Metro Cinema Society: The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man

USA 1952, 129 min, Video, Dir: John Ford

The Quiet Man is an American romantic drama starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. It was based on a 1933 Saturday Evening Post short story by Maurice Walsh that John Ford had purchased for $10. The film is notable for its lush photography of the Irish countryside and the long, climactic, semi-comic fist fight between John Wayne and Victor McLaglen. At the Academy Awards in 1953, John Ford won Best director and Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout won Best Cinematography for this film.

Set in 1930s Ireland, Sean Thornton (John Wayne), an Irish-American from Pittsburgh, returns to Ireland to reclaim his family's farm in Innisfree. He meets and falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O'Hara), the spinster sister of the bullying, loud-mouthed landowner "Red" Will Danaher (Victor McLaglen). Danaher, angry that Sean outbid him for the Thornton land adjacent to his property, initially refuses to sanction the marriage until several town locals, including the parish priest, conspire to trick him into believing that the wealthy Widow Tillane wants to marry him, but only if Mary Kate is no longer living in the house. After learning the truth on Sean and Mary Kate's wedding day, an enraged Will refuses to give his sister her full dowry. (from Wikipedia)

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This will be a free screening, and will be happening in the Rice Theatre (also in the Citadel), instead of in the traditional Metro Cinema room, the Zeidler Hall. It's okay - the Rice is just down the hall!