John Ford Events

1936 Mar 5 8th Academy Awards
The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5, 1936 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Frank Capra. This was the first year in which the gold statuettes w...
1940 Jan 24 "The Grapes Of Wrath" Is Released
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) is an American drama film directed by Academy Award Winner Best Director, John Ford. It was based on the Pulitzer Prize winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939), writ...
1940 Nov 11 "The Long Voyage Home" Is Released
The Long Voyage Home (1940) is an American drama film and directed by John Ford. It features John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter, Barry Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson, John Qualen, Mildre...
1941 Feb 27 13th Academy Awards
The 1940 Academy Award Winners Picture: Rebecca Actor: James Stewart (The Philadelphia Story) Actress: Ginger Rogers (Kitty Foyle) Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan (The Westerner) ...
1941 Oct 28 "How Green Was My Valley" Is Released
How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 American drama film directed by John Ford. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, written by Philip Dunne, and based on the Richard Llewellyn novel o...
1942 Feb 26 14th Academy Awards
The 14th Academy Awards may be most infamous, in retrospect, as the year in which Citizen Kane (consistently regarded as one of the greatest films ever made) did not win Best Picture. Rat...
1946 Dec 3 "My Darling Clementine" Is Released
My Darling Clementine (1946) is a western film, directed by John Ford, and based on the story of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral between the Earp brothers and the Clanton gang. It feature...
1949 Jul 2 "The Fugitive" Is Released
The Fugitive is a 1947 American-Mexican drama film starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford, based on the novel The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. It was shot on location in ...
1949 Oct 22 "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" Is Released
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is a 1949 western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. The film was the second of Ford's trilogy of films focusing on the US Cavalry (and the only ...
1952 Jul 21 "The Quiet Man" Is Released
The Quiet Man is a 1952 American romantic drama film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen and Barry Fitzgerald. It was based on a 1933 Saturday E...
1953 Mar 19 25th Academy Awards
The 25th Academy Awards honoring the best movies of 1952, were held on March 19, 1953, from the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California and the NBC International Theatre, New York, ...
1955 Jul 30 "Mister Roberts" Is Released
Mister Roberts is a 1955 comedy-drama film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Mister Roberts. Based on the 1946 novel and 1948 Broadway play, the film was nominated for Bes...
1956 Mar 13 "The Searchers" Is Released
The Searchers is a 1956 epic Western film directed by John Ford, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May. It is the story of Ethan Edwards, a middle-aged Civil War veteran portrayed by Joh...