{"product_id":"books-wayne-and-ford-by-nancy-schoenberger","title":"Wayne And Ford","description":"\u003cb\u003eJohn Ford and John Wayne, two titans of classic film, made some of the most enduring movies of all time. The genre they defined--the Western--and the heroic archetype they built still matter today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than twenty years John Ford and John Wayne were a blockbuster Hollywood team, turning out many of the finest Western films ever made. Ford, known for his black eye patch and for his hard-drinking, brawling masculinity, was a son of Irish immigrants and was renowned as a director for both his craftsmanship and his brutality. John Duke Wayne was a mere stagehand and bit player in B Westerns, but he was strapping and handsome, and Ford saw his potential. In 1939 Ford made Wayne a star in \u003ci\u003eStagecoach\u003c\/i\u003e, and from there the two men established a close, often turbulent relationship.\u003cbr\u003e Their most productive years saw the release of one iconic film after another: \u003ci\u003eRio Grande, The Quiet Man, The Searchers, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance\u003c\/i\u003e. But by 1960 the bond of their friendship had frayed, and Wayne felt he could move beyond his mentor with his first solo project, \u003ci\u003eThe Alamo\u003c\/i\u003e. Few of Wayne's subsequent films would have the brilliance or the cachet of a John Ford Western, but viewed together the careers of these two men changed moviemaking in ways that endure to this day. Despite the decline of the Western in contemporary cinema, its cultural legacy, particularly the type of hero codified by Ford and Wayne--tough, self-reliant, and unafraid to fight but also honorable, trustworthy, and kind--resonates in everything from \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e to today's superhero franchises.\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on previously untapped caches of letters and personal documents, Nancy Schoenberger dramatically narrates a complicated, poignant, and iconic friendship and the lasting legacy of that friendship on American culture.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53508326424849,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780385534857.jpg?v=1778144216","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-wayne-and-ford-by-nancy-schoenberger","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}