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The Westerns and War Films of John Ford.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Film and History SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (379 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442261068
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Westerns and War Films of John FordDDC classification:
  • 791.4302/33092
LOC classification:
  • PN1998.3.F65M35 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Career Man -- 2 Early Days in the Hollywood West -- 3 The Heroic West -- 4 Not for Self but for Country -- 5 In The Navy -- 6 War Stories -- 7 Critiquing Combat Culture -- 8 Keeping the Faith -- 9 The War at Home -- 10 Veterans' Affairs -- 11 A House Divided -- 12 The Nature of One's Service -- 13 Deconstructing the Legend -- 14 Questions of Just Conduct -- Aftermath -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: The only person to receive four Academy Awards for best director, John Ford is considered by some to be America's greatest homegrown filmmaker. This book looks at the two genres of films for which Ford was most well-known--Westerns such as She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance--and military films including They Were Expendable and the Oscar-winning documentary The Battle of Midway.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Career Man -- 2 Early Days in the Hollywood West -- 3 The Heroic West -- 4 Not for Self but for Country -- 5 In The Navy -- 6 War Stories -- 7 Critiquing Combat Culture -- 8 Keeping the Faith -- 9 The War at Home -- 10 Veterans' Affairs -- 11 A House Divided -- 12 The Nature of One's Service -- 13 Deconstructing the Legend -- 14 Questions of Just Conduct -- Aftermath -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

The only person to receive four Academy Awards for best director, John Ford is considered by some to be America's greatest homegrown filmmaker. This book looks at the two genres of films for which Ford was most well-known--Westerns such as She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance--and military films including They Were Expendable and the Oscar-winning documentary The Battle of Midway.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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