{"id":49180,"date":"2020-06-27T12:46:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T19:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49180"},"modified":"2022-02-21T22:45:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T05:45:54","slug":"oklahoma-kid-the-1939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49180","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Kid, The (1939)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I like all kinds of people&#8230; What I don&#8217;t take to is this itch for plowing up new empires.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Poster-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Poster-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Poster-96x128.jpg 96w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Poster.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Land_Run_of_1893\">Cherokee Strip Land Run<\/a>, a sheriff (Hugh Sothern) and his son Ned (Harvey Stephens) attempt to stake a claim in a town they will call Tulsa, but must strike a bargain with an outlaw (Humphrey Bogart) determined to set up bars and saloons in the area. Meanwhile, Sothern&#8217;s black sheep son &#8212; known as the &#8220;Oklahoma Kid&#8221; (James Cagney) &#8212; arrives in town and quickly becomes involved in retribution against Bogart&#8217;s murderous gang, as well as romance with the daughter (Rosemary Lane) of the local judge (Donald Crisp).\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>Donald Crisp Films<\/li>\n<li>Humphrey Bogart Films<\/li>\n<li>Jimmy Cagney Films<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Settlers<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing their co-starring roles in <em>Angels With Dirty Faces<\/em> (1938), James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart were re-paired in this western (Cagney&#8217;s first), in which Cagney&#8217;s character embodies some refreshingly progressive  notions regarding white settlement of the land:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Cagney:<\/strong> Now, look. In the first place, the White people steal the land of the Indians, right?<br \/>\n<strong>Crisp:<\/strong> They get paid for it right?<br \/>\n<strong>Cagney:<\/strong> Paid for it? Yeah. A measly dollar and forty cents  an acre, price agreed to at the point of a gun.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The storyline itself is a fairly standard western tale of corruption and revenge, with a minor romantic triangle thrown in for good measure (Lane is formally partnered with Stephens). However, it&#8217;s nicely shot by DP James Wong Howe, and features some effectively shot action sequences, making it worth a one-time look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Cagney as the Oklahoma Kid<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cagney.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cagney-1024x650.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cagney-1024x650.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cagney-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cagney-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cagney-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cagney-1536x975.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cagney.png 1625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>James Wong Howe&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cinematography2-1024x637.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cinematography2-1024x637.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cinematography2-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cinematography2-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cinematography2-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cinematography2-1536x955.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Cinematography2.png 1619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some fine action sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Action.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Action-1024x633.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"396\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Action-1024x633.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Action-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Action-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Action-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Action-1536x950.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Oklahoma-Kid-Action.png 1651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0031747\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1939\/03\/11\/archives\/the-screen-james-cagney-rides-the-plains-in-oklahoma-kid-at-the.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/85463\/the-oklahoma-kid#articles-reviews?articleId=97192\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I like all kinds of people&#8230; What I don&#8217;t take to is this itch for plowing up new empires.&#8221; Synopsis: During the Cherokee Strip Land Run, a sheriff (Hugh Sothern) and his son Ned (Harvey Stephens) attempt to stake a claim in a town they will call Tulsa, but must strike a bargain with an outlaw (Humphrey Bogart) determined to set up bars and saloons in the area. Meanwhile, Sothern&#8217;s black sheep son &#8212; known as the &#8220;Oklahoma Kid&#8221; (James&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49180\"> 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-49180","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\/49180","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=49180"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81568,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49180\/revisions\/81568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}