WESTERN MOVIES [PREVEDENI] - 1944

WESTERN MOVIES [PREVEDENI] – 1944 [5]

 Buffalo Bill (1944) BUFALO BIL 
 [WD] Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) SREŠĆEMO SE U SENT LUISU
 [HM] National Velvet (1944) PONOS NACIJE
 Nevada (1944) NEVADA
 Tall in the Saddle (1944) VISOKO U SEDLU

 BUFALO BIL

Buffalo Bill (1944) 

[Joel McCrea ... William Frederick 'Buffalo Bill' Cody, Maureen O'Hara ... Louisa Frederici Cody, Linda Darnell ... Dawn Starlight, Thomas Mitchell ... Ned Buntline, Edgar Buchanan ... Sgt. Chips McGraw, Anthony Quinn ... Chief Yellow Hand, Moroni Olsen ... Sen. Frederici, Frank Fenton ... Murdo Carvell, Matt Briggs ... Gen. Blazier, George Lessey ... Mr. Schyler Vandervere, Frank Orth ... Sherman - Shooting Gallery Owner]
- The story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show. A fictionalized account of the life of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. A hunter and Army Scout in the early part of his life, he rescues a US Senator and his beautiful daughter, Louisa Frederici. Cody is portrayed as someone who admires and respects the Indians and is a good friend of Yellow Hand who will eventually become Chief of the Cheyenne. Everyone else, including the military, politicians and businessmen on the other hand hate the Indians and are perfectly prepared to trample on their lands and destroy their buffalo hunting grounds. He's eventually forced to fight the Cheyenne however. He's also met a writer, Ned Buntline, who writes about Cody's exploits and he becomes a sensation when he travels East. His career is not assured however, particularly when he attacks those in positions of authority over their maltreatment of the Native American population. He eventually establishes his wild west show that becomes an international sensation. [Director: William A. Wellman] [90 min, 1.37 : 1, USA]

• Divlji Zapad, 1887. godine. Kočiju u kojoj se nalaze američki senator Frederiči (M. Olsen) i njegova lepa ćerka Luiza (M. O'Hara) napadnu Indijanci. U posljednji čas život im spasava skaut Vilijam Frederik Kodi (J. McCrea), zvani Bufalo Bil. Senator stiže da bi požurio izgradnju železničke pruge preko indijanskih teritorija, zbog čega bi Čejeni morali da napuste svoju zemlju. Iako Bufalo Bil upozori senatora i ostale moćnike da će Čejeni zbog njihove odluke pokrenuti rat, političari ne žele da odustanu. Uistinu, ubrzo dolazi do rata i Čejeni otmu senatora. Bufallo Bil uspe da ga izbavi, zahvaljujući činjenici da je jednom davno spasio život poglavičinom sinu Žutoj Nozi (A. Quinn). Indijanci i belci privremeno sklapaju mir, ali pohlepa belaca koji od ubijanja bizona naprave glavnu turističku atrakciju ubrzo ponovo dovodi do rata. Zbog rata propada brak Bufalo Bila i Luize (M. O'Hara), koja sa tri dana starim sinčićem odlazi na Istok... Reditelj Vilijam A. Velman (1896.-1975.) jedan je od najistaknutijih autora klasičnog Holivuda i jedan od najvećih majstora klasičnog narativnog stila. Potpisnik brojnih antologijskih filmova, Velman se naročito istakao u žanru vesterna, snimivši čuvene klasike "Omča za vešanje", "Žuto nebo", "Preko prostranog Misurija", "Karavan žena" i "Trag pume". Među njih treba uvrstiti i film "Bufalo Bil", ličnu biografiju stvarne osobe Vilijama Frederika Kodija (1846.-1917.), čestog protagoniste brojnih drugih vesterna. U Velmanovoj interpretaciji, Bufalo Bil je uzbudljiv, zabavan i vrlo slojevit lik oko koga Velman fascinantno sučeljava civilizaciju i divljinu. Poput ostalih najuspelijih Velmanovih filmova i "Bufalo Bil" je za ono doba prilično subverzivan: prateći sudbinu Bufalo Bila nakon dolaska na Istok, Velman sa neskrivenim antipatijama prikazuje medijske manipulacije Bufalovim likom i delom, nakon što se ovaj suprostavio korumpiranim političarima i industrijalcima. Glavnu ulogu odigrao je legendarni Džoel MekKri.

 

 SREŠĆEMO SE U SENT LUISU

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

[Judy Garland ... Esther Smith, Margaret O'Brien ... 'Tootie' Smith, Mary Astor ... Mrs. Anna Smith, Lucille Bremer ... Rose Smith, Leon Ames ... Mr. Alonzo Smith, Tom Drake ... John Truett,

Marjorie Main ... Katie (Maid), Harry Davenport ... Grandpa, June Lockhart ... Lucille Ballard, Henry H. Daniels Jr. ... Lon Smith Jr., Joan Carroll ... Agnes Smith, Hugh Marlowe ... Colonel Darly, Robert Sully ... Warren Sheffield, Chill Wills ... Mr. Neely]

- In the year leading up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York. St. Louis 1903. The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters, including Esther and little Tootie. 17-year old Esther has fallen in love with the boy next door who has just moved in, John. He however barely notices her at first. The family is shocked when Mr. Smith reveals that he has been transfered to a nice position in New York, which means that the family has to leave St. Louis and the St. Louis Fair. [Mattias Thuresson, IMDb] [Director: Vincente Minnelli] [Sally Benson (novel)] [113 min, 1.37 : 1, Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance, USA]

• Sent Luis, 1903. godine. Imućna porodica Smit ima četiri prelepe ćerke među kojima su Ester (J. Garland) i mala Tuti (M. O'Brien). Sedamnaestogodišnja Ester je zaljubljena u njihovog novog suseda Džona (T. Drake), ali on je ne primećuje. Najveći šok dolazi kada porodica sazna da je gospodin Smit dobio izuzetnu poslovnu priliku zbog koje bi se morali seliti u Njujork. Irvin Breker i Fred F. Finklhof, scenaristi filma, adaptirali su seriju kratkih priča američke spisateljice Sali Benson i stvorili izuzetno zabavno delo prepuno šarma i muzike.

 PONOS NACIJE

National Velvet (1944)

[Mickey Rooney ... Mi Taylor, Donald Crisp ... Mr. Brown, Elizabeth Taylor ... Velvet Brown, Anne Revere ... Mrs. Brown, Angela Lansbury ... Edwina Brown, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins ... Donald Brown (as Jackie Jenkins), Juanita Quigley ... Malvolia Brown, Arthur Treacher ... Race Patron, Reginald Owen ... Farmer Ede, Norma Varden ... Miss Sims, Terry Kilburn ... Ted, Arthur Shields ... Mr. Hallam, Aubrey Mather ... Entry Official, Alec Craig ... Tim, Eugene Loring ... I. Taski]

- A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes. Mi Taylor was a young wanderer and opportunist whose father had given him "all the roads in the Kingdom" to travel. One of the roads, and a notation in his father's journal, leads him to the quiet English country-side home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event. [Director: Clarence Brown] [Enid Bagnold (novel)] [123 min, 1.37 : 1, Drama l Family l Sport, USA]

• Film govori o devojčici koja se sprijateljuje sa bivšim džokejem. On joj pomaže da pripreme njenog divljeg, ali nadarenog konja za nacionalnu trku.

NEVADA

Nevada (1944)

[Robert Mitchum ... Jim Lacy aka Nevada (as Bob Mitchum), Anne Jeffreys ... Julie Dexter, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Dusty, Nancy Gates ... Hattie Ide, Richard Martin ... Chito Rafferty, Craig Reynolds ... Cash Burridge, Harry Woods ... Joe Powell, Edmund Glover ... Ed Nelson - Assayer, Alan Ward ... Sheriff William H. Brewer, Harry McKim ... Marvie Ide, Larry Wheat ... Ben Ide, Jack Overman ... Croupier Red Berry, Emmett Lynn ... Pancake Comstock]

- Jim 'Nevada' Lacy wins a small fortune at craps, but soon finds himself accused of murdering a gold prospecting ranch owner. Just as Nevada wins $7000 in yellowback bills, Ben Ide takes his $7000 in yellowbacks and heads out to buy mining equipment. Burridge has his man Powell kill Ide and retrieve the money and Nevada finds Ide just as the posse arrives. Found with the money Nevada is arrested and Burridge now gets Powell to incite the local citizens to lynch Nevada. [Director: Edward Killy] [Zane Grey (novel)] [62 min, Black and White, 1.37 : 1, Western, USA]

- Kauboj Džim Lejsi i njegova dva prijatelja Dasti i Meksikanac irskog porekla Čito maštaju o rudniku zlata kada upravo čuju da su se rudari u obližnjem nalazištu pobunili. Na njihovo iznenađenje kočija sa nekoliko žena bez kontrole juri prerijom. Džim Lejsi im uskače u pomoć, obuzdava konje i upoznaje Džuli Dekster. Zatim momci odlaze u obližnji gradić da se kockaju i Džim Lejsi osvoji 7 hiljada dolara. Tada mu pokušaju podmetnuti "loše" kocke, ali ih Džim prozre i osvoji još više. Džuli Dekster saznaje da u obližnjem rudniku nisu pronašli zlatnu žilu već srebrnu. Začuje se pucnjava i Džim odjaše da istraži šta se dogodilo, međutim, upadne u nevolju. U filmu "Nevada", snimljenom 1944. godine prema istoimenom romanu Zejna Greja, imamo prilike da gledamo mladog Roberta Mičama, koji je ovde potpisan kao Bob Mičam, u ulozi kauboja Džima Lejsija. Pored Mičama u ulozi Čita pojavljuje se nezaobilazni Ričard Martin dok ulogu Džuli Dekster igra američka glumica En Džefriz koja je ostvarila brojne uloge u američkoj B produkciji, televizijskim filmovima i u pozorištu. "Nevada" je zabavan i uzbudljiv film, uostalom, kao i sve priče Zejna Greja.

 VISOKO U SEDLU

Tall in the Saddle (1944) 

[John Wayne ... Rocklin, Ella Raines ... Arleta 'Arly' Harolday, Ward Bond ... 'Judge' Robert Garvey, George 'Gabby' Hayes ... Dave, Audrey Long ... Clara Cardell, Elisabeth Risdon ... Miss Elizabeth Martin, Donald Douglas ... Harolday (as Don Douglas), Paul Fix ... Bob Clews, Russell Wade ... Clint Harolday, Emory Parnell ... Sheriff Jackson, Raymond Hatton ... Zeke, Harry Woods ... George Clews]

- When a stranger arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who sent for him has been murdered. Further, most of the townsfolk seem to be at each other's throats, and the newcomer has soon run contrariwise to most of them. [Director: Edwin L. Marin] [87 min, Black and White, 1.37 : 1, Mystery l Western l Romance, USA]

• Mladi Roklin (J. Wayne) dolazi na ranč na Divljem zapadu i saznaje da je njegov poslodavac nedavno ubijen. Istražujući ko ga je ubio, sukobljava se sa nekoliko ljudi koji imaju različite veze i sa rančem i sa pokojnim vlasnikom. Za njega se zainteresuju i dve devojke. Zbog svega toga pridošlica se većini ne sviđa pa mu podvaljuju ubistvo...