Ranking No. 21 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest American films, this 1940 classic is a bit dated in its noble sentimentality, but it remains a luminous example of Hollywood classicism from the peerless director of mythic Americana, John Ford. Adapted by Nunnally Johnson from John Steinbeck's classic novel, the film tells a simple story about Oklahoma farmers leaving the ...
Manufacturer: 20th Century FoxStarring: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Dorris BowdonDirected By: John Ford
Bob Hope plays a small-time con artist with a fondness for lemon candy in this film based on a Damon Runyon story. When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran (Fred Clark) out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Creating a fake charity for "Apple Annie" Nellie Thursday, the Kid tricks his gang into donning Santa suits and ...
Manufacturer: Sony PicturesStarring: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Andrea KingDirected By: Frank Tashlin, Sidney Lanfield
Manufacturer: 20th Century FoxStarring: Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart, Jack Haley, Michael WhalenDirected By: Irving Cummings
Hailed as an instant classic, this Academy Award®-winning film adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benet's folk story is an American version of the Faust legend. In 1840's New Hampshire, a young farmer signs a seven-year contract with the Devil in exchange for gold. Walter Huston's brilliant performance as the mischievous Mr. Scratch (the Devil) is equaled by Edward Arnold's fine portrayal of Daniel ...
Manufacturer: HomevisionStarring: Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, Gene LockhartDirected By: William Dieterle
A slight but enjoyable comedy-thriller, All Through the Night offers Humphrey Bogart as Gloves Donahue, a Big Apple high-roller whose fondness for cheesecake ultimately pits him against Nazi saboteurs and fifth columnists. Bogart, having fun with a lighter variation on the gunsels that were his cinematic calling card, makes Gloves a natty, wise-cracking gambler and petty crook who can't ...
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne, Jane Darwell, Frank McHughDirected By: Vincent Sherman
A high-spirited western adventure classic! ... The legendary John Ford (Stagecoach, Grapes of Wrath) created one of his best-loved films in Wagon Master. Ben Johnson and Ward Bond star as two easy-going wranglers who sign-on with an ill-fated Mormon wagon train. As they face the trials of parching deserts, marauding Indians and low-down desperados, Ford paints an unforgettable image of the ...
Manufacturer: The Nostalgia MerchantStarring: Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Charles KemperDirected By: John Ford
It's hardly shameful that The Three Godfathers ranks as the slightest John Ford Western in a five-year arc that includes My Darling Clementine, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Wagon Master, and Rio Grande. The source, a Peter B. Kyne story both hard-bitten and sentimental, had already been filmed at least five times--once by Ford himself as ...
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)Starring: John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Mae MarshDirected By: John Ford
How is it that John Ford's greatest film remains largely unknown? All right, let's not kick sand on The Searchers, or The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, or Ford's many other masterworks. But the director himself numbered Wagon Master among his personal favorites, and it's an utterly unique and original film no one else could have made. This crusty, eccentric production, ...
Manufacturer: Turner Home EntertainmentStarring: Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Charles KemperDirected By: John Ford
Manufacturer: Universal StudiosStarring: Charles Ruggles, Lionel Atwill, Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott, John LodgeDirected By: A. Edward Sutherland
