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The Quiet Man

Director John Ford Celebrated with Irish Symposium

By Sheila Langan, Deputy Editor
June / July 2012

May 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The inaugural John Ford Ireland Film Symposium will take place in Dublin over four days, June 7-10. The symposium’s screenings, talks and events will center on Ford’s own films, in addition to other films and filmmakers inspired by his work and legacy. Ford, whose parents were born in the west of Ireland,  directed 137 films throughout his prolific career, including The … [Read more...] about Director John Ford Celebrated with Irish Symposium

John Ford: The Man, the Icon

February / March 2012

January 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment

As Clint Eastwood receives the first John Ford Award, IA takes a brief look at the Ford's legacy. John Ford garnered many superlatives to describe his lifetime of works. In a career that spanned 57 years, he directed 136 films and received a total of 26 Oscar nominations. To this day, he holds the record for winning the most Oscars for Best Director. His How Green Was My … [Read more...] about John Ford: The Man, the Icon

Maureen O’Hara: “The Greatest Guy”

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief

June 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

Her career spanned over seven decades and 60 movies. The camera loved her so much she become known as the Queen of Technicolor. John Wayne found in O'Hara not just the ideal leading lady but a pal. In fact, he called her "the greatest guy." Maureen O'Hara is in fine fettle despite having a slight cold. It's the day after St. Patrick's Day and she's ensconced in a suite at … [Read more...] about Maureen O’Hara: “The Greatest Guy”

The Quiet Man Turns Fifty

By Joseph McBride, Contributor
February / March 2002

February 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

This year marks fiftieth anniversary of John Ford's The Quiet Man, the favorite movie of many Irish Americans. The native Irish tend to see it with more ambivalence, yet the readers of the Irish Times in 1996 voted it the greatest Irish movie ever made. The beguiling comedy-drama won Ford his fourth Academy Award as best director, as well as bringing Oscars to cinematographers … [Read more...] about The Quiet Man Turns Fifty

Maureen O’Hara

Hollywood Colleen

By T.J. English, Contributor
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

Throughout her film career, Maureen O'Hara captured the essence of the Irish colleen in all its contradictions. In The Quiet Man, as Mary Kate, she went toe-to-toe with John Wayne's Jack Thornton, in one of the most rugged screen courtships in the history of film. ℘℘℘ There were a lot of Irish actors in Hollywood at that time, weren't there? Yes, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur … [Read more...] about Maureen O’Hara

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