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John Ford (New York State Senator)
John Ford (July 28, 1862 – July 1941) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Ford was Born in Knowlesville, New York, the son of Michael and Sarah (O'Malley) Ford. He attended occasionally the district schools, and worked as a farm laborer. While working in the stone quarries of Medina, he learned privately, and attended Medina Academy for five months, so that he could go to college. In a competitive examination, he won a free tuition scholarship at Cornell University, and graduated four years later. While at Cornell, he wrote the essay which won the first prize offered nationwide to senior college students by the American Protective Tariff League. After graduation, he became first an occasional contributor to, then associate editor, and finally editor of, the ''American Economist'', the organ of the Protective Tariff League. For the 1892 presidential campaign, he published a ''Pocket Cyclopedia of Protection''. While writing for the newspapers, he studied law w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ford (New York State Senator) In 1915
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director. He was one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. Ford made frequent use of location shooting and wide shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain. He received six Academy Awards including a record four wins for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director for ''The Informer (1935 film), The Informer'' (1935), ''The Grapes of Wrath (film), The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940), ''How Green Was My Valley (film), How Green Was My Valley'' (1941), and ''The Quiet Man'' (1952). He is renowned for Western (genre), Westerns such as ''Stagecoach (1939 film), Stagecoach'' (1939), ''My Darling Clementine'' (1946), ''Rio Grande (1950 film), Rio Grande'' (1950), ''The Searchers'' (1956), and ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962). In a career of more than 50 years, Ford directed more than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
