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John Ford- The Shamrock Handicap (1926)

ethanedwards — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:17 GMT

THE SHAMROCK HANDICAP

DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY JOHN FORD
FOX FILM CORPORATION

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Infoprmation from IMDb

Plot Summary
Finding himself in great financial difficulties, an old Irish gentleman
is forced to sell part of his team to an American landowner,
who also takes away his best jockey.
During a race the jockey is injured and he has to contact his old master,
He arrives in America with his daughter and a filly.
To revive the fortunes of the team, he signs up for an important race,
in which his daugter rides the filly and wins first prize.
All four then return to Ireland.
Hopefully, translated from Italian by ethanedwards from rosebud6

Full Cast
Janet Gaynor ... Lady Sheila O'Hara
Leslie Fenton ... Neil Ross
Willard Louis ... Orville Finch
J. Farrell MacDonald ... Cornelius Emmet Sarsfield 'Con' O'Shea
Claire McDowell ... Molly O'Shea
Louis Payne ... Sir Miles O'Hara
George Harris ... Jockey Bennie Ginsburg (as Georgie Harris)
Andy Clark ... 'Chesty' Morgan
Ely Reynolds ... Virus Cakes
Thomas Delmar ... Michaels (uncredited)
Bill Elliott ... Well-Wishing Villager (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst ... The Procurer of Taxes (uncredited)
Eric Mayne ... Doctor (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Peter B. Kyne (story)
John Stone (scenario)
Elizabeth Pickett (titles)

Cinematography
George Schneiderman

John Ford- The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

ethanedwards — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:47:43 GMT

THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND

DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
PRODUCED BY NINNALLY JOHNSON/ DARRYL F. ZANUCK
DARRYL F. ZANUCK PRODUCTIONS
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

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Information from IMDb

Plot Summary
A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated,
Dr. Samuel Mudd gives medical treatment to a wounded man who shows up at his door.
Mudd has no idea that the president is dead and that he is treating his murderer,
John Wilkes Booth. But that doesn't save him when the army posse searching for Booth finds
evidence that Booth has been to the doctor's house. Dr. Mudd is arrested for complicity
and sentenced to life imprisonment, to be served i
n the infamous pestilence-ridden Dry Tortugas.
Written by Alfred Jingle

Full Cast
Warner Baxter ... Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart ... Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater ... Col. Jeremiah Milford Dyer
Arthur Byron ... Mr. Erickson
O.P. Heggie ... Dr. MacIntyre
Harry Carey ... Commandant of Fort Jefferson
Francis Ford ... Cpl. O'Toole
John McGuire ... Lt. Lovett
Francis McDonald ... John Wilkes Booth
Douglas Wood ... Gen. Ewing
John Carradine ... Sgt. Rankin
Joyce Kay ... Martha Mudd
Fred Kohler Jr. ... Sgt. Cooper
Ernest Whitman ... 'Buck' Milford
Paul Fix ... David Herold
Frank Shannon ... Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt
Frank McGlynn Sr. ... President Abraham Lincoln
Leila McIntyre ... Mary Todd Lincoln
Etta McDaniel ... Aunt Rosabelle Milford
J.M. Kerrigan ... Judge Maiben
Arthur Loft ... Frank J. Thomas
Paul McVey ... Gen. David Hunter
Maurice Murphy ... An Orderly
Frank Baker ... (uncredited)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard ... Boy Come To Fetch Dr. Mudd (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone ... (uncredited)
Stanley Bordagaray ... (uncredited)
Whitney Bourne ... (uncredited)
Robert Dudley ... Druggist at Trial (uncredited)
Jan Duggan ... Actress at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Earl Eby ... Usher (uncredited)
Dick Elliott ... Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Bess Flowers ... Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box (uncredited)
Bud Geary ... A Sergeant (uncredited)
Charles Haefeli ... Prisoner (uncredited)
Robert Homans ... A Sergeant (uncredited)
John Lester Johnson ... Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Beulah Hall Jones ... Blanche (uncredited)
Paul Kruger ... Soldier (uncredited)
Duke R. Lee ... A Sergeant (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas ... Colonel Testifying at Trial (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie ... Edman Spangler (uncredited)
James A. Marcus ... Blacksmith (uncredited)
Paul McAllister ... Doctor (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick ... Commandant's Aide (uncredited)
J.P. McGowan ... Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Arthur Millett ... (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell ... Court-Martial Member (uncredited)
Robert Parrish ... (uncredited)
Vester Pegg ... Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Pennick ... Corporal (uncredited)
George Reed ... Black Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited)
Paul Stanton ... An Agitating Orator (uncredited)
Tom Steele ... Trooper (uncredited)
Harry Strang ... Ship's Mate (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton ... Michael O'Laughlin (uncredited)
Ray Turner ... Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Blue Washington ... Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Cecil Weston ... Mary Surratt (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock ... Maj. Rathbone (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Nunnally Johnson (screenplay)

Original Music
R.H. Bassett (uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer (uncredited)

Cinematography
Bert Glennon

Goofs
Factual errors
Booth is seen entering the President's theater box on the President's left; he even opens the door first to make sure the President is there. He then shoots him at a distance of at least 5 feet, again from Lincoln's left side. In reality, Booth entered the box from behind the President, and shot him at very close range in the back of the head. Also, in real life Booth shot Lincoln immediately after the line "...you sockdolagizing old mantrap!", thus insuring that the audience laughter would drown out the sound of the shot (Booth was very familiar with the play and knew just when to shoot). In the film, the line in question is uttered before Booth has even made his way into the box.

Booth and his accomplice, David Herold, are seen riding away from Ford's Theater together, through the streets of Washington. In reality, Booth rode alone through Washington, and did not join up with with Herold until many miles outside the city.

Booth stops and asks for the nearest doctor, and the bystander suggests Dr. Mudd, and gives Booth directions to the Doctor's house. In reality, Booth knew Dr. Mudd quite well, and knew just where to go for medical aid the night of the assassination (he had even stayed at Dr. Mudd's once, and so had no need to ask for directions). Also, in the film, Booth and Herold stay only a few minutes in Dr. Mudd's house, and then leave. In reality, Booth and Herold stayed the night at Dr. Mudd's, and were even served breakfast the following morning.

Two errors with respect to the conspirators trial and hanging scenes. First, Mrs. Surratt is seen with a hood over her head in the trial scenes; in reality, she was the only one of the prisoners not required to wear a hood at any time. Also, the hanging is depicted as taking place at night when, in reality, it took place on a scorchingly hot July day.

Memorable Quote
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd:
Once before I was a doctor. I'm still a doctor.

Filming Location
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Title Sequence

John Ford- The World Moves On (1934)

ethanedwards — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:58:27 GMT

THE WORLD MOVES ON

DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
PRODUCED BY WINIFIELD R. SHEEHAN
FOX FILM CORPORATION

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Plot Summary
The story opens 185 years ago when two families, cotton merchants in England and America,
with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief
that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand
even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering.
Then many years later, along comes World War One and the years that follow,
to test the businesses.
From Wikipedia

Information from IMDb

Full Cast
Madeleine Carroll ... Mrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914
Franchot Tone ... Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914
Reginald Denny ... Erik von Gerhardt
Sig Ruman ... Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)
Louise Dresser ... Baroness von Gerhardt
Raul Roulien ... Carlos Girard (1825) / Henri Girard (1914)
Stepin Fetchit ... Dixie
Lumsden Hare ... Gabriel Warburton (1825) / Sir John Warburton (1914)
Dudley Digges ... Mr. Manning
Frank Melton ... John Girard (1825)
Brenda Fowler ... Madame Agnes Girard (1825)
Russell Simpson ... Notary (1825)
Walter McGrail ... The Duallist (1825)
Marcelle Corday ... Madame Girard II (1914)
Charles Bastin ... Jacques Girard, the Boy (1914)
Barry Norton ... Jacques Girard (1924)
George Irving ... Charles Girard (1914)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink ... Fritz von Gerhardt
Georgette Rhodes ... Jeanne Girard
Claude King ... Colonel Braithwaite
Ivan F. Simpson ... Clumber (as Ivan Simpson)
Frank Moran ... Sergeant Culbert, Soldier in Trench
Neville Clark ... English Aviator (scenes deleted)
Eva Dennison ... English Aviator's Mother (scenes deleted)
Brooks Benedict ... Soldier in Trench (uncredited)
Anita Brown ... Dixie's Wife (uncredited)
Pierre Callos ... Chef (uncredited)
Fred Cavens ... French Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Jack Chefe ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Andr� Cheron ... French Officer in Trench (uncredited)
Pierre Couderc ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Sidney De Gray ... Card Player (uncredited)
Mario Dominici ... French Doctor (uncredited)
Francis Ford ... Legionaire in Trench (uncredited)
J.C. Fowler ... Guest at Tavern (uncredited)
Hans Fuerberg ... Hans, Man Toasting Bride and Groom (uncredited)
Mary Gordon ... English Soldier's Mother (uncredited)
Ben Hall ... English Soldier (uncredited)
Winter Hall ... Minister (uncredited)
Ramsay Hill ... British Officer (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fred Hueston ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Hans Joby ... German Officer (uncredited)
Beulah Hall Jones ... Frenchwoman (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp ... Broker (uncredited)
Emmett King ... Card Player (uncredited)
Otto Kottke ... German Soldier (uncredited)
Louise La Croix ... Frenchwoman (uncredited)
Charles Legneur ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Jacques Lory ... Legionaire in Trench with Dixie (uncredited)
Margaret Mann ... Housekeeper (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell ... French Sergeant (uncredited)
Tony Martelli ... Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Billy McClain ... Black Frenchman (uncredited)
Paul McVey ... Worker Saying 'Paris Calling' (uncredited)
Torben Meyer ... Head Butler (uncredited)
George Milo ... Officer (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Pennick ... French Orderly (uncredited)
John S. Peters ... Cook (uncredited)
Albert Pollet ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Frank Reicher ... Herr Robess (uncredited)
George Renault ... Legionaire (uncredited)
Larry Steers ... Guest at Tavern (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Legionaire in Trench with Dixie (uncredited)
Anders Van Haden ... German Doctor (uncredited)
Perry N. Vekroff ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Hans von Morhart ... German Submariner (uncredited)
William Worthington ... Judge of Duel (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Doris Anderson uncredited
Reginald Berkeley screenplay and story
William M. Conselman uncredited
Joe Cunningham uncredited
James Gleason uncredited
Llewellyn Hughes uncredited
Edward T. Lowe Jr. uncredited
Henry Wales uncredited

Original Music
R.H. Bassett (uncredited)
David Buttolph (uncredited)
Louis De Francesco (uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer (uncredited)
Cyril J. Mockridge (uncredited)

Cinematography
George Schneiderman

Trivia
This was the first film to be granted the production seal of approval under new guidelines set forth by the Production Code Administration Office and the Motion Picture Producers and Directors of America. The modern US ratings system continued its numbering system, which granted certificates to over 40,000 titles by the mid-2000s.

Following the attack on a luxury liner by a German submarine, two Allied war ships are seen steaming to the datum. One is HMS Relentless (H85); the other is USS Preble (DD 345).

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The Irish Duke — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:35:44 GMT

Just wanting to introduce myself, 20 years old real name's Gareth and i'm from the North of Ireland. Really started to get into the Duke in the last six months after seeing the True Grit remade that was made and decided to check out the original, after that I was hooked and have been slowly making my way through The Duke's back catalogue. His Western's are my favourite especially Rio Bravo but iv'e been enjoying alot of his pictures lately and have yet to see a bad one. Other favourites include Hondo, Three Godfathers, The Commancheros, War Wagon etc. Greetings, Gareth.

John Ford- Riley the Cop (1928)

ethanedwards — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:01:59 GMT

RILEY THE COP

DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY JOHN FORD
FOX FILM CORPORATION

Photo by CharmaineZoe

Information from IMDb

Plot Summary
New York policeman James Riley is asked to retrieve neighborhood boy
Joe Smith (David Rollins), who skipped town after being falsely accused of theft and is now
living a sinful life in Berlin. It isn't long before Riley himself succumbs to charms of the
German metropolis, whereupon he magnanimously allows Joe to stay in Berlin long enough
to win the heart of aristocratic Mary Coronelli (Nancy Drexel). Riley himself also finds
romance, in the form of gawky German damsel Lena (Louise Fazenda). Little does he realize
that Lena is the sister of his hated rival — police officer Hans Krausmeyer (Harry Schultz).

Full Cast
J. Farrell MacDonald ... James 'Aloysius' Riley (as Farrell Macdonald)
Nancy Drexel ... Mary Coronelli
David Rollins ... David 'Davy' Collins
Louise Fazenda ... Lena Krausmeyer
Billy Bevan ... Paris Cabman (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd ... Caroline (uncredited)
Mike Donlin ... Crook (uncredited)
Otto Fries ... Munich Cabman (uncredited)
Dell Henderson ... Judge Coronelli (uncredited)
Isabelle Keith ... French Woman on Pier (uncredited)
Robert Parrish ... Boy (uncredited)
Russ Powell ... Mr. Kuchendorf (uncredited)
Harry Schultz ... Hans 'Eitel' Krausmeyer (uncredited)
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink ... Julius Kuchendorf (uncredited)
Rolfe Sedan ... French Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Harry Semels ... French Policeman (uncredited)
Tom Wilson ... Sergeant (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Fred Stanley (story) and (writer)
James Gruen (story) and (writer)

Cinematography
Charles G. Clarke

"The Green Berets" on the big screen

ZS_Maverick — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:08:17 GMT

For any of you in Texomaland (that's North Texas, Southern Oklahoma...the Lake Texoma area), The Rialto Theater in Downtown Denison, Texas is having a special showing of "The Green Berets" this Sunday afternoon at 2pm.

The websight for the Rialto is rialtodenison.com

I'm thinking about going - it's been a long time since I've seen Duke on the big screen! If so, I hope to see some of you there.
ZS

John Ford- The Plough and the Stars (1936)

ethanedwards — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:02:48 GMT

THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS

DIRECTED BY JON FORD
PRODUCED BY CLIFF REID
RKO RADIO PICTURES

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Information from IMDb

Plot Summary
Nora Clitheroe (Barbara Stanwyck) runs a rooming house in Dublin
and tries to stay away from the political turmoil raging around her,
so she becomes quite upset when she learns that her husband Jack (Preston S. Foster)
has joined a militia of Irish rebels trying to drive out the British.
Nora fears for Jack's safety and begs him to keep his distance from the revolutionary forces.
Jack assures her that he'll step back from their activities,
but it's not until it's too late that Nora learns that Jack has done just the opposite --
and has become a commander with the Irish Citizen Army
as they plan an ill-fated raid on the Dublin Post Office.
~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Full Cast
Barbara Stanwyck ... Nora Clitheroe
Preston Foster ... Jack Clitheroe'
Barry Fitzgerald ... Fluther Good
Denis O'Dea ... The Young Covey
Eileen Crowe ... Bessie Burgess
F.J. McCormick ... Capt. Brennan
Una O'Connor ... Maggie Gogan
Arthur Shields ... Padraic Pearse
Moroni Olsen ... Gen. Connally
J.M. Kerrigan ... Peter Flynn
Bonita Granville ... Mollser Gogan
Erin O'Brien-Moore ... Rosie Redmond
Neil Fitzgerald ... Lt. Langon
Robert Homans ... Timmy the Barman
Brandon Hurst ... Sgt. Tinley
Cyril McLaglen ... Cpl. Stoddard
Wesley Barry ... Sniper
D'Arcy Corrigan ... Priest
Mary Gordon ... Woman at Barricades
Doris Lloyd ... Woman at Barricades
Michael Fitzmaurice
Francis Ford
Frank Hagney
Ben Hall
Buck Mack
Pat Moriarity
Margaret Morris
Lillian O'Malley
Patricia O'Malley
Lionel Pape ... Englishman
Steve Pendleton
Jack Pennick
Mary Quinn ... Second Woman
Ernest Shields (as Ernie Shields)
Billy Watson
Ann Bupp ... (uncredited)
Tommy Bupp ... (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Dudley Nichols
Sean O'Casey play "The Plough and the Stars"

Original Music
Roy Webb

Cinematography
Joseph H. August

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John Ford- Thank You (1925)

ethanedwards — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:14:52 GMT

THANK YOU

DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
PRODUCED BY JOHN GOLDEN
FOX FILM CORPORATION

George O'Brien

Information from IMDb

Plot Summary
The wild behavior of Kenneth Jamieson (George O'Brien) has finally gone too far
and his millionaire father (George Fawcett) hands him a small allowance
and sends him to live on a chicken farm in the tiny hamlet of Dedham.
The pastor there, David Lee (Alec B. Francis), is an old friend of Jamieson's.
Lee is ill-appreciated by his parishioners, and when his niece Diane (Jacqueline Logan)
arrives from France in all her sophisticated Parisian finery, they are scandalised.
Kenneth, on the other hand, is thrilled, and they strike up a romance.
Lee is underpaid, but when he asks for more money from his parishioners
they insist they will reduce his stipend unless Diane goes. One of the town's gossips,
Mrs. Jones (Edith Bostwick), lets Kenneth's father know about Diane and he comes
to Dedham to separate the couple. Diane, however, easily wins him over.
Lee is discovered to be missing, and he is found collapsed in the church.
The elder Jamieson gives the townsfolk a severe verbal thrashing
for the way they have treated their pastor. Lee is nursed back to health and gets his raise,
while Kenneth and Diane become engaged

Full Cast
Alec B. Francis ... David Lee
Jacqueline Logan ... Diane Lee
George O'Brien ... Kenneth Jamieson
J. Farrell MacDonald ... Andy
George Fawcett ... Cornelius Jamieson
Cyril Chadwick ... Mr. Jones
Edith Bostwick ... Mrs. Jones
Marion Harlan ... Milly Jones
Vivia Ogden ... Miss Blodgett
James Neill ... Doctor Cobb
Billy Rinaldi ... Sweet, Jr.
Aileen Manning ... Hannah
Maurice Murphy ... Willie Jones
Robert Milasch ... Sweet, Sr.
Ida Moore ... Gossiping Woman
Frankie Bailey ... Gossiping Man
William Courtright ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Richard Cummings ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Mark Fenton ... Gossiping Man (uncredited)
Jack Ganzhorn ... Gossiping Man (uncredited)
Tommy Hicks ... Fat kid (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence ... Gossiping Woman (uncredited)
Francis Powers ... Gossiping Man (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Tom Cushing play "Thank You, A Play in Three Acts"
Frances Marion
Winchell Smith play "Thank You, A Play in Three Acts"

Cinematography
George Schneiderman

John Ford- Pilgrimage (1933)

ethanedwards — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:37:47 GMT

PILGRIMAGE

DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
FOX FILM CORPORATION

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Information from IMDb

Plot Summary
Hannah Jessop fears being abandoned by her son Jim,
and she doesn't approve of his romance with Mary Saunders.
When Hannah discovers that Jim and Mary plan to wed, she sends her son off to fight in WWI, unaware that Mary is carrying his child.
For many years, Ford specialists such as Tag Gallagher and Joseph McBride
have been singling out this uncharacteristic melodrama
as one of the master's unsung masterpieces.

Full Cast
Henrietta Crosman ... Mrs. Hannah Jessop
Heather Angel ... Suzanne
Norman Foster ... Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop (Hannah's son)
Lucille La Verne ... Mrs. Kelly Hatfield
Maurice Murphy ... Gary Worth
Marian Nixon ... Mary Saunders
Jay Ward ... Jimmy Saunders (Suzanne and Jimmy Hessop's son)
Robert Warwick ... Major Albertson
Louise Carter ... Mrs. Rogers
Betty Blythe ... Janet Prescot
Francis Ford ... Mayor Elmer Briggs
Charley Grapewin ... Dad Saunders
Hedda Hopper ... Mrs. Worth (Gary Worth's mother)
Frances Rich ... The Nurse
Ann Brody ... Woman with Mrs. Goldstein (uncredited)
William Burress ... Mr. Goldstein (uncredited)
Andr� Cheron ... Shooting Gallery Proprietor (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford ... Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Marcelle Corday ... French Woman Paying Cabbie (uncredited)
James Donlan ... Barber (uncredited)
Bess Flowers ... Restaurant Extra (uncredited)
Edward Gargan ... Marty, Reporter (uncredited)
Mary Gordon ... Mrs. MacGregor (uncredited)
Si Jenks ... Jimmy Gish, Station Agent (uncredited)
Claude King ... Ship Captain (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack ... New York City Mayor (uncredited)
Margaret Mann ... Mrs. Quincannon (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell ... Frenchman at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
Greta Meyer ... Mrs. Haberschmidt (uncredited)
Frank Moran ... Sergeant on Train (uncredited)
Frances Morris ... Nurse (uncredited)
Jack Mower ... Soldier at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
Sarah Padden ... Mother Of MIA (uncredited)
Inez Palange ... Mrs. Carlucci (uncredited)
Shirley Palmer ... Nurse (uncredited)
Jack Pennick ... A Minute for Each Cedar soldier (uncredited)
Beatrice Roberts ... Sick Nurse (uncredited)
Rosa Rosanova ... Mrs. Goldstein (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Soldier on Train (uncredited)
August Tollaire ... Villager (uncredited)
Adele Watson ... Mrs. Simms, Hannah's Neighbor (uncredited)
Leo White ... Floorwalker at Fashion Show (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Barry Conners writer
Henry Johnson uncredited
Philip Klein writer
Dudley Nichols dialogue
Basil Woon uncredited
I.A.R. Wylie story "Pilgrimage"

Original Music
R.H. Bassett (uncredited)

Cinematography
George Schneiderman

John Ford- Upstream (1927)

ethanedwards — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:03:30 GMT

UPSTREAM

aka Footlight Glamour

DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
FOX FILM CORPORATION

Information from IMDb

Plot Summary
A "backstage drama",the movie is about a Shakespearean
actor and a woman from a knife-throwing act.
The main line of the plot concerns the vain, talent-challenged scion of a well-known
theatrical family who is summoned to London, for his name only, to play Hamlet,
a role for which he is utterly unprepared. But the wise counsel of an aged,
nostalgic tragedian, invoking and imparting the great tradition of Shakespearean performance,
stands the young ham in good stead, and he returns to New York triumphant,
contemptuous, and conceited, only to receive his comeuppance.

Read more
New Yorker

Full Cast
Nancy Nash ... Gertie Ryan
Earle Foxe ... Eric Brasingham
Grant Withers ... Juan Rodriguez aka Jack La Velle
Lydia Yeamans Titus ... Miss Hattie Breckenbridge Peyton
Raymond Hitchcock ... Star Boarder
Emile Chautard ... Campbell Mandare
Ted McNamara ... Callahan and Callahan
Sammy Cohen ... Callahan and Callahan
Judy King ... Sister Team
Lillian Worth ... Sister Team
Jane Winton ... Soubrette
Harry A. Bailey ... Gus Hoffman (as Harry Bailey)
Francis Ford ... Juggler
Ely Reynolds ... Deerfoot
Sammy Blum ... Eric's Valet (uncredited)
Carrie Daumery ... Theatre Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Anita Garvin ... Theatre Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Margaret Mann ... Theatre Audience Spectator (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Randall Faye (as Randall H. Faye)
Wallace Smith story "The Snake's Wife"

Cinematography
Charles G. Clarke

Trivia
Previous thought lost, Upstream was found in 2010 stored in a New Zealand film archive. It was shipped to the U.S. for preservation, funded by original production company 20th Century Fox.

This was the opening film for the
16th San Francisco Silent Film Festival in 2011.

At the 2007 Re-Premiere

John Ford- Napoleon's Barber (1928)

ethanedwards — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:15:45 GMT

NAPOLEON'S BARBER

DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
FOX FILM CORPORATION

Information from IMDb

Plot Summary
About an anarchistic French barber (Frank Reicher) who regales his customers with stories of his deep-abiding hatred for Emperor Napoleon (Otto Mattiesen). After telling his latest patron of the horrible fate that awaits Napoleon should the emperor ever enter the barbershop, our hero is somewhat taken aback to discover that he's been shaving "the Little Corporal" himself!

Full Cast
Otto Matieson ... Napoleon
Natalie Golitzen ... Empress Josephine
Frank Reicher ... Napoleon's Barber
Helen Ware ... The Barber's Wife
Philippe De Lacy ... The Barber's Son
D'Arcy Corrigan ... Tailor
Russ Powell ... Blacksmith
Michael Mark ... Peasant
Buddy Roosevelt ... French Officer
Ervin Renard ... French Officer
Youcca Troubetzkov ... French Officer
Joseph Waddell ... French Officer
Henry Hebert ... Soldier

Writing Credits
Arthur Caesar play
Arthur Caesar screenplay

Cinematography
George Schneiderman.

John Ford- Mary of Scotland (1936)

ethanedwards — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:33:56 GMT

MARY OF SCOTLAND

DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD/ LESLIE GOODWINS
PRODUCED BY PANDRO S. BERMAN
RKO RADIO PICTURES

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Information from IMDb

Plot Summary
Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to rule as queen, to the chagrin of Elizabeth I of England
who finds her a dangerous rival.
There is much ado over whom Mary shall marry; to her later regret,
she picks effete Lord Darnley over the strong but unpopular Earl of Bothwell.
A palace coup leads to civil war and house arrest for Mary; she escapes and flees to England,
where a worse fate awaits her.
Written by Rod Crawford

Full Cast
Katharine Hepburn ... Mary Stuart
Fredric March ... Bothwell
Florence Eldridge ... Elizabeth Tudor
Douglas Walton ... Darnley
John Carradine ... Rizzio
Robert Barrat ... Morton
Gavin Muir ... Leicester
Ian Keith ... Moray
Moroni Olsen ... John Knox
William Stack ... Ruthven
Ralph Forbes ... Randolph
Alan Mowbray ... Throckmorton
Frieda Inescort ... Mary Beaton
Donald Crisp ... Huntly
David Torrence ... Lindsay
Molly Lamont ... Mary Livingstone
Anita Colby ... Mary Fleming
Jean Fenwick ... Mary Seton
Lionel Pape ... Burghley
Alec Craig ... Donal
Mary Gordon ... Nurse
Monte Blue ... Messenger
Leonard Mudie ... Maitland
Brandon Hurst ... Airan
Wilfred Lucas ... Lexington
D'Arcy Corrigan ... Kirkcaldy
Frank Baker ... Douglas
Cyril McLaglen ... Faudoncide
Doris Lloyd ... Fisherman's Wife
Robert Warwick ... Sir Francis Knollys
Murray Kinnell ... Judge
Lawrence Grant ... Judge
Ivan F. Simpson ... Judge (as Ivan Simpson)
Nigel De Brulier ... Judge (as Nigel de Brulier)
Barlowe Borland ... Judge
Walter Byron ... Walsingham
Wyndham Standing ... Sergeant-at-Arms
Earle Foxe ... Earl of Kent
Paul McAllister ... du Croche
Lionel Belmore ... Fisherman
Gaston Glass ... Frenchman
Neil Fitzgerald ... Nobleman
Frank Anthony ... Man (uncredited)
John Blood ... Man (uncredited)
Al Bridge ... (uncredited)
Tommy Bupp ... Boy in Boat (uncredited)
David Clyde ... (uncredited)
Hallam Cooley ... (uncredited)
Harvey D'Roulle Foster ... Man (uncredited)
Jean De Briac ... Man (uncredited)
Jerry Frank ... (uncredited)
Bud Geary ... (uncredited)
Douglas Gerrard ... (uncredited)
Hilda Grenier ... Woman (uncredited)
Winter Hall ... (uncredited)
Halliwell Hobbes ... Man (uncredited)
Robert Homans ... Jailer (uncredited)
Shep Houghton ... Soldier (uncredited)
Maxine Jennings ... Woman (uncredited)
Jean Kircher ... Prince James (uncredited)
Judith Kircher ... Prince James (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta ... Man (uncredited)
G.L. McDonnell ... Man (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell ... Queen Elizabeth's Majordomo (uncredited)
John Pickard ... Soldier Dueling Bothwell (uncredited)
Father Raemers ... Man (uncredited)
Robert Ryan ... (uncredited)
Leslie Sketchley ... (uncredited)
Wingate Smith ... (uncredited)
Pat Somerset ... Mary's Majordomo (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... One of Queen Mary's Guards (uncredited)
John Tyke ... Man (uncredited)
Billy Watson ... Fisherman's Son (uncredited)
Bobs Watson ... Fisherman's Son (uncredited)
Niles Welch ... Man (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Dudley Nichols (screenplay)
Maxwell Anderson (play)
Mortimer Offner contributing writer (uncredited)

Original Music
Nathaniel Shilkret

Cinematography
Joseph H. August
Jack MacKenzie

Trivia
Katharine Hepburn, who played Queen Mary, is actually a distant relative of the Earl Of Bothwell, whose family name was, in fact, Hepburn.

The play opened in New York City, New York, USA on 27 November 1933 and had 248 performances. The title role was played by Helen Hayes and the cast also included Moroni Olsen, who repeated his role as John Knox in the 1936 film version, Edgar Barrier (Lord Douglas), Ernest Cossart (Lord Throgmorton) and George Coulouris (Lord Burghley). The play was written in blank verse.

Both Ginger Rogers and Bette Davis were interested in playing Elizabeth. Director John Ford wanted Tallulah Bankhead for the part, but Florence Eldridge. Fredric March's real-life wife, won the part

Contrary to the play and the film, Mary and Elizabeth never met.

According to A. Scott Berg's memoir "Kate Remembered", Katharine Hepburn was already chosen for Mary but they had trouble casting Elizabeth. At one point Hepburn, who had by then been nicknamed "Katharine of Arrogance", suggested that she play both roles. Supporting player John Carradine asked, "But if you played both queens, how would you know which one to upstage?" She was not amused at the time but roared with laughter when retelling the story years later.

According to Katharine Hepburn, during the filming of Mary and Bothwell's love scene, John Ford, rather fed up with the idea of directing a romantic costume drama written in blank verse, simply said to Hepburn, "Here; you direct this scene." And she did.

Katharine Hepburn wanted George Cukor as director, but after the failure of Sylvia Scarlett, producer Pandro S. Berman refused to let them work together again.

E.E. Clive is listed in casting records for the role of Burghley, but that role was played by Lionel Pape

Moroni Olsen was the only member of the original Broadway cast of the play to repeat his role in the film version.

Ginger Rogers was tested for the role of Queen Elizabeth I.

According to Katharine Hepburn's autobiography "Me", director John Ford lost interest in the film when he discovered that the plot was not particularly strong. She recalls one day Ford announced that he was leaving early and would allow Hepburn to direct a scene with Fredric March. Hepburn feared that March would not listen to direction from her, but when he acquiesced she directed her first and only scene.

Katharine Hepburn credited John Ford with saving her life one day on the set. They were shooting a scene of Hepburn on horseback when the horse she was riding kept going unexpectedly. Ford yelled at Hepburn to duck just before she was about to collide with a low branch.

Ginger Rogers, posing as British actress "Lady Ainsley" in hopes of landing the role of Queen Elizabeth, tested with an unsuspecting 'Katherine Hepburn'. During the test, Hepburn who also wanted the role, became aware of the lavish subterfuge created by Mel Berns, RKO's head of makeup, who with Leland Hayward, plotted to dupe director John Ford into offering the coveted role to Rogers. Archived film of the silent test caught Hepburn kicking Rogers in the shins. Instead, the role went to Florence Eldridge. Hepburn got even with Rogers by pouring water on her new fur coat saying "If it is real mink, it won't shrink."

According to Hepburn biographer Alvin H. Marill, the actress turned down an offer from Max Reinhardt to play Viola in "Twelfth Night" at the Hollywood Bowl in order to meet her obligation for "Mary of Scotland".

John Ford lost interest in this film early on. He didn't think the story was very strong, and didn't like the blank verse dialog. The film did not do well at the box office and Ford seldom mentioned it in conversation. Later, during filming of Stagecoach, Ford harassed several actors, notably John Wayne, about their performances. As he began with Thomas Mitchell, who played Doc Boone, Mitchell reportedly said, "Just remember, I saw 'Mary of Scotland'". Ford left him alone for the remainder of the shoot.

Goofs
Continuity
When the messenger brings Moray the news of Mary, the lighting changes markedly from the close-up to the master shot.

Factual errors
In the movie, Mary's execution takes place outdoors.
It actually took place in the great hall of Fotheringay castle.

Revealing mistakes
When an overzealous Bothwell pulls at the window bars of his cell, the prop bars move.

When Rizzio is stabbed, no blood is visible on the dagger,
on him, or on the bed linens.

Memorable Quotes

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Doees anyone here know why DvDs come in such cheap cases these days?

The Ringo Kid — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:51:54 GMT

I was wondering if anyone here knows why DvDs are coming in such cheaply made cases these days? Is there any source online that sells "real" well made DvD cases like they used to come in? If so? please let me know. I aim to get good cases then in a fit of anger--ill be mailing the shoddy made cases to some studio in protest. >:-(((((