She Wore A Yellow Ribbon DVD (1949)

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon

1949

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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 the Arapahos, fomented by the recent defeat of Custer and by double-dealing Indian agents. After a series of minor victories and major frustrations, Brittles decides to ride into the Arapaho camp, there to smoke a pipe of peace with his old friend, Chief Pony That Walks (Chief John Big Tree). Before he leaves, he is presented with his retirement present by his troops: a pocket watch, with the inscription Lest We Forget(Wayne's playing of this scene, barely holding back tears as he adjusts his spectacles to read the inscription, is one of his finest moments on film). Brittles is able to forestall an Indian attack, just in time for his official retirement. The film really ends here, but there are two more potential climaxes before the words THE END dissolve into view. The patchiness of the Frank Nugent/Lawrence Stallings screenplay (attributal to the fact that it is adapted from two different short stories) prevents She Wore a Yellow Ribbon from reaching the same lofty heights as the Ford/Wayne collaborations Fort Apache (1947) and Rio Grande (1949). The gratuitous offscreen narration of Irving Pichel is also rather distracting. Even so, Wayne's flawless performance, coupled with the supporting contributions of Ford's stock company (John Agar, Harry Carey Jr., Victor McLaglen et al) and the Academy Award-winning photography by Winston C. Hoch, automatically elevates She Wore a Yellow Ribbon to classic status.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon details

Format:	PG DVD
Starring:	Victor McLaglen, Harry Carey Jr., Mildred Natwick, John Wayne, John Agar, George O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Ben Johnson
Director:	John Ford
Genre:	Action/Adventure - Superheroes
Studio:	UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Collections:	100 Wild Westerns, Multi-coloured Movie Collection

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon	PG Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 39 minutes
Rental release:	30 Apr 2001
Main languages:	English

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jolly johnny

By david campbell from scotland , 20 Apr 2005

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just brilliant.the second of the cavalry and the best. enjoy!
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Soldiers and Indians

By Cato (705 reviews) from Lydbury North , 18 Jun 2012

John Wayne as the retiring commander (real age 42) of his band of soldiers against those Injun wretches who have the temerity to want to keep their land. Wayne acts the old man pretty well, with a fetching white forelock to prove he's really 20 years older and a walk that looks like every one of his bones is creaking. This though was a patriotic film that made the Americans feel good after their part in WW2, and John Ford was your man for the patriotic statement. Some great cinematography showing the vast splendour of the western country.
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She Wore A Yellow Ribbon - 1949

By ian3 (538 reviews) from Salisbury , 12 Jun 2011

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon - 1949

This is one of the Duke best movies, cinematography, script, setting and acting are all spectacular, one to all to your list to watch!!!!
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Poetic sentiment or sentimentality?

By Zamy (552 reviews) from London , 31 Jan 2011

There is no doubt that John Ford was one of the best of the popular directors who ever worked in Hollywood. Returning to this film after many years I was surprised how disjointed it was, with lots of good individual scenes that never completely gel. We are also treated to rather too much broad Irish humour from Victor McLaglan that must have appealed to John Ford’s Irish side but adds little to the film. On the plus side, John Wayne gives a fine performance and we get to enjoy lots of beautifully framed Technicolor images. A number of Ford’s films tip into sentimentality but this one stays on the right side of sentiment.
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She Wore A Yellow Ribbon

By a customer from Melton Mowbray , 15 Apr 2010

This first-class cavalry western contains some of John Wayne's finest screen moments i might even say that is is one if not the best film john wayne is in
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Top 10

By Rick1959 (3 reviews) from Oldham , 03 Feb 2010

This has to be one of my top ten films. Always been a big John Wayne fan since childhood, and this one has everything. John Wayne playing beyond his years and proving his acting ability.
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