The Quiet Man (1952) * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary

[@lizsmith9873]

A brides fortune (dowry) was very important in Ireland at that time. My aunt eloped and her husband came to my grandfather to ask for her fortune. My granddad was a horse dealer and he was shoeing one of hs horses at the time and my granddad handed him the bent horseshoe nail he had just pulled out of the horse's hoof and told him flat out that that was the only fortune he was going to get from him. My uncle wore that bent nail on his watch chain till the day he died...a very wealthy man. Hr always said it made his fortune. He and Aunt Minnie had 18 children.

[@kennethfharkin]

That is a great story and just the type of behavior I heard of from about my grandfather and great-uncle. Grudges get held for a long time and very openly.

[@cmlemmus494]

It's also worth noting that while there is certainly a very complicated and problematic history with dowries, by the time this story takes place they are mostly pragmatic. There was no allowance in the law for women to own property, so when her father (or brother, in this case) gives a dowry to her husband it is her inheritance. If it were given to her directly she'd have no recourse if someone stole it.

[@ink-cow]

Strict traditions make for good drama. Quiet Man weirdly has that in common with Fiddler on the Roof.

[@Concetta20]

Wow! 18?!

[@kateorgera5907]

"Why are they cheering for this guy?" That's the Protestant priest. While the town is all Catholic, they like the priest well enough that they don't want him to have to move to another parish, so they're pretending for his boss that he has this huge congregation, when he doesn't. Also, the older man with the cane who roused himself from his deathbed to see the fight was actually the director's older brother, Francis Ford, who had started in silent films. He died a year after the film released.

[@Kd_9562]

John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara made a few movies together and they belong up there with the greatest on screen couples. They were also very dear friends in real life. You should checkout McLintok and Big Jake. Two of my favorites with those two.

[@stephanienewell7545]

Love McLintoc! My favorite John wayne movie

[@RealTechZen]

I used to deal with a pharmacy assistant who was a Gen X guy named Jake. He had a redheaded sister named Maureen. Guess what their father's favorite movie was.

[@christophersmyth1908]

I also think you should watch McClintock!! Great movie!!!

[@RetiredSailor60]

Don't forget Wings Of Eagles. John Wayne portrays Spig Wead. An early Naval Aviation pioneer. Maureen O'Hara is his estranged wife. Based on the true life of Spig Wead.

[@joshuayeager3686]

I’d love to see her reaction to McLintock.

[@brianmiller6055]

The look of shock on John Wayne's face after Maureen O'Hara whispers in his ear was real. Per her, director John Ford convinced her to say something dirty to get the reaction. What it was was never revealed.

[@ruadhrose]

Yup all three of them took it to their graves what she said. Because apparently whatever it was so shocking for a good Irish Catholic girl like Maureen O’Hara to say to Duke Wayne. That’s why she insisted they never tell what she said.

[@Robert-un7br]

While we will never know exactly, I’m sure we all have it narrowed down to a few phrases. 😂

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

LOL That’s amazing 😂😂😂

[@Trojianmaru]

​@@ruadhroseI hope they all knew that people would spend decades inserting our own ideas of what she could of said, and that as the years went on, and people's imaginations got dirtier, the effect would remain. Like she might of just said "kiss me on the boobies" or something that would of been scandalous back then, not even something we'd only consider slightly dirty, yet now we're all imagining she could of said the absolute most dirty things. And decades from now, people with much dirtier imaginations, are gonna be thinking of her saying much dirtier things, and it'll have the same effect it did back in the 50s

[@kellifranklin9872]

This is in my top 10 favorite movies of all time. I watch it every St Patrick’s Day. It is so quirky and so funny. John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara’s chemistry was a big deal in Hollywood at the time. They were perfect together. I’m so happy you did this movie. Thank you!

[@andyhannon255]

I'm in my 40s and descovered this film as a kid on VHS. Seen it so many time one of the best films ever :)

[@agresticumbra]

Same, and in my top 20.

[@GeneralZodFDNY77]

I have it as high as #3.

[@Charlee1776]

I love this movie too! I'm in my 40s and my father introduced me to this movie. I still own a VHS copy of it to this day. I always also loved Rio Bravo.

[@WereMike]

Agreed...and this movie led me to another John Wayne favorite: Donovan's Reef.

[@jrvthatsme]

Here's what she said to the priest translated to english: "I didn't allow my husband into bed with me last night. I forced him to sleep in--oh, in a bag for sleeping! A bag for sleeping ... My dowry, he didn't fight for it. Is it a sin?" The house from The Quiet Man isn't too far from where I live and I'm sure I recognize a few places from the movie.

[@Rmlohner]

This was Maureen O'Hara's favorite of her films, and she had the soundtrack playing when she died in 2015.

[@tjj300]

That makes me cry.

[@Brandon-sw5ob]

Such a beautiful beautiful lady talented lady in the genuine lady

[@donallmccrudden4812]

She's a legend of a lady:). Ps the horse race happened about a mile from where I live

[@Brandon-sw5ob]

@@donallmccrudden4812 wicked cool🤜🤛 ✌❤🙏

[@donallmccrudden4812]

@@Brandon-sw5ob tiz surely:) cong, the town where the quite man was filmed is about a 45 minute drive away. did ya ever see "the field"

[@GarthKlein]

Ward Bond, who played the village priest,, was one of the great supporting actors in Hollywood. You might remember him a Burt the cop in It's a Wonderful Life. His presence in a film practically guaranteed it an Oscar nomination.

[@shawnmiller4781]

Say George! Your mouths bleeding!

[@timcarr6401]

Ward Bond was wonderful in his role as wagon master in the TV series "Wagon Train."

[@patrickmcandrew6631]

The Lil old Lady giving Sean a stick during the walk back has always made me laugh 😂

[@RealTechZen]

The law in most Catholic countries at the time was that a man could beat his wife, but the stick could be no thicker than her thumb and no longer than her forearm & hand. The Lil old lady was keeping Sean out of trouble!

[@muckerwood]

"Here's a good stick to beat the lovely lady" 🤣

[@redclayscholar620]

​@@RealTechZen "No bigger than a thumb?Can't do much damage with that now can ya? Perhaps it shoulda been the Rule of the Wrist!" ---Boondock Saints

[@mickaleneduczech8373]

@@RealTechZen That's actually a myth. Beating your wife was not legal, but it was rarely enforced. The term "rule of thumb" comes from craftsmen measuring with their thumb, not beating your wife.

[@The_Hartofect_]

@@redclayscholar620I was waiting for that comment! 😂

[@donwild50]

The last scene in this movie is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in Hollywood history. The Director John Ford wanted her to whisper something in John's ear that would amaze, astound and set John back. He suggested a phrase that...was probably very out of character for Maureen O'Hara. She said ok but made him promise that NO ONE except her, John Wayne and John Ford would EVER know what she whispered. John Ford, John Wayne both kept the secret. After both of them were dead (and the definition of "polite talk" had advanced greatly) she was asked point blank what she said. She wrote her biography and went to her grave and to this day...nobody knows what she said. But it startled the hell out of John Wayne! Director Ford got the reaction he wanted.

[@delauber]

You need to watch the original “The Parent Trap” with Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith, and Haley Mills.

[@shirw]

Yes! I second that! :)

[@raloria9173]

Agreed! It's wonderful!

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

Yes, the far superior Parent Trap. I watched that movie to death.

[@jamieserrano827]

Yes, Ash definitely need to watch that. That is an awesome Disney classic

[@Groffili]

It's a good movie. But I still prefer the original original... "Das doppelte Lottchen" from 1950. I don't know of an english dubbed or subbed version though... a pity.

[@FarginBastiges]

24:06 to 24:11 (of this video) is my favorite scene. My wife and I regularly quote it: "God bless all in this house." "Wipe your feet." "Thank you ma'am." Also, the posed shots of the main cast at the end were John Ford's cinematic version of a theatrical curtain call.

[@ElliotNesterman]

"She is so pretty." Exactly what you said about her in _Miracle on 34th Street._

[@michaelm6948]

Folks went to theaters to see the Irish countryside in Technicolor, that's why the rollicking through the fields and the fight scenes were extended.

[@phantombrakeman4983]

If you want to get John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara together in a cattleman western, do McClintock.

[@Thunderer0872]

I was just going to suggest that one also, it free on YT also.

[@RealTechZen]

In McClintock, John Wayne fights dirty.

[@Mitchiedean]

I love how McClintock is basically a continuation of their fiery relationship from The Quiet Man. Two of my favorite films ever

[@kevincerda6666]

Isn’t the actor who played Father Lonogan in it as well?

[@billbrown8701]

Great pick!

[@alexius23]

Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca & Maureen O’Hara in the Quiet Man. They were both at an impossible level of beauty in those films. Worth noting Ford won the Best Director Oscar. The film also won an Oscar for best cinematography.

[@jadejewel6586]

The Cowboys is another one of my favorite John Wayne movies!!

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

That’s awesome!!!

[@sassmacfru]

The two kids by Maureen at the horse race are John Wayne's children.

[@nancyomalley6286]

Fun fact: The scene where Mary Kate cleaned Sean's house for him was used in "E.T." and Elliott, psychically connected with ET, was drunk and re-enacted this scene in the classroom because drunken ET was watching "The Quiet Man" at home!

[@davidcollver6155]

Yeah Elliott was kissing Erika Eleniak future Playboy Playmate very pretty girl.

[@nancyomalley6286]

@@davidcollver6155 That was HER??? I know her from "The Beverly Hillbillies" 90's reboot movie

[@sonjadarby1158]

I've always considered that kiss to be the most romantic movie kiss even to appear on the silver screen.

[@jamesmoyner7499]

This is the film E.T. was watching on tv that Elliot was reinacting when he pulled the girl close to him and kissed her.

[@canadianscratcher7834]

I was about to write the same thing. Good eye and memory.

[@christophersmyth1908]

And the girl that Elliott kissed was Erika Eleniak. Who is most remembered from Baywatch and Under Siege.

[@cherylellsworth1787]

So glad you liked this movie. John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara were golden together. When Micheleen stated Sean was a millionaire he was stereotyping him because he was a "Yank", and many small town Europeans thought all Americans were rich. Mary Kate was a product of centuries of tradition. A wife's dowery was proof of her worth. Without it she felt second class. It was her rightful inheritance from her mother. We don't understand it, but it was different customs in a different place in a different time. Please look for more pairings of these two. They are magic together from 1950 to 1971 in 5 movies.

[@vapoet]

He may have been stereotyping, but it was obvious that Sean had some serious cash. When he offered 1,000 for the property, we knew he could have gone on forever.

[@thelionsshare6668]

FINALLY!!! One of my all-time favorite movies, and John Wayne in a role that he rarely got a chance to play, but suits him just fine anyways. Also John Ford's love letter to the land of his ancestors.

[@DBCuzitis]

“Who just whips out an accordion?” Something I always marvel to think about is prior to a little over 100 years ago if you were listening to music someone would have to be playing live within 100 yards of you. This film is set in the 1920s so commercial record sales were still young and novel. Up to that time music had to be played by the locals/people in a community. The time of travelling troubadours too. I boggle thinking about music sales in the 1800s were measured in sheet music sales. There are famous names of artists in history whose sound and greatest achievements we will never know except by report… Now we gratefully have recordings of the great musicians and singers from the past century recorded for future generations to hear. Artists in their prime! It has also been in only the last 30 years that we have had access to any music we want on-demand. Before that you had to go out and buy music recordings to listened to them. A remarkably brief history of recorded music in the history of music when you think about it.

[@Pengi_SMILES]

There is a tradition in Ireland that still carries on today where you will regularly find people playing traditional music in pubs.

[@drzarkov39]

She apparently thought the pub should have had a jukebox or a dj. By the way, the accordion player/singer was Ken Curtis, who later became famous as Festus Hagen on Gunsmoke. Curtis was director John Ford's son-in-law, and was in many Ford's (and therefore John Wayne's) films.

[@tumunu]

As John Philip Sousa told Congress in 1906... "These talking machines are going to ruin the artistic development of music in this country. When I was a boy… in front of every house in the summer evenings, you would find young people together singing the songs of the day or old songs. Today you hear these infernal machines going night and day. We will not have a vocal cord left. The vocal cord will be eliminated by a process of evolution, as was the tail of man when he came from the ape."

[@melenatorr]

John Ford, the director of this movie, is one the great names from the Hollywood era - he and John Wayne worked together a lot. He also had a stable of actors who worked with him, including Victor McLaglen (Denneher) and Ward Bond (the tall priest/narrator). Most of them had Irish backgrounds, and Ford had wanted to make this movie for simply ages. No one would back him until finally, one of the studio heads said that if Ford would make a particular western, he would finance this one as a loss. To the surprise of everyone, "The Quiet Man" became a hit. We're cheering the Protestant Bishop because, despite religious differences, everyone likes the Reverend Mr. Playfair. His congregation in this Catholic town is very small, and he might be transferred. No one wants that, and that's why Bond tells everyone to "Cheer like Protestants" for the Bishop. Incidentally: I'm a big fan of the 19th century writing sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte. Their father, Patrick, came from a very large, poor Irish family, and there's a story about his brother taking part in a huge fight that drew crowds from all over the area (the brother was defending a disabled child who had been laughed at). I always wondered if the original writer of "The Quiet Man" knew about this incident. I never liked John Wayne until I saw this movie. The dowery is actually a big deal: it was the only real financial independence a woman had once she was married (especially when you remember how much arrangement there used to be in getting married), and also formed a substantial part of how a married couple could get along economically. As the Reverend Playfair briefly says, there's a good reason for her to care so much. Now it's true that this marriage won't run into the sort of dangers that could happen. And one of the townspeople does answer her question of what kind of man she's married with "A better one, I think, than you know". But. Remember the atmosphere she's been living in all her life, the brother she has, and the reputation we hear about at the start of the movie. If you walk in her shoes for a bit, you can see why any claim to independence means a lot to her.

[@michaelm6948]

My parents came to America in the late 40s and were from the Irish speaking district in Connemara, not far from where this film was shot. In their villages there were less than a dozen surnames, and in those days all families used the same first names. In order to figure out who was who they would call the person by their first name, their father's first name and their grandfather's (paternal) first name. My mother was called Aine ni Coilim Mhichil- Anne daughter of Colm, granddaughter of Michael.

[@keithandersonbrady5026]

I wouldn't say 50km is 'not far'. 😂

[@michaelm6948]

@@keithandersonbrady5026 You're using a double negative, so you agree with me. But to clarify, the distances to my parents' remote villages in Connemara to Cong is over 50 km. Perhaps that is an unachievable journey for you on your tricycle, but was very manageable for people traveling between Mayo and Connemara. 😄😄 In fact, I had relatives who ran turf, by means of gleiteogs, to Mayo from the Aran islands on a near monthly basis up to the late 50s.

[@joebalusikiii5811]

The reason everyone stares at Sean is mostly due to his size. "Red" Will Danaher is the town bully and built like a mountain. When Sean arrives, the townsfolk see him are impressed. Plus, in a town like Innisfree, visitors are rare. "Black" beer is either a Porter or a Stout...like Guinness. Re: the wedding photo. Back in the day, taking photographs was a much longer ordeal than today. Exposure time was long, the flash POWDER was a pain, so poses had to be held. Few people can hold a smile and sit motionless for very long. That's why most people looked so serious.

[@Widdershins.]

The movie is set in the 1920s...photography had moved past the point you're describing by then. I think the reason they weren't smiling is because they both had a "what the hell have I just done" look on their faces.

[@chrisconversino6294]

Also add in that strangers were also a problem because of spies. The Irish Rebellion is still very much a thing. Red asks the two gentleman if the IRA is now involved in his family troubles. And one replies if they were, they would of burned his house down by then. O'Flynn talks about being in the IRA as well.

[@markhackett2302]

@@Widdershins. Well it is also not far enough behind them that those times aren't "how you do pictures" yet, so not smiling was still very common in "Official Pictures of Events". But, yes, photography had progressed from minutes of exposure time to fractions of a second, but only well lit close to photos, in those days, daylight was a LOT less available indoors, so it was darker, and a photo could be ruined if you moved in a couple of seconds. We weren't at a level of sensitivity that we got in 1960s.

[@kateorgera5907]

@@Widdershins. They were in the backroads of Ireland, who's to say they had the latest photography?

[@SkageXL5]

I am Irish, my entire family is Irish, I'm the only one who doesn't actually *live* in Ireland. And yeah, we do be Starin'

[@tinatidmore3809]

Lots of fun. Put on your list "Harvey," the most underrated Jimmy Stewart movie. Funny with a great message.

[@shainewhite2781]

Nominated for 7 Oscars including Best Picture but won for Best Director and Best Cinematography. It was the fourth Oscar won for director John Ford. The fight scene in the movie was the inspiration for the 6 minute fight from John Carpenter's THEY LIVE.

[@markhackett2302]

It's also the inspiration for Homer's fight in the story about Big Brothers adoption agency. "Don't tell him revenge, don't tell him Revenge" Revenge "that's it, I'm outta here..."

[@BlazeInjun]

Was looking for this comment.

[@darylabrams2]

The fight scene in they live was 7 and half minutes of screen time. It had 5 minutes taken out. Carpenter wanted to beat the fight scene in this film in terms of length. He wanted to have the longest fight in cinema history but it didn't happen. But this film is great and possibly the dukes best.

[@michaelgonzalez6295]

❤THIS IS A MAN'S ROMANTIC MOVIE ❤ Much more in older films, the man is certain of his love, but is held back a failing that has nothing to do with their paramour. I watch this every Valentine's Day. Even though this movie takes place in the 1920's, many of these traditions were still around in the 1960's in Mexico when my mother and father got married. My mother is 80 and still has her dowry of silver in a leather pouch given to her from her father.

[@phillipsuttles1926]

That is really nice!

[@Dularr]

John Wayne was the definition of strong silent type. Another of their movies you might like is McClintock! A western comedy drama.

[@JG-fv9bv]

Great film

[@valashar5313]

Thank you so much for watching and reacting to this film, Ashleigh! It is my all time favorite film and you're only the second person that has included it in their reactions!

[@louhillen8254]

Oh thank you for watching one of my favourite ever films! It is GLORIOUS! Maureen O’Hara is just wonderful in this ❤

[@RetroClassic66]

9:56 This scene was playing on the TV in the scene where E.T. was drunk and watching television while Elliott was releasing the frogs at school and causing a small riot in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. - THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982). The shot of John Wayne kissing Maureen O’Hara was mirrored in the Spielberg film as Elliott kissed the blonde girl in his class that he was crushing on.

[@jessicaasakevich2264]

Girl, I needed this today. 💚 Been loving your reactions for years, always happy to see a new video, but nothing brings me quite so much joy as you watching some of my favorite classics from the 30s-60s. Please, keep em coming. 😊

[@plawflo575]

Ashleigh: "You all just need to fight and get it over with." Me: 😁

[@chachabee3407]

Fun facts: 1. When he gets Mary Kate from the train and is taking her back to her brother's house, when Wayne drags O'Hara down a hill, Wayne had arranged for it to be covered in sheep dung. 2. That same evening they shot that famous first kiss scene in the cottage - O'Hara was still so enraged that she threw a hard punch with all her might - Wayne was for real blocking her punch because it would have broken his jaw - it broke her hand and she finished the scene with her hand hidden in her apron. 3. In the graveyard rain scene Wayne was purposefully dressed in a silk shirt for the sexiness. 4. At the very end director John Ford told O'Hara something specific to whisper in Wayne's ear to get that look on his face - Ford, Wayne, and O'Hara all took it to their graves. 5. The old man with the beard was John Ford's brother. 6. The studio had dictated that the movie not exceed two hours, so at the screening Ford stopped the film at the two hour mark, the very beginning of the fight, and the studio heads were so into it they approved the longer length and demanded to see the end of the film.

[@panowa8319]

The scene where John Wayne grabs and pulls Maureen O'Hara back into the cabin during the windstorm was re-enacted in "E.T." John has done about other things than westerns. War movies, comedies, and crime dramas. I would recommend that you'd watch "The Shootist" (1976), which was his last film.

[@scottboswell6406]

Oooh, a week early! We had a tv station show this every St. Patrick's Day, it's as Irish as Classic Hollywood got, haha! The director, John Ford, came from Ireland to become 1 of the all-time best directors. Maureen O'Hara is another Irish immigrant and legendary actress! She's John Wayne's best leading lady, but One Day her film "Only The Lonely" must be seen here, where she plays John Candy's mom!!!

[@LISA75_]

When Ashley said who just whips out an accordion in the bar I LMAO, I thought My uncle Dan , 90yo now and been playing in Irish bands for decades and probably played every pub in Tipperary. My mum came to England in the late 60s she was the youngest of 11 kids the first time I went to Ireland to visit the family I was 10yo I had never heard so much swearing in my life and I had never been in a pub until that trip I went to 3 in just over a week lol, each time my uncle Dan was performing then the rest of the pub would just join in lol.

[@davidd7681]

Our Irish mom made sure we watched this movie every St. Patrick's Day. She loved John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara as well. In addition to being a non Western film, it's a charming, folksy sort of feeling kind of movie. Definitely not the sort of film that was typical for him. Glad you liked it. I agree that it's more of a watch maybe once or twice a year or so. However, there's LOTS of dialogue my family and I use from this movie on a very regular basis. (With the Irish brogue, of course.) Peace!

[@markmcelligott2542]

This fight scene was the entire reason it's my favorite John Wayne movie. As an Irish ex-boxer I can attest to the mindset displayed in all these characters. Too fun!

[@RoninUK-e3u]

Danaher (Victor McLaglen) , The priest(Ward Bond), Maureen O'Hara and the accordion player (ken Curtiss) were all in several John Wayne movies. McLaglen was a former heavyweight boxer and big enough to look like it might be a fair fight with John Wayne.

[@CaptainFrost32]

Ken Curtiss, better known as Festus Higgins on Gunsmoke. He was doing Westerns from days of black & white to movies like Conagher with Sam Elliot.

[@RoninUK-e3u]

@@CaptainFrost32 and Ward Bond was probably best known as the First Wagon master for the TV series Wagon Train.

[@hamburgareable]

17:02-17:07-17:17 This is an amazing bit where John Wayne´s character gets knocked down and then he has a phantasmagorical dream where he kills a guy in a boxing bout.

[@dannahharrington2527]

I’m so glad you watched this one. It’s one of my favorite movies of all time. Maureen O’Hara was simply stunning.

[@glen1ster]

The accordion player at the bar is Ken Curtis who played Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke.

[@StevesTubes]

I have loved this movie for over 40 years. Over the years I've owned multiple copies on VHS and DVDs, but even the special anniversary editions transfer quality sucked. For 50 years there was not a decent copy of this wonderful movie. They finally restored the movie about 10 years ago. I bought my first Blu-ray player just so I could finally see this movie the way it was meant to look. It always makes me want to visit Ireland.

[@twylanaythias]

Back in those days - in much of the world, but particularly in Ireland - there was enormous distrust between Protestants and Catholics. This was also not so long after one of several major famines hit Ireland, and it certainly didn't help that most of the outsiders to ever show up were government officials who (at best) were of no help or (at worst) made things tremendously worse. Obvious tourists were one thing, but any stranger who showed up and looked as if they intended to stay for any length of time were automatically viewed with suspicion. Until old Dan Tobin braced Sean at the pub to discover that he was actually one of them (literally) that they welcomed him. It's also interesting to note that, while it had to be cut from the film, it was revealed that Reverend Playfair met with similar suspicion when he first arrived - even moreso as he was a Protestant clergyman. But he stayed and he and his wife proved themselves to be upstanding citizens of the town. Later, when the Vicar arrives (to possibly make him the Reverend relocate), Father Lonergan (the Catholic Priest) asks his congregation to "cheer like Protestants" to convince the Vicar to let Reverend Playfair stay there. When Sean is dragging Mary Kate back to her brother, *SHE* was the one who pushed him to be rougher with her. Maureen O'Hara had given birth shortly before filming began and John Wayne was very mindful of this fact - she really had to goad him into being rough with her. (Also, when she found out that the film crew had removed the sheep dung from the places where Wayne was supposed to drag her, she forced them to put it all back.) After accidentally killing his opponent in the ring, Sean had vowed that he would never again fight over money and he stayed true to his word. When her brother finally paid up, *she* was the one to open the door on the incinerator to prove to him that it wasn't the actual money she cared about - it was the principle of making Will settle his debt to her. The money was no longer in the picture and Sean was free to slug it out with Will to settle their remaining issues. Myself, I particularly love how the entire crowd parted like the Red Sea when she headed back home. Also notice how her brother cowed when both the widow's maid and Mary Kate told him to wipe his boots. Contrary to popular narrative, traditional women were only subservient to the most prominent man in their lives. Mary-Kate's brother Will (being the head of the house) was much more restrictive than most men because he imagined himself to be 'a gentleman of standing' - you may have noticed how often he was referred to as Squire. As anything she said or did reflected on him, and he was rather obsessed with 'propriety', he would (and usually could) make her life miserable if she embarrassed him. Once she was properly wed to Sean (dowry and all), *HE* was the only man she answered to and she well knew that he would support her 110% in virtually anything she chose to do They shot that final scene numerous times shortly before the entire crew had to leave Ireland and director John Ford wasn't satisfied with any of the takes. Maureen O'Hara, who helped Ford with the script, asked for one more take and that she would get the shot Ford wanted. When she leaned in and whispered in John Wayne's ear, what she said was completely ad-libbed. It was apparently something extremely scandalous, as neither of them ever so much as hinted at what she said and they both took that secret to their graves. You might also get a kick watching the Making Of featurette by Leonard Maltin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGi1n2iPpbychM0

[@MLawrence2008]

Great reaction Ashleigh, please keep them coming. May I recommend 'True Grit' the film John Wayne earned his only Oscar for.

[@okeefe757]

The scene where Sean pulls her back in from the windy weather is shown in one of your "favorite" movies-E.T. where E.T. is watching it while he and Elliot are connected and Eliott pulls in his classmate from windy weather outside and kisses her matching the movie.

[@andreraymond6860]

Just in time for Saint Patrick's day... Lovely. This John Ford masterpiece definately makes my list of favorite 50 movies. The charm and humour are great. The romance is top notch. Wayne and O'Hara are in their prime. Wonderful supporting cast. The soundtrack strikes just the righ comedic chord. Stven Spielberg paid hommage to this movie at least twice in his movies. In E.T. he has Elliott kiss a girl when he frees the frogs in his science class while E.T. is drunk and watching The Quiet Man on tv. In 1941 John Williams uses the same piece of music that Victor Young used while Wayne is dragging O'Hara through the field as a setup for the USO riot.

[@carlanderson7618]

Thank you for this reaction. John Wayne's top 3 IMHO are: She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950) and The Shootist (1976) which was his last movie.

[@jadejewel6586]

The Shootist was filmed in my home town (Carson City, NV). I was 11. I got to go downtown and see the movie sets. Most of the houses that were in the film are still there.

[@jadejewel6586]

James Stewart is also in this and he does an Amazing Job! It's A Wonderful Life is my favorite Christmas movie so for one of my favorite actors to be filming in my home town was so neat. I wish I had been able to meet him, John Wayne, Ron Howard!

[@sassmacfru]

The brown beer is Guinness a famous Irish beer.

[@insaneprepper2832]

One of my favorite movies of all time! In 2006 I went to Ireland and visited the town on Cong, in County Mayo, in the west of the country. The film was largely shot here and I got to go to the church, the Reverend’s house, Cohan’s Pub, and many others. A grand time!

[@terrystair7026]

I was there 3 years ago while my daughter spent a college semester studying in Dublin. We also took the Quiet Man tour. I loved how the village still looked the same!

[@insaneprepper2832]

@@terrystair7026 When I was there in 2006, the Cohan Bar didn’t even have a roof on it! They tell me now it’s a pub and they sell Quiet Man items out of it. The guide said it had been a grocery store for a long time previously.

[@donallmccrudden4812]

Had a stroll on the same beach the horse race was on today, its less than a mile from where I live.

[@doblc943]

I think most of us discovered this movie through ET, the extra terrestrial. Also, you know it’s a good movie when John Wayne a.k.a. “the Duke” is in it.

[@jadejewel6586]

This is the movie ET is watching when Elliott releases the frogs and steps on the kid's back and kisses the girl!!

[@johnrust592]

I kid you not when I say this is my all-time favorite movie, and to see you thoroughly enjoy it like you did thrilled me to no end. Thank you for this reaction.

[@Do0msday]

This is one of my dad's all-time favorite movies so I grew up watching it many times. It is most definitely a classic. The cinematography in this movie is amazing and the music is great. This movie has a certain vibe about it that I love. And the chemistry between Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne is *always* phenomenal.

[@davewhitmore1958]

My Dad's too!

[@donallmccrudden4812]

The horse race in the movie was on a beach about a mile from where I live, had a stroll their yesterday evening while it was snowing:)🇮🇪

[@adiarainfoster]

Donovan's Reef and Hatari are two more excellent John Wayne movies along with McLintock (which is more western than the first two). I also liked True Grit, but those first ones are hilarious to see. John Wayne did very well in comedy roles. I do wish he had been in more than he was :D

[@rebeccahowe5558]

If you ever do go to Ireland, you can visit the village of Cong where this was filmed. It still looks the same, practically everything is dedicated to movie.

[@kathyastrom1315]

My brother insisted on us going there when we had a family vacation in 2014, he is such a huge fan of the film. It’s quite nice, but since I hadn’t seen the film before visiting, I am sure it just didn’t resonate as much with me.

[@BolofromAvlis]

John Wayne was a very good actor when he stayed in his lane. Loved him in this as well as his classic westerns like True Grit, Stage Coach, The Searchers and Red River.And Maureen O'Hara. What a beautiful person. Miracle on 34th Street,Mclintok, How Green Was My Valley, and one of my faves, Only the Lonely which also starred the great John Candy ( written by Chris Columbus and directed by John Hughes). I think this was one of Maureen's last films.

[@Rmlohner]

About the whole "sleeping bag" thing: When England conquered the country, they forced English to be the dominant language over the native Irish Gaelic. So when they finally regained their independence in 1921, there were a whole bunch of new things that had been created that the language hadn't been able to incorporate, so they had to just keep on referring to them in English or make new words up.

[@PSB1983]

Nothing to do with the English, or the Irish language, they'd just never heard of a sleeping bag before.

[@sartanawillpay7977]

I think that using the Irish was a way to show the audience that O'Hara and Ward Bond were talking about their lack of marital relations without being explicit. Using "sleeping bag" allowed the audience to know what they were discussing.

[@PSB1983]

No no no, she was embarrassed to say that her husband didn't sleep in the marital bed on their wedding night (and what that normally entails); the priest was mad because Sean had to sleep in a sleeping bag on his wedding night (the priest being a learned man, knew what a sleeping bag was, unlike the other villigers).

[@sartanawillpay7977]

@@PSB1983 She was certainly embarrassed but even a discussion of sleeping arrangements would have risked censorship under the Hayes code.

[@catherinelw9365]

@@sartanawillpay7977 The Code would have allowed it for married couples.

[@oaf-77]

A couple of excellent movies with similar romantic themes are The Rainmaker (1956) and The Big Country' (1958) Some of my favorite John Wayne films are El Dorado (1966), The Searchers (1956) and The Shootest (1976) And his Christmas movies Donovan's Reef (1963) and Three Godfathers (1948)

[@ElliotNesterman]

The game Rev. Playfair was playing is called tiddly-winks. Thus, "Have you tiddled your last wink?" The fellow everyone was cheering at the end was a protestant bishop, Rev. Playfair's superior. You'll recall that Playfair said that he might lose the parish as only two or three people came to Sunday service. So the town, which is overwhelmingly Catholic, lined the streets and cheered the Bishop so he'd think there was a bigger protestant congregation and Rev. Playfair wouldn't lose his parish.

[@alisonrodger3360]

On a motorbike tour round Ireland, swept round a corner and there it was The Quiet Man cottage. Pulled over the bike and got off and did my happy dance The others had no clue what I was on about and thought I'd lost it but I was happy😊. Once sat in John Wayne's seat at the Bafta cinema - I doubt he ever sat it in mind 😁😂

[@iKvetch558]

I think Ashleigh is gonna love this one...even the part about the stick to beat her with. LOL 🤣🤣

[@kellifranklin9872]

I absolutely love this movie and the stick part is always funny to me.

[@jculver1674]

I was kinda bummed we didn't get to see Ashleigh's reaction to that, lol.

[@theblackbear211]

Well, I'm glad you had fun with that... one of my favorite movies... I think that you will find that there are a significant number of recurring cast members in many John Ford films.

[@Rattled76]

The undefeated big Jake and McClintock is must watch from John Wayne

[@hibraisil]

I watched this movie so much I wore out the vhs tape. Her brother was played by Victor McClaglen, who won an Oscar for playing a snitch in The Informant. If you are aiming for Irish stuff, Check out The Boys and Girl from County Clare. It's about an Irish music festival and has a lot of actors you'll recognize.

[@tannonwraith4692]

One of my all time favorites. John Wayne, John Ford and Maureen O'Hara's families all appear in this movie. They went with half a script, called it a movie shoot but was really a three family vacation at the expense of the studio. Great movie! Great choice!

[@jonathanbaker5037]

I was so excited when I heard you were doing the Quiet Man. It is one of my favorite films!

[@frednich9603]

You saw Maureen O'Hara in Miracle on 34th Street. She also costars with John Candy in Only the Lonely. You would love it

[@marybrown6128]

I’m 98% Irish according to Ancestry DNA, my ex father in law was also almost 100% Irish and very proud of it! This was his favorite movie of all time. My name is Mary Katherine but he always called me Mary Kate because of this movie. To everyone else I was just Mary.

[@tomfowler381]

Your comment about everyone staring at him is a tale of an outsider appearing in a very, very old Irish setting. Kind of a stranger in a strange land. When we went to China a few years ago, we were stared at and pointed at constantly. People even requested photos with us. But once we got to know them, they were very warm and wonderful people. I thought about this movie when it all happened, believe it or not. ✌️

[@marthaclanton]

Ford, the director, shot most of his movies on-site. The whole cast and crew were flown to Ireland for the shoot.

[@cutlassken6194]

I hope you keep watching John Wayne movies. There are so many great ones and I think you’d enjoy them.

[@jonrolfson1686]

Another non-western John Wayne comedic-adventure film favorite is 1962’s Hatari!. Not heavy on plot, but lots of animals that are caught, not shot; lots of well timed humor, and a Henry Mancini score including ‘Baby Elephant Walk.

[@markmoral5868]

@@jonrolfson1686 The Searchers.

[@Thunderer0872]

The Black stuff is Guinness an Irish Stout brewed in Dublin Ireland but available across the world worth a try, but don't drink to many as it turns your Pooh Black, the blackness comes from from malted barley and roasted unmalted barley. I'm sure you can get some online or in a Liquor store, or try Amazon place in the refrigerator over night and pour in a pint glass for best results. I am English and even I have it from time to time! Oh be careful with matches, I don't think it works that way anymore with safety matches? Great film John and Maureen are both in 'McClintock' together and that one is a Western also funny.

[@cindyknouff1724]

I absolutely love your laugh and you make me laugh, even though I've seen the movie over 30 times throughout my life. Maureen O'Hara was always one of my favorite actresses along with Greer Garson. Two very beautiful women. My favorite Greer Garson movie is Mrs. Miniver, in which she is just dazzling. Hope you're feeling better.

[@chrisbrass8930]

I've been a huge John Wayne fan for maybe 30 years and seen this movie maybe 10 times. When you said that you didn't know if it was John Wayne that you didn't like or the character he played I was trying to figure out which movie I've seen that would help you decide. Kudos to the patreon viewer who suggested this. He picked wisely. Now maybe we can work together to get you to watch The Cowboys because I'd LOVE to see a first time reaction to that movie

[@bartellender6782]

Watched it about 30yrs ago then bought the DVD and watched it again 4yrs ago. One of my favorite John Wayne movies, and one of my favorite movies from that Era.

[@toddlower5546]

The extra interviews and such on the DVD are just wonderful. A slice of time.

[@stretch4872]

This is one of my favorite John Wayne movies, and he made so many iconic films over his career. He and Maureen O'Hara worked so well together. They were very close friends until his death. A more western themed venture by these two is McClintock. It's an all around fun ride with a hilarious supporting cast. I know you would enjoy it. Also, in response to your earlier comments. 1. I've seen you cry pretty but I greatly respect the fact that when the situation warrants, you'll let go and ugly cry on camera! 2. Red hair in the sunlight is quite striking and has pierced my soul on many occasions. 3. Back in the day, any impersonator who did John Wayne in their act used the word "pilgrim". It was kind of his thing in several films. Hope you continue down this path in the future, westerns made him a star but he made other types as well, such as The Green Berets, The Sands of Iwo Jima, and The Longest Day to name a few. Keep up the good work girl! I hope you get to feeling better soon.

[@sassmacfru]

I also suggest rio grande and McLintock. Also John Wayne did a lot of military movies as well. The green berets is set in Vietnam

[@Qualimar]

Maureen O'Hara was really Irish (though she did become an American citizen). In the 1940s she was known as the 'Queen of Technicolour' because of her vivid red hair and green eyes. She lived to be 95 and died in 2015.

[@Merlin7L]

A couple of neat behind the scenes facts: 1. The scene with Marykate and the children at the Horse Race event were actually John Wayne's real life kids. 2. The ending scene where Marykate whispers something into Sean's ear, she actually said something really dirty into his ear to get his reaction and only Her and John Wayne know what was whispered. They never told anyone else what was said.

[@merkury06]

I love this movie! It wasnt a western or a war movie, so it took years before I finally saw it. Ive seen it a few times now, but I would love to see it at a classic movie theater. Great review!

[@margaretr4869]

This was one of my mom's favorite movies so I have watched this many many times and love it. So glad you enjoyed it.

[@glen1ster]

7:37--the accordion player is Ken Curtis, who later played Festus on Gunsmoke.

[@kevinramsey417]

John Wayne is famous for saying "Pilgrim" but it wasn't like Arnold Schwarzeneggar saying "I'll be back", it wasn't his catchphrase that he worked into every movie. He only used it twice, in Liberty Valance and McClintock. Maureen O'Hara made an entire career out of playing fiery Irish redheads and it fulfills me. Fun Fact: John Wayne is famous for two things: Westerns and War Movies but while Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart and Mel Brooks served their country in World War II, The Duke never served a day of military service due to age (he was 34 when Pearl Harbor was attacked) and Family Deferment.

[@Rmlohner]

The word comes from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, also by John Ford, where he uses it to mock Henry Fonda's pacifism.

[@davidberry4256]

Thanks!

[@thisisscorpio6024]

I guess McLintock! with John, Maureen and Patrick Wayne is next on the Wayneography.

[@RetiredSailor60]

Patrick Wayne was also in Big Jake...

[@sockpuppetworld2622]

The funniest part about this movie, that is based on a short story. He and Maureen O’Hara starred in several movies together. I watched this every St. Patrick’s Day tradition. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. It is considered a classic and directed by John Ford, who is considered one of the greatest directors.

[@robmcdonald6808]

I love John Wayne movies. In my opinion he had great comedic delivery with lines in his movies. There’s a few different movies that he just cracks me up in

[@Britcarjunkie]

Ever see the video clip of him wearing a Easter Bunny outfit?

[@robmcdonald6808]

@@Britcarjunkie sadly no. I’m going to have to look that up. Thanks

[@Britcarjunkie]

@@robmcdonald6808 It was a episode of "Laugh-In". Pretty funny.

[@robmcdonald6808]

@@Britcarjunkie thanks again I appreciate it

[@robmcdonald6808]

@@Britcarjunkie I just watched it lmao. Loved it

[@JR-bj3uf]

I want to say something about the length of the film and what we, today, might see as wasted footage on wide shots or scenic vistas. Back in those days, before color TV you went to the movies not only for the story, or the music but for the chance to travel. These scenes are big and cinematic. They seem to take forever but I am sure the audiences loved it. Think of these movies as tourist destinations. This is a feature of many early films from the 1950s.

[@hawkthorn33]

What a great movie! Some of it does not age well, but the movie is 100% a classic. Looking forward to watching you watch this.

[@RealTechZen]

History doesn't age well. That's why we learn from it, so we don't repeat it.

[@vapoet]

@@RealTechZen Well put.

[@jeffsherk7056]

Ashleigh, I just love all your questions. I pretty much drink dark beer when I drink beer at all. Dark beer can be made dark all sorts of ways, from roasting the barley as you would for roasting coffee beans, to adding dark ingredients like chocolate, coffee, or (I think) molasses. So far, I make mead at home. I haven't yet made my own beer. Dark beer can be an ale, a porter, or a stout.

[@tadanott300]

I love this movie. ❤️. I'm sort of embarrassed by how many times I've watched this.

[@alanholck7995]

27:33 'Is that a tractor?' Sort of - it is a steam tractor, not used to pull plow, but to power thrashing machine or other harvesting equipment. My grandfather had part ownership in one, they took it to festivals, fairs, etc. Was fun to watch as all kinds of spinning wheels, gears, pistons, steam valves, etc.

[@rafaucett]

A great movie and reaction! Thanks for watching this one, Ashleigh. Lots of fun. 😀 You definitely need to watch John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in the western *"McClintock"* (1963). It also stars Yvonne DeCarlo. BTW, according to Wiki, the film is in the public domain because the copyright was not renewed.

[@Amanda-gg6kz]

I'm so very glad that you were able to watch this one! I had figured that you would like John Wayne better in this one, than in LIberty Valance. In regards to him calling Jimmy Stewart's character "pilgrim" all the time, you could accurately say that he was mocking him by saying that. In most of his other Westerns, he does not say "pilgrim" to the same extent. If you want to try another Western of his, there are so many to choose from, but I think you would prefer a John Ford movie (The Quiet Man is also by John Ford) and two of the most iconic are StageCoach, which is what shot John Wayne to stardom, or The Searchers, done several years later, and is considered one of the greatest Westerns ever made. Another role of his that is a personal fan favorite of many, is True Grit, and that one is really good too. John Wayne also made several other movies outside of the Western genre, and my personal favorites are The High and the Mighty, and Island In The Sky, they're both about airplanes. I highly suggest you keep going with John Wayne movies, and that you have fun with them!

[@kevinellis8017]

I watch this every St. Patrick's Day since I was a kid. Such a great film that I'm glad people are watching around the holiday even though it has nothing to do with St. Pattys day. Utterly great film. It's a little bit of a bummer she's missing a ton of little nuances, meanings, and symbolisms. But hey, if this becomes her new St. Ptraicks Day tradition, she'll love it more and more with each viewing. I'm curious if Ashleigh will review Darby O'Gill and the Little People to continue the Holiday theme.

[@jasonpsilopoulos1985]

This is my absolute favorite movie. I'm glad to have seen you react to it. As to the length, the movie was originally much longer. But the studio wanted it to be 2 hours and no longer. John Ford cut as much as he could, but the movie was still long. So when he screened it for the execs, he had them in the palm of his hand, loving it. When the fight was about to begin, the projector cut off and the lights came up. He shrugged and said, "I couldn't figure out what else to cut, so I figured I'd just end it there." The studio relented and the movie came out at two hours and nine minutes. McClintock!, Chisum, El Dorado, The Sons of Katie Elder, Big Jake and Donavan's Reef, should be on your radar for John Wayn films next.

[@marieoleary527]

He only says Pilgrim in TMWSLV. If you want to see more of Maureen O’Hara in an “Irish” role: The Long Grey Line, I think you might like it. She is also very Good in one of my favorite movies (next to, To Kill A Mockingbird): How Green Was My Valley, which is about a Welsh mining family. I can not watch this film without crying. I am glad you enjoyed The Quiet Man and hope you can curl up on the sofa with your hubby on St. Patrick’s Day to watch it, with maybe a glass of stout, or some Bailey’s Irish Cream. Early Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!👒🍀🍀🍀💚

[@joerogers9413]

Long Grey Line is an underrated movie. Definitely worth a watch.

[@kyraeuswulf5091]

Nope, he says pilgrim in some others, like McClintock 'I haven't lost my temper in forty years, but pilgrim you caused a lot of trouble this morning, might have got somebody killed... and somebody oughta belt you in the mouth.'

[@nancyomalley6286]

That horse is trained to automatically stop at all the pubs!