A blog about heritage. John Ford is our master we owe him everything.
This blog is run by Sheila Machado and Jonatas Paveck.
This blog is run by Sheila Machado and Jonatas Paveck.
On the set of Horse Soldiers, 1959, Wayne and Holden are bemused as Ford gets all the attention from fans
John Ford with photographer George Schneiderman on the set of The Iron Horse, 1924
FAVOURITE SHOTS: The Searchers (1956)
When I say Spencer Tracy is the best actor we ever had, I’m giving you something of my philosophy of acting. The best is most natural. Scenery never gets chewed in my pictures. I prefer actors who can just be.
— John Ford
#TheLongVoyageHome
‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ (1962)
John Ford visiting Duke on the set of The Green Berets, 1968
John Wayne and John Ford circa 1965.
Claudette Colbert in Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
John Ford , Henry Fonda on the set of Young Mr.Lincoln, 1939
To this day Ford holds the record for winning the most Best Director Oscars, having won the award on four occasions. William Wyler and Frank Capra come in second having won the award three times. Ford was the first director to win consecutive Best Director awards, in 1940 and 1941. This feat was later matched by Joseph L. Mankiewicz exactly ten years later, when he won consecutive awards for Best Director in 1950 and 1951. As a producer he received nominations for Best Picture for The Quiet Man and The Long Voyage Home. He was the first recipient of the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award in 1973. Also in that year, Ford was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon.
Curiosity about the whisper has become a great part of the Quiet Man legend. I have no doubt that as long as the film endures, so will the speculation. The Quiet Man meant so much to John Ford, John Wayne, and myself. I know it was their favorite picture too. It bonded us as artists and friends in a way that happens only but once in a career. - Maureen O’Hara
