All the photos on these pages are from the book A Quiet-Man Miscellany
Which way to turn? Sean Thornton arrives in Castletown.
Meta Sterne with Duke Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, all suitably dressed for the extremes of the Irish weather.
The white hat says it must be Meta. Here she tells Michaeleen what he has to do, while Ward Bond and Eddie O'Fearna look on.
A smiling Meta takes time out in Connemara with John Ford and Maureen O'Hara.
Maureen O'Hara seems exhausted on set but Meta Sterne is still upright and full of energy.
Ford in the directors chair filming at Ashford farm.
Ford directs Wayne and O'Hara in Ashford deer park.
A superb shot of the filming in the grounds of Ashford Castle. The Oscar winning Archie Stout views Maureen O'Hara through the lens. This is the stark reality of movie making.
Barry Fitzgerald and Duke Wayne get to know each other outside Ballyglunin station. This nice shot did not make the final cut.
Michaeleen learns his lines in a pose so natural that one wonders if it was staged for the camera.
