She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.3/10   

Réalisateur:

John Ford

Writers:

James Warner Bellah (story)
Frank S. Nugent (screenplay) ...
(suite)

Release Date:

22 octobre 1949 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Accroche:

Wayne's greatest role as an Indian fighting Captain !

Plot:

Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack...

Plot Keywords:

Attack | Retirement | Native American Chief | Watch | Last Stand

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Colorful Centerpiece of Cavalry Trilogy...

Ensemble

John Wayne	...	Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
Joanne Dru	...	Olivia Dandridge
John Agar	...	Lt. Flint Cohill
Ben Johnson	...	Sgt. Tyree
Harry Carey Jr.	...	2nd Lt. Ross Pennell
Victor McLaglen	...	Top Sgt. Quincannon
Mildred Natwick	...	Abby Allshard aka Old Iron Pants
George O'Brien	...	Major Mac Allshard, Commanding Officer Fort Starke
Arthur Shields	...	Dr. O'Laughlin
Michael Dugan	...	Sgt. Hochbauer
Chief John Big Tree	...	Chief Pony That Walks
Fred Graham	...	Sgt. Hench
Chief Sky Eagle	...	Chief Sky Eagle
Tom Tyler	...	Cpl. Mike Quayne, Leader of Paradise River Patrol
Noble Johnson	...	Chief Red Shirt
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Rudy Bowman	...	Pvt. John Smith aka Rome Clay (uncredited)
Lee Bradley	...	Interpreter (uncredited)
Paul Fix	...	Gun-runner (uncredited)
Francis Ford	...	Connelly, Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
Art Gilmore	...	Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ray Hyke	...	Trooper McCarthy (uncredited)
Billy Jones	...	Courier (uncredited)
Fred Kennedy	...	Badger (uncredited)
Fred Libby	...	Cpl. Krumrein (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons	...	Trooper Cliff (uncredited)
Frank McGrath	...	Bugler / Indian (uncredited)
Post Park	...	Officer (uncredited)
Jack Pennick	...	Sergeant Major (uncredited)
Irving Pichel	...	Narrator (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson	...	Cpl. Wagner (blacksmith) (uncredited)
William Steele	...	Officer (uncredited)
Don Summers	...	Jenkins (uncredited)
Dan White	...	Trooper (uncredited)
Harry Woods	...	Licensed Suttler Karl Rynders (uncredited)

Réalisé par
John Ford

Scénaristes
James Warner Bellah		(story)
Frank S. Nugent		(screenplay) (as Frank Nugent) and
Laurence Stallings		(screenplay)

Produit par
Lowell J. Farrell	....	associate producer (as Lowell Farrell)
Merian C. Cooper	....	executive producer (uncredited)
John Ford	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Musique originale
Richard Hageman		(musical score)

Image
Winton C. Hoch		(director of photography) (as Winton Hoch)

Montage
Jack Murray

Direction artistique
James Basevi

Décorateur de plateau
Joseph Kish		(as Joe Kish)

Maquillage
Don L. Cash	....	makeup artist (as Don Cash)
Anna Malin	....	hairdresser

Directeur de production
Lowell J. Farrell	....	production manager (uncredited)

Assistant réalisateur
Edward O'Fearna	....	assistant director
Wingate Smith	....	assistant director
Cliff Lyons	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Jack Colconda	....	properties (as Jack Golconda)

Technicien du son
Patrick Kelley	....	sound effects
Clem Portman	....	sound
Frank Webster	....	sound

Effets spéciaux
Jack Caffee	....	special effects
Jack Cosgrove	....	special effects (uncredited)

Cascadeur
Roydon Clark	....	stunts (uncredited)
Everett Creach	....	stunts (uncredited)
Michael Dugan	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Graham	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bryan 'Slim' Hightower	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Hudkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Billy Jones	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Kennedy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons	....	stunts (uncredited)
Frank McGrath	....	stunts (uncredited)
Don Nagel	....	stunts (uncredited)
Post Park	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Rose	....	stunts (uncredited)
Norm Taylor	....	stunt double: Indian (uncredited)
Jack N. Young	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Charles P. Boyle	....	photographer: second unit (as Charles Boyle)
Harvey Gould	....	camera operator
Robert Campbell	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Tom Clement	....	grip (uncredited)
Alexander Kahle	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Archie Stout	....	camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Archie Stout	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
D.R.O. Hatswell	....	costume researcher
Michael Meyers	....	wardrobe: men
Ann Peck	....	wardrobe: women

Editorial Department
Stephen Bearman	....	colorist (uncredited)
Barbara Ford	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Lucien Cailliet	....	musical arranger
C. Bakaleinikoff	....	musical director (uncredited)
Lucien Cailliet	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Jester Hairston	....	choral director (uncredited)

Divers
Merian C. Cooper	....	presenter
John Ford	....	presenter
Natalie Kalmus	....	technicolor color director
Philip Kieffer	....	technical advisor (as Major Philip Kieffer, U.S.A., Retd.)
Cliff Lyons	....	technical advisor
Morgan Padelford	....	associate technicolor color director
Sid Davis	....	stand-in: John Wayne (uncredited)
Barlow Simpson	....	gun wrangler (uncredited)
Meta Stern	....	script supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Argosy Pictures (as Argosy Pictures Corporation)
• RKO Radio Pictures

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1949) (USA) (theatrical)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1954) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1954) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• C&C Television Corporation (1955) (USA) (TV)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1957) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Image Entertainment (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (2000) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Turner Home Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Reserva Especial (2000) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2000) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2000) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• AB Video (????) (Italy) (video)
• Action Gitanes (2007) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Castle Video (????) (Finland) (VHS)
• Fonit Cetra Video (????) (Italy) (video)
• Pan Vision Publishing Video (????) (Finland) (DVD)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1950) (France) (theatrical) (35 and 16mm)
• Regionale (????) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Ricordi Video (????) (Italy) (video)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Autre(s) titre(s):

La charge héroïque (France) [fr]

Durée:

103 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Classification:

Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-3 (new rating: 2001) | France:U | Norway:A | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:Approved (MPAA rating: certificate #15509)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Kanab Movie Fort, Kanab, Utah, USA

Company:

Argosy Pictures

Anecdotes:

The exterior shots of Capt. Brittle quarters and the building where Major Mac Allshard, Commanding Officer Fort Starke has his HQ are still standing and in Monument Valley itself near to the town of Kanab. The HQ building is now a museum and both are open to the public.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the charge, you hear the same looped recordings of war whoops over and over again. Furthermore, they are the same looped recordings of war whoops that they used the previous year in Fort Apache.

Guillemet:

Captain Nathan Brittles: [Cohill and Pennell are about to fight over Olivia] Button your shirt, Mister Pennell! Thought better of you. Four years out here and still actin' like a wet-eared "kaydet" on the Hudson. What is this all about, Mr. Cohill?
Lt. Flint Cohill: Sir, I... I decline to answer... respectfully.
Captain Nathan Brittles: Mr. Cohill, it is a bitter thing, indeed, to learn that an officer who has had nine years experience in the cavalry - the officer to whom I am surrendering command of this troop in two more days - should have so little grasp of leadership as to allow himself to be shivvied into a go at "fisticuffs" while 'Taps' still sounds over a brave man's grave! God help this troop when I'm gone.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 5th World (2005)

Colorful Centerpiece of Cavalry Trilogy...

SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON is, arguably, the most enduring and appealing of John Ford's 'Cavalry' trilogy. While lacking the dramatic core of a fatally flawed central character (FORT APACHE), or an estranged couple reunited by a headstrong son (RIO GRANDE), the film offers a richly sentimental tale of a crusty yet endearing career soldier (John Wayne) facing retirement, in a romanticized West where the cavalry stands as the only defense against the combined might of the Indian nations. The combination of Wayne and the cavalry in SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON is simply unbeatable!

Wayne, at 42, portrays the sixty-ish Capt. Nathan Brittles, and under Ford's sure hand, is magnificent in the role. Whether chastising young lieutenants ("Never apologize, mister, it's a sign of weakness"), complimenting an enlisted man ("Keep it up, and you'll make a fine corporal, in three or four years"), or kneeling at the grave of his long-dead wife, to share the news of the day, Wayne's performance shows a subtlety and sensitivity that his critics often claimed he lacked. When his commander, Major Allshard (George O'Brien) refuses his request to rescue Lt. Cohill (John Agar) and two squads who had performed rear guard duty, the anguish Wayne shows is heartbreaking. This is an Oscar-caliber performance, from a vastly underrated actor.

The rest of the cast measures up equally well. Victor McLaglen, as irascible as ever, plays Irish Top Sergeant Quincannon, full of blarney and (a bit of) whiskey. His morning scenes with Wayne, denying he'd been drinking, are comic gems. As the young suitors of Joanne Dru (who plays a more traditional role than in Howard Hawks' RED RIVER), Agar and Harry Carey Jr. are also quite good.

The real 'find' of the film, however, is Ben Johnson, in only his second major role. As Sgt. Tyree, ex-Confederate captain, and Brittles' best scout, Johnson shows an easy-going charm, a (feigned) lack of respect (when asked his opinion, he'd always begin with "That's not my department..." then make a dead-on assessment), and astonishing riding skills (not surprising, as Johnson had been a champion rodeo rider). A future Oscar winner, he displays a charisma on-camera that would quickly earn him a place in the 'Ford Family' of actors.

The visuals of SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON have been frequently compared to Fredric Remington's classic paintings of cavalrymen and Indians, and the comparison is justified; the film would win an Oscar for it's rich Technicolor photography, and images of 'dirty blue' riders on horseback against the stark blue sky and golden hues of Monument Valley are very reminiscent of the artist's work.

SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON is the kind of film you can watch again and again, and still find rewarding. It is on my 'short list' of favorite westerns, and if you haven't seen it yet, you're in for a treat!