{"id":36682,"date":"2016-03-24T09:45:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T16:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36682"},"modified":"2020-12-17T00:40:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T07:40:05","slug":"law-and-order-1932","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36682","title":{"rendered":"Law and Order (1932)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;If the west wants law and order, it&#8217;ll have to do it without me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA rugged gambler and frontier marshal (Walter Huston) &#8212; loosely based on Wyatt Earp &#8212; is conscripted by a group of Tombstone citizens to bring &#8220;law and order&#8221; to the notoriously wild and woolly western town.\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>Walter Huston Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBased on W.R. Burnett&#8217;s novel <em>Saint Johnson<\/em>, this early talkie  (scripted by John Huston) has the distinction of being the first cinematic portrayal of Wyatt Earp (though he&#8217;s given a different name). Walter Huston plays the legendary gambler-gunman, who apparently lived enough of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wyatt_Earp\">a highly storied and dubiously legal life<\/a> to prompt the publishing of a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wyatt_Earp:_Frontier_Marshal\">fictionalized biography two years after his death<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-Huston2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-Huston2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-Huston2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-Huston2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-Huston2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-Huston2-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regardless of its historical veracity, this straightforward western is essentially a tale of hopeless attempts to impose &#8220;law and order&#8221; in a town where guns are ubiquitous; it culminates with a speedily edited, highly effective shootout sequence which remains its highlight. Otherwise, there&#8217;s not much here to hold onto, though fans of early oaters will likely enjoy it.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The finely edited closing gunfight sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-OK-Corral.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-OK-Corral.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-OK-Corral.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-OK-Corral-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Law-and-Order-OK-Corral-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vlcsnap-2016-03-24-08h57m16s634.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vlcsnap-2016-03-24-08h57m16s634.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vlcsnap-2016-03-24-08h57m16s634.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vlcsnap-2016-03-24-08h57m16s634-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/vlcsnap-2016-03-24-08h57m16s634-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though anyone interested in early &#8220;talkie&#8221; Westerns or cinematic depictions of the O.K. Corral gunfight will want to check it out. Listed as a film with Historical Importance and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0023121\/\">IMDb entry<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/law-and-order-v98866\/review\">All Movie Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If the west wants law and order, it&#8217;ll have to do it without me.&#8221; Synopsis: A rugged gambler and frontier marshal (Walter Huston) &#8212; loosely based on Wyatt Earp &#8212; is conscripted by a group of Tombstone citizens to bring &#8220;law and order&#8221; to the notoriously wild and woolly western town. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Walter Huston Films Westerns Review: Based on W.R. Burnett&#8217;s novel Saint Johnson, this early talkie (scripted by John Huston) has the distinction of being&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36682\"> 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-36682","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\/36682","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=36682"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58193,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36682\/revisions\/58193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}