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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |  | Director: John Ford
Actors: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr.
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Category: DVD
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Rating:  102 reviews
Sales Rank: 353
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.8 x 0.9
MPN: 053939791525
UPC: 053939791525
EAN: 0053939791525
ASIN: B000O599NK
Theatrical Release Date: October 22, 1949
Release Date: May 22, 2007
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Product Description
A calvary officer must stop an impending Indian attack while evacuating women on the eve of his retirement.
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The second installment of John Ford's famous cavalry trilogy (which also includes Fort Apache and Rio Grande), this meditative Western continues the director's fascination with history's obliteration of the past. It features one of John Wayne's more sensitive performances as Capt. Nathan Brittles, a stern yet sentimental war horse who has difficulty preparing for his impending military retirement. All things considered, he refuses to leave before fulfilling his obligation to the local Indian tribe. It's a film about honor and duty as well as loneliness and mortality. And Oscar-winner Winton C. Hoch beautifully photographs it in Remington-like Technicolor tones (you've never seen such stunning cloud-covered skies). The combination of melancholy and farce (Victor McLaglen makes a perfect court jester) evokes comparisons to Shakespeare. Best of all, the scene in which Wayne fights back tears when receiving a gold watch from his troops is unforgettably bittersweet. If you view the whole trilogy, it actually makes sense to save this for last. --Bill Desowitz
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 How to mentor subordinates for increasing leadership responsibility August 21, 2010
Michael A Neulander (VA)
John Ford's 1949 film "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" is one of the best movies at depicting how a good leader mentors his subordinates preparing them for leadership roles and increasing responsibility. Captain Nathan Brittles (John Wayne), a Civil War hero on the eve of retirement during the Indian Wars of the 1870's, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Besides having to develop Lt. Flint Cohill, (John Agar) and the "wet behind the ears" 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell, (Harry Carey, Jr.), Brittles is encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled. I love the film because he deftly shows the impetuous and "hot headed" junior officers how to deal with the Cavalry troop of men and how to use diplomacy with the Indians. Brittles shows it didn't always have to be about fighting with the Indians in order to get what you wanted, fair diplomacy often worked as well.
I always liked John Wayne in war movies more than in westerns. A classic war movie that should be viewed by all who like the genre.
 The least of the cavalry trilogy... July 24, 2010
Jane Pensive
...but that is still saying a lot. Although the most spectacular looking of the three films, the acting of some of the important characters, and the relatively uninteresting romance portion of the story really makes this the least of the three movies in terms of film viewership.
John Wayne is terrific as the troop leader who has lots of experience fighting Indians as the settlers try to tame the west. He portrays a mature, intelligent and wily commander who understands the mission and likes to lose as few troops as possible. His performance is ably supported by Ben Johnson (who started his career as Wayne's stunt double) as his uber helpful "galloper," Harry Carey Jr, as a four year trooper who is still wet behind the ears, and Victor McLaglen who is Wayne's tippling aide de camp. McLaglen can take some corny material and put a smile on the audience's collective face. Some of the supporting players really fall down on the job, however. The worst offender is JoAnn Dru, who, although pretty, cannot manage to convey why she has the whole fort in an uproar other than her looks, which are no more fascinating than the other young ladies stationed there. Her true love interest, John Agar, creates absolutely no heat in his scenes with her and delivers his lines in a controlled monotone, not exactly the intonations calculted to inspire ardor in the female heart. Usually a good actress, Mildred Natwick just isn't the gal for her part of a still attractive chaperone who has seen life around the fort for a long time and knows what is going on behind the scenes.
The best parts of the film are the war scenes with the Indians who have joined forces across tribes following Sitting Bull's stunning victory against General Custer. Their improved numbers and fierce attitudes make for some fine war scenes. Wayne's foray into the Indian encampment to talk peace with his old friend, an Indian chief who has lost control of the young warriors is striking. Wayne conveys his willingness to talk peace with his hunting and fishing buddy, while doing a little recon on exactly where those horses are corralled. When he asks Ben Johnson "Ever been scared Tyree?" we realize Wayne and Johnson are just as likely to be struck down by arrows as escape the peace visit with their lives. Wayne's scene, in which he covertly puts on his reading glasses to read the inscription on a retirement gift, shows just how much the warrior has aged while in the army.
The real honors of the film go to director Ford. A sudden lightning storm came up during filming. As cinematographer Hoch packed up equipment to leave, Ford instructed him to photograph the storm. The resulting scenes are absolutely thrilling to watch. Hoch won an Oscar for his work on this film, but lodged a complaint against Ford with the cinematographer's guild for endangering his crew.
This is a superior western and should be seen especially compared with the other two movies from the trilogy (although Ford didn't think the three were related in any particular way). The best of the three is undoubtedly Fort Apache, featuring a compelling story, a tour de force performance by Henry Fonda, splendid black and white photography, and beautiful editing. Rio Grande is my second favorite of the three. Wayne and leading lady Maureen O'Hara are compelling as the mature lovers who have been estranged for twenty years, but are brought together by their son's enlistment in the army under Wayne, as well as the fact that they are still hot for each other. In both of these two films the supporting cast does an unbelievable job of portraying the danger, tensions, and strain of outpost life. See them all. I think you will be impressed.
Perfect condition... July 6, 2010
J. Haselwander (MOLALLA, OREGON, US)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Came wrapped, perfect condition, no flaws.... just like I bought it from the store!
As for the movie itself... who DOESNT love the Duke?
Probably the best of the trilogy April 6, 2010
Chrijeff (Scranton, PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The second part of Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy" (and the only one that was filmed in color) finds John Wayne playing, as he did the year before in Red River, a man of mature years (he was only 42 at the time). It's 1876, and the Custer fight took place only about four months ago, rousing the tribes to a patriotic fury against the white man. Capt. Nathan Brittles has been a soldier for 40 years, ever since he left his father's Indiana farm as a barefoot kid. For the past nine of those years he has served at Fort Starke, ably sided by Top Sergeant Quincannon (Victor McLaglen), who has been at his side at least since the Civil War, and cared for the graves of his family--his wife and two young daughters perished, probably of one of the diseases that frequently scourged the Indian-fighting army, in the first year of his sojourn there. Now, five days before his retirement, he is ordered to head up a final patrol, accompanied by his two dependable sergeants, Quincannon and Tyree (Ben Johnson), of whom the latter was a Captain in the Confederate forces, and his two lieutenants, Flint Cohill (John Agar), the son of a general, who has been at Starke as long as himself, and Ross Pennell (Harry Carey, Jr.), a "spoiled rich kid" who's seen only four years of service and plans to resign as soon as possible. These two are engaged in a rivalry over Olivia Dandridge (Joanne Dru), the visiting niece of Abby "Old Ironpants" Allshard (Mildred Natwick), whose husband Mac (George O'Brien) commands the post. But with the Indian situation about to come to a boil, Maj. Allshard is resolved to send both Olivia and her aunt back to the East for the winter, and Brittles is unwillingly saddled with getting them to Sudreau's Wells to catch the stage. A murdered and robbed paymaster, a sinister Indian agent who sells rifles to the hostiles on the side (watch for Paul Fix in a small role as his interpreter), and old sectional feelings (several of Brittles's C Troop are former Confederates, including "Trooper John Smith," once known as Brig. Gen. Rome Clay) make for even more complications than the Indians can provide.
With a rich array of interpersonal relationships and unforgettable characters (and actors), splendid Monument Valley scenery, plenty of humor and fast-moving action, and a strong sense of truthfulness to reality (watch for the three ever-barking dogs who accompany the troop on its patrol), this is one of the best of the many team-ups by Ford and Wayne, showing both of them--and Ford's famous "stock company"--at their best. It's certainly among my favorite Wayne films, Westerns, and movies overall.
One of the Duke's Greatest Performances April 3, 2010
Gary P. Cohen (Staten Island, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I remember when I was going to college in the 1960s and being a great Wayne fan, I would hear from a lot of boobs about what a terrible actor the Duke was. (This was before the Oscar for "True Grit" and Wayne's final great performance in "The Shootist.") Well the individuals who spoke negatively of the Duke obviously never saw "The Searchers," "Red River," "Sands of Iwo Jima" or this film. They were wrong about a lot of things, not the least of which was what a fine actor the Duke was, (on top of being the greatest movie star of all-time.)
This film features one of his greatest performances as Captain Nathan Brittles, a veteran cavalry officer just a few days short of retirement. Obviously, being a John Ford western, an indian uprising is going to start before the Captain can permanently take his uniform off. Wearing make-up to make him appear much older than his actual age, Wayne has some wonderfully sensitive scenes, especially the ones of him talking to his late wife while sitting at her grave each night.
This is the only one of Ford's cavalry trilogy to be filmed in color and, other than "The Searchers," it is probably his most beautiful film. Filmed in Monument Valley, with the red soil kicking up red dust as the horses trample through and the beautiful blue skies, this must have looked stunnning on the big screen.
The supporting cast is great with John Agar and Joanne Dru (very attractive) doing a nice job as the constantly bickering young lovers, a young Ben Johnson as a former confederate soldier turned U.S. cavalry sergeant, and Victor MacLaglen hilarious as the stereotypical drunken Irish cavalry sergeant. The rest of the cast is terrific as well.
The extras include some color home-movies of Wayne and Ford scouting locations for this film, a re-release trailer and some information regarding the films Wayne and Ford did together.
This and "Sands of Iwo Jima" came out the same year. Wayne was nominated for the oscar for best actor for "Sands of Iwo Jima." I once read an interview with him where he mistakenly thought he was nominated for "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" instead. He was incorrect about that, but I agree with him. This great western is the one he really should have been nominated for.
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