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The Jimmy Stewart & John Ford Western That Made an Awful Mistake
Western king John Ford made some problematic choices.
This Western Landscape Is the Genre’s Most Used Backdrop
The famous valley within Arizona and Utah has been the setting of countless Westerns throughout film history.
The John Ford & Henry Fonda Courtroom Drama That Shows a Different Side of Abraham Lincoln
The quintessential Hollywood everyman gives a fresh and earnest portrayal of Honest Abe.
Henry Fonda’s Western Career Has These Romance Movies To Thank
Before he was a Western and Thriller king, Henry Fonda got his start in rom-coms.
The Greatest Western Director Has the Most Oscar Wins, But None in the Genre
Ironically, the most awarded director of all time probably deserved more Oscars.
The 10 Best Movies That Won the Oscar for Best Director, but Not Best Picture
It doesn’t happen often.
10 Great Directors Who Successfully Transitioned from Silent Films to Talkies
Look who's talking now...
The Controversial John Ford Western That Inspired Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’
Understanding Scorsese's influences brings certain aspects of 'Taxi Driver' into clearer focus.
The First Major Studio Western To Cast a Black Actor in the Lead Role
John Ford and Woody Strode would collaborate on three other films.
This Fan Theory Changes The Way You Watch 'The Searchers'
Not all is as it seems in the Western frontier.
The Christmas Western That’s Also One of John Wayne’s Best
'3 Godfathers' used Christmas themes to tell a story of redemption.
The 10 Longest-Running Actor-Director Pairings in History, Ranked
This town is big enough for the both of us.
John Ford’s First Epic Western Is Also One of the Genre’s Leaders
The John Ford classic revitalized a waning genre and set the standard for the next hundred years.
What ‘The Searchers’ Comic Book Adaptation Got Right (and Wrong)
A comic book adaptation seemed to misinterpret the film’s more nuanced ideas about race relations and perpetual violence.
John Ford Redefined the Western Genre With This Dark Henry Fonda Film
The director's take on an iconic historic event forever shifted audience expectations of the genre.
John Ford’s Most Expressionist Movie Is This 1928 Silent Drama
It was far from a Western, but a Ford production nonetheless.
How 'Stagecoach' Revolutionized the Western Genre
John Ford's 1939 classic elevated the genre to new popular and artistic heights.
'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' Remake in the Works at Paramount
John Ford's original classic Western starred Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne?