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The 29 pages that link to John Ford, each with the reason it gives.

• Classical Hollywood cinemaRelated: His films show how a recognizable directorial style operated within classical forms.

• Western filmRelated: Ford’s films established visual and narrative conventions later filmmakers revisited.

• John WayneRelated: Ford directed many of Wayne’s defining films and helped shape his screen persona.

• James StewartRelated: Ford cast Stewart in two Westerns that questioned the myths of frontier heroism.

• Fox Film CorporationRelated: He directed films for Fox Film, including the influential silent drama The Iron Horse.

• The SearchersRelated: Ford’s visual framing and treatment of community shape the film’s moral ambiguity.

• Hollywood's Golden AgeRelated: His films helped define the Western and the era's visual language.

• Gregg TolandRelated: Ford worked with Toland on films including The Grapes of Wrath and The Long Voyage Home.

• Henry FondaRelated: Ford directed Fonda in several defining films, including The Grapes of Wrath and My Darling Clementine.

• The FugitiveRelated: Ford directed the film, bringing his visual style to a story far from his westerns.

• AFI Life Achievement AwardRelated: He received the award in 1973, among its earliest honorees.

• Spencer TracyRelated: Ford directed Tracy in the seafaring adventure Captains Courageous.

• F. W. MurnauRelated: Ford praised Murnau’s filmmaking and later drew on expressive location composition.

• John SteinbeckRelated: Ford directed the celebrated 1940 screen adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath.

• Natalie WoodRelated: He directed Wood in The Searchers, a major role during her adolescence.

• Peter BogdanovichRelated: Bogdanovich interviewed Ford about his work, preserving a major filmmaker’s direct testimony.

• StagecoachRelated: His staging, landscape compositions, and direction shape the film’s visual identity.

• Maureen O'HaraRelated: Ford directed O’Hara in several films and helped establish her screen persona.

• Ava GardnerRelated: He directed Gardner in Mogambo, a major success and one of her best-known performances.

• Robert E. SherwoodRelated: Ford directed the 1940 film adaptation of Sherwood’s play The Grapes of Wrath.

• Claire TrevorRelated: Ford cast Trevor as Dallas in Stagecoach, a performance that strengthened her film career.

• Pedro ArmendárizRelated: Ford cast Armendáriz in The Fugitive and Fort Apache.

• Walter BrennanRelated: Ford directed Brennan in My Darling Clementine and other films that placed him within the Western tradition.

• WesternRelated: His films shaped the genre’s visual language and its recurring myths of community and wilderness.

• Barry FitzgeraldRelated: Ford cast Fitzgerald in several films and helped bring his Irish character acting to screen audiences.

• James Stewart (actor)Related: Ford directed Stewart in westerns that tested his established image against the genre’s myths.

• Victor McLaglenRelated: Ford directed McLaglen in many of his defining films and won him his Oscar role.