John Ford Articles
Ben Johnson on TCM: WAR DRUMS, SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
Ben Johnson isn’t exactly what one would call a movie icon; Johnson isn’t even a Western icon, despite his presence in numerous Old (and not-so-Old) West movies during his 50+-year career. Johnson’s semi-obscurity today is a great reason to celebrate Turner Classic Movies‘ devoting one whole day to him as part of its "Summer Under the Stars" film series. [Ben Johnson Movie Schedule.] TCM will [...]
Oscar Winner Emil Jannings, Theda Bara, Lon Chaney, Clara Bow in Color: FRAGMENTS on TCM
Emil Jannings in Victor Fleming’s The Way of All Flesh The final reel of John Ford’s The Village Blacksmith (1922), featuring Virginia Valli; Best Actor Oscar winner Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927); screen legends Douglas Fairbanks in He Comes Up Smiling (1918), Theda Bara in Cleopatra (1917), and Lon Chaney in The Miracle Man (1919); the early sound, Technicolor musical Gold [...]
CITIZEN KANE, Joan Crawford, Jeanne Crain, John Wayne on TCM
Claire Trevor, John Wayne in John Ford’s Stagecoach (top); Joan Crawford in Michael Curtiz’s Mildred Pierce (middle); Orson Welles in his own Citizen Kane Turner Classic Movies will show a rerun of Moguls & Movie Stars, A History of Hollywood: Warriors & Peace Makers this evening at 7 p.m. This segment of the seven-part Moguls & Movie Stars documentary focuses on Hollywood before, during, and [...]
Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Taylor, BATTLE OF ALGIERS, Lost John Ford: Packard Campus Nov. 2010
John Ford’s Upstream Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller in Hackers, Gillo Pontecorvo’s political cinema classic La Battaglia di Algeri / Battle of Algiers, the long-thought-lost John Ford drama Upstream, Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney in National Velvet, and an evening featuring the films of 1910 are some of the Nov. 2010 highlights at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation’s free [...]