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I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and, most of all, intellectualism.
John Ford
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John Ford
Age: 79 †
Born: 1894
Born: February 1
Died: 1973
Died: August 31
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