Funny Ward Bond story- At Bond's funeral, director John Ford went up to his body laying in state, looked down, felt his nose, face, whispered something to him, turned around and then walked back to his seat. As he was walking past John Wayne (and Wayne's son Patrick) he stopped right where actor Andy Devine was sitting, leaned toward Devine and said, "Well Andy, Congratulations. Looks like you're the biggest living asshole in Hollywood now." Then John Ford took his seat. This story, according to Patrick Wayne.
Bond's character knows exactly what was between Ethan and Martha, that's why he just stared into space as they said goodbye. The subtleties of this film were pretty remarkable.
Agreed. Pretty subtle that Martha had a thing for Ethan.....and he knew it but.....This was The Duke at his best and Ward Bond is incredible! Having visited Monument Valley on vacation a few years ago and taken a tour gueded by a wonderful Native Amercan, I love these John Ford films that give a great glimpse of the valley and the places I saw in person. However, in reality, why would they build their randhes in this valley? It's all dirt, sand and probably not water anywhere to be found. Well, that's Hollywood for you!
The Searchers is the best Western ever made and one of the best overall movies ever made. Duke should have won an Oscar for this role and Bond should have won for best supporting actor but the movie it's self should have won for best picture. Ford was indeed one of the best directors ever.
This has been my favourite film for 40 years + , just fantastic. It should have won the Best Picture Oscar along with Wayne for Best Actor, (goodness knows it’s been won for a lot less many times) and Ward Bond should have at least been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The untold story of Ethan and Martha is the cornerstone of the film, and that scene is a masterpiece of storytelling, and so subtlety done. Just wonderful!
"This has been my favourite film for 40 years + , just fantastic Ward Bond should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The untold story of Ethan and Martha is the cornerstone of the film." Yes, to everything you said. The picture should have been up for a heap of Oscars (Best Actor, Supporting Actor, Screenplay, Director, Picture, etc.--nine or more), and was without a doubt the best picture of the year. However, I think Hollywood was fed up with Jack Ford, after he'd suckerpunched Hank Fonda the previous year, while they were making Mr. Roberts, and he got himself fired from the shoot. Realizing that his career was hanging in the balance, the old man cleaned himself up for this picture, which would be his masterpiece of masterpieces, but the damage was done.
love that scene. Especially at the end. The reverend looks away but he still knows whats going on. And Ethan and Martha don't even notice him because they have eyes for each other. John Ford knew exactly what he was doing
Would that be Ethan’s confederate uniform Martha is holding? She attempts to halt conservation by offering coffee. That entire scene Is so thought 💭 provoking. If you do not see the attraction between Martha and Ethan your not paying attention. I have loved this movie since I was young, 75 years old. Much like the movie Godfather, you realize something new every time you watch!
The Actors Knew What To Do Still should have had Oscar and giving one now too late for all They sure were not accused of being Commies know which ones that were should clean house today but so many demlibs have to toss over half of Hollywood out on their ear !
They didn't have eyes for each other it was 100% devotion John Ford was able to put it on the screen. It was Devotion to his brother's wife just as his oath to the Confederacy.
With one of the shortest and most superb love scenes in movie history - just look at Martha`s eyes and gestures; the way she strokes Wayne`s coat, and the way they say farewell as Ward Bond`s character, aware of what is going on, looks straight ahead so the couple can say their brief, poignant adieu. Quite superb and staged and directed by a master !
Beautiful composed piece of film making by the master film maker, John Ford! He says more in those few minutes than a lot of directors could in a lifetime of trying! We will not see his like again!!
Scorsese picks out the same piece: incredible how something so intense and pivotal can be conveyed without a word being said by anyone. And the way that Bond just looks back and past the camera. He's registered everything but not a single muscle twitch that can be interpreted as either condemnation or sympathy. One of the most brilliant pieces of American popular culture ever
Sequence from 0:35 to 1:45 done in one continuous shot, no cuts. Brilliant film making and staging. There is so much going on in this scene and all of the actors had their roles and dialogue. Timing and choreography would've been essential. So impressed by the professionalism of all of the actors in this sequence, particularly Ward Bond, who was at the center of it all.
You are right.Also Wars Bond´s silent performance almost empty house, first only Martha and then Ethan coming from the another room.No speech,only stunning interpretation.
When picture making didn't rely on computers, when the core recipe was great story and dialogue brought to life by individual actors dancing to the same sheet of music.
As a family, have watched this amazing movie so many times..the best movie and western ever made..you’re right..how did the Duke or the movie not win an Oscar..love The Duke
People who say this movie is racist are missing the point. Ethan's blinded by hate because he's a war veteran and has seen horrible atrocities that corrupted his point of view. He feels that if his niece has been brainwashed or converted that he will have to kill her because he reckons she'd be better off dead than another Camanche scalping potentially innocent civillians.
@James Henderson; Get over yourself weedhead. Is the sound of music "racist" because it only has white people in it? You have no idea how despised crybaby cupcakes like you are today. Those were different times and John Wayne was 'acting' reading from a script he was given. Do me a favor. If you can still find a copy, watch Disney's "Song Of The South". With you twisted ideals I'm sure your head will explode sometime while watching it and just think of all the needless suffering that will end for the rest of us. Don't delay. AMF
@James Henderson Yes in this case they red faced the Indian chief using a white man. But they used local Native Americans for all the other native parts. That was a big step from when all the Native Americans were portrayed by white actors in wigs. But yes 'The Searchers' very much is a racist film in that it is about Ethan's and also Scar's racism and how it drove them both to do terrible things. Ethan's racism drove him to want to kill Indians, kill a bunch of bison just because Indians lived off of them. He mutilated an Indian's corpse and even wanted to kill his own niece (maybe daughter), Debbie for just living with the Comanches. It was also about the racism of Scar and his band to kill and rape. I am very sure because their women and girls been killed and raped by white men before. It is also about the cavalry's racism that had them kill every man woman and child in a village where Look was killed. Writing this I just saw how much Ethan and Scar were alike. Both driven by racist hate to hurt and kill. They saw because of what they had become that they could not live with their own family and tribe. Scar's group were separate from other Comanches. Ethan, in the end saw he could never be part of what was left of his family and friends. But also there was something In Debbie that brought out the humanity in both men to save her once they had her.
@James Henderson; Henderson, you just keep up with your tirade and still can't see that no one except you and your ilk gives a rat's rump. Getting all bent out of shape over a movie, especially one made over 60 years ago, is preposterous. Do you have a family, a job, a life? Why don't you spend your free time on something meaningful? Something productive for yourself and others. Fighting about a film kind of paints you as a whack-job. Last comment to you. You're a bore. AMF
I have both us and europ cd´s --and with this clip --I have tears in my eyes --I lived in this area 5 year --and learned --and I still learning --good luck world--tue rollf
Orson Welles when asked the top three directors said "John Ford, John Ford and John Ford". John Ford made some forgettable movies, but when he was on top, he was on top.
From a time when the giants of Hollywood strode the earth. Today's so called mega stars are mere children compared to John Wayne, Ward Bond & others who made this movie one of the greatest in film history.
Ford could say more with image cintent and framing then most directors could do with pages of dialog. This scene helping to underscore the meaning of the film. It's a wonderful and moving scene. As many times as I've scene the film, I'm in tears at the ending of it. Easily Wayne's greatest pervirmance, one of the ten best films evermade, and arguably the finest western ever put to celluloid.
nothing said about the love between Ethan and Martha when i watched it the first time i never noticed, it wasn't until i got older and had watched it multiple times that i realised there was something there. A brilliant bit of acting and directing. Got to be the best western ever.
"Little Debbie" in this scene is played by Lana Wood....later in the film, 15 year old Debbie is played by Lana's real life sister...the legendary Natalie Wood.
No words were spoken but Teh Reverend notices that Martha and Ethan share some type of love for one another. His reaction is so sublte yet it says everything. John Ford was just a genius. I loved Ward Bond in anything he was in.
Some say John Ford was overly sentimental in his direction. But it’s that light touch of humanity that allows us to empathize with his characters…reminding the audience that times change, but people stay the same.
Near the end, when Ethan grabs Debbie and is holding her, watch as her face turns from fear to confusion to hope to relief to gratitude. Natalie Wood killed it.
Ward Bond is one of the best supporting actors ever. He, along with Alan Hale and Claude Rains and Walter Brennan where in some of the best movies ever made. Along with this one.
A sense of honor prompted a windy, talkative man to hold his tongue when Ethan and Martha parted, and that same code is key to John Ford's art. So many things his characters believed in doing rather than saying, and those moments between the lines make Ford movies wiser and more elegant than today's self-indulgent productions.
This is a very interesting scene. Although Ward Bond dominates, there are various conversations going on back and forth in a very true to life manner. Robert Altman would make that kind of scene his signature a few years later. I especially like the part where Lucy picks up the coffee pot and runs off with it but Ward Bond calls her back. That might have been planned and expertly staged, but I have always wondered if, possibly, in the general confusion of the scene, she just picked it up and Bond ad libbed calling her back, because he knew he hadn't yet pretended to pour his coffee and it wouldn't look right if he proceeded to pretend to drink.
The use of music to tell a story without telling a story (e.g., whatever’s going on here between Ethan and Martha) is one of John Ford’s less recognized talents. Ford’s use of “Lorena” as Ethan and Martha part provides most of the emotional punch at the end of this scene.....
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Ward Bond, one of America's most underrated actors. So many movies !
Funny Ward Bond story- At Bond's funeral, director John Ford went up to his body laying in state, looked down, felt his nose, face, whispered something to him, turned around and then walked back to his seat. As he was walking past John Wayne (and Wayne's son Patrick) he stopped right where actor Andy Devine was sitting, leaned toward Devine and said, "Well Andy, Congratulations. Looks like you're the biggest living asshole in Hollywood now." Then John Ford took his seat. This story, according to Patrick Wayne.
He wasn't underrated w his fans but I know what you mean!
Ward Bond was a huge anti-Semite.
@@markharrison2544 That seems to be your claim about everybody you have an irrational dislike for.
100% correct!!! Ward Bond was an incredible natural.
Every single bit of this film is superb. It has never been matched - and never will be.
Should have been many Oscars awarded to those who starred in this best of all John Wayne's performances.
@Nise Baker I love it!
I thoroughly agree, my favorite film ever.
The absolute best western. It had so many underlying themes. Such incredible storytelling.
My favorite western of all time is Lonesome Dove, but The Searchers is a close second.
Yes, some very adult themes at that. It wasn't just a classic shoot-em western.
Bond's character knows exactly what was between Ethan and Martha, that's why he just stared into space as they said goodbye. The subtleties of this film were pretty remarkable.
Agreed. Pretty subtle that Martha had a thing for Ethan.....and he knew it but.....This was The Duke at his best and Ward Bond is incredible! Having visited Monument Valley on vacation a few years ago and taken a tour gueded by a wonderful Native Amercan, I love these John Ford films that give a great glimpse of the valley and the places I saw in person. However, in reality, why would they build their randhes in this valley? It's all dirt, sand and probably not water anywhere to be found. Well, that's Hollywood for you!
The Searchers is the best Western ever made and one of the best overall movies ever made. Duke should have won an Oscar for this role and Bond should have won for best supporting actor but the movie it's self should have won for best picture. Ford was indeed one of the best directors ever.
The way Bond averts his gaze from Martha, lovingly folding Wayne's Reb coat is a wonderful piece of cinema.
yes, the good Reverend knows what's going on
He knows what is going on, but he just stays out of it and lets her have her moment. He just silently steps around her.
Inan Raeder Yes
Ethan was Debbie's father.
I always took it that the reverend knew from before of Ethan’s and Martha’s affair and probably knew that Ethan was Debbie’s real father.
This has been my favourite film for 40 years + , just fantastic. It should have won the Best Picture Oscar along with Wayne for Best Actor, (goodness knows it’s been won for a lot less many times) and Ward Bond should have at least been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The untold story of Ethan and Martha is the cornerstone of the film, and that scene is a masterpiece of storytelling, and so subtlety done. Just wonderful!
"This has been my favourite film for 40 years + , just fantastic Ward Bond should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The untold story of Ethan and Martha is the cornerstone of the film."
Yes, to everything you said. The picture should have been up for a heap of Oscars (Best Actor, Supporting Actor, Screenplay, Director, Picture, etc.--nine or more), and was without a doubt the best picture of the year. However, I think Hollywood was fed up with Jack Ford, after he'd suckerpunched Hank Fonda the previous year, while they were making Mr. Roberts, and he got himself fired from the shoot. Realizing that his career was hanging in the balance, the old man cleaned himself up for this picture, which would be his masterpiece of masterpieces, but the damage was done.
I got the impression that Martha had loved Ethan more than Aaron before she married Aaron but Ethan wouldn't settle down.
An absolute masterpiece in American cinema. Ford encompasses all that is good and evil into a tight bundle.
I never tire of watching this scene. A masterpiece within a masterpiece.
love that scene. Especially at the end. The reverend looks away but he still knows whats going on. And Ethan and Martha don't even notice him because they have eyes for each other. John Ford knew exactly what he was doing
Would that be Ethan’s confederate uniform Martha is holding? She attempts to halt conservation by offering coffee. That entire scene
Is so thought 💭 provoking. If you do not see the attraction between Martha and Ethan your not paying attention.
I have loved this movie since I was young, 75 years old. Much like the movie Godfather, you realize something new every time you watch!
The Actors Knew What To Do Still should have had Oscar and giving one now too late for all They sure were not accused of being Commies know which ones that were should clean house today but so many demlibs have to toss over half of Hollywood out on their ear !
They didn't have eyes for each other it was 100% devotion John Ford was able to put it on the screen. It was Devotion to his brother's wife just as his oath to the Confederacy.
My goodness this movie still give me goosebumps! The GREATEST western and John Wayne movie EVER!!! IMHO
One of John Ford's best films. Great cast and great acting!
One of Wayne's best films. Fine storytelling. Great locations. Hard to beat this one.
This scene is one of the most beautifully composed scenes ever filmed.
John Ford on top form & John Wayne doing some serious acting - top film in every department.
It’s the unspoken things in this movie that make it so great.
With one of the shortest and most superb love scenes in movie history - just look at Martha`s eyes and gestures; the way she strokes Wayne`s coat, and the way they say farewell as Ward Bond`s character, aware of what is going on, looks straight ahead so the couple can say their brief, poignant adieu. Quite superb and staged and directed by a master !
Ward Bond was one of Hollywoods best supporting actors and was more often than not the best thing in the movie he appeared in.
Beautiful composed piece of film making by the master film maker, John Ford! He says more in those few minutes than a lot of directors could in a lifetime of trying! We will not see his like again!!
Scorsese picks out the same piece: incredible how something so intense and pivotal can be conveyed without a word being said by anyone. And the way that Bond just looks back and past the camera. He's registered everything but not a single muscle twitch that can be interpreted as either condemnation or sympathy. One of the most brilliant pieces of American popular culture ever
This movie will live forever!!!!!
Anyone else think Clayton screaming "SHUT UP" after being interrupted a second time was hilarious ?
Yes🤣
Classic
Yes🤣
This whole sequence is absolutely brilliant.
Sequence from 0:35 to 1:45 done in one continuous shot, no cuts. Brilliant film making and staging. There is so much going on in this scene and all of the actors had their roles and dialogue. Timing and choreography would've been essential. So impressed by the professionalism of all of the actors in this sequence, particularly Ward Bond, who was at the center of it all.
You are right.Also Wars Bond´s silent performance almost empty house, first only Martha and then Ethan coming from the another room.No speech,only stunning interpretation.
When picture making didn't rely on computers, when the core recipe was great story and dialogue brought to life by individual actors dancing to the same sheet of music.
I've watched this scene many times. Beautifully done, no modern director would dare run a scene for that length of time. A masterpiece !
Greatest movie ever made. Watch it every time its on tv.
This has always been my favorite movie.
As a family, have watched this amazing movie so many times..the best movie and western ever made..you’re right..how did the Duke or the movie not win an Oscar..love The Duke
Arguably the finest Western ever made. I can't find fault with any part of it.
What a pudknocker. Don't tell me, you're from Portland.
People who say this movie is racist are missing the point. Ethan's blinded by hate because he's a war veteran and has seen horrible atrocities that corrupted his point of view. He feels that if his niece has been brainwashed or converted that he will have to kill her because he reckons she'd be better off dead than another Camanche scalping potentially innocent civillians.
@James Henderson; Get over yourself weedhead. Is the sound of music "racist" because it only has white people in it?
You have no idea how despised crybaby cupcakes like you are today. Those were different times and John Wayne was 'acting' reading from a script he was given.
Do me a favor. If you can still find a copy, watch Disney's "Song Of The South". With you twisted ideals I'm sure your head will explode sometime while watching it and just think of all the needless suffering that will end for the rest of us. Don't delay.
AMF
@James Henderson Yes in this case they red faced the Indian chief using a white man. But they used local Native Americans for all the other native parts. That was a big step from when all the Native Americans were portrayed by white actors in wigs. But yes 'The Searchers' very much is a racist film in that it is about Ethan's and also Scar's racism and how it drove them both to do terrible things. Ethan's racism drove him to want to kill Indians, kill a bunch of bison just because Indians lived off of them. He mutilated an Indian's corpse and even wanted to kill his own niece (maybe daughter), Debbie for just living with the Comanches. It was also about the racism of Scar and his band to kill and rape. I am very sure because their women and girls been killed and raped by white men before. It is also about the cavalry's racism that had them kill every man woman and child in a village where Look was killed.
Writing this I just saw how much Ethan and Scar were alike. Both driven by racist hate to hurt and kill. They saw because of what they had become that they could not live with their own family and tribe. Scar's group were separate from other Comanches. Ethan, in the end saw he could never be part of what was left of his family and friends. But also there was something In Debbie that brought out the humanity in both men to save her once they had her.
@James Henderson;
Henderson, you just keep up with your tirade and still can't see that no one except you and your ilk gives a rat's rump. Getting all bent out of shape over a movie, especially one made over 60 years ago, is preposterous. Do you have a family, a job, a life? Why don't you spend your free time on something meaningful? Something productive for yourself and others. Fighting about a film kind of paints you as a whack-job.
Last comment to you. You're a bore.
AMF
Greatest movie ever made no question .
I have both us and europ cd´s --and with this clip --I have tears in my eyes --I lived in this area 5 year --and learned --and I still learning --good luck world--tue rollf
This is about as good as it gets in film making. Maybe the best four and a half minutes in movie history.
@ohara411
That leaves out all the rest of the minutes of this movie!!
This whole movie was arguably the best in movie history!
Orson Welles when asked the top three directors said "John Ford, John Ford and John Ford". John Ford made some forgettable movies, but when he was on top, he was on top.
that's just silly. It is good enough but there is plenty as good and plenty better.
From a time when the giants of Hollywood strode the earth. Today's so called mega stars are mere children compared to John Wayne, Ward Bond & others who made this movie one of the greatest in film history.
John Wayne who dodged WW2?
@@DonWan47 John Wayne who didn't murder innocent civilians.
@@bobbyhanly3466 But vehemently supported those who did.
Ford could say more with image cintent and framing then most directors could do with pages of dialog. This scene helping to underscore the meaning of the film. It's a wonderful and moving scene. As many times as I've scene the film, I'm in tears at the ending of it. Easily Wayne's greatest pervirmance, one of the ten best films evermade, and arguably the finest western ever put to celluloid.
One of the greatest films ever made, if not the greatest.
You could not have written that better ! Brilliant movie !
What a tribute to those moments of tenderness offered by silence.
Top film. Ward as usual steals film by just being magnificent actor self!
nothing said about the love between Ethan and Martha when i watched it the first time i never noticed, it wasn't until i got older and had watched it multiple times that i realised there was something there. A brilliant bit of acting and directing. Got to be the best western ever.
John Fords ....... Masterpiece............No Other words needed.......Just view this Jewel........
"Little Debbie" in this scene is played by Lana Wood....later in the film, 15 year old Debbie is played by Lana's real life sister...the legendary Natalie Wood.
“ I still got my saber! Didn’t turn it into no plowshare neither! “
😎
Deo vindice
Great picture and greater script. The different characters in the movie really shine. One of the best!
All time best John Wayne western hands down!
Check out"The cowboys"Wayne does it again.🐴🐴🐴🐃🐃🐃
I prefer him in RED RIVER .... Unfortunately this movie was not in widescreen and not in color. If it was it would have been more highly considered.
Great movie, but the quiet man was even better!
A lot being said without words at the end of that long scene. Brilliantly filmed and acted.
I agree but "Red River" isn't too far behind.
No words were spoken but Teh Reverend notices that Martha and Ethan share some type of love for one another. His reaction is so sublte yet it says everything. John Ford was just a genius. I loved Ward Bond in anything he was in.
Greatest Western ever made. Waynes best movie, Quiet Man a close second. Great script, acting, cinamatography, direction - perfect...
Just the best Western Thanks for the use of Your rocking chair Ma
Some say John Ford was overly sentimental in his direction. But it’s that light touch of humanity that allows us to empathize with his characters…reminding the audience that times change, but people stay the same.
Great Movie. Perfect cast
I always thought the SEARCHERS and HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY was John Ford's 2 masterpieces.
Fair enough but my best are Stagecoach and My Darling Clementine- Victor Mature's greatest movie!
Great movie. The best western ever made
One of my all time favorite movies. Thanks for posting. Ya done good mate.
Every scene in this movie has a meaning, best movie every, John and all the cast amazing.
The scene when Captain Clayton sits down at table runs almost a minute & is like a mini opera. Takes a top director to pull that off.
I love Bond's performance. It speaks for itself. How he handles Ethan without coming to blows. Favourite is his reaction to Martha & Ethan's farewell.
So Did You Sam ! excellent replica !
I can sure use that coffee, pass the sugar son. I'm sure fond of them donuts.
I do like the good old Reverend Clayton
We all die before our time.very few want to go when it's time
@@angelajohnson6659 No, we all die in GOD'S perfect time.
Grateful for the hospitality of your rockin chair ma'm.
Imagine an evening with Ward Bond, drinking and telling stories...........WONDERFUL
Ward Bond and John Wayne were good friends.
I will never forget seeing this for the first time. It was great then, and it's great now.
Fine fine actor. Often outshine stars he acted with. Ward bond was Stradivarius of actors. Hamlet in cowboy boots!!
Poor Lars, he not only lost his cattle he didn't get any coffee with his donut.
Really love this movie.
Near the end, when Ethan grabs Debbie and is holding her, watch as her face turns from fear to confusion to hope to relief to gratitude. Natalie Wood killed it.
John Wayne just fills that doorway when he enters and leaves the room.
What a tremendous Director Ad. John Ford was and Steven Spielberg has in interviews that "the Searchers" is his all time favorite film.
Ward Bond is one of the best supporting actors ever. He, along with Alan Hale and Claude Rains and Walter Brennan where in some of the best movies ever made. Along with this one.
Won an NCAAF championship at USC and had a degree in engineering. Also got shot by John Wayne - by accident on a hunting trip.
According to Scott Eyman's book, Ward Bond just couldn't understand why he wasn't considered one of the greatest actors of his time.
Most actors probably feel that way.
He's more of a character actor, not a big star. Probably best known for his role as the tough Wagon master on the tv show Wagon train..
cat 11, maybe to television people. But, to movie people, there are so many he is remembered for!
Many of his film roles became notable in view of his later stardom on television.
I grew up in the 50's watching his films, but loved his character on Wagontrain he's tough as nails leader of a group of people.
Such a great scene......
“Figure a man's only good for one oath at a time; I took mine to the Confederate States of America.”
Amen
Happy Birthday in Heaven to Ward Bond.
A sense of honor prompted a windy, talkative man to hold his tongue when Ethan and Martha parted, and that same code is key to John Ford's art. So many things his characters believed in doing rather than saying, and those moments between the lines make Ford movies wiser and more elegant than today's self-indulgent productions.
a masterful scene
One of my john Wagne favorites next to the quiet man and she wore a yellow ribbon.
This is a very interesting scene. Although Ward Bond dominates, there are various conversations going on back and forth in a very true to life manner. Robert Altman would make that kind of scene his signature a few years later. I especially like the part where Lucy picks up the coffee pot and runs off with it but Ward Bond calls her back. That might have been planned and expertly staged, but I have always wondered if, possibly, in the general confusion of the scene, she just picked it up and Bond ad libbed calling her back, because he knew he hadn't yet pretended to pour his coffee and it wouldn't look right if he proceeded to pretend to drink.
Most of this was done in one take. Actors could act and directors could direct without $50billion in special effects.
More than just a Western, an epic. An American Odyssey.
Kind words Ethan. Thank you kindly.
BEST dad-gum western EVER made !!
The melody at 3:52 is 'Lorena', which was very popular with both sides during the Civil War.
This is the movie that inspired Buddy Holly to write " That'll Be The Day" from a line spoken by John Wayne..
If you ever find yourself in a fight, you’d want an Ethan Edwards beside you....great film
Little Deb says; "Amen!"
After the swearing in. ☕🍩
Love the look of the film.
Such a wonderful film.
It had everything so so moving with a hint comedy
So many classic lines and scenes.
Masterpiece end of
The one and true Wagon Master, with all due major respect to John McEntire.
Ol' mos...guy was in everything.
The best of John Wayne
Classic Ford & Wayne and a classic troop of supporting actors.
the use of good camera work enhances good acting here you have a masterclass in all fields
john ford was a master filmmaker
I'm surprised that the good Reverend didn't finish eating that nice donut at the end.
One of the Great Seen of that Movie From The Man long Live the King of Cowboy 😁
Not many people know that Hank Worden, who plays the not-quite-bright "Mose" Harper, in fact studied engineering at Stanford...
The greatest film John Ford or John Wayne ever made
The Duke always knew what side he was fightin on .
Amazing movie.
Hank Worden, as Mose Harper, tied this whole movie together in an almost magical performance. Nothing would have worked without him.
I'm with Duke I took my oath to the Confederate States of America 2
John Ford at his best
The use of music to tell a story without telling a story (e.g., whatever’s going on here between Ethan and Martha) is one of John Ford’s less recognized talents. Ford’s use of “Lorena” as Ethan and Martha part provides most of the emotional punch at the end of this scene.....
Harkening back and Now recalling those very much more subtle, but Still very iconic or charismatic & rare moments of film 📽️ History, plus the recalling of My own personal memories from then as well?
The prior 4 min. Clip above, was a very memorable piece of My then Young childhood. Where it had too of been My first given occasion too really realize just, "Who" the heck John Wayne, really was at that time in my young Life. I'M Not denying or saying that prior to His being in the Film, The Searchers. That I hadn't seen John Wayne in His B/W matinee Film's or previous Films. But too actually See Him on & in A Big Screen living Color feature Film 📽️🎥📽️. Well by God 🙏🙏 that was most likely My First ever opportunity, and it was most likely a rare Family Night at Home 🏠🏡. Where our Dad saw it was being aired on TV, or Broadcast. So He then tuned it in for us all too enjoy it.
As I've said before My parents were Big Fan's of those Great Actors & Actresses of My Youth & older Teen Year's. Also it was Quality Family TV Entertainment at those critical Year's of raising Three Children in Their Home during the late 1960's through the Mid 1970's. As at the time we also had The Vietnam War going On, even while there were constantly, troubles flaring up over in the Middle East, & elsewhere all of the Time, & it was then seen on the Nightly News Constantly.
Well that's enough nostalgic reflection 🪞 for now. So I'll just infer that most things were Better back then, and Life was Easier Going??? Thanks for Sharing. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏📽️📽️😎😎🤔🤔🤳🤳 .
John Wayne admired the character he played in this film so much that he named one of his sons Ethan after him.