{"id":19140,"date":"2011-08-05T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19140"},"modified":"2020-12-21T23:40:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T06:40:03","slug":"go-west-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19140","title":{"rendered":"Go West (1940)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Time wounds all heels.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Poster-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Poster-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Poster.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe grandfather (Tully Marshall) of a poor woman (Diana Lewis) hoping to marry her fiancee (John Carroll) gives his two fellow prospectors (Chico and Harpo Marx) a seemingly worthless deed, which is soon coveted by two evil railroad barons (Walter Woolf King and Robert Barrat) hoping to sell the land to the U.S. government for $50,000.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Marx Brothers Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nOther than the unusual late-career entry <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18894\"><em>Love Happy<\/em> (1949)<\/a>, <em>Go West<\/em> is the final Marx Brothers film listed in Peary&#8217;s book. [Fortunately, despite his completist tendencies, he omits the notorious Marxian clunkers <em>The Big Store<\/em> (1941) and <em>A Night in Casablanca<\/em> (1946).] As a standard vehicle for their talents, it&#8217;s certainly competent enough: by this point, audiences knew what to expect from a Marx Brothers film, and the western genre hadn&#8217;t yet been milked, so this was as good a choice as any for a setting. While there aren&#8217;t really any laugh-out-loud sequences, I did find it interesting to see how Harpo would manage to secure a &#8220;harp&#8221; in the Old West (he utilizes a Native American loom!): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Harp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Harp-1024x655.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"409\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Harp-1024x655.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Harp-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Harp-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Harp-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Harp-1536x982.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Harp-422x270.png 422w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Harp.png 1587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; and there were enough witty verbal exchanges to keep me at least intermittently engaged. Note that the slapstick climax on board a train owes quite a bit to Buster Keaton&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=23952\"><em>The General<\/em> (1926)<\/a>; indeed, Keaton actually served as an advisor on the film. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Train.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Train-1024x661.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Train-1024x661.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Train-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Train-128x83.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Train-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Train-1536x991.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Train-418x270.png 418w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Train.png 1591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The opening cash-exchange scene (reminiscent of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=12030\">Abbott and Costello&#8217;s &#8220;7 goes into 28 thirteen times&#8221; schtick<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Money-Exchange.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Money-Exchange-1024x642.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Money-Exchange-1024x642.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Money-Exchange-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Money-Exchange-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Money-Exchange-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Money-Exchange-1536x962.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Money-Exchange-431x270.png 431w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-Money-Exchange.png 1639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>June MacCloy&#8217;s deep-voiced solo<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-MacCloy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-MacCloy-1024x647.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-MacCloy-1024x647.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-MacCloy-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-MacCloy-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-MacCloy-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-MacCloy-1536x971.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-MacCloy-427x270.png 427w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Go-West-MacCloy.png 1615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Numerous enjoyable quips and one-liners: &#8220;I was gonna thrash them within an inch of their lives, but I didn&#8217;t have a tape measure.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though naturally fans will want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0032536\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1941\/02\/21\/archives\/at-the-capitol.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/180\/go-west#articles-reviews?articleId=88167\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Time wounds all heels.&#8221; Synopsis: The grandfather (Tully Marshall) of a poor woman (Diana Lewis) hoping to marry her fiancee (John Carroll) gives his two fellow prospectors (Chico and Harpo Marx) a seemingly worthless deed, which is soon coveted by two evil railroad barons (Walter Woolf King and Robert Barrat) hoping to sell the land to the U.S. government for $50,000. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy Marx Brothers Films Westerns Review: Other than the unusual late-career entry Love Happy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19140\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19140"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58974,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19140\/revisions\/58974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}