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Article: Directed by John Ford: 35 Movies, and a Lifetime, in One Weekend.(Arts&Entertainment)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- August 9, 1999
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Byline: Peter Bogdanovich
When asked which directors he liked best, Orson Welles famously said, "I like the old masters ... by which I mean John Ford, John Ford and John Ford." The comment continued: "With Ford at his best, you get a sense of what the earth is made of-even if the script is by Mother Machree." I read all this to Ford and he said, "Where is Orson now?" I told him Welles was at the Beverly Hills Hotel and he grunted. A couple of days later, Welles called me: "Did you tell Ford that quote of mine?" Yes; why? "I just got a telegram from him that reads: 'Dear Orson, Thanks for the compliment. Signed, Mother Machree.'" Laughing, Welles said, "He went ...