Russell Simpson

John Steinbeck'in Pulitzer ödüllü romanından uyarlanmış, John Ford imzalı 2 Oscarlı bir başyapıt. Hapisten çıkan Tom Joad, Oklahoma'daki ailesinin çiftliğine gider. Ancak gittiğinde görür ki banka çiftliğe el koymuştur. Zira Büyük Buhran tüm Amerika'yı etkisi altına almıştır. Ertesi gün tüm Joad Ailesi, eşyaları ile birlikte eski püskü bir kamyonla California'ya doğru yola çıkar.

Washington'da senatörün ölmesinin haberi tüm eyalette yayılmıştır ve Senator Joseph Paine'in medya patronu Jim Taylor'dan istediği geçici göreve gelecek kişi için işlerine pek karışamayacak birini bulmasıdır. Jefferson Smith Boy Rangers'ın başkanı, dürüst ve idealleri olan biridir ve bu istek için biçilmiş kaftandır. Ne var ki, Washington entrikaları içinde Jefferson'ın dürüstlüğü ve kendini insanlara adaması bazı değişimlere sebep olur * İzlemeden önce sıkıcı bir politik film olduğunu zannediyordum.Kesinlikle sıkıcı değilmiş, aksine bir başucu filmiymiş. Kararında ilerleyen senaryo finaline doğru kalitesini hep arttırıyor. Zaten eski filmlerde en çok sevdiğim şey bu * Frank Capra neden filmlerinin son yarım saatini tüyleri havaya dikecek kadar etkileyici biçimde işliyor?

Büyük ağabeyleri Adam, yeni evlendiği karısını kardeşleriyle beraber yaşadığı kulübeye getirdiğinden beri Pontipee erkelerinin hayatları oldukça değişmiştir. Hatta durumdan öyle etkilenirler ki, bekar kardeşler kendileri de birer eş sahibi olmak için kasabaya inip beğendikleri kızları kaçırırlar! Stanley Donen'ın yönetmenliğini üstlendiği bu son derece keyifli müzikalde Oscar ödüllü Gene dePaul/Johnny Mercer şarkısı, Michael Kidd'in koreografisi ile herşey yerli yerine oturuyor. başrollerdeki Jane Powell ve Howard Keel'e geyik derilerine bürünmüş erkek dansçılar ve içeteklikli dansözler eşlik ediyor.

My Darling Clementine, daha önce defalarca sinemaya aktarılmış Earp ve Clanton Aileleri arasında geçen O.K. Corral çarpışmasını konu alan John Ford imzalı bir western. Henry Fonda, bu filminde, maceraperest, kendi bildiği gibi davranan, eski bir Şerifken, sorumlu bir kanun adamı olan Wyatt Earp’i canlandırıyor. Kişisel hayatındaki bu maceraperest çoban , sorumlu, saygı değer bir kanun adamı haline gelirken, Tombstone isimli bati sınırındaki bir sınır kasabasından, nasıl medeni, kanun hakimiyetinin hüküm sürdüğü insanların yaşadığı bir yer haline geldiğinide gösteriyor.

1956 yapımı yönetmen William Wyler'in savaşı sorgulayan filmi. Quakerlar'ın yaşadığı kasabadaki kiliseye gelen subay, dini inançları nedeniyle savaşa gitmeyi reddeden erkeklerle konuşur ve onları savaşa katılmaya çağırır.Bütün ülkeye yayılan savaş yakında kasabalarını da etkileyecektir. Jessamyn West'in aynı adlı romanından uyarlanan filmde Cooper ve Dorothy McGuire anne baba rolünde çok başarılı.6 dalda Oscar'a aday olan Cannes Film Festivali'nde En iyi Film Ödülü almıştır. Film kan dökmeyeceksin, beraber yaşayalım isimleriyle de bilinir.

Western sinemasına pek çok başyapıt kazandıran John Ford'un imzasını taşıyan kusursuz bir serüven... Bir demiryolu yapım merkezini patlatarak lojistik desteği kesmekle görevli süvari alayının serüveni... Hikayeye güneyli bir dilberin de dâhil olmasıyla, subaylar arasında sorunlar baş göstermeye başlar.

Fred Zinnemann imzalı, iki Oscar Ödüllü filmde iki genç kovboyun aşık oldukları kadınların kaplerini kazanmak için verdikleri mücadele konu ediliyor. Müzikal western türündeki filmin başlıca rollerinde Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame ve Gene Nelson yer alıyor.

A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome engineer.

Ödül avcısına dönüşen alaycı eski bir şerif, tavsiyesi, deneyimi ve silahıyla kısa süre önce atanan genç bir şerife yardım eder.

Fransa, 15. yüzyılda İngiltere'ye karşı yapılan Yüz Yıl Savaşları'ndan sonra mağlup ve perişan bir millettir. On dört yaşındaki çiftçi kızı Joan of Arc, Cennetten, Orleans'a karşı Tanrı'nın Ordusuna liderlik etmesini ve zayıf Dauphin Charles VII'yi Fransa Kralı olarak taçlandırmasını isteyen sesler duyduğunu iddia eder. Joan, inancıyla insanları bir araya toplar, bir ordu kurar ve Orleans'ı fetheder.

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.

Konfederasyon Ordusundan terhis edilen iki erkek kardeş, Teksas'tan Montana'ya sığır götürmek için bir iş adamına katılırlar ve burada Jayhawkers'a baskın, kızgın Sioux, engebeli arazi ve kötü hava koşullarıyla karşılaşırlar.

During the Texas War of Independence of 1836 American frontiersman and pioneer Jim Bowie pleads for caution with the rebellious Texicans. They don't heed his advice since he's a Mexican citizen, married to the daughter of the Mexican vice-governor of the province and a friend to General Santa Anna since the days they had fought together for Mexico's independence. After serving as president for 22 years, Santa Anna has become too powerful and arrogant. He rules Mexico with an iron fist and he would not allow Texas to self-govern. Bowie sides with the Texans in their bid for independence and urges a cautious strategy, given Santa Anna's power and cunning. Despite the disagreement between the Texicans and Bowie regarding the right strategy they ask Bowie to lead them in a last-ditch stand, at Alamo, against General Santa Anna's numerically superior forces.

Vahşi ve kanunsuz Dodge Şehri'ni temizleme görevini yerine getirirken, aynı zamanda şehirdeki genç kızlardan birine kur yapan bir kovboy hakkındaki bu klasik Western filminde Errol Flynn ve Olivia de Havilland başrolleri paylaşmaktadır.

Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses to secede from the state rather than enter the conflict. The county is protected from the Confederacy by an abolitionist and a Native American gentleman. The abolitionist's daughter is courted by a powerful newspaper publisher when her fiance, a confederate officer, elopes with the girl's sister. The daughter at first resists the publisher's attentions, but turns to him for aid when her ex-fiance plans to capture the seceding county on behalf of the South.

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.

Arizona’da çiftlik sahibi despot bir babanın giderek ailesini felakete sürükleyişi ve oğulları arasındaki kavganın giderek büyümesini konu alan ilgi çekici bir Western. Film gösterime girdiği yıl sinemalarda hasılat rekoru kırarak, öykü dalında da Oscar almıştır.

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.

A gang of mobsters try to take over the various moonshine operations in the hills of West Virginia.

Cattle baron Devereaux Burke is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.

Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

11 year old Davy discovers that a chained gentle dog, Buck, is badly wounded around the neck because of the thick, tight collar he is made to constantly wear by his unfeeling owner. When Buck comes through the fence and becomes stuck, Davy removes the collar. Even though the boy tells him to stay in his owner's yard, the dog follows him home.

A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.

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