Podcast appearances and mentions of Frank S Nugent

This special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features William Dieterle's adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Directed by William Dieterle from a screenplay by Sonya Levien and starring Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell and Edmond O'Brien, The Hunchback of Notre Dame was the first sound film adapted from Victor Hugo's classic novel.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1940/01/01/archives/the-screen-in-review-hunchback-of-notre-dame-with-charles-laughton.html), John Mosher in The New Yorker, and The Film Daily.Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for future episodes.

The finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features our audience choice pick, the Marx Brothers comedy At the Circus. Directed by Edward Buzzell from a screenplay by Irving Brecher and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo), Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden and Margaret Dumont, At the Circus prevailed over two other movies from classic Hollywood comedy stars in our 1939 audience choice poll.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/11/17/archives/the-screen-marxes-well-under-their-top-in-at-the-circus-at-the.html), Richard L. Coe in The Washington Post, and John Mosher in The New Yorker.Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next installment, the epilogue to our 1939 season.

The eleventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Civil War-era epic Gone With the Wind. Directed by Victor Fleming and starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard and Hattie McDaniel, Gone With the Wind won 10 Oscars including Best Picture.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/12/20/archives/the-screen-in-review-david-selznicks-gone-with-the-wind-has-its.html), John C. Flinn in Variety (https://variety.com/1939/film/reviews/gone-with-the-wind-2-1200412649/), and The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/may/28/archive-gone-with-the-wind-1940).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring our producer David Rosen's pick, Ritz brothers comedy The Gorilla.

The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features the New York Film Critics Circle Best Film winner, William Wyler's Wuthering Heights. Directed by William Wyler from a screenplay by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht and starring Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven, Flora Robson, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Hugh Williams, Wuthering Heights is the earliest surviving film adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic novel.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode comes from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times, Variety (https://variety.com/1939/film/reviews/wuthering-heights-2-1200412239/), and Graham Greene in The Spectator (http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/5th-may-1939/16/the-cinema).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at

The ninth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features Jason's personal pick, Howard Hawks' Only Angels Have Wings. Directed by Howard Hawks from a screenplay by Jules Furthman and starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Rita Hayworth and Richard Barthelmess, Only Angels Have Wings is often considered one of Hawks' greatest films.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/05/12/archives/the-screen-in-review-howard-hawkss-only-angels-have-wings-reaches.html), The Age, and Marion Aitchison in the St. Petersburg Times.Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring the New York Film Critics Circle Best Film winner, William Wyler's Wuthering Heights.

The seventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features a special Valentine's Day pick, Leo McCarey's Love Affair. Directed and co-written by Leo McCarey and starring Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Maria Ouspenskaya and Lee Bowman, Love Affair was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/03/17/archives/the-screen-love-affair-a-bittersweet-romance-opens-at-the-music.html), Variety (https://variety.com/1938/film/reviews/love-affair-1200412039/), and Box Office Digest.Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring our foreign film pick, Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game.

The fifth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features our animation pick, the Fleischer brothers' Gulliver's Travels. Directed by Dave Fleischer, based on the novel by Jonathan Swift, and starring the voices of Sam Parker, Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce and Lovey Warren, Gulliver's Travels was the first feature-length animated film from Fleischer Studios.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/12/21/archives/the-screen-in-review-max-fleischers-picturebook-cartoon-of.html), Variety (https://variety.com/1938/film/reviews/gulliver-s-travels-2-1200412071/), and Richard L. Coe in The Washington Post.Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring Josh's personal pick, George Cukor's The Women.

The fourth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features the Cannes Film Festival winner, Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Directed by Frank Capra from a screenplay by Sidney Buchman and starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Thomas Mitchell, Eugene Pallette and Edward Arnold, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was awarded the top prize at the 2019 recreation of the canceled 1939 Cannes Film Festival.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/10/20/archives/the-screen-in-review-frank-capras-mr-smith-goes-to-washington-at.html), The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mr-smith-goes-to-washington-1939-review-1235003057/), and Jay Carmody in The Washington Evening Star.Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring our animation pick, the Fleischer brothers' Gulliver's Travels.

The third episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features the year's biggest flop, ice skating showcase The Ice Follies of 1939. Directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring James Stewart, Joan Crawford, Lew Ayres and Lewis Stone, The Ice Follies of 1939 was created as a showcase for the International Ice Follies touring ice show.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/03/17/archives/the-screen-love-affair-a-bittersweet-romance-opens-at-the-music.html), Variety (https://variety.com/1938/film/reviews/ice-follies-of-1939-1200412063/), and R.W.D. in The New York Herald Tribune.Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring the Cannes Film Festival retrospective winner, Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

The second episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features our pick for a movie from a major filmmaker, John Ford's Stagecoach. Directed by John Ford from a screenplay by Dudley Nichols and starring John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell and Louise Platt, Stagecoach was Wayne's breakthrough film and the first Western that Ford shot in Monument Valley.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/03/03/archives/the-screen-a-fordpowered-stagecoach-opens-at-music-hall-mickey.html), Variety (https://variety.com/1939/film/reviews/stagecoach-1200412191/), and Jay Carmody in The Washington Evening Star.Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment featuring the year's biggest flop, ice skating musical The Ice Follies of 1939.

The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features one of the highest-grossing films at the box office, fantasy musical The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming, based on the novel by L. Frank Baum, and starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Burt Lahr, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton and Frank Morgan, The Wizard of Oz was nominated for six Oscars and is considered one of the greatest movies ever made.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/18/archives/the-screen-in-review-the-wizard-of-oz-produced-by-the-wizards-of.html), John C. Flinn in Variety (https://variety.com/1939/film/reviews/the-wizard-of-oz-3-1200412289/), and Russell Maloney in The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1939/08/19/the-wizard-of-hollywood).Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @AwesomemoviepodYou can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedyYou can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleedYou can find our producer David Rosen's Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenAll of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring our pick for a notable movie from a major filmmaker, John Ford's Stagecoach.

Director:  Otto Preminger Producer:  Otto Preminger Screenplay:  Frank S. Nugent, Oscar Millard, Chester Erskine, Ben Hecht Photography:  Harry Stradling, Sr. Music:  Dimitri Tiomkin Cast:  Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall. Leon Ames Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 75%/Audience: 78%

“Si los ha visto, no son apaches". El capitán Kirby York -John Wayne- conoce bien al pueblo indio, no los desprecia ni los subestima como el recién llegado a la guarnición, el teniente coronel Thursday - Henry Fonda - , el militar viudo ha sido degradado tras la guerra de Secesión, y trasladado con su hija -Shirley Temple- al puesto militar fronterizo. Kirby conoce el desierto, el polvo, la sed, el sol cegador, las precarias condiciones en que viven los soldados y sus familias en ese bastión perdido en las planicies de Arizona, y protestará todas las decisiones del intransigente coronel. En lontananza se levanta una polvareda que dificulta la visión, en un círculo fatal aún resisten unos pocos, en una composición de escena magnífica, Thursday regresó con ellos tras ordenar la retirada a retaguardia del capitán y el teniente O´ Rourke, un gesto al fin, pensando en su hija Philadelphia, prometida con el joven oficial. John Ford y su colaborador Frank S. Nugent adaptaron "Masacre", el relato original de James Warner Bellah. Las flechas, los gritos, los cascos de los caballos, el polvo en los uniformes, el sudor. La épica del cine de John Ford. Thusday es un inadaptado en Fort apache, ni le gustan los indios ni las costumbres de los que viven en el Fuerte, su objetivo es una victoria en el combate, tocar la gloria de nuevo y poder largarse de allí. El obstinado coronel comprenderá al final su error, y se inmolará con el sable del capitán. El gesto de John Wayne al ver partir a la muerte a su superior es otro gran momento de tantos. Aparte del saber hacer de Ford, la puesta en escena, el dinamismo y el paisaje de Monument Valley, En este film también se debe elogiar la caracterización de cada sargento, bebedores y rudos, cada uno con su historia a cuestas, de las mujeres que ven partir a sus hombres hasta que las banderas se pierden en el horizonte, el romance entre la hija del coronel y el apuesto oficial, el respeto a los Apaches y su jefe Cochise, confinados en la reserva y engañados por un agente corrupto del gobierno. Ford quiere mostrar los bailes, las relaciones sociales, el humor con sabor irlandés, la vida cotidiana de esas gentes en un lugar remoto, visitadas por el clasismo y la arrogancia del militar de manual al que se ridiculiza, por ejemplo, al sentarse en la butaca que se desmonta. Ford amalgama como nadie la épica, lo heroico y lo doméstico en su primer gran título sobre la caballería. Fort Apache. Raúl Gallego Esta noche se refleja el regimiento contra la ventana mientras York forja la leyenda... Debaten Salvador Limón, Gervi Navío, Zacarías Cotán y Raúl Gallego.

País Estados Unidos Dirección John Ford Guion Frank S. Nugent, Laurence Stallings (Historia: James Warner Bellah) Música Richard Hageman Fotografía Winton C. Hoch Reparto John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Victor McLaglen, Arthur Shields, George O'Brien, Mildred Natwick Sinopsis Las tribus indias planean unirse para una guerra total contra los blancos. Brittles, un veterano capitán de caballería, recibe la orden de evitar las concentraciones de indios, al tiempo que debe escoltar a la esposa y a la sobrina de su comandante. Además, ha de impedir que un traficante venda una partida de armas a los indios. Esta triple misión será la última del capitán antes de su jubilación.

Centauros del Desierto Por Fernando Alonso Barahona El cine es el arte de la imagen aunque la palabra sirva para adornar las miradas y conducir la acción. John Ford, el más grande artista del Séptimo Arte era un poeta que no tuvo necesidad de acentuar su poesía, le bastó con mirar a través de la cámara y dibujar emociones, épica, personas, sentimientos, aventuras en sus espectadores . Centauros del desierto se abre con la imagen de Ethan (John Wayne sublime ) recortada en el horizonte y dando inicio a la historia . Y se cierra con la imagen de nuevo del héroe cansado que ha de marcharse en el mismo horizonte después de haber encontrado el final de su búsqueda . Y a la vez percatarse de su soledad . Centauros del desierto está basada en un hecho real ; una niña Cynthia Ann Parker, raptada por los indios en 1836. Su tío, James Parker, estuvo más de una década intentado encontrarla. La niña creció y se convirtió en Nautdah, la esposa del célebre guerrero Peta Nocona. Tuvo tres hijos. Uno de ellos se convertiría en una leyenda entre los comanches: Quanah Parker. Casi un cuarto de siglo después de su rapto, la caballería arrasó el campamento donde se encontraba y la llevó nuevamente a vivir entre la población blanca . Sobre este argumento Ford construye – con la ayuda del guión de Frank S. Nugent - un western mítico y a la vez profundamente humano . El héroe que regresa al hogar anhelado pero donde la mujer que ama está casada con su hermano . Maravilloso ese plano en el que su cuñada, le mira y le besa con dulzura a su llegada a la cabaña. Después toma entre sus manos su capa de soldado ante la mirada del reverendo que interpreta Ward Bond y que demuestra conocer el secreto de la perdida historia de amor . Y poco después su sobrina ( Natalie Wood ) será raptada por los indios . Encontrarla se convierte en su obsesión : años de búsqueda , persecuciones, violencia, soledad …hasta que el encuentro se produce y aunque su primera idea es acabar con la joven profanada cuando la levanta entre sus brazos y los rayos de sol acarician el rostro de la muchacha , todo cambia . Un plano simple de incalculable belleza . Pura poesía hecha imagen. Ford , como Hitchcock, Lang, De Mille, Hawks, Vidor, Mann , Renoir , Walsh , Fellini, Dreyer , Visconti, Mizoguchi , McCarey , solo necesita una mirada, una luz , un gesto, para transmitir belleza . Es la esencia del cine. Centauros del desierto fue una película popular en su estreno ya que John Wayne era una estrella y el “western “ se encontraba en su apogeo ( Rio Rojo, Solo ante el peligro, Winchester 73, El hombre de Laramie, Johnny Guitar, El hombre del Oeste, Raices profundas, Rio Bravo ……) pero no fue valorada por una crítica miope incapaz de comprender la inusitada belleza de sus propuestas . En los años setenta del siglo pasado fue reivindicada por una nueva generación de directores encabezados por Spielberg , Coppola, John Milius, Wim Wenders o Scorsese. Hoy es considerada una de las grandes obras maestras del Septimo Arte. Brillan en la película todos sus elementos técnicos, la fotografía de Winton Hoch, la banda sonora de Max Steiner, el reparto con Vera Miles y tantos habituales de Ford : Jeffrey Hunter, Ward Bond, Harry Carey jr, Patrick Wayne, Hank Worden, Jack Pennick … Y está por supuesto el gran John Wayne. Sin duda no solo uno de los más grandes actores de la historia del cine, sino uno de los que más personajes inolvidables han encarnado : baste recordar su Ringo Kid en “La diligencia “, el capitán Tolliver en “Piratas del mar Caribe “ (Cecil B. De Mille , 1942 ) y por supuesto su colección de obras maestras a las órdenes de John Ford : La legión invencible, El hombre tranquilo , Centauros del desierto, El hombre que mató a Liberty V alance ….) y Howard Hawks : Rio Rojo, Rio Bravo, Hatari, Eldorado . Todo ello sin olvidar por supuesto al mítico Davy Crockett en “El Alamo “ dirigida por el propio Wayne en 1960 y que continua siendo una de las mejores películas de la historia del cine, y su testamento cinematográfico, la magistral “El ultimo pistolero “ (The shootist ) realizada por Don Siegel en 1976. John Wayne refleja mejor que nadie el espíritu originario de los Estados Unidos de América, su mirada ruda pero noble, la magia de su personaje, los valores que encarnó a lo largo de más de cien películas permanecen vigentes porque eran – son – universales . Un estudio de la antropología a través del cine puede perfectamente analizar las películas de John Wayne y entreverá un modelo masculino perfectamente delimitado, un pensamiento conservador abierto a la aventura y al riesgo ( el espíritu de la frontera ), y desde luego maduro . Algunos indocumentados le llamaron reaccionario…pero como diría John Chisum mirando el horizonte lejano de las tierras y la luz del sol en el amanecer : “Las cosas suelen cambiar para mejor “. John Wayne y sus películas no son en absoluto reaccionarias sino libres, y – sobre todo – profundamente americanas. Descubrir de nuevo o ver por primera vez Centauros del desierto es una experiencia cinematográfica que une cine y poesía, acción y humanidad . Belleza y sentimiento. Algo en apariencia tan simple y tan maravilloso como el cine , cuando las películas eran arte y no brillantes maquinas de “marketing “ , secuelas , sagas o historias carentes de valor y carisma. John Ford es sinónimo de cine y cuantos se acerquen a su obra sentirán emociones vivas y encontraran seres humanos , a veces contradictorios , pero a última hora positivos. Sublime magia de la belleza capturada en celuloide pasa toda la eternidad o al menos mientras por cualquier vía puedan seguir emitiéndose películas.

Título original The Searchers Año 1956 Duración 119 min. País Estados Unidos Estados Unidos Director John Ford Guión Frank S. Nugent (Novela: Alan Le May) Música Max Steiner Fotografía Winton C. Hoch Reparto John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Jeffrey Hunter, Ward Bond, Vera Miles, John Qualen, Olive Carey, Henry Brandon, Ken Curtis, Harry Carey Jr., Hank Worden, Walter Coy Productora Warner Bros. Pictures Género Western. Aventuras | Película de culto. Racismo. Secuestros / Desapariciones Sinopsis Texas. En 1868, tres años después de la guerra de Secesión, Ethan Edwards, un hombre solitario, vuelve derrotado a su hogar. La persecución de los comanches que han raptado a una de sus sobrinas se convertirá en un modo de vida para él y para Martin, un muchacho mestizo adoptado por su familia.

Título original The Quiet Man Año 1952 Duración 129 min. País Estados Unidos Estados Unidos Director John Ford Guión Frank S. Nugent, John Ford (Historia: Maurice Walsh) Música Victor Young Fotografía Winton C. Hoch & Archie Stout Reparto John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Jack MacGowran, Arthur Shields, Mildred Natwick Productora Republic Pictures Género Drama. Comedia. Romance | Vida rural. Comedia romántica Sinopsis Sean Thornton (John Wayne), un boxeador norteamericano, regresa a su Irlanda natal para recuperar su granja y olvidar su pasado. Nada más llegar se enamora de Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O'Hara), una chica muy temperamental, aunque para conseguirla deberá luchar contra las costumbres locales, como el pago de la dote, y, además, contra la oposición del hermano de su prometida (Victor McLaglen).

Año 1961 Duración 109 min. País Estados Unidos Estados Unidos Director John Ford Guión Frank S. Nugent (AKA Frank Nugent) (Libro: Will Cook) Música George Duning Fotografía Charles Lawton Jr. Reparto James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy Devine, John McIntire, Mae Marsh, Anna Lee, Harry Carey Jr., Woody Strode Productora Columbia Pictures Género Western Sinopsis Los familiares de los prisioneros blancos secuestrados por los comanches presionan al ejército federal para que los rescate. Al cínico comisario de Tascosa, Guthrie McCabe (James Stewart), lo convence el comandante Frazer para que se encargue de negociar con los indios la entrega de los cautivos. Le acompañará en su misión el teniente Gary (Richard Widmark).

Título original The Searchers Año 1956 Duración 119 min. País Estados Unidos Estados Unidos Director John Ford Guión Frank S. Nugent (Novela: Alan Le May) Música Max Steiner Fotografía Winton C. Hoch Reparto John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Jeffrey Hunter, Ward Bond, Vera Miles, John Qualen, Olive Carey, Henry Brandon, Ken Curtis, Harry Carey Jr., Hank Worden, Walter Coy Productora Warner Bros. Pictures Género Western. Aventuras | Película de culto. Racismo. Secuestros / Desapariciones Sinopsis Texas. En 1868, tres años después de la guerra de Secesión, Ethan Edwards, un hombre solitario, vuelve derrotado a su hogar. La persecución de los comanches que han raptado a una de sus sobrinas se convertirá en un modo de vida para él y para Martin, un muchacho mestizo adoptado por su familia.