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John Ford

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Eric Pickles chooses Hollywood director John Ford.

Eric Pickles gallops over the horizon into the studio to champion Hollywood director, John Ford. With Matthew Parris. From 2012.

John Ford had a monumental Hollywood career - over 140 films, Oscars he never turned up to receive, and a blunt way of approaching the business that made him enemies as well as friends. He stood up once at a meeting and said simply, "My name's John Ford, I make westerns." 

Critic Ed Buscombe also joins Matthew Parris and we hear archive of the tough-talking director John Ford.  From 2012.

Producer: Miles Warde.

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