(The following was included as part of my John Ford Film Study course which I taught in the winter/early spring semester of 2023. This is the last film featured in this Ford series. Please enjoy…) For our last film of this John Ford study, it seems rather fitting to end with the film that many consider to be Ford’s last great film, THE MAN WHO … Continue reading Ford’s Cinematic Send Off: THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
[The following was part of my John Ford film study course I taught in the winter of 2023. SPOILERS are included in this handout, so if you haven’t watched this film before, feel free to refrain until you do so.] As we transition to our next film, THE SEARCHERS (1956), we will experience a very different John Ford film, with a starkly darker role for … Continue reading THE SEARCHERS (1956), a Film Study
(The following is my handout from the John Ford course I taught in the winter semester of 2023.) The film we’ll be screening tonight is one of Ford’s ‘Calvary trilogy’ films, SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON. So called for the use of the United States Calvary at the center of these stories. FORT APACHE (1948), SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (1949), and RIO BRAVO (1950) … Continue reading John Ford’s SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
Outspoken & Freckled 