The men complain about lack of shore leave, but they soon find out that they will have to carry a cargo of ammunition from baltimore to london, right through the german war zone. One of john fords most expressionistic films, the long voyage home is based on four oneact plays by eugene oneill who considered it his favorite cinematic adaptation of his work. The long voyage home, magnificent drama of the sea, at the rivolia swedish film at the 48th st. He remembers the experience of having the film made on his ship with a great deal of pleasure and pride. John wayne long voyage home 1940 video dailymotion. John wayne, thomas mitchell, barry fitzgerald, john qualen, ward bond and arthur. Munami when the film crew including john wayne and all the others came aboard to film the long voyage home. Director john ford stagecoach and scribe dudley nichols adapted four eugene oneill oneacts into this compelling, lyrical look at men at sea that oneill considered his favorite of all his filmed works. This clip is from the 1940 john ford film the long voyage home, based on a eugene oneill play about seagoing sailors. Aboard the freighter glencairn, the lives of the crew are lived out in fear, loneliness, suspicion and cameraderie.
Mar 23, 2016 the long voyage home 1940 strani film i. Watch the long voyage home starring john wayne in this drama on directv. It stars john wayne, already a major star in 1940, who gets top billing in this adaptation of a eugene oneill play about the salty, often cruel life of sailors aboard a merchant marine ship. Based on bringing together as one the four oneact plays by eugene oneill called the moon of the caribbees, in the zone, bound east for cardiff, the long voyage home. It also features barry fitzgerald, wilfrid lawson, john qualen, mildred natwick, and ward bond, among others. A year before the united states entered ww2 although it was already hot over in europe comes this adaptation of eugene oneills look at. Director john ford and screenwriter dudley nichols adapted four eugene oneill oneacts into this compelling, lyrical look at men at sea that oneill considered his favorite of all his filmed works.
Director john ford stagecoach and scribe dudley nichols adapted four eugene oneill oneacts into. The wrath of khan 1982 and continued in the search for spock. It is the fourth feature installment in the star trek film series, and is a sequel to star trek iii. The long voyage home 1940 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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 starred john wayne, but curiously he actually has a very small part in. Angel and the badmanjohn wayne on film the star packerblue steel movie online. John ford and screenwriter dudley nichols adapt eugene oneills early sea plays to powerful effect, focusing on the crew of the continue reading. The main character is the glencairn itself, the ship in the film. The long voyage home 1940 rotten tomatoes four oneact plays by eugene oneill form the basis of john fords world war ii drama about the lives of merchant seamen. Wayne plays a young lad from sweden who is trying to get home and stay out of trouble as he and the other seaman get shore leave. Watch the long voyage home online stream full movie. This movie is an excellent compilation of four of oneills early one act plays. It stars john wayne, thomas mitchell and ian hunter.
Director john ford took four of eugene oneills oneact plays about the sea, and created this classic 1940 film about seamen and their lives, changing the setting from the turn of the century to wwii. Reportedly playwright oneill loved this version, and called it his favorite work put to film. One of john fords most expressionistic films, the long voyage home is based on four oneact plays by eugene oneill who considered it. The long voyage home 1940 was adapted by dudley nichols, who updated and wove together four early oneact seathemed plays written by nobel prizewinning playwright eugene oneill from 1914 to 1919. This is definitely one of the more overlooked titles from one of the greatest. Mar 31, 2011 this clip is from the 1940 john ford film the long voyage home, based on a eugene oneill play about seagoing sailors. The long voyage home is a 1940 film directed by john ford, starring john wayne, thomas mitchell, and ian hunter.
The long voyage home is a 1940 american drama film directed by john ford. Angel and the badmanjohn wayne on filmthe star packerblue steel movie online. Film tersebut juga menampilkan barry fitzgerald, wilfrid lawson, john qualen, mildred natwick, dan ward bond, dan lainlain. The first three parts are very good, but unfortunately it starts to run out of steam in. At the time, eugene oneill was the most prominent name connected to the picture.
Like oneill, ford nursed a lifelong obsession with sailing and the sea, and had spent his early years in. Among john fords finest films, the long voyage home is notable chiefly for the work of the great cinematographer gregg toland. For the long voyage home is a story of men, of eternal suffering in a perilous trade, of life and tragic death in the dirty, heroic little cargo boats that sail the wet seas round. Caesar agrees to allow them the use of the dam as long as they discard their guns. 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. The long voyage home 1940 the powers and fascinations of director john ford and playwright eugene oneill are happily met in this 1940 feature dramatizing the lives of men who serve as crew members aboard commercial freighters. Quite bleak, but a great film and one worth rewatching in the future. The ss glencairn is a british cargo ship in port in the west indies in the spring of 1940. This movie had john wayne, thomas mitchell, ian hunter in the lead roles of the film. Ford has some of his usual suspects on board for this film. The long voyage home is a true ensemble piece featuring many of the actors that comprised fords stock company, including thomas mitchell, barry fitzgerald and his brother arthur shields, john qualen, and, unforgettably, john wayne as the swedish sailor ole. 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. Directed by john ford and released in 1940, the long voyage home was but a part of the role hollywood would play in setting up the us psychologically for entering world war ii. The director admired toland so much that he allowed him a free hand behind the camera, and the cameraman used the film to try out new lenses that would allow for greater depth of focus, lenses that he would also use on his next film, the historic citizen kane 1941.
Independently produced by walter wanger, john fords soulful, heartbreaking film is based on four eugene oneill oneacts about life at sea the playwright. Between 1939 and his departure for the war in 1942, director john ford was in the middle of a remarkable string of masterpieces. 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. One of the finest of all the movies that deal with life at sea, and one of the most successful of all attempts to put eugene oneill on filmperhaps because the. Based on four oneact plays by eugene oneill, the long voyage home is a powerful saga of merchant seamen, their hardscrabble lives, and their hopes for the future. Not only was nichols a friend of oneill, he later directed a film version of mourning becomes electra 1947. Any movie with gregg toland behind the camera is worth watching, with an emphasis on the visual experience. This movie had john wayne, thomas mitchell, ian hunter in the lead roles of the film premise no data available. It tells the story of a merchant ship on the high seas during world war ii. Like greek tragedy, it is the chorus about which the dramatic action occurs. This movie had john wayne, thomas mitchell, ian hunter in the lead roles of. The long voyage home by eugene oneill kansas city public.
The long voyage home for some of the characters goes on and on, but the long voyage for the glencairn continues like so many other rust buckets. The voyage home is a 1986 american science fiction film directed by leonard nimoy and based on the television series star trek. Takoder treba napomenuti da su mu to bile jedne od prvih predstava koje je napisao a za film ih je prilagodio dudley nichols. The long voyage home is an english movie directed by john ford released in the year 1940. Gregg toland, one the greatestever cinematographers, was revolutionizing film style with the deepfocus camera techniques that would culminate in his work on citizen kane. Film tersebut dibintangi oleh john wayne, thomas mitchell dan ian hunter. It starred john wayne, but curiously he actually has a very small part in it. John ford welded four of eugene oneills oneact plays about the sea, bound east for cardiff, the long voyage home, the zone, and moon of the caribees, into this melancholy film about wayfaring seamen, changing the setting from the turn of the century to wwii. 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. One of the greatest examples of the hollywood system at work, the long voyage home is a conflation of several great artists at their peak. The long voyage home dvd, 2006 for sale online ebay.
The long voyage home john wayne rare and collectible dvds. He had won the nobel prize for literature four years earlier, and his invaluable contribution to american letters finding poetic depths in depraved and downtrodden lives. The long voyage home john wayne thomas mitchell ian hunter 1940 merchant seamen thomas mitchell, ian hunter on a tramp freighter drink, dodge uboats and rescue a shanghaied swede john wayne in the early days o. The men smuggle drink and women aboard, fight with each. It also features barry fitzgerald, wilfrid lawson, john qualen, mildred natwick, and ward bond, among others the film was adapted by dudley nichols from the plays the moon of the caribbees, in the zone, bound east for cardiff, and the long voyage home by eugene oneill. The long voyage home by john ford john ford, john wayne. His soft spot for people is a major point of contention with some of the other apes, especially his righthand man koba, and the peaceful arrangement inevitably fails, as greed and xenophobia on both sides takes over the film is best when it settles down. Mar 30, 2015 the long voyage home 1940 the powers and fascinations of director john ford and playwright eugene oneill are happily met in this 1940 feature dramatizing the lives of men who serve as crew members aboard commercial freighters. He had won the nobel prize for literature four years earlier, and his invaluable contribution to american letters finding poetic depths in depraved and.
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