I have long maintained that the greatest film director of them all was John Ford. I've seen nearly every one of his films that are available--but it wasn't until this weekend that I was able to watch his final theatrical feature, 7 WOMEN, released by MGM in 1966.
The decade of the 1960s was read more
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 25, 2020
7 Women is an oddity that nevertheless deserves a more prominent reputation. Here we have the inauspicious final film of John Ford, becoming the capstone to a career spanning decades and plenty of classics. However, there’s no John Wayne in this picture nor western panoramas. Nevertheless, it read more
7 Women
Directed by John Ford
Written by Janet Green and John McCormick from a short story by Norah Lofts
1966/USA
Bernard Smith Productions/JohnFordProductions/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
First viewing/YouTube rental Ironic that John Ford’s swan song is Far Eastern rather than Old Western – and read more
Today, I'm writing about director John Ford's final film 7 Women (1966). The historical drama stars from left: Anne Bancroft (seated); Sue Lyon; Mildred Dunnock; Margaret Leighton; Hans William Lee; unidentified; Eddie Albert, and Betty Field.
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Note: this review is a contribution to the John Ford Blogathon hosted by the great folks over at Krell Laboratories and Bemused and Nonplussed.
7 Women (John Ford, 1966)
Of the bunch of John Ford films that I've seen, a total of sixteen, I tend to prefer the tone of his non-West read more
