{"id":49284,"date":"2020-07-11T23:41:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T06:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49284"},"modified":"2022-02-21T14:57:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T21:57:20","slug":"duel-in-the-sun-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49284","title":{"rendered":"Duel in the Sun (1946)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Under that heathen blanket, there&#8217;s a full-blossomed woman built by the devil to drive men crazy!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Poster-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Poster-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Poster-1024x801.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Poster-128x100.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Poster-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Poster.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen her father (Herbert Marshall) is sentenced to death for murdering his Native American wife (Tilly Losch) and her lover (Sidney Blackmer), a young woman named Pearl (Jennifer Jones) goes to live on a ranch with a distant relative (Lillian Gish), Gish&#8217;s husband (Lionel Barrymore), and Gish&#8217;s two sons: reliable Jesse (Joseph Cotten) and reckless, sadistic Lewton (Gregory Peck). Peck immediately begins sexually harassing Jones, making it challenging for her to stay true to her goal of being a &#8220;good girl&#8221;; will marriage to a kind older suitor (Charles Bickford) rescue her from her dire straits?\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>Charles Bickford Films<\/li>\n<li>Gregory Peck Films<\/li>\n<li>Herbert Marshall Films<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Jones Films<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Cotten Films<\/li>\n<li>King Vidor Films<\/li>\n<li>Lillian Gish Films<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Barrymore Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Race Relations<\/li>\n<li>Walter Huston Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s difficult to know where to begin in a critique of this racist, overwrought melodrama by director King Vidor, notorious for being writer-producer David O. Selznick&#8217;s failed attempt to follow-up on his blockbuster epic <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41976\"><em>Gone With the Wind<\/em> (1939)<\/a>. Jones&#8217; characterization of &#8220;half-breed&#8221; Pearl is problematic from the get-go, portraying her as a wild creature in need of taming from white society &#8212; a voluptuous young hussie unable to resist her &#8220;primitive&#8221; urges. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Jones.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Jones-1024x622.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"389\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Jones-1024x622.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Jones-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Jones-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Jones-768x466.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Jones-1536x933.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Jones-445x270.png 445w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Jones.png 1681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peck&#8217;s villainous baddie:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Peck2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Peck2-1024x615.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Peck2-1024x615.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Peck2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Peck2-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Peck2-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Peck2-1536x923.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Peck2-449x270.png 449w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Peck2.png 1693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> &#8212; primed and supported by his equally heinous, racist father (Lionel Barrymore):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Barrymore2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Barrymore2-1024x639.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Barrymore2-1024x639.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Barrymore2-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Barrymore2-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Barrymore2-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Barrymore2-1536x959.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Barrymore2-432x270.png 432w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Barrymore2.png 1651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> &#8212; is a potent representation of all that&#8217;s wrong with (moneyed) male privilege: &#8220;Anybody who was my girl is still my girl&#8221; Peck snarls, after raping Pearl and refusing to marry her while also violently preventing her from seeing other men (he&#8217;s the epitome of a fatally abusive partner). Meanwhile, Cotten&#8217;s fair-minded aspiring politician seems much better off leaving town and finding a kind wife (Joan Tetzel); we&#8217;re glad he escapes. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cotten-Tetzel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cotten-Tetzel-1024x631.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cotten-Tetzel-1024x631.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cotten-Tetzel-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cotten-Tetzel-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cotten-Tetzel-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cotten-Tetzel-1536x946.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cotten-Tetzel-438x270.png 438w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cotten-Tetzel.png 1641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The most interesting &#8212; and unintentionally humorous &#8212; character is played by Walter Huston as a preacher known as &#8220;The Sinkiller&#8221; (!):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Huston.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Huston-1024x628.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"393\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Huston-1024x628.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Huston-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Huston-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Huston-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Huston-1536x942.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Huston-440x270.png 440w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Huston.png 1661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; who&#8217;s given some of the most memorable lines in the film &#8212; albeit ones which further solidify Pearl&#8217;s status as no more than an object of men&#8217;s lust: &#8220;Pearl, you&#8217;re curved in the flesh of temptation. Resistance is going to be a darn sight harder for you than females protected by the shape of sows.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Striking Technicolor cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography3-1024x653.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography3-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography3-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography3-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography3-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography3-1536x980.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography3.png 1585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography4-1024x665.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography4-1024x665.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography4-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography4-128x83.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography4-768x499.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography4-1536x997.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography4.png 1597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography8-1024x650.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography8-1024x650.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography8-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography8-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography8-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography8-1536x974.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Duel-in-the-Sun-Cinematography8.png 1597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNope; feel free to skip this one, unless you&#8217;re curious. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038499\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1947\/05\/08\/archives\/duel-in-the-sun-selznicks-lavish-western-that-stars-jennifer-jones.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s147duel.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=87&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/73733\/duel-in-the-sun#articles-reviews?articleId=543\">TCM Article (spoiler alert)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/duel.html\">FilmSite Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Under that heathen blanket, there&#8217;s a full-blossomed woman built by the devil to drive men crazy!&#8221; Synopsis: When her father (Herbert Marshall) is sentenced to death for murdering his Native American wife (Tilly Losch) and her lover (Sidney Blackmer), a young woman named Pearl (Jennifer Jones) goes to live on a ranch with a distant relative (Lillian Gish), Gish&#8217;s husband (Lionel Barrymore), and Gish&#8217;s two sons: reliable Jesse (Joseph Cotten) and reckless, sadistic Lewton (Gregory Peck). Peck immediately begins sexually&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49284\"> 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-49284","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\/49284","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=49284"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81507,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49284\/revisions\/81507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}