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John Ford’s YOUNG MR. LINCOLN: The Movie America Needed in 1939

Jan 24, 2019 The Retro Set 0

by A.C. Miller We would like to welcome our newest contributor to the fold, A.C. Miller, author of the Young Adult Dystopian novel, Nimbus. A.C. is a massive cinephile—especially films with Gene Tierney and Humphrey Bogart. When […]

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Nicholas Ray Characters Are All ON DANGEROUS GROUND

Jul 21, 2017 Wade Sheeler 0

Nicholas Ray is not an easy director. Almost all of his work requires the viewer to be introspective while simultaneously digging deep beneath superficial layers to discover irony, paranoia and self-loathing. Whether it’s the misunderstood […]

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Directed by Nicholas Ray: On Dangerous Ground (’51)

Jun 10, 2017 Jill Blake 0

  Three years after Nicholas Ray made his directorial debut with 1948’s They Live by Night (which I wrote about here), he made On Dangerous Ground (1951), starring Robert Ryan and Ida Lupino. Written by Gerald […]

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My Darling Clementine(s)

Jan 29, 2015 Wade Sheeler 2

Orson Welles once said, “I prefer the old masters; by which I mean John Ford, John Ford and John Ford.” My Darling Clementine is considered the director’s crowning achievement, and was one of the first […]

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Technicolor Dream: John Ford’s Drums Along The Mohawk

Sep 25, 2013 The Retro Set 0

As remarkable as 1939 is in the history of film, there is only one director who accomplished a hat trick that year. Iconic Western director John Ford crafted three films in that 12 month period […]

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