…He embodied the “little American conscience” in films such as “A Pine Tree” (1936) directed by Henry Hathaway, “Bullet Hole in the Dark” (1937) directed by Fritz Lang, “The Woman in the Black Orchid” (1938) directed by William Wyler, “Young Lincoln” (1939) and “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940) directed by John Ford, and gained attention as a talented star. After volunteering for the Navy in 1942 and serving in prison, he appeared in “The Great Duty” (1946) and “Fort Apache” (1948), both directed by John Ford. After that, his Broadway hit "Mister Roberts" (1948) led to a series of subsequent performances, and in 1955 he returned to Hollywood with the film adaptation of that play. He continued to appear on Broadway and on television, while also working in a wide variety of genres including westerns, comedies, melodramas, and war films, and in 1978 he received the American Film Institute's (AFI) Lifetime Achievement Award. *Some of the terminology that refers to "Apache Fort" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ヘンリー・ハサウェー監督《丘の一本松》(1936),フリッツ・ラング監督《暗黒街の弾痕》(1937),ウィリアム・ワイラー監督《黒蘭の女》(1938),ジョン・フォード監督《若き日のリンカーン》(1939),《怒りの葡萄》(1940)などで〈アメリカの小さな良心〉を体現し,演技力のあるスターとして注目される。42年,海軍に志願して服役したあと,ジョン・フォード監督《荒野の決闘》(1946),《アパッチ砦》(1948)などに出演。そのあとブロードウェーの《ミスター・ロバーツ》(1948)がヒットして続演をかさね,55年,その映画化でハリウッドへ復帰,さらにブロードウェーとテレビの出演をつづけながら,西部劇,喜劇,メロドラマ,戦争映画と多彩なジャンルで活躍して,78年にはアメリカ映画協会(AFI)の功労賞を受賞した。… ※「《アパッチ砦》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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