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Celebrate the 70th anniversary of The Quiet Man presented by TCM Big Screen Classics. Eventually a doubtful Herb Yates at Republic Pictures agreed to the project. O'Hara's Mary Kate Danaher is no demure Irish lass. He made the Western Rio Grande (1950) with many of the same personnel as his Irish romance: Wayne, O'Hara, McLaglen, editor Jack Murray, art director Frank Hotaling, composer Victor Young. John Wayne's children, Patrick and Melinda, appear in the scene before the horse race, asking "Mary Kate" if she will "put up her bonnet. " "Critics often speak of how couples create their own electricity on the screen - well, Sean and Mary Kate literally cause thunder and lightning when they kiss. In spite of the Academy Award winning director's well-known reputation, Ford had trouble finding a studio willing to back his Irish story.

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They are the supreme matchup of Wayne and O'Hara, one of the cinema's most appealing, most underrated, romantic teams. But neither she nor anyone else in the village (except the vicar) know that Sean has sworn off fighting after accidentally killing a man in the boxing ring. In his biography of John Wayne, John Wayne's America: The Politics of Celebrity, Garry Wills notes the script "does not represent the real Irish culture of the time - but it does embody John Ford's world. " After reading the report, O'Hara flew to New York and went to the officer's bedside to offer comfort and boost his morale. Having bought the homestead from the wealthy Widow Tillane (much to the anger of Mary Kate's brother Will, who wants the property for his own), he sets about courting the young woman. The Quiet Man is not often included in critics' lists of John Ford masterpieces - that distinction usually goes to The Searchers (1956), Stagecoach (1939) or his cavalry trilogy. A second documentary, "The Joy of Ireland, " recounts the joys and difficulties of working with Ford in Ireland via interviews with those who were on location. Cast: John Wayne (Sean Thornton), Maureen O'Hara (Mary Kate Danaher), Victor McLaglen (Red Will Danaher), Barry Fitzgerald (Michaleen Flynn), Ward Bond (Father Lonergan), Mildred Natwick (Sarah Tillane).

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Nevertheless, her informal comments are honest, witty, and even sometimes cagey (she swears she'll take to her grave what she whispers in Wayne's ear at the end of the film). I'm home and home I'm going to stay. The first thing to catch his eye (after the cottage where he was born) is the beautiful and fiery Mary Kate Danaher. Your Account - VIP Service. That's what chairs are for. Based on Maurice Walsh's short story, The Quiet Man is the simple story of disgraced American boxer Sean Thornton (John Wayne) returning to Ireland, the land of his birth. Soon even neighboring villages enter into the spirit of the contest, taking sides and cheering the men on. SEAN: There'll be no locks or bolts between us, Mary Kate, except those in your own mercenary little heart. MICHALEEN: It's a fine soft night, so I think I'll go join me comrades and talk a little treason. Born on March 8, 1924 in Dublin, Ireland, he became a leading man at the famous Abbey Theatre in the early '40s and relocated to the United States shortly after World War II. But it's a well-produced piece that's worth another look, particularly for a rare bit of footage of Wayne and Ford bantering in front of a television camera. But there is a similarity in that Victor McLaglen played another brute whose big fight with the film's star (Forrest Tucker) finally brings peace to the land. Modern sources credit John Wayne and Patrick Ford, the director's son, as second unit directors, and include actors Bob Perry and Frank Baker in the cast.

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She returns his feelings, but quickly leaves because Irish custom demands a proper courtship. In his article, Nugent mentioned that scenes were shot at the nearby cliffs of Mohr; Salbrook near Killary Bay; a Ballyglunin, Galway railway station; and the village streets of Tuam and Ballynahinch. Ford also undercuts our expectations of Wayne as a strong, dominating man. Ford screamed at her in the strongest language to open her eyes. Whatever Ryan's thesis, the movie has remained in the consciousness of film audiences. Michaleen's line when he sees the Thornton's broken bed the day after their wedding ("Impetuous! Series Driven by North American Motor Car. No one carps much about the "artificiality" of a musical like On the Town (1949), a glorification of a New York that never really was, or Singin' in the Rain (1952), doing the same for Hollywood. Ford, Wayne, O'Hara, McLaglen and many of the same crew got together and made the cavalry picture Rio Grande (1950). Hara) only to find himself confronted by her belligerent brother and the town? Awards & Honors - THE QUIET MAN.

But Ford isn't interested in presenting historical fact. Now Fathom Events invites a new generation to fall in love with the film all over again. 1954); and for John Ford again in The Long Gay Line (1955), McClory turned to television.