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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. 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. This clip is from the 1940 john ford film the long voyage home, based on a eugene oneill play about seagoing sailors. Any movie with gregg toland behind the camera is worth watching, with an emphasis on the visual experience. Watch the long voyage home starring john wayne in this drama on directv. 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. The long voyage home, koje je eugene oneill napisao u vremenu oko prvog svjetskog rata. The long voyage home by john ford john ford, john wayne. It stars john wayne, thomas mitchell and ian hunter. The long voyage home john wayne rare and collectible dvds. The long voyage home, magnificent drama of the sea, at the rivolia swedish film at the 48th st.

The long voyage home is an english movie directed by john ford released in the year 1940. The voyage home is a 1986 american science fiction film directed by leonard nimoy and based on the television series star trek. Director john ford stagecoach and scribe dudley nichols adapted four eugene oneill oneacts into. This movie had john wayne, thomas mitchell, ian hunter in the lead roles of the film premise no data available. Reportedly playwright oneill loved this version, and called it his favorite work put to film. This movie had john wayne, thomas mitchell, ian hunter in the lead roles of the film. Less a plotdriven movie than a meandering look at the nomadic men who make. 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. Like oneill, ford nursed a lifelong obsession with sailing and the sea, and had spent his early years in. The long voyage home by eugene oneill kansas city public.

The men smuggle drink and women aboard, fight with each. 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. Mar 23, 2016 the long voyage home 1940 strani film i. The long voyage home is a 1940 film directed by john ford, starring john wayne, thomas mitchell, and ian hunter. 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 1940 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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.

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. Among john fords finest films, the long voyage home is notable chiefly for the work of the great cinematographer gregg toland. 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. The ss glencairn is a british cargo ship in port in the west indies in the spring of 1940. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Caesar agrees to allow them the use of the dam as long as they discard their guns.

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. 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. John wayne long voyage home 1940 video dailymotion. Angel and the badmanjohn wayne on film the star packerblue steel movie online. Film tersebut juga menampilkan barry fitzgerald, wilfrid lawson, john qualen, mildred natwick, dan ward bond, dan lainlain.

He had won the nobel prize for literature four years earlier, and his invaluable contribution to american letters finding poetic depths in depraved and. Aboard the freighter glencairn, the lives of the crew are lived out in fear, loneliness, suspicion and cameraderie. It also features barry fitzgerald, wilfrid lawson, john qualen, mildred natwick, and ward bond, among others. This movie is an excellent compilation of four of oneills early one act plays. The wrath of khan 1982 and continued in the search for spock. 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 tells the story of a merchant ship on the high seas during world war ii.

This movie had john wayne, thomas mitchell, ian hunter in the lead roles of. It starred john wayne, but curiously he actually has a very small part in. The long voyage home is a compilation film of four one act plays by eugene oneill who some will argue is americas greatest dramatist. 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. 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 is a 1940 drama film that follows the story of the crew aboard the ss glencaim, a british cargo ship carrying explosives. Gregg toland, one the greatestever cinematographers, was revolutionizing film style with the deepfocus camera techniques that would culminate in his work on citizen kane. Like greek tragedy, it is the chorus about which the dramatic action occurs. This is definitely one of the more overlooked titles from one of the greatest. 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. 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. A year before the united states entered ww2 although it was already hot over in europe comes this adaptation of eugene oneills look at. Independently produced by walter wanger, john fords soulful, heartbreaking film is based on four eugene oneill oneacts about life at sea the playwright.

Together, toland and ford transformed this adaptation of four oneact plays by eugene oneill. 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 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. Ford has some of his usual suspects on board for this film. 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 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. The long voyage home dvd, 2006 for sale online ebay. At the time, eugene oneill was the most prominent name connected to the picture. 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. Film tersebut dibintangi oleh john wayne, thomas mitchell dan ian hunter. Watch the long voyage home online stream full movie. It is the fourth feature installment in the star trek film series, and is a sequel to star trek iii. 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. 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. 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.

Not only was nichols a friend of oneill, he later directed a film version of mourning becomes electra 1947. Apr 04, 2011 the long voyage home is a curious animal. The long voyage home is a 1940 american drama film directed by john ford. 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. 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. The main character is the glencairn itself, the ship in the film. 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. John ford and screenwriter dudley nichols adapt eugene oneills early sea plays to powerful effect, focusing on the crew of the continue reading. Quite bleak, but a great film and one worth rewatching in the future. He remembers the experience of having the film made on his ship with a great deal of pleasure and pride. The first three parts are very good, but unfortunately it starts to run out of steam in. Munami when the film crew including john wayne and all the others came aboard to film the long voyage home.