My Darling Clementine (1946)
Country: US
Technical: bw 98m
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell
Synopsis:
Having lost one of his brothers to the Clanton family, Wyatt Earp stays on in Tombstone to become the marshal and make the community safe for godfearing folks.
Review:
Ford's treatment of the OK Corral story is so full of iconic moments no wonder it has become something of an archetype. The symmetrical alignment of heroes and villains (no other film showcased so well the quirky yet totally righteous character that Fonda embodied), the grey of Holliday in between, alcoholic and whoremonger but capable of prompting during a Shakespearean recitation; the use of Monument Valley; the film lives out the Liberty Valance dictum, 'print the legend', and whether watching Fonda tilting back on his chair on the veranda, or leading the dance after church, one is conscious of film history being made.
Country: US
Technical: bw 98m
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell
Synopsis:
Having lost one of his brothers to the Clanton family, Wyatt Earp stays on in Tombstone to become the marshal and make the community safe for godfearing folks.
Review:
Ford's treatment of the OK Corral story is so full of iconic moments no wonder it has become something of an archetype. The symmetrical alignment of heroes and villains (no other film showcased so well the quirky yet totally righteous character that Fonda embodied), the grey of Holliday in between, alcoholic and whoremonger but capable of prompting during a Shakespearean recitation; the use of Monument Valley; the film lives out the Liberty Valance dictum, 'print the legend', and whether watching Fonda tilting back on his chair on the veranda, or leading the dance after church, one is conscious of film history being made.
Country: US
Technical: bw 98m
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell
Synopsis:
Having lost one of his brothers to the Clanton family, Wyatt Earp stays on in Tombstone to become the marshal and make the community safe for godfearing folks.
Review:
Ford's treatment of the OK Corral story is so full of iconic moments no wonder it has become something of an archetype. The symmetrical alignment of heroes and villains (no other film showcased so well the quirky yet totally righteous character that Fonda embodied), the grey of Holliday in between, alcoholic and whoremonger but capable of prompting during a Shakespearean recitation; the use of Monument Valley; the film lives out the Liberty Valance dictum, 'print the legend', and whether watching Fonda tilting back on his chair on the veranda, or leading the dance after church, one is conscious of film history being made.