Movie thoughts and fiction updates.
#25 in my ranking of Billy Wilder's filmography. This bothered absolutely no one but me, but back when I did the run through of Billy Wilder's movies I missed his first film, Mauvaise Graine, also known as Bad Seed. It's a minor work, made in the brief period he lived in France after he fled… Continue reading Mauvaise Graine (Bad Seed)
#16 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. I don't think there are enough movies about the American Revolution. They're sprinkled throughout the century of movies here and there, but they are kind of rare occurrences. It was a pleasant surprise, then, to learn the John Ford had made one about some action on the… Continue reading Drums Along the Mohawk
#33 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. It's pretty evident that John Ford idolized the 16th president of the United States. Abraham Lincoln has appeared as a cameo in a couple of his earlier films, but it's here that Ford finally tackles him head on in a borderline hagiographic take on the man that… Continue reading Young Mr. Lincoln
#6 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. This is the movie that most people seem to think begins John Ford's career. Well, that ain't true at all. It's not his first western, and it's not his first film with John Wayne. What it happens to be was an inflection point in Ford's career and… Continue reading Stagecoach
#7 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. I've found the Today We Live of John Ford's body of work. Mired with a 5.9 out of 10 rating at the IMDb, the last little movie Ford made before the public is really cognizant of his work with Stagecoach, it's a hidden gem, a wonderful film… Continue reading Submarine Patrol
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