Locarno Film Festival

Nato nel Maine (USA) nel 1894, già in vita John Ford era ritenuto uno dei più grandi registi americani, e questa fama non ha fatto altro che consolidarsi negli anni successivi alla sua morte, avvenuta nel 1973. Molti suoi film, e in particolare i western, sono considerati capolavori, da Com’era verde la mia valle (1941) a Sfida infernale (1946), da Un uomo tranquillo (1952) a Sentieri selvaggi (1956), a L’uomo che uccise Liberty Valance (1962).

Born in Maine in 1894, John Ford was for much of his lifetime considered one of American’s greatest filmmakers, a legacy that has only strengthened in the decades since his death in 1973. Many of his films – especially his Westerns – are seen as masterpieces, including How Green Was My Valley (1941), My Darling Clementine (1946), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).

Filmography

1976 Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
1965 7 Women
1964 Cheyenne Autumn
1963 Donovan's Reef
1962 How the West Was Won
1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1961 Two Rode Together
1960 Sergeant Rutledge
1959 The Horse Soldiers
1958 The Last Hurrah
1958 Gideon's Day
1957 The Rising of the Moon
1957 The Wings of Eagles
1956 The Searchers
1955 Mister Roberts
1955 The Long Gray Line
1953 Mogambo
1953 The Sun Shines Bright
1952 What Price Glory
1952 The Quiet Man
1951 This Is Korea!
1950 Rio Grande
1950 Wagon Master
1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1948 3 Godfathers
1948 Fort Apache
1947 The Fugitive
1946 My Darling Clementine
1945 They Were Expendable
1943 German Industrial Manpower
1943 December 7th
1941 How Green Was My Valley
1941 Tobacco Road
1940 The Long Voyage Home
1940 The Grapes of Wrath
1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 Stagecoach
1938 Submarine Patrol
1938 Four Men and a Prayer
1937 The Hurricane
1937 Wee Willie Winkie
1936 The Plough and the Stars
1936 Mary of Scotland
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island
1935 Steamboat Round the Bend
1935 The Informer
1935 The Whole Town's Talking
1934 Judge Priest
1934 The World Moves on
1934 The Lost Patrol
1933 Doctor Bull
1933 Pilgrimage
1932 Air Mail
1931 Arrowsmith
1931 The Brat
1931 The Seas Beneath
1930 Up the River
1930 Born Reckless
1930 Men without Women
1929 The Black Watch
1929 Strong Boy
1928 Four Sons
1927 Upstream
1926 The Blue Eagle
1926 3 Bad Men
1926 The Shamrock Handicap
1925 The Fighting Heart
1925 Thank You
1925 Kentucky Pride
1925 Lightnin'
1924 Hearts of Oak
1924 The Iron Horse (uncredited)
1923 Hoodman Blind
1923 North of Hudson Bay
1923 Cameo Kirby
1923 Three Jumps Ahead
1923 The Face on the Bar-Room Floor
1922 The Village Blacksmith
1922 Little Miss Smiles
1921 Jackie
1921 Sure Fire
1921 Action
1921 Desperate Trails
1921 The Wallop
1921 The Freeze-Out
1921 The Big Punch
1920 Just Pals
1920 Hitchin' Posts
1920 The Girl in Number 29
1920 The Prince of Avenue A
1919 Marked Men
1919 A Gun Fightin' Gentleman
1919 Rider of the Law
1919 Ace of the Saddle
1919 The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919 Riders of Vengeance
1919 Bare Fists
1919 A Fight for Love
1919 Roped
1918 Three Mounted Men
1918 The Craving
1918 A Woman's Fool
1918 Hell Bent
1918 The Scarlet Drop
1918 Thieves' Gold
1918 Wild Women
1918 The Phantom Riders
1917 Bucking Broadway
1917 A Marked Man
1917 The Secret Man
1917 Straight Shooting

Director

Film Sections

John Ford

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