Het scenario is gebaseerd op het gelijknamige toneelstuk uit 1917. The long voyage home combining dramatic content of four eugene oneill oneact plays, john ford pilots adventures of a tramp steamer from the west indies to an american port, and then across the. If you dont see the full selection below, click here pdf or click here. Much of his childhood was spent in the comfort of books at boarding schools whilst his actor father was on the road and his mother contended with her own demons.
These oneact plays were gathered together, adapted for the screen by dudley nichols and released as the long voyage home. The comradely crewincluding thomas mitchell as a pugnacious irishman, ian hunter as an english alcoholic, and john wayne as a sensitive swede yearning. Ford is usually someone who really puts an individual stamp on one of his movies. The long voyage home photos view all photos 2 movie info. It also features barry fitzgerald, wilfrid lawson, john qualen, mildred natwick, and ward bond, among others.
The long voyage home and other plays dover thrift editions. At the mercy of the sea the long voyage home of russian. Glencairn is dudley nichols and presiding over it all is the direction of john ford. The long voyage home is een amerikaanse oorlogsfilm uit 1940 onder regie van john ford. John ford, w john wayne ole olsen, thomas mitchell aloysius drisk driscoll, barry fitzgerald cocky. Four oneact plays by eugene oneill form the basis of john fords world war ii drama about the lives of merchant seamen. The revisionist view of this 1940 adaptation by john ford and dudley nichols of four oneact plays by eugene oneill. Director barbara bosch creatively staged the moon of the caribbees, bound. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the orig.
The long voyage home by eugene oneill kansas city public. Media in category the long voyage home the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. The long voyage home 2005 in the early day of world war ii, the crew of english cargo ship the ss glencairn including swede olsen john wayne, englishman smitty ian hunter, american yank. The long voyage home is a 1940 drama film that follows the story of the crew aboard the ss glencaim, a british cargo ship carrying explosives. This paper examines the factors which influence return migration by rural farmers, aged 45 and older, among the ashanti of ghana, west africa. The remains of a wwii pilot found in the mountains of new guinea. Ive just recieved my dvd copy of john fords,forgotten masterpiece,the long voyage home,from 4 short playlets by the noted irish author eugene oneil,adapted by dudley nichols,with a cast filled with the john ford stock company,john wayne,thomas mitchell,ward bond,john qualen,joe sawyer, mildred natickher first film,barry fitzgerald,arthur shields,and non ford stock member ian hunter. It premiered on november 2 at the playwrights theatre in new york.
Until i had a chance to see john fords film i saw it first about 20 years ago, and have seen it some half dozen times since, i never saw a production of the plays. The long voyage home click to enlarge 1 hr 45 min 1940 classic, drama. The first to appear in print was the long voyage home in the october 1917 issue of the smart set. It stars john wayne, thomas mitchell and ian hunter. Eugene gladstone oneill was born on october 16, 1888 in a hotel bedroom in what is now times square, new york. Complete plays 191920 the library of america, 1988, pages 50823. East for cardiff, and the long voyage home on the decks of the wavertree. A powerful saga of merchant seamen during the early days of world war ii as they sail into seas threatened by german.
The games almost finished off their fans, but at last, wow, the sox have won. The long voyage home and other plays dover thrift editions eugene oneill on. The long voyage home is a 1940 american drama film directed by john ford. The first to appear in print was the long voyage home in the october. Out of eugene oneills four short plays of the sea, and under the haunting title of one, the long voyage home, john ford has truly fashioned a modern. The library of america story of the week reprinted from eugene oneill. The long voyage home a soldier turned journalist, he covered the 1953 everest expedition, fathered five children and wrote acclaimed travel books before undertaking his. The long voyage home is a compilation film of four one act plays by eugene oneill who some will argue is americas greatest dramatist. The long voyage home has an admirably extensive plot writeup and yet the only identifiable characters mentioned are top5billed olsen, driscoll, smitty, cocky and. See the full list of the long voyage home cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. The man who did the stitching together of oneills work about the crew of the s.
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