Voyage home three plays of the sea by eugene oneill 18881953 bound east for cardiff in the zone ile directed by charles metten november 319, 1988, at 7. He also taught at the new school for social research and the school of visual arts. In 1934 malcolm cowley published an autobiographical literary history, exiles return. The long voyage home is a fourdisc boxed set by joe cocker, released in 1995 see 1995 in music track listing disc 1. The ss glencairn is a british cargo ship in port in the west indies in the spring of 1940. This paper examines the factors which influence return migration by rural farmers, aged 45 and older, among the ashanti of ghana, west africa. On board, anxious crewmen search the sky for german planes. The long voyage home and other plays dover thrift editions. It tells the story of a merchant ship on the high seas during world war ii. The voyage home in 2286, kirk and company wait in selfimposed exile on.
Merchant ship glencairn rolls and shivers in the black north atlantic. Vulcan, monitoring spocks progress as he remembers his past. The long voyage home 1940 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Little matters while he was at home and surrounded by them, but things of mighty moment when he was at an immeasurable distance. The broadway opening dates of the four eugene oneill plays this film is based on are as follows. Mar 30, 2015 the long voyage home 1940 the powers and fascinations of director john ford and playwright eugene oneill are happily met in this 1940 feature dramatizing the lives of men who serve as crew members aboard commercial freighters. Eugene oneill eugene gladstone oneill was born on october 16, 1888 in a hotel bedroom in what is now times square, new york. The long voyage home photos view all photos 10 movie info. Director barbara bosch creatively staged the moon of the caribbees, bound.
Hed received his first substantial pay from writing when in june of that year the magazine, the seven arts, bought his short story titled tomorrow for. The long voyage was written by jorge semprun who is himself a survivor of the buchenwald concentration camp. Mencken, published the long voyage home in their october 1917 issue. When the wind is blowing and the sleet or rain is driving against the dark windows, i love to sit by the fire, thinking of what i have read in books of voyage and travel. These oneact plays were gathered together, adapted for the screen by dudley nichols and released as the long voyage home.
The long voyage home is a 1940 american drama film directed by john ford. John ford, w john wayne ole olsen, thomas mitchell aloysius drisk driscoll, barry fitzgerald cocky, john qualen axel swanson, arthur shields donkeyman, ward bond yank. The long voyage home fat joe, nick, mag, olson driscoll cocky. The long voyage home is a ford masterworkgrim, touching, and startlingly wellphotographed. The long voyage home combining dramatic content of four eugene oneill oneact plays, john ford pilots adventures of a tramp steamer from the west indies to an american port, and then across the. In the early day of world war ii, the crew of english cargo ship the ss glencairn including swede olsen john wayne, englishman. Everson was professor of cinema studies at new york university from 1972 to 1996. Pdf the long voyage home and other plays by eugene oneill. The revisionist view of this 1940 adaptation by john ford and dudley nichols of four oneact plays by eugene oneill. The first to appear in print was the long voyage home in the october 1917 issue of the smart set. Vikings, conquistadors, french voyageurs these and many others roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, even a cure for syphilis.
It premiered on november 2 at the playwrights theatre in new york. The voyage home voyage home saga book 1 blinkprods. The long voyage home characters fat joe, proprietor of a dive nick, a crimp mag, a barmaid olson driscoll seamen of the british tramp steamer, glencairn cocky ivan kate freda two roughs scenethe bar of a low dive on the london water front a squalid, dingy room dimly lighted by kerosene lamps placed in brackets on the walls. Immediately download the the long voyage home summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching the long voyage home. The long voyage by jorge semprun is the story of the main character manuel also called gerard. Wayne plays a young lad from sweden who is trying to get home and stay out of trouble as he and the other seaman get shore leave. Will the men who survived the long, hard trojan war.
Complete summary of jorge sempruns the long voyage. It stars john wayne, already a major star in 1940, who gets top billing in this adaptation of a eugene oneill play about the salty, often cruel life of sailors aboard a merchant marine ship. A narrative of ideas, and established himself as an important writer. Written between 19 and 1917 and filled with moody, intense and fascinating characters entrapped by larger forces, they include bound east for cardiff, in the zone, the long voyage home and the moon of the caribbees. The men smuggle drink and women aboard, fight with each other, spy on each other, comfort each other as death approaches, and rescue each other from danger.
One of the finest of all the movies that deal with life at sea, and one of the most successful of all attempts to put eugene oneill on filmperhaps because the director. The long voyage home by eugene oneill kansas city public. Director john fords first film to touch upon the waters of the second world war. Long voyage home film and video adaptations, sailors drama. The long voyage home john wayne rare and collectible dvds.
The long voyage home click to enlarge 1 hr 45 min 1940 classic, drama. A merchant ships crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war. Director john ford stagecoach and scribe dudley nichols adapted four eugene oneill oneacts into this compelling, lyrical look at men at sea that oneill considered his favorite of all his filmed works. Arriving in new york from london in 1950, he worked in the publicity department of monogram later allied artists. Apr 04, 2011 the long voyage home is a curious animal. In the course of his long, tortuous walk home mostly by night west along the back roads of north carolina, he pictures cold mountain as the only haven left to him in the wartorn world. Eugene oneills first professionally produced play, a oneact play entitled bound east for cardiff, premiered in 1916, first at the small provincetown ma. First of all, the movie derived from four humble oneacts written very early in the playwrights career. The long voyage home is a gloriously photographed portrait of survival in the face of heroism. They generally admire john waynestyle heroes who are rugged, individualistic and brave. With john wayne, thomas mitchell, ian hunter, ward bond.
Oneills purported last words james oneill eugene oneill ella oneill the personal life of eugene oneill, like that of many men of genius, was a mess. Feb 17, 2016 the long voyage home and other plays dover thrift editions kindle edition by oneill, eugene. Sep 09, 2014 approved 1h 45min drama, war 22 november 1940 usa aboard the freighter glencairn, the lives of the crew are lived out in fear, loneliness, suspicion and cameraderie. For the long voyage home is a story of men, of eternal suffering in a perilous trade, of life and tragic death in the dirty, heroic little cargo boats that sail the wet seas round. The long voyage home is a fourdisc boxed set by joe cocker, released in 1995 see 1995 in music. The long voyage home the lifelong quest of eugene oneill by jerry james born in a hotel roomand goddammitdied in a hotel room. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the long voyage home and other plays dover thrift editions. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. East for cardiff, and the long voyage home on the decks of the wavertree.
Aboard the freighter glencairn, the lives of the crew are lived out in fear, loneliness, suspicion and cameraderie. It stars john wayne, thomas mitchell and ian hunter. Eugene oneills fortunes began to change when the literary magazine the smart set, edited by george jean nathan and h. Oct 15, 20 the long voyage home s attributes include the cinematography of the legendary gregg toland, who would go on to lens citizen kane for orson welles the following year. Margetts arena theatre harris fine arts center brigham young university department of theatre and film. The combination of chiaroscuro lighting and deep focus gives the film a moody ambience evident in the first scene, taken from the moon of the caribbees.
In his mind it is peacefully isolated, except for ada, the gentlewoman from charleston he met in her fathers mountain church. Three decades later in 1965 the editor of literary times would write, malcolm cowley is, next to edmund wilson, the finest. The long voyage home directed by john ford produced by john ford walter wanger music by richard hageman argosy productions united artists index. John ford, w john wayne ole olsen, thomas mitchell aloysius drisk driscoll, barry fitzgerald cocky. Heading home as the probe continues toward earth, on vulcan the bounty is almost ready for launch. It features barry fitzgerald, wilfrid lawson, john qualen, mildred natwick, and ward bond, among others the film was adapted by dudley nichols from the plays the moon of the caribbees, in the zone, bound east for cardiff, and the long voyage home by eugene. Factory, arthouse nominated for six oscars, including best picture. After struggling for nearly four years to be a writer, eugene oneills fledgling career, as well as his financial situation. From one of americas greatest playwrights, 4 of his finest short plays. Ive just recieved my dvd copy of john fords,forgotten masterpiece,the long voyage home,from 4 short playlets by the noted irish author eugene oneil,adapted by dudley nichols,with a cast filled with the john ford stock company,john wayne,thomas mitchell,ward bond,john qualen,joe sawyer, mildred natickher first film,barry fitzgerald,arthur shields,and non ford stock member ian hunter. Until i had a chance to see john fords film i saw it first about 20 years ago, and have seen it some half dozen times since, i never saw a production of the plays. The long voyage home aboard the freighter glencairn, the lives of the crew are lived out in fear, loneliness, suspicion and cameraderie. An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, a voyage long and strange captures the wonder and drama of first contact. The long voyage home is a 1940 film directed by john ford, starring john wayne, thomas mitchell, and ian hunter.
The men complain about lack of shore leave, but they soon find out. Much of his childhood was spent in the comfort of books at boarding schools whilst his. Published in 1963 in france and first translated and published in the usa in 1964 and. The men complain about lack of shore leave, but they soon find out that they will have to carry a cargo of. Tolands high contrast lighting and shot compositions cast a vivid aura over both sea and land. The long voyage home opened in new york on 2 november 1917. Start reading the long voyage home and other plays for free online and get access to an unlimited library of academic and nonfiction books on perlego. Voyage arrived in theatres one year before america declared its involvement in the conflict. Bound east for cardiff opened in provincetown, massachusetts on 28 july 1916. It features barry fitzgerald, wilfrid lawson, john qualen, mildred natwick, and ward bond, among others. Directed by john ford 1940 united states starring john wayne, ward bond, ian hunter shot in stunning chiaroscuro by master cinematographer gregg toland, the long voyage home is john fords and screenwriter dudley nicholss lyrical adaptation of four oneact plays by eugene oneill, distilled into one movingly expressive human drama.
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