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Print the legend
the life and times of John Ford
By Eyman, Scott
- ISBN
- 978-0-68481-161-1
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster, c1999.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1999
The book's title comes from a line in Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence--"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend"--which is appropriate if not entirely accurate. This is a comprehensive, unvarnished look at a complex man and the films he made. Eyman (The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution) looks at Ford's public life--the "stock company" that followed Ford from film to film, his relat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
