Friday, September 04, 2020

Sep 2nd  
My Darling Clementine***  
(US 1946)                                             
Twentieth Century Fox. 104m. bw

Wyatt Earp avenges the murder of his brother by the Clanton gang by becoming marshal of Tombstone and confronting them at the O.K. Corrall.
Vintage Ford Western taking his own dramatic slant on history, beautifully scenically conveyed with a wide variety of strong performances.

Written by: Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller, Sam Hellman, from the novel "Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal" by Stuart N. Lake.
Producer: Samuel G. Engel.
Director: John Ford.
Starring: Henry Fonda, Victor Mature (as Doc Holliday), Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell, Cathy Downs, Ward Bond, Tim Holt, Alan Mowbray, John Ireland, Jane Darwell.
Photography: Joseph MacDonald.
Music: Cyril Mockridge.

Preceded by:
London Can Take It***
(GB 1940. 9m. bw; Classic historical propaganda record of the city coping with the Blitz (on its 80th anniversary).; d: Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt; narr: Quentin Reynolds; ed: Stewart McAllister.)


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