{"id":84851,"date":"2022-06-20T20:46:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T03:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84851"},"modified":"2022-06-20T21:47:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T04:47:54","slug":"cheyenne-autumn-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84851","title":{"rendered":"Cheyenne Autumn (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The White man remembers nothing.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-84852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Poster.png 541w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Cheyenne_Exodus\">the Northern Cheyenne Exodus<\/a>, a cavalry captain (Richard Widmark) is required to try to stop the tribe &#8212; led by Little Wolf (Ricardo Montalban) and Dull Knife (Gilbert Roland) &#8212; from returning to its stolen lands; meanwhile, a Quaker teacher (Carroll Baker) accompanies orphaned children on the trek, and a young Cheyenne warrior named Red Shirt (Sal Mineo) is eager to fight on behalf of his people.\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>Arthur Kennedy Films<\/li>\n<li>Carroll Baker Films<\/li>\n<li>Cavalry<\/li>\n<li>Dolores Del Rio Films<\/li>\n<li>Edward G. Robinson Films<\/li>\n<li>Jimmy Stewart Films<\/li>\n<li>John Carradine Films<\/li>\n<li>John Ford Films<\/li>\n<li>Karl Malden Films<\/li>\n<li>Native Americans <\/li>\n<li>Richard Widmark Films<\/li>\n<li>Ricardo Montalban Films<\/li>\n<li>Sal Mineo Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nJohn Ford&#8217;s final western was also his attempt to finally humanize the Native Americans who had simply served as the Enemy in so many of his earlier films. He&#8217;s somewhat (though not entirely) successful, given that we see the lethal treatment the tribe is subjected to: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne-128x59.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne-585x270.png 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and get to know a few of them (albeit minimally) as protagonists. (For Marlon Brando&#8217;s decidedly different take on the subject, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057940\/trivia?item=tr5939760\">here<\/a>.) Front and central to the storyline, however, are Whites &#8212; specifically Widmark and Baker as sympathetic allies of the Cheyenne, and would-be lovers kept apart due to Baker&#8217;s rock-solid dedication to her students. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Baker-Widmark2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Baker-Widmark2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Baker-Widmark2.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Baker-Widmark2-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Baker-Widmark2-128x59.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Baker-Widmark2-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Baker-Widmark2-585x270.png 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film&#8217;s most notorious misstep &#8212; actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057940\/trivia?item=tr5687453\">cut out of some viewings<\/a> &#8212; was a section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057940\/trivia?item=tr0745279\">Ford purportedly added as an informal intermission<\/a> (!!), in which Wyatt Earp (Jimmy Stewart) and Doc Holliday (Arthur Kennedy) suddenly emerge as comedic figures in Dodge City. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Stewart-Kennedy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Stewart-Kennedy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Stewart-Kennedy.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Stewart-Kennedy-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Stewart-Kennedy-128x59.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Stewart-Kennedy-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Stewart-Kennedy-585x270.png 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Setting that sequence aside (as one must do; it simply doesn&#8217;t &#8220;belong&#8221;), the remainder of the storyline gives us Edward G. Robinson as Secretary of the Interior <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carl_Schurz\">Carl Schurz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Robinson-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Robinson-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Robinson-1.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Robinson-1-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Robinson-1-128x59.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Robinson-1-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Robinson-1-585x270.png 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Karl Malden as a sadistic concentration camp commander with a German accent. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Malden-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Malden-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Malden-1.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Malden-1-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Malden-1-128x59.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Malden-1-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Malden-1-585x270.png 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mineo&#8217;s role is pretty thankless, as is that of his mother (played by Dolores Del Rio). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Mineo-Del-Rio.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Mineo-Del-Rio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Mineo-Del-Rio.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Mineo-Del-Rio-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Mineo-Del-Rio-128x59.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Mineo-Del-Rio-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Mineo-Del-Rio-585x270.png 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most notable is the beautiful cinematography by William Clothier, with good use made of location settings in Monument Valley and elsewhere.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An honorable attempt to more authentically portray history from a Native perspective<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne2.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne2-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne2-128x59.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne2-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Cheyenne2-585x270.png 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>William Clothier&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Monument-Valley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Monument-Valley.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Monument-Valley.png 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Monument-Valley-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Monument-Valley-128x59.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Monument-Valley-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cheyenne-Autumn-Monument-Valley-585x270.png 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though Ford fans will likely want to check it out. Listed as a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057940\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nativeamerican.co.uk\/cheyenneautumn.html\">Native American Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2013ford.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1964\/12\/24\/archives\/screen-john-ford-mounts-huge-frontier-western-cheyenne-autumn-bows.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/18845\/cheyenne-autumn#articles-reviews?articleId=296726\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The White man remembers nothing.&#8221; Synopsis: During the Northern Cheyenne Exodus, a cavalry captain (Richard Widmark) is required to try to stop the tribe &#8212; led by Little Wolf (Ricardo Montalban) and Dull Knife (Gilbert Roland) &#8212; from returning to its stolen lands; meanwhile, a Quaker teacher (Carroll Baker) accompanies orphaned children on the trek, and a young Cheyenne warrior named Red Shirt (Sal Mineo) is eager to fight on behalf of his people. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Arthur&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84851\"> 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-84851","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\/84851","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=84851"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84972,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84851\/revisions\/84972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}