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Abstract. Early in 1947, John Ford described to Frank Nugent, former film critic for the New York Times and aspiring screenwriter, the subject he was considering for his next film: “The cavalry. In all westerns, the Cavalry rides in to the rescue of the beleaguered wagon train or whatever, and then it rides off again.
Mar 29, 2020 · Directed by John Ford. With John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple. US, 1948, 35mm, black & white, 127 min. Print source: Library of Congress. The first and darkest entry in Ford’s “Cavalry Trilogy,” Fort Apache paints a stark and mesmerizing portrait of an isolated military outpost on the furthest edge of the Western frontier in the ...
Dec 31, 2014 · The study analyzes John Ford's films Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950) for their historical portrayal of the frontier cavalry. The study examines each film for historical accuracy in the areas of people, places, and events; uniforms, equipment, and accouterments; the profession and garrison life; and ...
Hell Bent. 1918 53m. 6.0 (413) Rate. A cowboy must save his girlfriend from captivity and then cross the desert on foot with a single waterhole on the way. Director John Ford Stars Harry Carey Duke R. Lee Neva Gerber. 6. The Scarlet Drop. 1918 50m.
The second of John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is the only one of the three to be lensed in Technicolor. In an Oscar-calibre performance, 42-year old John Wayne plays sixtyish Cavalry Captain Nathan Brittles. In his last days before his compulsory retirement, Brittles must face the possibility of a full-scale attack from ...
Fort Apache was the first film in what critics now refer to as director John Ford's "Cavalry trilogy." The second film, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, was produced by Argosy Pictures and distributed by RKO in 1949, and the third, Rio Grande, was also produced by Argosy, but released by Republic Pictures in 1950 (see entries below). John Wayne ...
Aug 17, 2009 · Fort Apache was filmed in black and white, at John Ford's favorite Western locale; Monument Valley, Utah. As you would expect, he makes great use of the scenery. The rock formations become a looming force all their own. They truly make the film seem like another time and place. The cavalry charging across the landscape got my adrenaline going.
