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Post by spiderwort on Sept 15, 2022 1:23:48 GMT
For me it's a toss up: this first choice being one of the most beautiful films ever made, in my opinion.
And this masterpiece, in its way one of the most important and beautiful films about humans overcoming hardships ever made. Thanks to John Ford, the cast, and John Steinbeck.
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Post by marshamae on Sept 15, 2022 2:05:53 GMT
How Green Was My Valley
Quiet Man
Grapes of Wrath
Young Mr Lincoln
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 15, 2022 6:19:55 GMT
Mr. Roberts The Informer The Prisoner of Shark Island Four Men and a Prayer
The Long Grey Line
They Were Expendable
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Post by spiderwort on Sept 15, 2022 12:12:04 GMT
Mr. Roberts The Informer The Prisoner of Shark Island Four Men and a Prayer
The Long Grey Line
They Were Expendable
I haven't seen FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER, matt. But I love all the others -- especially THE INFORMER, MR. ROBERTS and THEY WERE EXPENDABLE. Boy, Ford made some wonderful movies!
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Post by politicidal on Sept 15, 2022 12:49:10 GMT
Mogambo
They Were Expendable
The Grapes of Wrath
The Last Hurrah
Young Mr. Lincoln
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Post by spiderwort on Sept 15, 2022 13:14:07 GMT
Mogambo They Were Expendable The Grapes of Wrath The Last Hurrah Young Mr. Lincoln
MOGAMBO and THE LAST HURRAH are two more excellent ones, politicidal. I mentioned TWE and TGOW above, but now I really have to see YOUNG MR. LINCOLN!
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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 15, 2022 14:44:45 GMT
Donovan's Reef
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Post by teleadm on Sept 15, 2022 17:18:04 GMT
My three absolute favorites are The Grapes of Wrath and How Green Was My Valley both 1940 and The Quiet Man 1952.
Honorable mention towards The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936 and The Last Hurrah 1958 since they are both really good movies, even if Shark Island plays around a bit with historic events. Hurrah also also had a great cast of veteran actors.
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Post by spiderwort on Sept 15, 2022 17:27:24 GMT
My three absolute favorites are The Grapes of Wrath and How Green Was My Valley both 1940 and The Quiet Man 1952. Honorable mention towards The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936 and The Last Hurrah 1958 since they are both really good movies, even if Shark Island plays around a bit with historic events. Hurrah also also had a great cast of veteran actors.
Agree about the three, tele. And I haven't seen THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND in such a long time. I really need to see that one again. Also agree with you about the great cast of THE LAST HURRAH (I have seen that one more recently and remember it better).
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Post by Richard Kimble on Sept 16, 2022 4:14:38 GMT
One that isn't as well known  |
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Post by movielover on Sept 16, 2022 4:20:24 GMT
Favorites:
The Grapes of Wrath
Mister Roberts
How Green Was My Valley was also a solid movie.
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Post by mikef6 on Sept 17, 2022 1:45:00 GMT
Three that I don’t think have come up yet but are worthy:
The Lost Patrol
The Whole Town’s Talking
What Price Glory?
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Post by petrolino on Sept 18, 2022 0:45:19 GMT
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'The Whole Town's Talking' (1935)
'The Hurricane' (1937) 'The Grapes Of Wrath' (1940) 'Tobacco Road' (1941)
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Post by mikef6 on Sept 21, 2022 14:20:33 GMT
Has anyone seen "The Long Voyage Home" (1940)? I watched it ages ago and can't tell you much about it except that the impression it left was that it was an intense drama and and early acting challenge for John Wayne, which he rose to.  |
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Post by spiderwort on Sept 21, 2022 14:47:59 GMT
Has anyone seen "The Long Voyage Home" (1940)? I watched it ages ago and can't tell you much about it except that the impression it left was that it was an intense drama and and early acting challenge for John Wayne, which he rose to. I saw it again fairly recently, mike, and it held true to my memories of it, which are similar to yours. I first saw it in the sixties and loved it then, but I appreciated it even more when I saw it again. The story of merchant seamen transporting dynamite to Britain during the early days of World War II, John Wayne has top billing, though at times he’s almost a minor character (as a Swede!), working along with a wonderful ensemble cast (Thomas Mitchell, Ward Bond, Ian Hunter, Barry Fitzgerald, et al). It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture. (The same year Ford won as the Best Director for The Grapes of Wrath!)
As for your comment, "early acting challenge for John Wayne, which he rose to" -- I whole-heartedly agree.
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Post by soggy on Sept 21, 2022 22:18:10 GMT
The Quiet Man is my favorite of all of his films, western or no.
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Post by timshelboy on Sept 22, 2022 22:26:19 GMT
THE GRAPES OF WRATH but MOGAMBO, THE HURRICANE and THE LOST SQUADRON all I'd "recommend"  |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 23, 2022 13:22:15 GMT
I have to mention The Horse Soldiers. Not a western technically. Civil War picture that takes place in Mississippi. Yeah, it has that western US Cavalry feel. A lot of people aren't all agog over it but it's one of my favorite. Has two of my all time favorites, Wayne and Bill Holden. A somewhat fictionalized account of a real CW Union cavalry raid. Led by Brigadier General Benjamin Grierson, who was a music teacher before the was and deathly afraid of horses. He and three cavalry regiments tore through central Mississippi, wrecking railroads, drawing away Rebel cavalry and drawing attention away from the Mississippi River while Grant crossed his army to attack Vicksburg. One of the most successful cavalry raids of he war. The two leads shine in the movie but it was a role tailor made for Wayne and Holden would rock an educational film about colonoscopies.
Fun fact: Constance Tower's servant was played by US tennis star Althea Gibson. She was good in her only real movie role. The part of "Lukey" was written with a real "pickaninny" voice with similar dialogue (think Butterfly McQueen in Gone With the Wind). Gibson absolutely refused to real the part as written and pretty much told John Ford to stick it up his ass. Ford, who wouldn't have taken that from John Wayne, actually agreed and drop the dopey dialogue. I thought she could have been a very good actress and have no idea why she didn't pursue it further. The Horse Soldiers was made at the height of her tennis career (movie came out in 1959, year after she won Wimbledon and the French Open).
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