Maine Irish Heritage Center presents JOHN & FRANCIS FORD FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT - STATE THEATRE, PORTLAND -Opening Reception -Welcome remarks by Dan Ford and Joseph McBride -Award winner of MFA/PMA Silent Film Contest -Premiere of When The Tables Turned (1911), starring Francis Ford. Newly restored from a 35 mm original in the archives of the EYE Film Institute Nederland. Introduction by Kathryn Fuller-Seeley -Screening of Wagon Master (1950) directed by John Ford, starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr., and Ward Bond fordfilmfestival.com