European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse 16. The stars and stripes wednesday july 1, 1959 Ford makes actors hate him love him v director goads stars to attain Oscar Quality by James baco1h Hollywood a director John Ford has proved by his own Success that an angry actor often is a better actor. For 40 years he has made his stars so miserable that they wished they were dead but they live to love him for it. However deeply they May fear the sting of his on Tufe set Tongue lashings they re Spect his Talent. The reasons Are obvious Hiscox office record is spectacular. He is. The Only director to win six oscars. Some actors even find excite ment in working for him although the thrill May Border on hysteria at times. Says Maureen o Hara. When i was making the Long Gray line with to. Power Pappy Ford was so Nasty and mean that 1 spent ajl my time on the set thinking up ways of killing him torturous ways like having ants devour him.5 then when i was so mad that i could t see straight i d tear into a scene and look for him to bawl me out again. Instead he would turn to the Crew and say if there is any better acting around i d like to see it. Anger forgotten f immediately i would think How Street he was to say that and for get completely How much i hated him a moment before. I know the Best work i be Ever done has been in John Ford John Wayne admits to real affection for Ford. Wayne gets along with him better than most possibly because he is younger and a test As Tough As the 64-Yeartolddirector. Wayne Calls him the Best in the business. " he lets the camera Tell the Story and not the dialogue says Wayne. Old Pappy started in the pictures moved instead of talked. He s never forgotten it and that s Why his pictures Are can be mean As hell though Ford makes movies the Way dictator runs a country. He Brooks no interference from anybody a Tiger Price tar rec special tool for doing Odd jobs of t i Don t know if Vou be notice it or not butt he world is gradually becoming More and More Mechan Jed every Day if we Don t watch put we re gome to find ourselves in the uncomfortable position of f eing Al the mercy of the repair. To keep Tor avg modern Typ operating at Peak efficient. It s necessary to have Avail Alp th$8�vices_oj a to repairman by Ashing repairman it ectrca1 smrt an outside k a i in an Ann it or worn i Man an repair f in in to\ve,"0�."fii Lown ourselves .t&., a in no thai Rena psychiatrist it s a Cigar smoking Hollywood director John Ford gives instructions to actors John Wayne left and William Holden during the filming of the novel the horse Bette Hopes tour to lure to addicts Hollywood a people want live entertainment says Bette Davis and she and husband Gary Merrill Are going to give it to their five years ago we were All intrigued by that Little Box in the living room the dynamic actress said of to. But the Novelty has dimmed. People have had enough of sitting around the House. The want to get out. They re tired of staring at the four she and Gary Are going to pro Bette vide people in the Eastern . With an excuse to leave their Tele v Slon sets. Starting in october they will make a 10-week tour in readings from the works of car Sandburg. They la play mostly one night stands at College towns and in auditoriums of the bigger cities. As with All Davis projects she is embarking on it with vast enthusiasm this is the first time she has toured. Gary a i will travel by car and none of the hops will be More than 120 Miles or so she remarked. Once a front office Boss came Ona Ford set complaining that the picture was a week behind sched ule. Ford took the script angrily Tore out about 20 gunshot pages an tossed them in the air. Now we Are on schedule. Do you want it fast or right Ford answers the front office critics who claim he refuses to Cut Corners on the budget. I Don t want to make the kind of junk that Hollywood is offering now. We made those pictures bet Ter 35 years ago and for less one has to admit that Ford hashes softer Side. Harry Carey who helped him direct his first Western four decades ago was never for gotten thereafter by Ford. Long after Carey s popularity waned he always had a Good part in pictures even now Carey s widow Olive is cast in every Ford Crews from grips to camera men curse him on the set but they go on working for him year after year. On the basis of the the grapes of wrath.". How Green was my Valley the quiet Man and a couple of other Oscar winners Ford Long ago was adopted As the Darling of the Cinema s arty students. But they get no help from him. He will not discuss the artistic merits of any of his Pic Tures. None of his Academy win ners is among his personal favourites. The Best pictures i Ever made he says were the least Success Ful. It s like this when i was a kid Back in Portland me., i thought i was the Best Damn Ball player in the world so they put me on the track he hit the big time in 1924 with the Iron like George Stevens Frank Capra Cecil b. De Mille and a few others he became a Box office name among directors. Experience a camera Eye sin Gleness of purpose All have contributed to the Ford Fame. He will tolerate no interference from producers or other front office masterminds. He knows How to scare them. Beginning its tour of army and air Force Heaters this week or Tjeder by contract Rill or for hire Vince Edwards con tracts to murder a government witness. He eventually has to kill his confederates then meets death himself. Columbia out our Way by Williams Why i m build a hut out of these pieces of old Lum Ber an i Beem Sawin pm that Here Here take this and go buy some Mew boards the screech and whine every time you hit a / Wail Drivins me wild amp i m not 6oimg to close every window in the House on a hot Apay like this just to keep from Rufu hearing. It. A w.1? sol the i up of. Big of a a i 7-1 Arfe Mape no Tern a of a \ Jiz pc Vuk v Luff a .1. Of i a
