Peter Bogdanovich, Director of The Last Picture ShowĪ great read for anyone who loves the classic and truly great western−a company of heroes indeed. picturemaker, arguably its finest as well, Carey's book is both a valuable treasure and a complete delight. Includes a filmography and numerous b&w photos. By the end of the book, one feels one has lived in the surreal conditions of a Ford set on location, where grown men were treated like children.Ĭarey shows the care, tedium, challenge, and exhiliration of filmmaking, and provides an intimate portrait of the great director at work and the actors and actresses, such as John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and Maureen O'Hara, who were part of Ford's vision of America.
Reads so fluidly it's almost as if Carey is sitting in your living room narrating the story and you don't have to be a Western fan to appreciate this. Company of Heroes deserves to be a huge best seller because it delivers! But even more, it deserves to be read and re-read. illed with laughs, film lore, care, love, and insight to the motion picture business that few can aptly express. he best personal picture of Ford and one of the best of any director at work.Ībsolutely wonderful. This is a list of recurring actors on the US television show Heroes.Every actor credited in two episodes or more is included in the article, which covers episodes 1.01 to 4.18. He also gives us insightful and original portraits of the men and women who were part of Ford's vision of America: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, and Ben Johnson.įunny, insightful, and brutally honest, Company of Heroes is a rip-roaring good read that presents the remarkable life story of Harry Carey, Jr., and his many fine performances. Carey's portrayal of John Ford at work is the most intimate ever written. From She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Wagonmaster to The Searchers and Cheyenne Autumn, he shows the care, tedium, challenge, and exhilaration of movie-making at its highest level. In it, Harry Carey, Jr., casts a remarkably observant eye on the process of filming Westerns by one of the true masters of the form. Ford and the elder Carey had filmed an earlier version of the story, and Ford dedicated the Technicolor remake to his memory.Ĭompany of Heroes is the story of the making of that film, as well as the eight subsequent Ford classics. When Harry Carey, Sr., died in 1947, director John Ford cast Carey's twenty-six-year-old son, Harry, Jr., in the role of The Abilene Kid in 3 Godfathers.
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