{"id":53426,"date":"2020-11-17T09:46:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T16:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=53426"},"modified":"2020-11-17T13:10:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T20:10:37","slug":"davy-crockett-king-of-the-wild-frontier-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=53426","title":{"rendered":"Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Davy Crockett don&#8217;t lie.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Poster-194x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-53429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Poster-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Poster-661x1024.png 661w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Poster-174x270.png 174w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Poster.png 711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter showing off his mettle by fighting a bear in the wild, frontiersman Davy Crockett (Fess Parker) and his pal George Russel (Buddy Ebsen) play pivotal roles in American history by helping General Andrew Jackson (Basil Ruysdael) battle and then sign a peace treaty with the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muscogee\">Muscogee Indians<\/a>; joining Congress to fight corruption and unfair seizure of Cherokee lands; and helping to defend the Texas Alamo against attacks from Mexican troops.\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>Fess Parker Films<\/li>\n<li>Hans Conried Films<\/li>\n<li>Native Americans<\/li>\n<li>Westerns <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis compilation of the first few installments of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Davy_Crockett_(miniseries)\">Disney&#8217;s five-part television serial<\/a> about folk legend <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Davy_Crockett\">Davy Crockett<\/a> offers a fairly seamless adventure tale which is nonetheless clearly divided into three distinct episodes from Crockett&#8217;s life: his involvement in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Creek_War\">Creek War<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Creek-War.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Creek-War-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Creek-War-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Creek-War-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Creek-War-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Creek-War-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Creek-War-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Creek-War-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Creek-War.png 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>his controversial service as a congressman from Tennessee&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Congress2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Congress2-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Congress2-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Congress2-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Congress2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Congress2-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Congress2-1536x855.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Congress2-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Congress2-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Congress2.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and his participation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_the_Alamo\">Battle of the Alamo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Alamo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Alamo-1024x582.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Alamo-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Alamo-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Alamo-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Alamo-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Alamo-1536x873.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Alamo-475x270.png 475w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Alamo.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parker comes across as appropriately humble, stalwart and brave, and we appreciate his authentic respect for the Native Americans he interacts with. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Handshake.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Handshake-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Handshake-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Handshake-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Handshake-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Handshake-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Handshake-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Handshake-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Handshake.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, this film likely won&#8217;t be of much interest to modern film fanatics given that it was clearly marketed at youth audiences of the day &#8212; who responded by kicking off an absolute mania for Davy Crockett paraphernalia, especially coonskin caps. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Coonskin2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Coonskin2-1024x611.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"382\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Coonskin2-1024x611.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Coonskin2-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Coonskin2-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Coonskin2-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Coonskin2-1536x916.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Coonskin2-453x270.png 453w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Coonskin2.png 1695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fair warning: the title song is guaranteed to remain stuck in your head for hours or days after watching this film (I&#8217;m humming it to myself right now&#8230;). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine Technicolor cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Cinematography-1024x588.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Cinematography-1024x588.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Cinematography-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Cinematography-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Cinematography-768x441.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Cinematography-1536x882.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Cinematography-470x270.png 470w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Davy-Crockett-Cinematography.png 1795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can skip this one unless you&#8217;re curious or nostalgic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047977\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdizzy.com\/davycrockett50th.html\">Disney on DVD Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Davy Crockett don&#8217;t lie.&#8221; Synopsis: After showing off his mettle by fighting a bear in the wild, frontiersman Davy Crockett (Fess Parker) and his pal George Russel (Buddy Ebsen) play pivotal roles in American history by helping General Andrew Jackson (Basil Ruysdael) battle and then sign a peace treaty with the Muscogee Indians; joining Congress to fight corruption and unfair seizure of Cherokee lands; and helping to defend the Texas Alamo against attacks from Mexican troops. Genres, Themes, Actors, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=53426\"> 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-53426","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\/53426","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=53426"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53472,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53426\/revisions\/53472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}