geronimo ( 1939 film )
paramount' s 1939 western geronimo... a forgotten movie with a giant legacy .
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ask anybody who knows anything about film what cinema' s finest year was and most will tell you 1939. that year saw
, he works with the whites to quell the rebellious geronimo. in turn, the 15 - episode film serial
a 1939 western named geronimo, the inspiration it gave a us army paratrooper, and the formation of a us army paratrooper tradition were events that combined to transform a character in a now - forgotten movie into a household word. this is the story of the relationship between the 1939 paramount movie, the wwii paratroopers, and the motivational yell ,
geronimo
.
down from heaven comes eleven and there' s hell to pay below shout
geronimo
geronimo
. hit the silk and check your canopy and take a look around the air is full of troopers set for battle on the ground till we join the stick of angels killed on leyte and luzon shout
geronimo
geronimo
. it' s a gory road to glory but we' re ready here we go shout
geronimo
geronimo
.
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the appeal of geronimo, however, was to survive. in fact, he would be portrayed in more hollywood oaters than any other american indian, including crazy horse and sitting bull! true west presents a pictorial of geronimo filmography in both tv and movies, starting with 1939’s stagecoach and 1940’s geronimo! (the source of our title art) into the 1990s, when geronimo seemingly went into retirement. yet his powerful legend is unlikely to rest forever. he is merely waiting for another role to be offered .
a simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that geronimo is on the warpath in the area .
gives the apache his day in court, casting for the film was another matter. as geronimo, chuck connors, the former baseball professional - turned - lucas mccain on the popular
. even though the 1955 - 75 cbs western that inspired the made - for - tv film has fallen out of favor by 1990, geronimo is a recognizable name to viewers .
cast john wayne as the star of a western film directed by john ford .
[ note: by 1939, the western genre had fallen out of favor, but stagecoach helped reinvent the genre, providing for its rebirth. it must be remembered however, that 1939 also saw the release of other blockbuster westerns including union pacific, dodge city, the oklahoma kid, ford' s own technicolor drums along the mohawk, destry rides again and jesse james. ]
stagecoach (1939) is a classic western from film auteur john ford. this film - his first sound western - was a return to his most - acclaimed film genre after a thirteen year absence following fox' s three bad men (1926) (and the iron horse (1924) ). in the meantime, he had produced the superb, oscar - winning drama about irish republicanism, rko' s the informer (1935) .
this western film was based on the novel of the same name by harold bell wright .
the shootist is last western of john wayne movies. an era ended with this film .
john langellier has served as a film and tv consultant, most notably for geronimo: an american legend. his most recent book is southern arizona military outposts, which will be released in early 2011 by arcadia publishing .
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above - victor daniels / chief thunder cloud portrayed the famous apache chief geronimo in the 1939 paramount film and is shown prominently in the left side of this lobby card. star preston foster is in the small photo at the bottom left. the photo inset shows from left to right: andy devine, charlie stevens, william' bill' henry, addison richards, two unidentified players, ellen drew, ralph morgan (facing the crowd) and preston foster .
to celebrate the relationship of paratroopers to the geronimo cry. (the number eleven comes from the number of paratroopers in a plane. )
remains a staple for film fans. in this classic, set against the stunning background of monument valley, ford casts chief white horse as geronimo and paints him as the leader of a menacing band of savages stalking the stage to lordsburg, new mexico (see above french promotion of the film). at the last moment, geronimo’s war party is kept from carrying out rape and murder. with bugles blaring and a guidon snapping in the breeze, the cavalry rides to the rescue just in time .
, allows jay silverheels to reprise his role as geronimo in the former film, and features chief yowlachie, another of the old - time stable of bit indian players, as the chief in the latter picture. jeff chandler makes a comeback as cochise for
to assume the mantle of geronimo (notice how he’s standing on a pile of dirt to boost his height !). indian uprising is little more than a remake of the far better known 1948 ford film. in fact, the same outpost used in
pits clayton moore—who has not yet donned the black mask of his “hi ho silver” - proclaiming alter ego—against a bellicose upstart claiming to be geronimo’s offspring .
: a story of redemption
, and the film' s half - hour 1946 academy award theater radio adaptation .
the late cinema historian william k. everson once wrote an article titled
movies out of thin air
, referring to films that were comprised almost exclusively of stock footage from earlier productions. a prime example of this sort of patchwork entertainment is the 1939 paramount production
the searchers is also placed 12th on the american film institute’s 2007 list of the top 100 greatest movies of all time .
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during the 1950s, geronimo makes several more cameos. he is ably, although briefly, represented by monte blue opposite burt lancaster in the 1954 united artists release
pure fiction story of the battles with geronimo (1939). focuses equally on the dysfunctional relationship between the general and his newly arrived son. most of this leaves something to be desired, but at least andy devine was there giving it a few laughs. gene lockhart' s big moment wasn' t bad either. i' m still wondering why preston foster was there getting top billing. felt such an unnecessary addition to it all .
in 1889, novelist edward ellis’s on the trail of geronimo was one of the first of more than 150 fictional titles to treat the people commonly referred to today as the apache .
in this film - actually a morality play, each of the characters are representative, archetypal character types, divided initially between respectable and disrespectable social outcasts. however by film' s end, the disreputable members of society prove to be the most noble, virtuous, and selfless .
the film starts out rather tepidly with murky development of its characters (not so on repeated viewings); it is hard to tell where the film is headed for. once past the quarter mark, it gathers steam and the characters become well - accommodated to the story’s needs .
in 1956, geronimo is once again portrayed by jay silverheels, who opposes the noble but tough indian agent john clum (audie murphy). the two men face off with knives in
, which though advertised and distributed as an
a
picture was largely and economically cobbled together from existing film vignettes. essentially a western remake of
the structure of the film is very formal, divided neatly into eight episodes (four scenes of action alternating with four scenes of character interaction) .
thrill to the heart - thudding courage of a boy and a girl who risked their very lives for their love... who dared the ruthless wrath of the war - mad demon, geronimo !
. for the third time, audiences are served up pale - skinned jeff chandler as cochise, but a new face stands in for geronimo—ian macdonald’s; macdonald is no less inaccurately cast than his costar .
won 2 oscars - best supporting actor, original score. nom. for 5 oscars - best picture, director, cinematography, film editing, art direction .
' s original 3½ - minute theatrical trailer unexpectedly opens with talk of aviation and other modern transportation, segueing into the yesteryear streamline in which the film is set .
, the first installment of john ford’s so - called cavalry trilogy. this 1948 release includes cochise as an honorable, formidable foe respected by capt. kirby york (john wayne) but seen as a barbarian by the cavalry commander, martinet lt. col. owen thursday (henry fonda). at a peace conference, cochise (miguel inclan) is joined by an uncredited extra from the navajo nation who is introduced as geronimo. in the typical formula of the era, geronimo peers stoically at the whites without uttering a word. inclan is shown here, at far left, with three of his headmen, including geronimo to his left .
the army' s effort to capture apache chief geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud between two officers - - who are father and son .
named one of the “25 festivals worth the entry fee” by moviemaker magazine and named one of the “20 best festivals for new and emerging filmmakers. ” pbs included bare bones as one of the top 20 documentary festivals. the bare bones film festival experience has long been touted as the “friendliest film festival” by the many filmmakers who return year after year .
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( see french film poster above), fails to achieve the fame of broken arrow, but it does manage to resurrect chief thundercloud as the ill - fated apache nemesis. in this potboiler, a u. s. army officer (james ellison) takes on geronimo in a hand - to - hand duel to the death. the officer’s victory brings peace and the premature demise of his opponent .
this revolutionary, influential film - a story of redemption - is considered a landmark quintessential film that elevated westerns from cheaply - made, low - grade, saturday matinee
b
films to a serious adult genre - one with greater sophistication, richer western archetypes and themes, in - depth and complex characterizations, and greater profitability and popularity as well .
almost a dozen years has passed before the cinematic geronimo (joaquin martinez) once more resists gen. nelson miles (hugh o’brien), as well as crosses paths with the fictional marshal of dodge city, matt dillon, in 1990’s
l' effort de l' armée pour capturer le chef apache geronimo, qui dirige une bande de guerriers sur un saccage de raids et de meurtres, est entravée par une querelle entre deux officiers - qui sont père et fils .
ford' s reputation was elevated considerably by this film - it was nominated for seven academy awards, including best picture, best director, best black and white cinematography, best interior decoration, and best film editing, and won two awards for best supporting actor (thomas mitchell) and best score (for its compilation of 17 american folk tunes of the 1880s) .
in 2007, the man who shot liberty valance was selected for preservation in the united states national film registry by the library of congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” .
boone: we' re all gonna be scalped, gatewood. massacred in one fell swoop. that' s why the soldiers are with us. gatewood: (to lucy) he' s joking, of course. peacock: oh no he' s not. oh dear no. i wish he were. boone: it' s that old apache butcher geronimo. geronimo - nice name for a butcher. he' s jumped the reservation - on the warpath. gatewood (distressed): geronimo? well why weren' t the passengers notified? why wasn' t i told? boone: we were told, gatewood. weren' t you told when you got that message from lordsburg? gatewood (covering up): oh yes, yes, yes. of course. i forgot .
is an early masterpiece by ford whose body of work is well - respected by his peers, even influencing greats like japanese legend akira kurosawa. this is, without question, a great film by a great director .
, geronimo (played by john war eagle) besieges a lonely frontier fort held by union forces. the surrounded garrison’s fate rests in the hands of noble confederates led by a gentlemanly commanding officer, who, off the screen, will become the 40th president of the united states—ronald reagan .
, j. t. allen’s script begins with the tragic killing of goyahkla’s family when he is a young man and then continues to chart the twists and turns of his life as geronimo throughout his days as a prisoner of war. the storyline, while far from completely factual, nonetheless provides better historical insights than that of any previous fictional rendering. joseph runningfox’s version of gerinomo (shown above) reaches audiences before wes studi’s portrayal (see last slide), since the tv version is released in advance of the feature film .
director peter bogdanovich (14: 15) sings the praises of the film and its methods, with aptly - timed clips complimenting his reflections. he also shares his remembrances of ford, whom he tailed and biographied in the 1960s .
it is claimed that private aubrey eberhardt of the us army' s parachute test corps at fort benning, georgia, began the practice of u. s. army paratroopers yelling
geronimo !
upon exiting the airplane after he and his comrades had seen this movie the night before an important test jump in 1940 .
a telegraph message is transmitted from nearby lordsburg, but then the line goes dead - the wires have been cut. the only word in the message that is received is
geronimo .
there is evidence of indian trouble near lordsburg - apache warriors are on the warpath against white pioneers near the arizona border with mexico .
abc series, resists white incursion with the greatest resolve. that element of the script is one of the few aspects of the story that bears any resemblance to reality, as connors (shown above, center) is anything but the embodiment of the apache chief. once again, geronimo’s true story gives way to hollywood hype .
from 1933 to 1950, the duke starred in 54 films i. e. in a span of 17 years, average 3 films a year. during this time span, john wayne acted in at least one western film each year (except 1946) .
his pioneer effort did not go unnoticed. realizing that the topic had box office appeal, moviemakers went to work. as early as 1912, the cameras rolled for geronimo’s last raid. regrettably this nitrate silent, which was produced just three years after the death of its main character at oklahoma’s fort sill, disintegrated and is lost forever .
some of film’s most beautiful scenes involve the rugged motion of the stagecoach as it is pulled by tireless horses across uneven terrain. its mere frailty against a hostile landscape is marvellously photographed in black - and - white, even seemingly taking a life of its own .
the group is destined for a town called lordsburg, which is problematic because that requires going through apache country, where geronimo and company are rumored to be on the warpath. the stagecoach is escorted by soldiers only part of the way; the rest of the trip, they' re on their own, a fact observed with caution and concern .
, the 1937 short story by ernest haycox on which the film is based. descriptive, brief, and only loosely adapted, it' s obviously worth a read. the booklet closes with a technical explanation of the transfer and its unfixed defects, followed by dvd credits and acknowledgements .
the stagecoach tells the story of a trip which is spiced up by the fact that geronimo geronimo and his apaches are on the warpath in the area. there are well written characters in this star - studded ride. a convict john wayne, drunk doctor thomas mitchell (in a oscar - winning role), scorned prostitute claire trevor, polished gambler john carradine, pregnant teenager louise platt, a banker who has stolen his client’s money, whiskey salesman donald meek, lawman george bancroft and driver andy devine. shot in utah’s monument valley stagecoach tells a story never told before in western cinema. it outmoded the westerns came before and it set a benchmark for all which followed. watch this western movie and see what made john wayne the ‘duke’ !
j / w starred in 176 films over a span of 50 years. i am currently looking for 16, but sadly a for a few of them there are no known copies. the john wayne film society is a great source for information. membership opens up to a lot more films. .
this colorful, staple - bound 32 - pager lists chapters and cast & key crew before giving us two solid reads. first is david cairns' 5 - page essay
taking the stage
, a lofty dissection of the film and its context. perhaps more exciting is what' s next ,
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for the first three - quarters, the film is a light, character - driven ensemble drama. with the distinct personalities established quickly and effectively, we' re able to tag along and observe. with the threat of indian savagery looming, two unlikely couples seem to form between ladylike anna and her protector hatfield
though the spontaneity of extemporization is missed, well - spoken kitses provides something far better as he calls attention to interesting background information, character nuances, and technical aspects. sure, it' s a little pretentious, but also quite accessible and engaging. the film' s soundtrack rises during kitses' highly rare pauses .
through the majestic rock formations of monument valley, the stagecoach is followed by the cavalry troops riding guard, while curley and buck converse in a two - shot on the driver' s seat (as they often do in the film). dense and poor, buck comically complains about his domestic situation with his distinctively squeaky voice :
true to its original design, the film is presented in a single - channel monaural soundtrack. the elements are clearly dated and the mix never shakes a slight hum and hiss. while i consider this audio acceptable, the included subtitle track is sometimes useful (sadly, criterion has yet to extend this luxury to bonus features) .
is proud to contain one of the most stunning action sequences ever captured on film - the apache attack. featuring death - defying stuntwork, and superlative camerawork and editing, it is incredible in its execution and is probably the reason ford earned his second oscar nomination for best director. it has also inspired a similar sequence in steven spielberg’s
, which would be wayne' s star - making film, was john ford' s first sound western. ford had directed plenty of silent westerns (few of which survive today), but in his first ten years of talkies, he had made war dramas, seafaring adventures, a shirley temple movie, and mistaken - identity comedies .
provides all of these staples, but saves most of its action for the final act, which culminates with a hotly - anticipated vengeance shootout that pits ringo against troublemaker luke plummer and his two brothers. there isn' t a gun fired until the film' s final 25 minutes, when an extended scene excitingly offers little more than that .
does little better in its depiction of geronimo, who is played by an unlikely tom tyler (above, at left), a minor b - western cowboy - turned - apache for this less - than - memorable movie. in an even more unusual twist for casting, tyler appears opposite lucille ball and james craig (above, at right) in this tale of an undercover government agent bent on bringing a stereotypical dishonest indian agent to justice .
is widely considered the best western of its time and the times leading up to it, but you needn' t have a soft spot for that passé genre to appreciate this. feeling like a perilous, much more confined grand hotel on wheels, this is a very good movie made in an era when the american film industry had no shortage of very good movies. while
this film debuted john ford' s favorite setting - the majestic monument valley of the southwest - the first of seven films he made in the famed western valley, followed by my darling clementine (1946), fort apache (1948), she wore a yellow ribbon (1949), the searchers (1956), sergeant rutledge (1960), and cheyenne autumn (1964) .
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disc one contains just two bonus features. first and more substantial is an audio commentary by film historian / professor and western scholar jim kitses. evidently reading from a script, kitses is more rehearsed, calculated, and scholarly than most commentators. despite this approach, he stills spends much of the time remarking about what' s on screen (i can only imagine the kind of preparation this required) .
' s more modest modern - day accolades include placement on two of the american film institute' s lists; ranking 63rd on 1998' s original
100 years... 100 movies
countdown (it was among the number of films that dropped off in the afi' s 2007 tally) and coming in ninth among ten western films in 2008' s genre - based
10 top 10
( sadly and seemingly the end of the yearly afi list summer tradition) .
i am trying to find a movie. john wayne a widow her boy. there is a yellow house if i remember correctly john wayne was sick in this film. he tells the little boy he is going to spank himin the wood shed. i dont remember the whole plot its been almost 16 years since i watched it. but it use to be my and my grandfathers movie and i really want a copy of it does anyone know what i am talking about and it is not the shootist i just watched that
the criterion collection' s recent dvd lives up to the studio' s high standards. the feature presentation exhibits more flaws than desirable, but it' s still more than sufficient. meanwhile, the loads of bonus features cover almost every inch of interest related to the film and its director. (john wayne fans may wish the star was given more notice here .) the solid audio commentary and the revealing 72 - minute interview with ford are most winning, but all of criterion' s usual nice touches are appreciated as always .
, is as familiar to paratroopers today as it was in wwii. it is a dramatic and lively tune that never lost its appeal over the years. it is almost impossible to attend a major ceremony in the 82nd airborne division at fort bragg without hearing this staple of war - era music fill the air. so well - loved is this song that even troopers who are not so musically inclined find themselves drawn into singing along! in the civilian world, remnants of the confidence - inspiring yell remain. they can still be seen in the actions of that kid jumping from the death - defying height of the top bunk and yelling what he thinks might be his last word ,
geronimo
.
when doc explains that he is leaving town permanently, the bartender acquiesces and provides him with a free drink :
just this one .
the only other person in the bar is another passenger from the coach, mr. samuel peacock (donald meek), a timid, solemn whiskey drummer (salesman). [ peacock is continually mistaken for a clergyman, and called by incorrect names throughout the film - hancock and haycock. ] the three characters - the bartender, doc, and peacock - form a triangle, with peacock at its apex in the background .
the credit titles are presented with a woodblock style typeface. following the credits but before the main story, a short prologue presents the perilous atmosphere. two couriers (one a cheyenne indian) gallop on horseback to a military / cavalry outpost, going past where a flag is being raised. faintly in the background ,
i dream of jeannie with the light brown hair
is heard on the soundtrack. they report to a captain and lieutenant (tim holt) that apaches
have burnt every ranch building in sight
and
are being stirred up by geronimo .
the captain is assured that the passive - faced indian scout (chief big tree) isn' t lying :
naw, he' s a cheyenne. they hate apaches worse than we do .
the next day he fulfilled his promise. eberhardt' s fellow paratroopers heard the word ,
geronimo
repeatedly fill the air from the moment he jumped out until his feet touched the ground! others in the platoon picked up on the idea in their subsequent parachute jumps and the beginnings of a tradition formed in the skies above lawson army airfield as more of the platoon mimicked private eberhardt' s bold, mid - air yell. had an indian warrior' s name ever before been used in such an adrenaline - filled situation? in all probability this idea was born in the mind of none other than a us army private, with his only help being a mountain of paratrooper confidence and the inspiring chief thunder cloud on the screen of the fort benning' s main post theatre .
set in the wake of the civil war, this film lets us travel west from arizona territory to new mexico. the titular vehicle gathers a diverse lot of strangers from various walks of life. our initial point of entry is lucy mallory (louise platt), a quiet soldier' s wife intending to meet her husband. she is joined by two people driven out of town by the women' s league of law and order: broke, ever - drunken doctor boone (thomas mitchell) and dallas (top - billed claire trevor), a woman of ill repute. also present are mr. peacock (
( 27: 09). this premiere installment of the film - adapting nbc radio series
screen director' s playhouse
has john wayne and claire trevor aurally reprising their roles, with ward bond playing doc boone and john ford introducing the performance. it stays close to the movie, only heavily condensing it for a half - hour of airtime. while it can be heard on a standard dvd player, the program is better enjoyed via the eight transferable mp3 files criterion has included for dvd - rom use (which have the fast - forwarding, rewinding, and pausing capabilities the dvd' s playback lacks) .
i have no doubt that this is the superior dvd release of the film, but don' t get rid of warner' s special edition if you have it and appreciate its many exclusive bonus features. if you' re blu - ray - equipped but selective with your premium purchases, you might like to know that the identically - priced single - disc blu - ray is actually now selling for a dollar and a half less than the dvd at amazon. whichever format you opt for, criterion' s release garners a recommendation for anyone fond of ford, wayne, or the golden age of hollywood at large .
( 54: 24). one of ford' s earliest works, this comedy western tells of a love triangle, as a simple wyoming rancher (played by harry carey, sr .) tries to regain the girl (molly malone) he lost to a mustachioed horse inspector from new york city (vester pegg). a copy of the film, long feared lost, was discovered in 2002 and restored. that explains why, alternating between gold and green tinting, it looks and sounds fresh with new intertitles and piano score. unfortunately, it did very little for me on any level, beyond reminding me that a lot of silent films are really boring by today' s standards .
so this movie doesn’t stand tall only due to its mass popularity, it also has got official accolades to corroborate its significance among classic western movies. the movie opens on a funeral. the funeral of tom doniphan (john wayne). a u. s. senator (ransom stoddard - james stewart) and his wife have come back to the small town of shinbone to attend this funeral, in an unnamed western state. the senator explains a newsman why he has come to bury an apparent nobody. he narrates the whole story and the film unfolds in flashback. fold by fold movie reveals the secret behind the man once who shot a feared outlaw liberty valance. a must watch from john wayne movies collection !
buck inquires about his regular
shotgun guard
in the sheriff' s office, learning that he is
out with a posse... trying to catch the ringo kid
who probably
busted out
of the penitentiary and is
aimin' to get even with them plummer boys
whose testimony sent him there. [ to be introduced later in the film, ringo kid was jailed for defending his family - father and brother - against the plummers. he escaped with intentions to avenge their deaths by killing the no - good plummers. ] interested in pursuing both ringo and luke plummer in lordsburg, tonto' s marshal, burly curley wilcox (george bancroft) volunteers to
ride shotgun
with buck and prevent an expected confrontation with the ringo kid .
john wayne plays ethan edwards an ex - army veteran, who returns from the civil war to find out that the texas ranch of his brother is destroyed and his family is massacred by comanche raid under chief scar. he comes to know that indians have taken away his niece debbie. ethan starts a years - long search for his niece along with his half indian nephew martin. finally they find debbie but she has been a converted to an indian. martin begins to suspect that his uncle’s hatred for the indians is beginning to take over onto his indian - turned niece. he becomes uncertain whether ethan plans to rescue or to kill her. in 1989, the united states national film registry’s first year of selecting films for preservation, the searchers was one of the twenty - five films to be deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” .
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, private aubrey eberhardt was the biggest paratrooper of the platoon and growing up on a georgia farm during the depression made him as tough as he was big. the 24 year old was used to hard work in the hot georgia sun but the training regimen and parachute jumps taxed his mind and body as much as it did the other 49 men .
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the red raider roars into battle... with 10, 000 yelling indians at his back !
. lancaster, as massai, is shipped to florida with blue, but his character escapes to return to his arizona homeland, only to be pursued relentlessly by john mcintire as chief of scouts al sieber .
. silverheels, who will later be recognized in households across the country as the lone ranger’s faithful indian companion tonto, is the epitome of the “bad indian” cinematic cliché. he refuses to accept the road of peace and civilization offered by the encroaching whites. conversely, chandler is the quintessential “good indian” who sees the wisdom of coexistence and cooperation. in the photo, chandlers is seated to the left of james stewart, who plays indian agent tom jeffords .
, as it will do in many subsequent movies and tv shows. inclan is shown here opposite george montgomery, who plays a fictional cavalry officer .
( shown here, with murphy at left and silverheels at far left). not surprisingly, the heroic white emerges triumphant .
, columbia’s 1993 rambling release is less faithful to fact. directed by walter hill ,
concentrates on the 1880s, when nearly 20 percent of the u. s. army’s combat forces takes to the field against the apache chief and his handful of followers. wes studi, who previously was the diabolical heavy in both
, rides in to san carlos (at center) with lt. charles gatewood (at left, played by jason patric) in the photo. two distinguishing aspects of this sprawling homage to the cavalry - versus - indian genre are the casting of indians in all the major roles and the use of the apache language by the principals, with english subtitles. many of the details, such as clothing, firearms and the like, are authentic, but, in the end, this blood and thunder epic is not a history lesson—rather, it entertains instead of educates .
. stock actor chief thundercloud (right, shown at center) does the honors, albeit receiving only minor billing. in one of the earliest known surviving films to feature the apache leader, chief thundercloud’s visage as an angry enemy seeking to kill all “white eyes” never waivers. according to a
review, thundercloud’s lines consist of a “vocabulary of one grunt and a historic repertoire of two expressions: grim and very grim. ”
john langellier received his phd in military history from kansas state university. after a 45 - year career in public history, he retired in tucson, arizona, in 2015. he is the author of dozens of books, including fighting for uncle sam: blacks in the frontier army, due out in early 2016 .
dan piraro grew up wanting to look indian and ended up paying homage to them with his humor .
for decades, moviemakers used centerfire, metallic - cased cartridge guns with dummy flintlocks to emulate the real thing .
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this ford western paved the way for all his other memorable westerns, including my darling clementine (1946), his
cavalry
trilogy, the searchers (1956), and the man who shot liberty valance (1962). an inferior, technicolor remake was attempted by gordon douglas in the 60s, stagecoach (1966) with bing crosby, ann - margret, robert cummings, stefanie powers, and red buttons .
they act out in their relationships their representative social types. in stagecoach, nine passengers during a stagecoach journey are placed together in a position of danger, one in which their true characters are tested and revealed. major social issues and themes (sexual and social prejudice, alcoholism, childbirth, greed, shame, redemption and revenge) are closely mixed together into an exciting adventure story .
the main locale is the southwest of the 1880s in the little town of tonto, arizona, where the characters are carefully introduced. (eventually, there will be six stagecoach passengers accompanied by three others - the driver, the shotgun assistant, and an escaped prisoner who joins the group on the trail. )
in the town' s miners' & cattlemens' bank (with capital of $ 50, 000 and assets of $ 250, 000 proudly displayed on the front door window), pompous, self - important banker henry gatewood (berton churchill) accepts the $ 50, 000 wells fargo payroll delivery from the coach lines, declaring :
what' s good for the banks is good for the country .
a closeup of gatewood' s snarling face is seen with the shadow of a cross behind him like a curse .
is this the face that wrecked a thousand ships and burnt the towerless tops of ilium? (he gestures with a farewell kiss) farewell .
dallas complains to the bibulous and disreputable doc about their shared predicament of being victims of a disease called
social prejudice .
they are escorted / railroaded out of town by decent, self - righteous citizens :
dallas: haven' t i any right to live? what have i done? boone: we' re the victims of a foul disease called social prejudice, my child. these dear ladies of the law and order league are scouring out the dregs of the town. come on. be a proud, glorified dreg like me .
boone offers his arm to his banished companion dallas, invoking thoughts of the french revolution :
take my arm, madame la comtesse. the tumbril awaits. to the guillotine !
they walk arm in arm to the local saloon where dr. boone enters and asks jerry (jack pennick) the bartender for one last drink :
boone: jerry, i' ll admit as one man to another that economically, i haven' t been of much value to you. suppose you could put one on credit? jerry: if talk was money doc, you' d be the best customer i' ve got .
the intoxicated doctor moves over to the salesman after learning his profession, falsely pretending friendship by putting his arm on his shoulder. he is keenly interested in the ample supply of whiskey samples from the man' s small case. in the bank, gatewood speaks to his shrewish, domineering wife (brenda fowler) who demands five dollars to pay the butcher - she informs him of her invitation for lunch with the ladies of the law and order league. presumably, this is the last straw - mr. gatewood places the wells fargo payroll in a leather bag and prepares to take flight with the embezzled funds .
a southern gambler with superficial eastern sensibilities, hatfield' s main purpose is to strictly guard mrs. mallory' s virtue. soon after, when they are close to the outskirts of town, a sixth passenger - banker mr. gatewood flags down the coach and boards, carrying a small bag in which he absconds the funds. as he boards, he makes a questionable statement :
buck: goin' to lordsburg? gatewood: that' s right. just got a telegram. i stopped to pack this bag .
i just took this job ten years ago so i can make enough money to marry my mexican girl julietta. i' ve been workin' hard at it ever since... my wife' s got more relatives than anyone you ever did see. i bet i' m feedin' half the state of chihuahua... and what do i get to eat when i get home in lordsburg. nothing but frijoles beans. that' s all. nothin' but beans, beans, beans .
inside the coach, doc boone takes advantage of more of peacock' s samples. boone also explains to gatewood why they are being escorted by troops :
both doc boone and curley are suspicious and mystified by gatewood' s assertion that he had received a telegraph message from lordsburg, knowing that the lines have been cut :
i can' t figure out how he got that message... he said he got a message. the telegraph line ain' t workin' .
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john wayne, known for his western films, died on june 11 1979 aged 72, made 162 feature films, was one of the 20th - century’s biggest hollywood stars .
are you a john wayne fan? then glance through all ‘western films de john wayne’. movies duke did throughout his career contain a diverse genre range i. e. war, romance, drama, sports. i tried to enlist only westerns here. because we are on a western movies website, right ?
presented is the complete list of john wayne western movies (excluding his tv serials and documentaries) .
if you are a duke fan then clearly there will be many films among the john wayne movies that you have already seen, perhaps dozens of times .
newly acquainted with john wayne movies? then it is advisable to start from the bottom of the john wayne movies list. i mean his latest ones. you may not have a hardcore fan’s nerve to watch duke’s earlier movies .
the great k & a train robbery (1926) this is first known western movie he acted in (he was an uncredited extra though). tom mix was the main star of the movie and performed his all stunts himself. a must watch for old western movie freaks .
marion robert morrison of winterset, iowa not only gets promoted from a help - boy to the first leading role of his movie career…. but also he gets his new name from director raoul walsh …john wayne! !
and an era of john wayne movies begins. although the movie didn’t do well on box - office, our 23 year old john gives a nice performance and finds his way into small budget western movies and serials. it would be another 9 years till his star - making stagecoach will happen .
two fisted law (1932) john wayne plays a rancher who is having hard times. he is about to lose his ranch, his girlfriend and everything he has. then a robbery happens in the town and john wayne ‘the duke’ is the prime suspect. in a situation like this only ‘two fisted law’ can help .
the man from monterey (1933) riders of destiny (1933) wayne plays a secret agent sent on a mission to help poor ranchers who are threatened by a gang of goons and their water supply is endangered. duke is playing secret agent but don’t expect a 007 out of him. that was too early for him .
texas terror (1935) after holding himself responsible for the killing of his best buddy, a sheriff quits from his job. with a guilty self he starts living a secluded life in the high country. he comes back when his deceased friend’s daughter hires him as a ranch foreman. eventually the two fall in love but story writer of movie played a wicked game and made the woman hear about the foreman’s involvement in her father’s death .
although john wayne films had created their audience by this time, it was john ford ’s stagecoach in which his role as the ringo kid catapulted “the duke” to real super stardom .
john wayne plays rocklin, a woman - hater, taciturn, rough and ready cow boy who is sent for by a rancher of a western town to work as a ranch foreman. but when a he arrives in the town he finds that his employer has been murdered .
rio grande (1950) rio grande is set in the times of post civil war when the union was trying to solve the apaches problem. union officer kirby yorke (john wayne) is posted in the rio grande where he hard trains new recruits .
although john wayne had 5 another prominent awards nominations and 6 wins, true grit is the only movie which won john wayne an oscar for the best actor in a leading role .
john bernard books (john wayne), a legendary gunfighter approaching his 58th birthday, comes in the town to see an old acquaintance dr. hostetler and finds out that he has rectal cancer and only two months to live. dismayed by the knowledge of an awaiting painful death books tries to keep a low profile and takes a room with a widow mrs. bond rogers and her son, gillom. but soon the whole town is stirred up by the presence of legendary j. b. books. most of the town people are in awe of him, some try to take him down to make their own name, gillom idolizes him, the marshal hates him, and mrs. bond becomes a friend after her initial disgust for j. b. books. to avoid a painful death, books comes up with an idea to go out with a bang. he invites all his rivals on his birthday in city bar to celebrate in an unforgettable way. and whole town is holding its breath to see who comes out of bar …alive .
so there you have it, the complete list of john wayne western movies. enjoy !
true grit movie i have seen by accident but it is a marvelous movie. at the end i wept. i have seen the remake also with latest technic but the former is superb .
saw only the ending of a john wayne movie the other day and trying to find title. two men and a woman were riding horseback trying to escape from an area where the landscape was crumbling around them. the rocks and cliffs kept falling as they frantically rode past them. they made it out before the whole place seemed to collapse onto itself. any idea what this is ?
are you sure it was john wayne? sounds more like the end of mackenna’s gold with gregory peck.
geronimo is a 1939 western and adventure film released in the united states starring chief thundercloud as geronimo , the famous leader of indian warriors who fought against " american " colonizers . it was directed by western director paul sloane . this is the first adaptation of geronimo 's lifetime . 
geronimo is a 1939 western and adventure film released in the united states starring chief thundercloud as geronimo, the famous leader of indian warriors who fought against " american " colonizers. it was directed by western director paul sloane. this is the first adaptation of geronimo's lifetime.
geronimo is a 1939 western and adventure film released in the united states starring chief thundercloud as geronimo, the famous leader of indian warriors who fought against " american " colonizers. it was directed by western director paul sloane. this is the first adaptation of geronimo's lifetime.