John Ford (1894 - 1973)

American film director, winner of four Academy Awards fot Best Director

* February 1, 1894 Cape Elizabeth, Maine
 as John Martin Feeney
 August 31, 1973 Palm Desert, California



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, June 1928
Photoplay, January 1930
Photoplay, February 1930

Photoplay, April 1931
Photoplay, December 1931
Photoplay, January 1933

Photoplay, March 1936

Books on John Ford

Kevin L. Stoehr and Michael C. Connolly (eds.)
John Ford in focus, Essays on the filmmaker's life and work
Jefferson, N.C., 2008

Kathryn Kalinak
How the West was sung, Music in the Westerns of John Ford
Berkeley, 2007

Dirk C. Loew Versuch über John Ford Dirk C. Loew
Versuch über John Ford, Die Westernfilme 1939 - 1964
Norderstedt, 2005

Peter Cowie John Ford and the American West Peter Cowie
John Ford and the American West
2004

Joseph McBride Searching for John Ford Joseph McBride
Searching for John Ford, A Life
London, 2003

Brian Spittles John Ford Brian Spittles
John Ford
Harlow, 2002

Gerald Peary (ed.)
John Ford, Interviews
Jackson, 2001

Joseph McBride Searching for John Ford Joseph McBride
Searching for John Ford, A life
New York, 2001

Scott Eyman
Print the legend, The life and times of John Ford
New York, 1999

Bill Levy
John Ford, A Bio-Bibliography
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1998

William Darby John Ford's Westerns William Darby
John Ford's Westerns, A Thematic Analysis, with a Filmography
Jefferson, NC, 1996

Ronald Davis
John Ford, Hollywood's Old Master
Norman, OK, 1995

Carlo Gaberscek
Il West di John Ford
Italy, 1994

Francesco Ballo
John Ford: Sfida infernale
Turin, 1991

Jean-Loup Bourget John Ford Jean-Loup Bourget
John Ford
Paris-Marseille, 1990

Lee Lourdeaux Italian and Irish Filmmakers in America Lee Lourdeaux
Italian and Irish Filmmakers in America, Ford, Capra, Coppola, and Scorsese
Philadelphia, 1990

Filmoteca Esponola
John Ford
Madrid, 1988

Tag Gallagher
John Ford: The Man and His Films
Berkeley-Los Angeles-London, 1986

Renzo Calegari
Warpath: John Ford e la Cavalleria
Genoa, 1985

Dan Ford
The Unquiet Man, The Life of John Ford
London, 1982

Lindsay Anderson
About John Ford
London, 1981

John Baxter John Ford John Baxter
John Ford, Der legendäre Hollywoodregisseur
München, 1980

J.A. Place The Non-Western Films of John Ford J.A. Place
The Non-Western Films of John Ford
Secaucus, NJ, 1979

Dan Ford
Pappy: The Life of John Ford
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1979

Andrew Sinclair
John Ford
New York, 1979

Peter Bogdanovich John Ford Peter Bogdanovich
John Ford
Berkeley, 1978

Charles J. Maland
American visions, the films of Chaplin, Ford, Capra, and Welles, 1936-1941
New York, 1977

Joseph McBride and Michael Wilmington
John Ford
London, 1975

Franco Ferrini
John Ford
Florence, 1974

J.A. Place The Western Films of John Ford J.A. Place
The Western Films of John Ford
Secaucus, N.J., 1974

Gillian Hartnoll
Book Library Bibliography No. 28, John Ford
London, 1972

John Baxter The Cinema of John Ford John Baxter
The Cinema of John Ford
London - New York, 1971

Michael Burrows
John Ford and Andrew McLaglen
Cornwall, England, 1970

Per Calum (ed.)
John Ford, En Dokumentation
Copenhagen, 1968

Mark Stavig
John Ford and the Traditional Moral Order
Madison, 1968

Philip Haudiquet John Ford Philip Haudiquet
John Ford
Paris, 1966

Tullio Kezick
John Ford
Parma, 1958

Jean Mitry John Ford Jean Mitry
John Ford
Paris, 1954

William Patrick Wootten
An Index to the Films of John Ford
London, 1948

Books with substantial mentioning of John Ford

Ken Dancyger
The director's idea, The path to great directing
Amsterdam; Boston, 2006

Jim Kitses Horizons West Jim Kitses
Horizons West, Directing The Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood
London, 2004

John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume I
New York, NY, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Andrew Sarris You ain't heard nothin' yet Andrew Sarris
"You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949
New York, Oxford, 1998

Harry Waldman Scenes Unseen Harry Waldman
Scenes Unseen, Unreleased and Uncompleted Films from the World's Master Filmmakers, 1912-1990
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Silent Years Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Silent Years
London, 1985

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Thirties Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Thirties
London, 1983

Richard Koszarski
Hollywood Directors, 1914-1940
New York, 1976

Stanley Hochman (ed.)
A Library of Film Criticism, American Film Directors
New York, 1974

Books with an entry on John Ford

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Articles on John Ford

Kent Jones, Intolerance, in: Filmcomment, nr. 3, 2013 pp. 28-31

Nicholas Baer, Helios and the Apocalypse, Visions of American History in Films by Griffith, Ford, and Stroheim, in: Cynthia Lucia, Roy Grundmann, and Art Simon (ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film, Malden, MA, Oxford, Chisester, 2012

Nick Bradshaw, Tales of the old Western, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 9, 2010 pp. 8

María Elena de las Carreras Kuntz, The Catholic Vision in Hollywood: Ford, Capra, Borzage and Hitchcock, in: Film History, vol. 14, 2002 pp. 121-135

Scott Allen Nollen with Douglas Brode, Screen Historian or American Myth Maker?, The Civil War According to John Ford, in: Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller (eds.), The American Civil War on film and TV, Lanham, Maryland, 2017

Films

1914
The Mysterious Rose
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
The District Attorney's Brother

1915
The Birth of a Nation
The Hidden City
Three Bad Men and a Girl
The Broken Coin
Smuggler's Island
The Campbells Are Coming

1916
The Lumber Yard Gang
The Strong Arm Squad
The Bandit's Wager
The Purple Mask

1917
Straight Shooting
The Trail of Hate
The Tornado
Cheyenne's Pal
The Scrapper
The Soul Herder
Red Saunders Plays Cupid
A Marked Man
Bucking Broadway
The Secret Man

1918
Hell Bent
The Craving
The Phantom Riders
The Scarlet Drop
Wild Women

1919
Roped
Ace of the Saddle
A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
Gun Law
The Last Outlaw
Rustlers
Marked Men
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Riders of Vengeance

1920
The Prince of Avenue A
Just Pals
Hitchin' Posts

1921
Sure Fire
Action
The Wallop
The Big Punch

1922
Silver Wings
The Village Blacksmith
Little Miss Smiles

1923
Three Jumps Ahead
North of Hudson Bay
Hoodman Blind
Cameo Kirby

1924
The Iron Horse
Hearts of Oak

1925
Thank You
Kentucky Pride
Lightnin'

1926
3 Bad Men
The Shamrock Handicap
The Blue Eagle

1927
Upstream

1928
Four Sons
Riley the Cop
Hangman's House
Mother Machree
Napoleon's Barber

1929
The Black Watch
Salute
Strong Boy
Big Time

1930
Up the River
Born Reckless
Men Without Women

1931
Arrowsmith
Seas Beneath
The Brat

1932
Air Mail
Flesh

1933
Doctor Bull
Pilgrimage

1934
Judge Priest
The Lost Patrol
The World Moves On

1935
The Informer
Steamboat 'Round the Bend
The Whole Town's Talking

1936
Mary of Scotland
The Plough and the Stars
The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Last Outlaw

1937
The Hurricane
Wee Willie Winkie

1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Four Men and a Prayer
Submarine Patrol

1939
Drums Along the Mohawk
Stagecoach
Young Mr. Lincoln

1940
The Grapes of Wrath
The Long Voyage Home

1941
How Green Was My Valley
Tobacco Road

1942
The Battle of Midway
Sex Hygiene
Torpedo Squadron

1943
December 7th: The Movie
We Sail at Midnight
Show-Business at War
How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

1945
They Were Expendable

1946
My Darling Clementine

1947
The Fugitive

1948
3 Godfathers
Fort Apache

1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Pinky
Mighty Joe Young

1950
Rio Grande
Wagon Master
When Willie Comes Marching Home

1951
This Is Korea!

1952
The Quiet Man
What Price Glory

1953
Mogambo
The Sun Shines Bright

1955
The Long Gray Line
Mister Roberts
The Bamboo Cross

1956
The Searchers

1957
The Rising of the Moon
The Wings of Eagles

1958
Gideon's Day
The Last Hurrah

1959
The Horse Soldiers

1960
Sergeant Rutledge
The Colter Craven Story

1961
Two Rode Together

1962
How the West Was Won
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1963
Donovan's Reef

1964
Cheyenne Autumn

1965
Young Cassidy

1966
7 Women

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