Word: forde
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scene in the picture is when Frank James, armed with a battered Winchester, confronts the man who shot his brother in the back. The most feared desperado of the Old West glares a vengeful glare at his quavering victim and snarls in deadly tones: "I could shoot you, Bob Ford. But I won't. You see, I happen to know that Cynthia loves not you but Kelley. When she marries you she'll feel sorry for you, but she'll still love Kelley." With, that he backs, catlike, out of the saloon, leaving the assassin to his fate worse than...
About the only thing to be said for the film, outside of its merciful shortness (75 minutes), is John Ireland, who grapples hopelessly with the role of Bob Ford. Ireland, like Richard Widmark, broke the code of the West by making a hit in his very first picture, "Red River." His punishment, like Widmark's, has been banishment to the salt mines of Grade B for the required term of apprenticeship. It is still a pleasure to watch Ireland slouch casually around a set, but this time his effortlessness is wasted on a miserable part...
...Ford Theater (Fri. 9 p.m., CBS). Bing Crosby in Welcome Stranger...
...Ford Motor Company. 4. J. P. Morgan...
Stand Pat. There seemed small chance of anyone else following G.M.'s lead on prices. Said Ford Sales Boss Jack Davis: "We are not reducing the prices of our cars, because of the current high level of wage and material costs." Ford's three-passenger business coupe, now selling at $1,158, is still well under Chevrolet's cheapest at $1,260 and Plymouth...