Tonight!

At 6:45 & 9:15

Top 5 Top 5 Lists Related To, But Not Including, The Quiet Man

Top 5 John Ford Films That Are Not Westerns:

1. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
2. 7 Women (1966)
3. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
4. Mogambo (1953)
5. Donovan's Reef (1963)


Top 5 John Wayne Films That Are Not Directed By John Ford:

1. Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
2. Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948)
3. Hatari! (Howard Hawks, 1962)
4. Flying Leathernecks (Nicholas Ray, 1951)
5. True Grit (Henry Hathaway, 1969)


Top 5 Maureen O'Hara Films:

1. How Green Was My Valley (John Ford, 1941)
2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (William Dieterle, 1939)
3. The Parent Trap (David Swift, 1961)
4. Rio Grande (John Ford, 1950)
5. Our Man in Havana (Carol Reed, 1959)


Top 5 Movies Set in Ireland:

1. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach, 2006)
2. The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992)
3. Darby O'Gill & the Little People (Robert Stevenson, 1959)
4. Once (John Carney, 2006)
5. Michael Collins (Neil Jordan, 1996)


Top 5 Films of 1952:

1. Singin' In The Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly)
2. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa)
3. Limelight (Charles Chaplin)
4. Othello (Orson Welles)
5. Bend of the River (Anthony Mann)

Links: The Quiet Man

Here's film critic Tag Gallagher's website, where you can download his excellent book on John Ford for free as a PDF. It's one of the best books about a director I've ever read.

A 2002 essay about The Quiet Man from EIRE-IRELAND: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Irish Studies.

The next time you're in Ireland, be sure to check out the Quiet Man Cottage Museum on Circular Road in the town of Cong in County Mayo. "The Wayne Family visited. . . so can you!"

Coming Attractions: The Quiet Man

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St Patrick's Day!  Wednesday, March 17th at 6:45 and 9:15.

Giveaways: Darby O'Gill and the Little People DVD courtesy of Scarecrow Video and a gift certificate to Cinema Books, respectively.

See you there!