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December 6, 2012

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Ford, John

People (non-government), SocietyBy JimDecember 6, 2012Leave a comment
Sculpture of Film Director John Ford in Portland

(1894-1973) an Academy Award winning motion picture director, was born in Portland in an area now part of Cape Elizabeth.  His family moved back to Portland where he grew up on Munjoy Hill. Ford was born John Martin Feeney to a poor Irish family, changing his name to Ford in 1923 when he was in…

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