The Will Rogers Trilogy

...People like John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, and Victor McLaglen were affectionately known to fans as "the Ford family." Set against the backdrop of the famous land grab battle in the history of pioneering (the so-called "land rush"), "The Three Villains" (1926) depicts kindhearted ruffians who fight to protect young lovers; "Four Sons" (1928) depicts the tragedy of a German mother who loses her beloved children one by one to the war; "Warriors of Mankind" (1931) depicts the life of a doctor who fights against an infectious disease and loses his beloved wife; "Man's Enemy" (1935) depicts a simple-minded man who sells out his best friend and destroys himself in his desire for freedom during the Irish War of Independence; "The Will Rogers Trilogy," a series of heartwarming, bold comedies filled with humanity, namely "Doctor Bull" (1933), "Judge Priest" (1934), and "The Great Passage" (1935); a film adaptation of Steinbeck's masterpiece "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940); His works include How Green Was My Valley (1941), which depicts the rise and fall of the mountains and the fortunes of a family who lived there; Gunfight No. 1 (1946), renowned as a masterpiece of poetic Western drama; Fort Apache (1948), known as the Cavalry Trilogy, which sometimes seriously and sometimes humorously depict the life of cavalry soldiers on the Western frontier; The Yellow Ribbon (1949); and Forts on the Rio Grande (1950). His works include The Quiet Man (1952), a comical human drama full of Irish temperament; The Searchers (1956), which depicts the journey of a man's obsession, loneliness and hatred in search of a girl stolen by Indians; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), which depicts the end of the Old West; and Cheyenne (1964), which depicts the tragic migration of a group of Indians back to their homeland, pursued by white people. Ford's film career can be broadly divided into his time as a contract director and his time as an independent director, with the first period spanning from age 22 (1917) to age 51 just after World War II, and the second period spanning from age 52 (1947) to age 71 (1966).

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Will Rogers Trilogy" is listed below.

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…ジョン･ウェイン，モーリン･オハラ，ビクター･マクラグレンなどの人々は〈フォード一家〉と呼ばれてファンに親しまれた。　開拓史上有名な土地争奪戦(いわゆる〈ランド･ラッシュ〉)を背景に，若い恋人たちを守って戦う心優しい無頼漢たちを描いた《三悪人》(1926)，愛するわが子たちを次々に戦争に奪われるドイツの母の悲劇を描いた《四人の息子》(1928)，伝染病と戦い，愛妻を失う一医師の人生を描いた《人類の戦士》(1931)，アイルランド独立戦争のさなか自由へのあこがれから親友を売って自滅する愚直な男を描いた《男の敵》(1935)，〈ウィル･ロジャース三部作〉とよばれる人情味あふれる豪快な喜劇，すなわち《ドクター･ブル》(1933)，《プリースト判事》(1934)，《周遊する蒸気船》(1935)，スタインベックの名作の映画化《怒りの葡萄》(1940)，ウェールズの一鉱山の盛衰とそこに生きた一家族の明暗を描いた《わが谷は緑なりき》(1941)，詩的西部劇の傑作として名高い《荒野の決闘》(1946)，ときにシリアスにときにユーモラスに西部辺境の騎兵隊の生活を描いた〈騎兵隊三部作〉として知られる《アパッチ砦》(1948)，《黄色いリボン》(1949)，《リオ･グランデの砦》(1950)，アイルランド気質あふれるコミカルな人情劇《静かなる男》(1952)，インディアンに奪われた少女を探し求める男の執念と孤独と憎しみの旅路を描いた《捜索者》(1956)，古き西部の終焉を描いた《リバティ･バランスを射った男》(1962)，白人に追われるインディアンの一群の生れ故郷への悲惨な大移動を描いた《シャイアン》(1964)……。フォードの作品歴は，契約監督時代と独立プロ時代に大きく分けられ，前半は22歳(1917)から第2次世界大戦直後の51歳まで，後半は52歳(1947)から71歳(1966)までとなる。…

※「ウィル・ロジャース三部作」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。

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