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John Ford

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Biography

Name: John Sean O'Feeney Ford
Birth Date: February 1, 1895
Death Date: 1973
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: director, filmmaker

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Biography of John Sean O'Feeney Ford
812 words, approx. 3 pages
John Sean O'Feeney Ford (ca. 1895-1973) was an American film director who, with other pioneers in the movie industry, transformed a rudimentary entertainment medium into a highly personalized and expressive art form. John Sean O'Feeney Ford was born...


Quotations
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John Ford Quotes
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Titles of honour add not to his worth, Who is himself an honour of his titles. Diamonds cut diamonds. You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. Sister, look ye, How, by a new creation of my tailor's I've shook off old...


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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Summary
172 words, approx. 1 pages
Director John Ford's She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) is the first color feature film shot in Monument Valley, Arizona, and the second of three films Ford made about the 7th Cavalry—the other two are Fort Apache (1948) and Rio Grande...
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Ford, John (1894-1973) Summary
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Film director John Ford is a profoundly influential figure in American culture far beyond his own prolific, wide-ranging, and often impressive output in a 50-year plus cinema career that began in the silent era with The Tornado (Universal, 1917)....
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John Ford Information
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John Ford (February 1 1894 – August 31 1973)[1] was an American film director of Irish heritage famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. His...


News and Journals
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Becoming John Ford
11/01/2007: 387 words, approx. 1 pages
di Nick Redman (b.f.) Ancora più importante del film è l'annuncio che il regista Nick Redman ha dato prima della proiezione: per Natale, usciranno (solo in America o anche da noi?) addirittura 25 Dvd della Fox con film di John Ford, alcuni dei...
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AP Features
Former Tenn. state Sen. John Ford gets 5 1/2 years for bribery in 'Tennessee Waltz' probe
8/28/2007: 329 words, approx. 1 pages
Former state Sen. John Ford, once among Tennessee's most powerful lawmakers, was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1/2 years in prison for bribery.Ford, 65, was one of five former lawmakers convicted of bribery or extortion in a statewide corruption investigation code named "Tennessee Waltz."He was convicted...
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Former Tenn. state Sen. John Ford gets 5.5 years for bribery in 'Tennessee Waltz' probe
8/28/2007: 285 words, approx. 1 pages
Former state Sen. John Ford, once among Tennessee's most powerful lawmakers, was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1/2 years in prison for bribery.Ford, 65, was one of five former lawmakers convicted of bribery or extortion in a statewide corruption investigation code named "Tennessee Waltz."He was convicted...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Algernon Charles Swinburne
11,056 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, originally published in Essays and Studies in 1875, Swinburne recognizes Ford's distinctive dramatic style and characterizes him as a poet worth remembering.
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Critical Essay by Verna Ann Foster and Stephen Foster
10,715 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following essay, Foster and Foster argue that Ford intended to draw an historical and political analogy between mythological Sparta in The Broken Heart and Elizabethan England, concluding that such an interpretation assists in revealing the play's structure and tragic outcome.
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Critical Essay by Mark Stavig
10,411 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Stavig argues that Ford integrated a sophisticated satirical commentary on contemporary moral, ethical, and religious issues into the traditional moral design of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.
 


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