John Ford S Stagecoach

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Book is all about the making of the famous movie and is generously illustrated with pictures from the movie.

"This collection of essays offers a comprehensive examination of his life and career. Part one provides an overview of Ford's importance in the early development of cinema. Part two focuses on Ford's personal life. Part three explores theories that explai

During his five decades of filmmaking, John Ford was described as a humorist, weaver of myths, interpreter of the Old West, high dramatist, and storyteller. Film critic Peter Stowell meticulously examines 14 films to demonstrate how Ford contributed to the development of six great American myths: the American Adam, the American frontier, the American democrat, American agrariarism, American individualism, and American civilization. Stowell charts the narrative structure of two of Ford's most famous films, "The Searcher" and "Stagecoach," to convey a sense of how these classics were created. ISBN 0-8057-9305-2 (pbk.): $9.95.

Follows the legendary John Ford through a career that spanned more than five decades, drawing on dozens of personal interviews, material from Ford's estate, and film criticism.