According to the Hollywood Reporter, Glenn Ford (The Big Heat, 3:10 to Yuma) will make his first public appearance in 15 years at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, where the Canadian-born actor will be saluted on his 90th birthday on May 1.
The event will include a screening of Ford's film debut, the 1937 musical short Night in Manhattan, and of Charles Vidor's campy 1946 romantic melodrama-cum-film noir Gilda, in which Ford makes love to Rita Hayworth while being her husband George Macready's toyboy. The films will be followed by a discussion led by Ford's son, Peter.
(This is surprising news, considering that I'd heard that Ford had suffered a stroke and was in ill health.)
In his heyday, Ford aged rather rapidly but he also developed into a quite capable actor. Besides the aforementioned The Big Heat – perhaps my favorite gangster flick – and the psychological Western 3:10 to Yuma (directed by the unjustly forgotten Delmer Daves), Ford was also remarkably good in two 1955 dramas, The Blackboard Jungle and Trial.
Trevor,
I agree.
Glenn Ford was an underrated actor. He was excellent in his Westerns of the 1950s, Jubal, 3:10 to Yuma, even The Sheepman. He deserves a good biography.
I believe you should contact the American Cinematheque. They'll probably have an answer for you. Their web site:
http://www.americancinematheque.com/
Good luck!
How does one view the clip or the live appearance by Glenn Ford
on the occasion of his 90th birthday at Cinematheque?