An Auteurist History of Film Special Series: Ride, Boldly Ride
September 24–October 26, 2012
In conjunction with the film exhibition An Auteurist History of Film
Read curator Charles Silver's weekly An Auteurist History of Film posts at INSIDE/OUT, a MoMA/MoMA PS1 blog.
This series commemorates the publication of Ride, Boldly Ride: The Evolution of the American Western (University of California Press), by Mary Lea Bandy, former Chief Curator, MoMA Department of Film; and Kevin Stoehr, Associate Professor of Humanities, Boston University, with a foreword by Clint Eastwood. The opening-night event includes a screening of Howard Hawks’s El Dorado, preceded by a book signing at 6:30 p.m. Future screenings will feature additional Westerns by major directors that are discussed in the book.
Organized by Charles Silver, Curator, Department of Film.
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El Dorado
1967. USA. Howard Hawks. 126 min.
Both films silent with musical accompaniment.
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1914. USA. D. W. Griffith. 26 min.
Straight Shooting
1917. USA. Jack (John) Ford. 55 min.
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935. USA. Leo McCarey. 92 min.
Northwest Passage
1940. USA. King Vidor. 125 min.
The Searchers
1956. USA. John Ford. 119 min.
Unforgiven
1992. USA. Clint Eastwood. 127 min.
El Dorado. 1967. USA. Directed by Howard Hawks. Photo courtesy of Photofest