John Ford
Noun
Meaning
United States film maker (1896-1973)
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do. There's not too many of them made, so I don't know if I'll ever get to do that. They're awfully hard movies to make.
Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up.
The John Ford pictures I made are highly regarded, but at the time they didn't seem like that.
I went to Europe with Spencer Tracy. What a thrill, working with John Ford when I was a kid.
John Ford was so funny that I couldn't wait to go to work in the morning.
I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.