# John Farrow
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John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS (10 February 1904 – 27 January 1963) was an Australian-born American film director, producer and screenwriter. In 1942 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Wake Island, and in 1957 he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days. He had seven children by his wife, actress Maureen O'Sullivan, including actress Mia Farrow.
The Big Clock (1948) - The Big Clock/No Way Out Special Part 1
Friday Film Showcased (FFS) returns with part one of a two part special on adaptations of Kenneth Fearing's novel The Big Clock. We are doing this as a tribute to the late Gene Hackman, who is not in the movie discussed in this episode, but was alive when it came out. But was he a child? Listen and…
Friday Film Showcased – The Big Clock (1948): The Big Clock/No Way Out Special Part 1
Friday Film Showcased (FFS) returns with part one of a two part special on adaptations of Kenneth Fearing's novel The Big Clock. We are doing this as a tribute to the late Gene Hackman, who is not in the movie discussed in this episode, but was alive when it came out. But was he a child? Listen and…
Wake Island (1942): Courage Under Fire - A WWII Movie Review
In this episode of Mindset Movie Reviews, I take a closer look at Wake Island (1942).
Directed by John Farrow, starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, William Bendix, and Albert Dekker.
⭐ Rating: 3.5/5
🏆 IMDb: 6.6/10
🎬 Genre: Drama, War, and Action
⏱ Runtime: 88 minutes
📅 R…
Wake Island (1942)
450 US Marines, led by Brian Donlevy, find themselves fending off a Japanese onslaught on an isolated Pacific atoll. Directed by John Farrow and made with the assistance of the USMC, Wake Island (1942) is a fascinating early-war US propaganda film that seeks to recreate the desperate battle for the…
Courage Under Siege: Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) Review
In this episode of Mindset Movie Reviews, I take a closer look at Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942).
Directed by John Farrow, starring Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish, Cedric Hardwicke, and Ray Collins.
⭐ Rating: 3.0/5
🏆 IMDb: 6.6/10
🎬 Genre: Drama, History, and War
⏱ Runtime: 98 minutes
📅 …
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