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GERARD F. STODDARD SCM Corporation New York City...
...black, DuBois combated racial arrogance and social chauvinism on both sides. This he did by making a scientific study of the so-called 'Negro Problem' and exposed the myth of 'racial superiority' expounded by such pseudo-biologists as Count Arthur de Gobineau, Houston-Stewart Chamberlin, Madison Grant and Lothrop Stoddard, the ideological fathers of Adolph Hitler and the racialists of America and South Africa...
Jardine also mentioned ends Kontos (31 catches for 478 yards on the year) and John Olsen (13 for 165). Defensively, he singled out backs Joe Petrucelli, Tom Winner, Dave Jollin, and John Rallis; linebacker Tom Whidden; and linemen Sandy Stoddard and John Stone...
Though the audience tends to identify with Doniphon's individualism and to feel instinctively a desire to preserve the simplicity of the old West, the social change brought about by the railroad and the need for staehood slowly make the Doniphons and Valances obsolete. By killing Liberty Valance, facilitating Stoddard's rise to political prominence and the progressive modernization of the West, Doniphon destroys himself. Hallie, once Tom's girl, has fallen in love with Stoddard, and in sparing him, Doniphon loses her. He is left without the girl he loves at the dawn of a new era that...
Ford bitterly laments the intrusion of reality on his legend. When Hallie says to Stoddard at the end, "This country used to be a wilderness. Now it's a garden. You helped to make it," we cannot help feeling a deep regret that it had to happen that way. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is Ford's deeply personal farewell to a period in American history he loved, a folklore he helped create. Ford's westerns represent one of the most significant achievements in the history of American art. Liberty Valance, his masterpiece, is one of the greatest films...