Iconic director John Ford, coming soon to your mailbox
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During his long film career, John Ford won four Oscars for best director -- for 1935’s ‘The Informer,’ 1940’s ‘The Grapes of Wrath,’ 1941’s ‘How Green Was My Valley’ and 1952’s ‘The Quiet Man.’ He made John Wayne a star in his influential 1939 western ‘Stagecoach’ and directed the Duke in such transcendent western classics as 1948’s ‘Fort Apache,’ 1949’s ‘She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,’ 1950’s ‘Rio Grande’ and arguably their finest collaboration, 1956’s ‘The Searchers.’
On Friday, the United States Postal Service announced that Ford, who died in 1973, will be immortalized on a ‘forever’ stamp next year. The stamp features Ford as well as an image from ‘The Searchers.’
Throughout 2012, the postal service will also honor other iconic directors with their own stamps.
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