Best of John Ford
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- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera MilesAn American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.Nominated for a DGA
- DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn CarradineAn Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.Won Oscar as Best Director. Also won for Best Supporting Actress, Nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, Actor, Editing, and Screenplay. Won NBR Best Film. Won NYFCC Best Director and Best Film
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorAndy DevineA group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.Nominated for an Oscar as Best Director. Won NYFCC as Best Director. Film won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and Best Musical Score. Film was nominated for Oscar for Best Picture, Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJames StewartJohn WayneVera MilesA senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraBarry FitzgeraldA retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.Won Oscar and DGA as Director. Film was nominated for an Oscar as Best Picture, Screenplay, and Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe for Best Director and Best Musical Score. Frank Nugent won WGA for Best American Comedy
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneMaureen O'HaraBen JohnsonA cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.This is for the entire "Calvary Trilogy" that includes "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" and "Fort Apache"
- DirectorJohn FordStarsSpencer TracyJeffrey HunterDianne FosterFrank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.Won NBR as Best Director, Best Actor.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsClaudette ColbertHenry FondaEdna May OliverNewlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaAlice BradyMarjorie WeaverA fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsVictor McLaglenHeather AngelPreston FosterIn 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.Won Oscar for Best Director, Actor, Music, and Screenplay. Nominated for Best Picture and Editing. Won NYFCC as Best Director