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Just Like the Old Country: John Ford’s Silent Comedies

 Victor McLaglen, shrouded in the Dublin fog, guiltily contemplating the reward poster which looms over him; Henry Fonda, crouched in shadow, the gleam and intensity in his eyes penetrating the...

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The Acting Business: John Ford’s Star Comedies

Here’s the second part of my piece on John Ford’s early comedy films, concerned with his use of star actors. “Leave the acting business to them that can act. All I know how to do is to throw a lariat...

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A Job of Work: John Ford as an Auteur

Finally got around to posting the final part of my piece on the early comedies of John Ford. As this is adapted from my undergraduate dissertation I’ve had to trim a few bits here and there which seem...

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