{"id":44543,"date":"2019-09-04T14:16:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T21:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44543"},"modified":"2022-02-21T23:33:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T06:33:54","slug":"dodge-city-1939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44543","title":{"rendered":"Dodge City (1939)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;re the public disgrace of America.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Poster-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Poster-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Poster.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA wagon train driver (Errol Flynn) falls for the beautiful sister (Olivia de Havilland) of an immature young man (William Lundigan) who is accidentally killed in a cattle stampede. Meanwhile, he reluctantly agrees to become sheriff of a town dominated by a corrupt cattle buyer (John Cabot).\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>Ann Sheridan Films<\/li>\n<li>Corruption<\/li>\n<li>Errol Flynn Films<\/li>\n<li>Michael Curtiz Films<\/li>\n<li>Olivia de Havilland Films<\/li>\n<li>Settlers<\/li>\n<li>Sheriffs<\/li>\n<li>Ward Bond Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nErrol Flynn made his western debut in this competently directed (by Michael Curtiz) yet narratively predictable oater about a reluctant sheriff taking over the lawless frontier town of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dodge_City,_Kansas\">Dodge City, Kansas<\/a>. Flynn handles his role well, and the Technicolor cinematography is gorgeous &#8212; but as DVD Savant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1576flyn.html\">puts it so bluntly in his review<\/a>, <em>Dodge City<\/em> &#8220;can only be described as a big-studio superwestern, an attempt to put a fancy wrapper on the same themes as had been playing out in cheap series oaters for thirty years.&#8221; A similar storyline was handled with greater panache in Jacques Tourneur&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41489\"><em>Wichita<\/em> (1955)<\/a>, which is recommended instead. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sal Polito and Ray Rennahan&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography1.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography1-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography3.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Dodge-City-Cinematography3-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s certainly worth a look by Western fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0031235\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/1328\/dodge-city#articles-reviews?articleId=25788\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1939\/04\/08\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-errol-flynn-restores-law-and-order-to-dodge.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1576flyn.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down to third review)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re the public disgrace of America.&#8221; Synopsis: A wagon train driver (Errol Flynn) falls for the beautiful sister (Olivia de Havilland) of an immature young man (William Lundigan) who is accidentally killed in a cattle stampede. Meanwhile, he reluctantly agrees to become sheriff of a town dominated by a corrupt cattle buyer (John Cabot). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Ann Sheridan Films Corruption Errol Flynn Films Michael Curtiz Films Olivia de Havilland Films Settlers Sheriffs Ward Bond Films Westerns Review:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44543\"> 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-44543","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\/44543","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=44543"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81622,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44543\/revisions\/81622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}