THE QUIET MAN, THE PERFECT ST. PATRICK'S DAY FILM

If "A Wedding for Bella" is the perfect Valentine's Day film, then one of our favorite films for the St. Patrick's season is 1952's THE QUIET MAN.

The film stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald and Ward Bond. Directed by John Ford, the screenplay by Frank S. Nugent was based on a 1933 Saturday Evening Post short story of the same name by Irish author Maurice Walsh.

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It was an official selection of the 1952 Venice Film Festival. John Ford won the Academy Award for Best Director, his fourth, and Winton Hoch won for Best Cinematography. 

Read more at The Quiet Man - Wikipedia

There's also a fab 1952 magazine clipping of John Wayne and his children on the set of THE QUIET MAN, one of our favorite St. Patrick's Day films of all time....it's scheduled to be on TCM -- Turner Classic Movies - at 8pm on 3/17 of course. 

FOR MORE ABOUT THE QUIET MAN, JUST DO A SEARCH AT YOUTUBE.COM

Click on the image for a fab 1952 magazine clipping of John Wayne and his children on the set of THE QUIET MAN, one of our favorite St. Patrick's Day films of all time....it's scheduled to be on TCM -- Turner Classic Movies - at 8pm on 3/17 of course. FOR MORE ABOUT THE QUIET MAN, JUST DO A SEARCH AT YOUTUBE.COM

OUR FRIENDS AT EUROPEAN FILM STAR POSTCARDS ALSO HAVE SOME FABULOUS POSTS ON:

--MAUREEN O'HARA; GO TO European Film Star Postcards: Maureen O’Hara (1920-2015)

--JOHN WAYNE; GO TO European Film Star Postcards: John Wayne

--VICTOR McLAGLEN; GO TO European Film Star Postcards: Victor McLaglen

The Quiet Man is definitely one for your bucket list.  See more bucket list recommendations at EverythingCroton: AND NOW ANOTHER MOVIE FOR YOUR BUCKET LIST: SINCE YOU WENT AWAY (1944)

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