The essential John Ford
(DVD)
Contributors
Ford, John, 1894-1973 film director.
Redman, Nick, film director,
Dwan, Allan, 1885-1981, film director.
Trotti, Lamar, 1900-1952, screenwriter.
Levien, Sonya, 1888?-1960, screenwriter.
Redman, Nick, film director,
Dwan, Allan, 1885-1981, film director.
Trotti, Lamar, 1900-1952, screenwriter.
Levien, Sonya, 1888?-1960, screenwriter.
Published
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (613 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Feature Films - Media collection
DVD FEATURE ESSE
1 available
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographical films.
Coal miners -- Wales -- Drama.
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Drama.
Documentary films.
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 -- Drama.
Earp, Wyatt, -- 1848-1929 -- Drama.
Families -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Ford, John, -- 1894-1973
Frontier and pioneer life -- Drama.
Gunfights -- Arizona -- Tombstone -- Drama.
Historical films.
Holliday, John Henry, -- 1851-1887 -- Drama.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Drama.
Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century -- Drama.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama.
Nonfiction films.
Outlaws -- Arizona -- Tombstone -- Drama.
Sheriffs -- Drama.
Tombstone (Ariz.) -- Drama.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
Western films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, -- 1902-1979.
Coal miners -- Wales -- Drama.
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Drama.
Documentary films.
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 -- Drama.
Earp, Wyatt, -- 1848-1929 -- Drama.
Families -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Ford, John, -- 1894-1973
Frontier and pioneer life -- Drama.
Gunfights -- Arizona -- Tombstone -- Drama.
Historical films.
Holliday, John Henry, -- 1851-1887 -- Drama.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Drama.
Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century -- Drama.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama.
Nonfiction films.
Outlaws -- Arizona -- Tombstone -- Drama.
Sheriffs -- Drama.
Tombstone (Ariz.) -- Drama.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
Western films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, -- 1902-1979.
More Details
Published
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007].
Language
English
UPC
024543483113
Notes
General Note
Title from container. All credits from title screens.
General Note
'Drums along the Mohawk' based on the novel by Walter D. Edmonds. 'The grapes of wrath' based on the novel by John Steinbeck. 'How green was my valley' based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn. 'My darling Clementine' and 'Frontier marshal' based on the novel 'Wyatt Earp, frontier marshal' by Stuart N. Lake.
General Note
"This [alternate pre-release] version of John Ford's 'My darling Clementine' was copied from a 1946 nitrate preview print. It contains additional footage not in the general release version as well as a different soundtrack."
General Note
Originally released as motion pictures 1939-1946 except 'Becoming John Ford,' released as a documentary film in 2007.
General Note
Full screen (1.37:1).
General Note
Special features: (Drums along the Mohawk) commentary by film historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman; theatrical trailer; still galleries. (The grapes of wrath) commentary by film scholar Joseph McBride and John Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw; UK prologue; Biography: Darryl F. Zanuck, 20th century filmmaker; restoration comparison; theatrical trailer; Fox Movietone news; still gallery. (How green was my valley) commentary by actor Anne Lee Nathan and film historian Joseph McBride: author of "Searching for John Ford"; Backstory: "How green was my valley"; still gallery; theatrical trailer. (My darling Clementine) commentary by author Scott Eyman and Wyatt Earp III; theatrical trailer; alternate pre-release version; What is the pre-release version?; still gallery. (Becoming John Ford) WWII documentary short subjects directed by John Ford; interactive pressbooks; vintage programs; Ford at Fox archives. (Frontier marshal) theatrical trailer; still gallery.
Creation/Production Credits
Drums along the Mohawk: Directors of photography, Bert Glennon, Ray Rennahan ; film editor, Robert Simpson ; music, Alfred Newman ; costumes, Gwen Wakeling ; art direction, Richard Day, Mark-Lee Kirk.
Creation/Production Credits
The grapes of wrath: Director of photography, Gregg Toland ; film editor, Robert Simpson ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; costumes, Gwen Wakeling ; art direction, Richard Day, Mark-Lee Kirk.
Creation/Production Credits
How green was my valley: Director of photography, Arthur Miller ; film editor, James B. Clark ; music, Alfred Newman ; costumes, Gwen Wakeling ; art direction, Richard Day, Nathan Juran.
Creation/Production Credits
My darling Clementine: Director of photography, Joe MacDonald ; film editor, Dorothy Spencer ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; music, Cyril Mockridge ; orchestral arrangements, Edward Powell ; costumes, Rene Hubert ; art direction, James Basevi, Lyle Wheeler.
Creation/Production Credits
Becoming John Ford: Cinematography, Bengt Jan Jonsson ; editor, Vincent Stancarone ; "The John Ford theme" composed and conducted by Christopher Caliendo ; words of John Ford read by Walter Hill ; words of Darryl F. Zanuck read by Ron Shelton.
Creation/Production Credits
Frontier marshal: Director of photography, Charles Clarke ; film editor, Fred Allen ; musical direction, Samuel Kaylin ; costumes, Herschel ; art direction, Richard Day, Lewis Creber.
Participants/Performers
Drums along the Mohawk: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins, John Carradine, Dorris Bowdon, Jessie Ralph, Arthur Shields, Robert Lowery, Roger Imhof.
Participants/Performers
The grapes of wrath: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon, John Carradine, Russell Simpson, O.Z. Whitehead, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan, Zeffie Tilbury.
Participants/Performers
How green was my valley: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Anna Lee, John Loder, Sara Allgood, Barry Fitzgerald, Patric Knowles, Roddy McDowall.
Participants/Performers
My darling Clementine: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, Ward Bond, Alan Mowbray, John Ireland, Roy Roberts, Jane Darwell, Grant Withers, J. Farrell MacDonald, Russell Simpson.
Participants/Performers
Frontier marshal: Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes, John Carradine.
Description
Drums along the Mohawk: Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins.
Description
The grapes of wrath: Tom Joad returns from prison to find his homestead overwhelmed by weather -- and a greedy banking industry. Seeing virtually no work potential on the horizon of the Oklahoma dust bowls, the entire family packs up and heads for the promised land -- California.
Description
How green was my valley: At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans -- he stern, she gentle -- raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
Description
My darling Clementine: When his brother James is murdered by cattle rustlers, the frontier legend Wyatt Earp becomes Tombstone's marshal and sets out to avenge James' death. Torn between his badge, his fury, and his love of a schoolteacher, Earp confronts the likely killers, the notoriously lawless family of Old Man Clanton, setting the stage for the famed shootout at the O.K. Corral.
Description
Becoming John Ford: This documentary takes a look at the enduring impression Ford made on film and filmmaking. Focuses primarily on his years at Fox, his relationship with Darryl F. Zanuck, and the effect the second World War had on both men & their filmmaking.
Description
Frontier marshal: Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Language
Closed captioned.
Awards
Academy Awards, 1941: [The grapes of wrath] Best Director (John Ford) ; Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jane Darwell).
Awards
Academy Awards, 1942: [How green was my valley] Best Picture ; Best Director (John Ford) ; Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Donald Crisp).
Awards
National Film Registry, 1989: [The grapes of wrath].
Awards
National Film Registry, 1990: [How green was my valley].
Awards
National Film Registry, 1991: [My darling Clementine].
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ford, J., Redman, N., Dwan, A., Trotti, L., Levien, S., Johnson, N., Dunne, P., Engel, S. G., Miller, W., Hellman, S., Kirgo, J., Zanuck, D. F., Willett, J., Colbert, C., Fonda, H., Oliver, E. M., Collins, E., Carradine, J., Bowdon, D., Ralph, J., Shields, A., Lowery, R., Imhof, R., Darwell, J., Grapewin, C., Simpson, R., Whitehead, O. Z., Qualen, J., Quillan, E., Tilbury, Z., Pidgeon, W., O'Hara, M., Crisp, D., Lee, A., Loder, J., Allgood, S., Fitzgerald, B., Knowles, P., McDowall, R., Darnell, L., Mature, V., Downs, C., Brennan, W., Holt, T., Bond, W., Mowbray, A., Ireland, J., Roberts, R., Withers, G., MacDonald, J. F., Scott, R., Kelly, N., Romero, C., Barnes, B., Glennon, B., Rennahan, R., Toland, G., Miller, A. C., MacDonald, J., Jonsson, B. J., Clarke, C. G., Simpson, R., Clark, J. B., Spencer, D., Stancarone, V., Allen, F., Newman, A., Mockridge, C. J. 1., Powell, E. B., Caliendo, C., Kaylin, S., Wakeling, G., Hubert, R., McCoy, H., Day, R., Kirk, M., Juran, N., Basevi, J., Wheeler, L., Creber, L., Hill, W., Shelton, R., Edmonds, W. D. 1., Steinbeck, J., Llewellyn, R., & Lake, S. N. (2007). The essential John Ford . Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)John Ford et al.. 2007. The Essential John Ford. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)John Ford et al.. The Essential John Ford Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ford, John, et al. The Essential John Ford Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007.
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