Ford's Pictures with John Wayne:

Although early in his acting career in the late 1920s, John Wayne had played bit parts in a half dozen of Ford's films, it wasn't until 1939 that Ford gave Wayne the starring role in his landmark western STAGECOACH, launching both Wayne's career and a cinematic partnership that would span three decades and fourteen feature film collaborations. Most famous among them were their nine western collaborations, including Ford's cavalry trilogy -- FORT APACHE (1948), SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (1949) and RIO GRANDE (1950) -- as well as THE SEARCHERS (1956) and THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962), co-starring Jimmy Stewart. Ford received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for STAGECOACH in 1939, and interestingly enough, it was the only time out of his five career nominations that he did not win the statuette.

With a favorite leading lady of both Wayne and Ford, Maureen O'Hara, who joined them on three of their films together, including RIO GRANDE (1950) (the third film in the Ford-Wayne cavalry trilogy), THE QUIET MAN (1952) and THE WINGS OF EAGLES (1957).  Ford won his fourth and final Best Director Oscar for THE QUIET MAN, which was also nominated for Best Picture.

More John Ford-related Links:

• Movie Maker Magazine: John Ford
• The Estate of John Ford
• Fansites: John Ford
• TV Now's monthly John Ford schedule -when his films will be on TV
• NHC Oral History: John Ford on THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
• A review of FORT APACHE by Edwin Jahiel
• Greatest Films: THE GRAPES OF WRATH
• The Making of HOW THE WEST WAS WON
• Urban Legends: HOW THE WEST WAS WON
• Rhino: HOW THE WEST WAS WON Soundtrack Liner Notes
• Greatest Films: MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
• A review of MY DARLING CLEMENTINE by Roger Ebert
• A page on THE QUIET MAN
• The Golden Years: THE QUIET MAN
• Greatest Films: THE SEARCHERS
• The Golden Years: THE SEARCHERS
• Boxoffice Online: THE SEARCHERS
• Greatest Films: STAGECOACH
• Boxoffice Online: STAGECOACH

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