-enter but Wayne is shut out...

It's sad, real sad...

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10. People who claim John Wayne couldn't act need to watch "The Searchers"

[mitchum]

13. Absolutely! Wayne was a ridiculous person, but he was capable of...

very fine acting.

[WCGreen]

15. It's one of my all time favorite movies...

I'd say top ten...

[YankeyMCC]

9. I picked "Grapes of Wrath" but

I may be giving it an unfair edge because I loved the book so much.

[Joe Fields]

11. I must choose the Grapes of Wrath.

Although I liked the the Quiet Man a great deal. But Grapes is my second favorite of all-time, right behind To Kill A Mockingbird.

[mitchum]

12. "The Searchers" both for it's own brilliance and it's influence on so many...

great movies of the 70s

[book_worm]

14. Orson Welles was once asked to name the three best American directors and he replied,

"Oh that's easy. John Ford, John Ford and John Ford."