Company of Heroes: My Life As an Actor in the John Ford Stock Company

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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: A really fine book by someone who has a true appreciation for the giants he worked with. Mr. Carey is a wonderful story teller, sensitive with a good sense of humor. His observations make for what may be the best book about John Ford ever written. But it is Dobe Carey's depiction of all the greats who worked for Ford that makes this book special indeed. They were unique and wonderful screen icons, the likes of which we will never see again. Mr. Carey brings them to life again in a way I shall never forget. Do not miss this book!

Rating:
Summary: Outstanding!
Review: A really fine book by someone who has a true appreciation for the giants he worked with. Mr. Carey is a wonderful story teller, sensitive with a good sense of humor. His observations make for what may be the best book about John Ford ever written. But it is Dobe Carey's depiction of all the greats who worked for Ford that makes this book special indeed. They were unique and wonderful screen icons, the likes of which we will never see again. Mr. Carey brings them to life again in a way I shall never forget. Do not miss this book!

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Summary: Sidekick
Review: An interesting companion to some of the bios now appearing about John Ford. Carey first met Ford when his father worked with Ford in silent movies and grew up with Uncle Jack to have a movie career of his own. Some good behind the scene color to a man of prodigious talent and personality faults.

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Summary: A must for every John Ford movie buff!
Review: Dobe Carey grew up in the Hollywood world of cowboys and giant stars. He never lost his awe. He reveals the off-camera characters of the members of the John Ford stock company. He also reveals Ford's sense of practical jokes and mercurial anger. If you love John Wayne, Ward Bond, Ben Johnson, and the rest, read this book.

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Summary: Dobe Carey is a great story teller!
Review: The man knows how to write. His conversational style conveys the feeling that he is seated next to you, telling one insightful tale after another. As one might imagine, the presence of John Ford looms large over the text. Hopefully he will write another volume about his experiences working with other film directors.

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Summary: Dobe Carey is a great story teller!
Review: The man knows how to write. His conversational style conveys the feeling that he is seated next to you, telling one insightful tale after another. As one might imagine, the presence of John Ford looms large over the text. Hopefully he will write another volume about his experiences working with other film directors.

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Summary: A fun book to read
Review: The value in this book is not just that it paints an interesting picture of the great John Ford, but that it also shows sides of the Ford stock actors we have not seen. Did you know that Ward Bond loved the ladies and had the hots for Vera Ralston when they were filming The Searchers? That Ford and Richard Widmark got along like gangbusters? That Ken Curtis's strange accent in The Searchers came about by accident and got him the part of Festus on Gunsmoke years later? Or that Victor Jory was a tough old bird?

The book is full of interesting little tidbits of information like this about actors I have known and loved. It even gave me an understanding of why The Long Grey Line - one of my favorite Ford films - was not well received. All the details of the problems, the ends and outs, the stuntmen, the jokes, the hard work of making each film made me want to pull all those films off the shelf and watch them again.

If you love old these truly classic films you will not want to miss this book.

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Summary: Probably my Favorite Book on Ford
Review: There have been a lot of books on John Ford, and I hope there are many more, because I think he was the greatest American director there ever was, or will be. He created unforgettable images, tales of strength and tenderness, and characters that we never forget. His best movies remain with you over the years. "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is a movie that you appreciate more as you get older. Harry Carey's book gives you a view of Ford, in all his tyranny and tenderness, that you're simply not going to find anywhere else. He also has great stories about the early great western stars: William S. Hart, Harry Carey, Sr., and Hoot Gibson. Read it if you're a Ford fan!

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Summary: Impressive Stuff!
Review: This is a heartwarming biographical sketch of not only the film work of John Ford, but of John Wayne, Ward Bond, and others. I've read other books about Ford, but this ranks tops in my estimation. He tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, but does it in a human way.