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The Quiet Man

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Directed by John Ford
Produced by Merian C. Cooper
Written by Maurice Walsh
Frank S. Nugent
Richard Llewellyn
Starring John Wayne
Maureen O'Hara
Barry Fitzgerald
Ward Bond
Victor McLaglen
Music by Victor Young
Cinematography Winton C. Merian Caldwell Cooper ( October 24, 1893, Jacksonville Florida, USA &mdash April 21, 1973, San Diego California There are two noted people with the name Maurice Walsh One was an Irish novelist and the other was the translator of Buddhist Book Digha Nikaya. Frank Stanley Nugent (born New York City 27 May 1908- died 29 December 1965 was an American Journalist, Film reviewer, Richard Llewellyn (real name Richard David Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd) ( 8 December 1906 &ndash 30 November 1983) was a British John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons on 17 August 1920 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish film actress Barry Fitzgerald (10 March 1888 - 14 January 1961 was an Academy Award winning Irish stage film and television actor Ward Edwin Bond ( April 9 1903 – November 5 1960) was an American film Actor whose rugged appearance and easygoing charm Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen ( December 10, 1886 - November 7, 1959) was an Academy Award winning English Not to be confused with the actor Victor Sen Yung who was sometimes billed as Victor Young Victor Young ( August 8, 1900 - Hoch, ASC
Archie Stout, ASC
Editing by Jack Murray
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date(s) 1952
Running time 129 min. Archie Stout, ASC was a Second unit Photographer whose career spanned from 1921 to 1954 Jack Murray is a former Australian rules footballer who was highly successful in the West Australian Football League (WAFL playing for the Swan Districts Football Republic Pictures (also known as Republic Entertainment Inc) is an independent film television and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Language English
IMDb profile

The Quiet Man is a 1952 American film starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, and Barry Fitzgerald, and directed by John Ford. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons on 17 August 1920 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish film actress Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen ( December 10, 1886 - November 7, 1959) was an Academy Award winning English Barry Fitzgerald (10 March 1888 - 14 January 1961 was an Academy Award winning Irish stage film and television actor It was based on a 1933 Saturday Evening Post short story by Maurice Walsh. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly Magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, There are two noted people with the name Maurice Walsh One was an Irish novelist and the other was the translator of Buddhist Book Digha Nikaya. The film is notable for its lush photography of the Irish countryside and the long, climactic, semi-comic fist fight between Wayne and McLaglen. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world

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Plot

The story concerns Sean Thornton (John Wayne), an Irish-American from Pittsburgh, returning to Ireland to reclaim his family's farm. Sean Thornton is a fictional Irish-American in the film The Quiet Man. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánach are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world He winds up falling in love with and marrying the fiery Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O'Hara), sister of the bullying, loud-mouthed local squire "Red" Will Danaher (Victor McLaglen). Maureen O'Hara (born Maureen FitzSimons on 17 August 1920 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish film actress Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen ( December 10, 1886 - November 7, 1959) was an Academy Award winning English Danaher refuses to allow his sister the full dowry to which she is entitled. A dowry (also known as trousseau or tocher) is the money goods or estate that a woman brings to her soon to be husband in marriage

Sean is willing to let the matter rest, but Mary Kate is resolved to obtain her dowry at all costs and believes that Sean's reluctance to fight for it is a result of cowardice. The truth, known only to one other person in the village, is that Sean was a professional boxer in the United States under the name of "Trooper Thorn", and retired after accidentally killing an opponent in the ring. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Two local clergymen, Father Lonergan (Ward Bond) and the Reverend Cyril "Snuffy" Playfair (Arthur Shields), intervene to bring the newlyweds back together. Ward Edwin Bond ( April 9 1903 – November 5 1960) was an American film Actor whose rugged appearance and easygoing charm Arthur Shields ( February 15, 1896 - April 27, 1970) was an Irish stage and film actor In the end, Sean and Will slug it out, Sean regains Mary Kate's love, and all is well.

Cast

(Charles Fitzsimons and James Fitzsimons were Maureen O'Hara's real life younger brothers. Charles B Fitzsimons ( May 8, 1924 in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland - February 14 2001 in Los Angeles Barry Fitzgerald and Arthur Shields were also brothers in real life, and Francis Ford was John Ford's older brother. )

Production

The film was something of a departure for Wayne and Ford, who were both known mostly for their Westerns. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. It was also a departure for Republic Pictures, which was given the chance to back Ford in what was considered a risky venture at the time. Republic Pictures (also known as Republic Entertainment Inc) is an independent film television and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution It was the first time the studio, known for low budget B-movies, put out a film receiving an Oscar nomination, the only Best Picture nomination the studio would ever receive. A B movie is a motion picture made on a low or modest budget Originally the term was used for films intended for distribution as the less-publicized second half of a Double "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.

Ford read the story in 1933, and soon purchased the story for $10. It took over 12 years for the film to be financed and made. Small Republic Pictures agreed to finance the film with O'Hara and Wayne with Ford directing, only if all three agreed to film a western with Republic. Republic Pictures (also known as Republic Entertainment Inc) is an independent film television and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution All three agreed and after filming Rio Grande they all left for Ireland to start shooting. Rio Grande is a 1950 western film and the third installment of John Ford 's "cavalry trilogy" following two RKO Pictures John Wayne would eventually describe the movie as the favorite of his long career. John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American

One of the conditions that Republic Pictures placed on John Ford was that the film came in at under two hours total running time. The finished picture was two hours and fifteen minutes long. When screening the film for Republic Studio executives, Ford stopped the film at approximately two hours in: on the verge of the climactic fight between Wayne and McLaglen. Republic executives relented and allowed the film to run its full length. It was one of the few films that Republic filmed in Technicolor; most of the studio's other color films were made in a more economical process known as Trucolor. Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation Trucolor was a process used and owned by Consolidated Film Industries division of Republic Pictures.

The film employed many actors from the Irish theater, including Barry Fitzgerald's brother Arthur Shields, as well as extras from the Irish countryside and is one of the few Hollywood movies in which spoken Irish can be heard. Arthur Shields ( February 15, 1896 - April 27, 1970) was an Irish stage and film actor

The story is set on the Isle of Innisfree, an island in Lough Gill, County Sligo. Lough Gill or Loch Gile in Irish is a Lake mainly situated in County Sligo, but partly in County Leitrim, in Ireland. County Sligo ( is a county in the province of Connacht in the west of Ireland. Many scenes for the film were actually shot in and around the village of Cong, County Mayo and on the grounds of Cong's Ashford Castle. Ashford Castle is a Medieval Castle near Cong in County Mayo, Ireland on the shore of Lough Corrib. Cong is now a wealthy small town and the castle a 5-star luxury hotel. The connections with the film have led to the area becoming a tourist attraction.

Academy Awards

Award Person
Best Director John Ford
Best Cinematography Winton C. The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing (Best Director is one of the Awards of Merit presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a Cinematographer for work in one particular Motion picture. Hoch
Archie Stout
Nominated:
Best Picture John Ford
Merian C. Cooper
Best Supporting Actor Victor McLaglen
Best Art Direction Frank Hotaling
John McCarthy Jr. Archie Stout, ASC was a Second unit Photographer whose career spanned from 1921 to 1954 The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to artists working Merian Caldwell Cooper ( October 24, 1893, Jacksonville Florida, USA &mdash April 21, 1973, San Diego California Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen ( December 10, 1886 - November 7, 1959) was an Academy Award winning English The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. Art director Frank Hotaling (1909 - 1977 enjoyed a career that was largely confined to B movies, grinding out well over 100 films
Charles S. Thompson
Best Sound Daniel J. Bloomberg
(Republic Sound Department)
Best Adapted Screenplay Frank S. Charles S Thompson was Hollywood Set decorator, with nearly 200 films to his credit in a career that lasted 30 years The Academy Award of Merit for Best Sound Editing is an Academy Award granted yearly to a film exhibiting the finest or most aesthetic Daniel J Bloomberg ( July 4, 1905 &ndash August 14, 1984) was an Academy award -winning audio engineer The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States Nugent

Public reception

The film was a financial success and inspired the 1961 Broadway musical Donnybrook!. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Donnybrook! is a musical from 1961, with music and lyrics by Johnny Burke and book by Robert E

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