movieman1957 wrote:I always thought Donald Pleasance in "Will Penny" was a prime example of this type. I cannot come up with an earlier version - yet.
You said it. He freaked me out as a kid when I first saw this movie on TV.
movieman1957 wrote:I always thought Donald Pleasance in "Will Penny" was a prime example of this type. I cannot come up with an earlier version - yet.
ken123 wrote:In Two Rode Together Ford also had a nitwit family comprised of father Ford Rainey, and sons Harry Carey Jr, and Ken Curtis.
JackFavell wrote:Oh gosh, you simply must do it!
NO ONE writes about Ford in that way, and yet, it is one of the strongest themes running through his work. He has, for me, anyway, the strongest, most complex and MODERN view of women and the way they lead their lives of any of the directors of that time. Sometimes I think he is portraying my soul on film. His women are extremely layered, with all kinds of complex and sometimes opposing feelings. I have been quite shocked to hear people (probably who are not particularly familiar with him) suggest he is not good with women or their issues - saying that he only deals with them on a Madonna like level. I think he is all about women, and it's another case of people being shallow - not really looking at the undertext (is that a word? it is now) of his stories. Ask any woman if she can identify with Mary Kate, or Laurie Jorgensen, and I think you will get the answer to whether Ford was good at portraying women.