“Shakespeare was not meant for taverns… nor for tavern louts.”*

by chuckofish

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What a week–besides being impressively busy at work, it was freezing cold! Schools were closed all over the place (and with good reason) but we soldiered on and stayed open. I donned my old wool sweaters and dealt with hat-hair.

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Thankfully temps are warming up and it promises to be quite balmy over the weekend. I can’t wait.

Since today is the birthday of John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), the obvious choice for movie viewing this weekend is any number of his stellar films.

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By most accounts, he was kind of a real S.O.B., but that notwithstanding, he was the greatest of all films directors. (Orson Welles, Ingmar Bergman and Akira Kurosawa agree with me.)

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So what shall it be?

Stagecoach (1939)

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

They Were Expendable (1945)

My Darling Clementine (1946)

Fort Apache (1948)

3 Godfathers (1948)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

Wagon Master (1950)

Rio Grande (1950)

The Quiet Man (1952)

Mr. Roberts (1955)

The Searchers (1956)

The Horse Soldiers (1959)

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

How the West Was Won (1962)

Mighty impressive. I am  leaning toward How Green Was My Valley.

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What do you think?

 

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Choose joy this weekend, and by that I mean, watch a good movie!

*Granville Thordyke in My Darling Clementine.