NEW-YORK WAS THE MAINSTAY.; Mr. Carlisle Appreciates Bankers' Response to the Bond Subscription.
Date: 02 February 1894
New-York Subscriptions
John Ford Birthday, Date of Birth
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and was one of the first American directors to be recognized as an auteur. In a career of more than 50 years, he directed over 130 films between 1917 and 1970 (although most of his silent films are now lost), and received a record four Academy Awards for Best Director for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952).
Ford is renowned for his Westerns, such as Stagecoach (1939), My Darling Clementine (1946), Fort Apache (1948), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); though he worked in many other genres, including comedies, period dramas, and documentaries. He made frequent use of location shooting and wide shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain. He is credited with launching the careers of some of Hollywood's biggest stars during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, including John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara and James Stewart.
Ford's work was held in high regard by his contemporaries, with Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles, Frank Capra, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Ingmar Bergman naming him one of the greatest directors of all time. Subsequent generations of directors, including many of the major figures of the New Hollywood movement, have cited his influence. The Harvard Film Archive writes that "the breadth and measure of Ford's major contributions to the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema, and to film language in general, remains somewhat difficult to discern.... Rarely recognized in full are Ford's great achievements as a consummate visual stylist and master storyteller."
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Thursday, February 1, 1894
- Place of Birth
- Cape Elizabeth
- Age
- 132
- Star Sign
- ♒
The February 1, 1894 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 31 day of the year. President of the United States was Grover Cleveland Second Term.
If you were born on this day, you are 132 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, February 1, 2026, 117 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, February 1, 2027, in 247 days. You have lived for 48,329 days, or about 1,159,916 hours, or about 69,595,019 minutes, or about 4,175,701,140 seconds.
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1st of February 1894 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 1, 1894
MR. GLADSTONE AND THE PRESS.
Date: 02 February 1894
Premier Gladstone Retires; Liberal Party and Irish Home Rule Affected
THE ARMY REGISTER FOR THIS YEAR; New-York Students Who Made a Records in Their Respective Colleges.
Date: 02 February 1894
Chihuahua Revolution Rumors Denied by E. C. Creel
"IF NECESSARY, WILL SINK YOU"; LANGUAGE OF THE DETROIT'S COMMANDER IN BIO HARBOR. Story of Benham's Affair with Brazilian Insurgents Told by Himself and Minister Thompson -- His Action Fully Indorsed by the Secretary of the Navy -- He Will Fully Protect American Interests in the Port Where He Is Stationed.
Date: 02 February 1894
Admiral Benham's Action Approved
THE COMING ROYAL WEDDING.; Victoria's Grandchildren to be Married Before High Dignitaries.
Date: 02 February 1894
Oporto Tax Riots
DA GAMA AND HIS BRITISH FRIENDS.
Date: 02 February 1894
United States Admiral Benham Fires Upon Insurgents; English Comments; Da Gama's Anxiety to Surrender
TO VISIT MEDITERRANEAN PORTS.; Winter Excursion of Well-Known People on the Fuerst Bismarck.
Date: 01 February 1894
Assignment
NO FURTHER NEWS FROM BENHAM.; The American Fleet at Rio Large Enough for Its Mission.
Date: 01 February 1894
Admiral Benham's Action Approved
MR. PAISLEY CHARGES FRAUD; H.B. CHAMBERLIN, PROMOTER, ARRESTED IN CONSEQUENCE. President of the Chamberlin Investment Company Accused of Making False Representations -- Mr. Paisley Says He Was Deceived by a Circular Describing in Glowing Terms Land in Fort Worth -- He Bought, Then Found the Company Didn't Own.
Date: 01 February 1894
Paisley, J. E.; by H. B. Chamberlain; Arrest