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Price $19.98
Starring:
John Wayne,
Joanne Dru,
John Agar,
Ben Johnson,
Harry Carey Jr.,
Directed By:
John Ford,
Rated: Unrated
Release Date: 1949-10-22
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Format:
Closed-captioned,
Color,
DVD-Video,
Full Screen,
Subtitled,
NTSC,
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Editorial Reviews and
DVD Information about
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
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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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Customer Reviews for
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
She wore a Yellow Ribbon
Okay, after watching Fort Apache and enjoying it I had to continue with the second in the "cavalry trilogy" by director John Ford. I can not believe that I went and bought another fifties western with again John Wayne as the star. But I did, and I think I am becoming addicted to these slow paced movies with "heroes" who have strong character and strong morals.
These horse soldiers of the past led a lonely and dangerous life and they are no longer portrayed in the movies of today. The location where the movie was filmed is a lonely place but has a stark beauty that comes across in the movie and grabs you. Especially the scenes of the clouds and sky. Reminded me of the saying: "Big Sky Country".
Again the Native Americans were portrayed "fifties style" compared to a modern movie such as "Dances With Wolves", however, for the time frame of the movie the portrayal was not bad.
I enjoyed the movie and John Wayne's portrayal as an aging cavalry officer who is due to retire but enjoys the life he leads very much, and I found his character very believable. The story is simply told, but there is a story. This is sometimes lacking in today's movies.
The music and the songs added to the pleasure of the movie. You should give this movie a chance, although more simplistic than the movies of today it is very enjoyable. It is a true classic!
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Wayne-Ford fans
Being fans of John Wayne and John Ford and old enough to have seen most of their movies the first time around,we give them a very good rating. We have purchased many of the westerns that Wayne made. We like the simple plots of good over bad. A shame there is not more of these types of movies today.She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
A Page from the Indian Wars
This western hails from 1876. News of Custer's recent massacre has spread everywhere. The Indian tribes are emboldened and, forgetting old quarrels, are uniting with each other. If successful in their systematic attacks, it is said, no stagecoach will cross the west again for another hundred years.
Only the US Cavalry can save the day, and John Wayne plays a cavalry captain. Women wear yellow ribbons to honor their boyfriends in the cavalry. There are jealousies among the men, some of it encouraged by the flirting of the women, as to who the individual yellow ribbons are for.
No western would be complete without a barroom brawl. In this one, a tough Irishman takes on and whips 7 or 8 assailants.
Captain Nathan Brittles (John Wayne) visits an elderly Indian chief who wants peace. They each smoke the peace pipe. But the young braves will hear nothing of peace.
So later that night, Captain Brittles, literally minutes from retirement from the US Cavalry, leads a daring surprise attack against a large group of Indians who are planning to attack the settlers. What will be the outcome?
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
One Of John Wayne's Best
There is little that I can add about this world class western classic. One of John Wayne's best.She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Old men are suppose to Stop Wars
General Custer is dead, at Little Big horn.
A government stagecoach with Calvry payroll has been robbed by the indians
A group of indians (Southern Cheyenne Dog soldiers) are responsible for the payroll robbery accordingly because Sgt Tyree indentifies the arrow as dog soldier. Nathan is bewildered as the reason the Cheyenne have wandered so far away from their home lands.
Indian agent Karl Rynders and his translator are selling guns to the Cheyenne, but a red shirt Cheyenne kills and robs the men. Nathan watches does not stop the murder, not wanting to give away their secret mission and position.
Captain Nathan Brittles is set to retire in ten days.
Abby and niece Olivia Dandridge prevented from leaving the Kanab fort. Olivia pretends too to prefer Lt. Ross Pennel over Lt. Clint Cohill. Olivia at the end of the movie marries Lt. Clint Cohill, as Nathan returns as Lt. Col of patrol.
Major Mac Allshard wants his wife and daughter to join Captain Brittles patrol to be delivered safely to Sudros Well and catch a stagecoach east. Olivia where a yellow ribbon in her hair and each of her suitors wonders if it for him.
Sitting Bull and Crazy horse have unified 10,000 Commanche, Sioux, Apache, Cheyenne, and Arapho to find the white man. Indian war looks pending.
The indian patrol encounters a group of Arapho and Nathan decides to give them a wide birth which delays arrival to their destination by half day.
The patrol see a large group of buffalo.
Nathan learns that some of the young indian warriors believe that a war with the white man will bring back the buffalo and have stopped listening to the older men.
Before Sgt Tyree reaches Paradise river, he and his men are attacked by indians and Mike Quayne is wounded. Mike Quayne is operated on by Dr. O' Laughlin on a moving wagon.
Sudros Well has been raided and burnt. The patrol marches back to fort Stark.
Nathan declares the mission a failure and asks permission to return to Paradise river. Ross leads the patrol. Olivia kisses Clint.
Nathan arranges for Sgt. Quincannon to get in a bar fight, get thrown in the brig, and receive the maximum retirement pension possible. Sgt. Quincannon bare knuckle fighting is painful to watch.
Nathan receives a silver watch from his men.
Sound Charge
Sound Retreat
Women to the back
Officers to the front
Nathan talks with Pony-That-Walks and realizes the old men can not stop war.
Nathan stops the war by attacking the indian camp at 15 minutes before mid night and chases the horses through camp. The indians return to there reservations.
The war department promotes Nathan to Lt Col, chief of scouts, at a new post.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
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