Tag: John Ford

Doctor Bull Script

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Year:1933
Director:John Ford
Written by:Paul Green (Writer), Philip Klein (Writer), James Gould Cozzens (Novel)

Script Synopsis:In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers portrays Dr. George Bull, a compassionate, highly regarded small-town physician who often prescribes a healthy dose of common sense! But when Bull begins dating a widow (Vera Allen), the local gossips misconstrue the story. To make matters worse, Bull's plainspoken manner earns him an enemy in the wealthy owner of a nearby construction camp. But once it's learned that the camp has caused illness by polluting the local water supply, the good doctor steps in to try to restore the town's health - and his reputation!
Doctor Bull Script Resources:

  • Doctor Bull Script PDF - 5/24/33 FINAL SHOOTING *missing 5 pgs at Script City ($)
  • Doctor Bull Transcript at scripts.com

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Pilgrimage Script

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Year:1933
Director:John Ford
Written by:Barry Conners (Writer), Philip Klein (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.
Pilgrimage Script Resources:

  • Pilgrimage Script PDF - [FINAL SHOOTING] at Script Fly ($)
  • Pilgrimage Script PDF - 1/25/33 FINAL SHOOTING at Script City ($)

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The World Moves On Script

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Year:1934
Director:John Ford
Written by:Reginald Berkeley (Screenplay), Reginald Berkeley (Story)

Script Synopsis:Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering. Then many years later, along comes World War One and the years that follow, to test the businesses.
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What Price Glory Script

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Year:1952
Director:John Ford
Written by:Phoebe Ephron (Screenplay), Henry Ephron (Screenplay), Maxwell Anderson (Theatre Play), Laurence Stallings (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg's top sergeant. And when a local beauty comes between them, their rivalry escalates even further. But when they discover that the woman has marriage in mind, they now compete to try to avoid marching down the aisle - that is, until they are called upon to march into battle.
What Price Glory Script Resources:

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Drums Along the Mohawk Script

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Year:1939
Director:John Ford
Written by:Lamar Trotti (Screenplay), Sonya Levien (Screenplay), Walter D. Edmonds (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Set in America's Colonial period, John Ford's adventure tale follows Gilbert (Henry Fonda) and Lana Martin (Claudette Colbert) as they try to survive the rugged frontier. After their settlement is repeatedly attacked by Indians, the couple is taken in by a spinster (Edna May Oliver). Lana bears a son, while Gilbert heads off to fight the Indians and the British. He returns, wounded, to find his family once again under attack by the Indians.
Drums Along the Mohawk Script Resources:

  • Drums Along the Mohawk Script PDF - 6/27/39 REVISED at Script City ($)
  • Drums Along the Mohawk Transcript at scripts.com

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  • Drums Along the Mohawk ( tt0031252 ) at IMDb
  • Drums Along the Mohawk ( 73194 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Wings of Eagles Script

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Year:1957
Director:John Ford
Written by:Frank Fenton (Screenplay), William Wister Haines (Screenplay), Frank Wead (Writer)

Script Synopsis:The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
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Mister Roberts Script

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Year:1955
Director:John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan
Written by:Frank S. Nugent (Screenplay), Joshua Logan (Screenplay), Thomas Heggen (Theatre Play), Joshua Logan (Theatre Play), Thomas Heggen (Novel)

Script Synopsis:Mr. Roberts is as an officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned Navy ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Script

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Year:1962
Director:John Ford
Written by:James Warner Bellah (Screenplay), Willis Goldbeck (Screenplay), Dorothy M. Johnson (Story)

Script Synopsis:A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
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  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ( tt0056217 ) at IMDb
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ( 11697 ) at TheMovieDB.org
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The Quiet Man Script

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Year:1952
Director:John Ford
Written by:Frank S. Nugent (Screenplay), Maurice Walsh (Story), John Ford (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love.
The Quiet Man Script Resources:

  • The Quiet Man Script PDF - [Cutting continuity, Light print] at Script Fly ($)
  • The Quiet Man Transcript at Script-O-Rama

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The Informer Script

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Year:1935
Director:John Ford
Written by:Liam O'Flaherty (Story), Dudley Nichols (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?
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