The new scenes were set at the railroad crossing and the school bus, as well as the scene of mann talking to his wife on the telephone. Duel in the sun 1946 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Duel in the sun benefits from this forbidden passion, as we see jones and peck sweating a lot, screaming at each other, hitting each other, and just generally being cruel to one another. Duelo ao sol, king vidors duel in the sun, lust in the dust. Stella dallas, the citadel, and duel in the sun selznicks epic melodrama duel in the sun 1946. Selznick was desperate to recreate the national excitement that gone with the wind 1939. Its still good fun to watch, especially the riotous ending.
Selznick enlisted king vidorone of the few directors with the logistical knowhow to handle such a sprawling film and tried to duplicate the success of. The film, set in texas in the 1880s, opens with a prologue spoken by the doomladen voice of orson welles and a fadein on a mountain in the shape of a face. Duel in the sun trailer directed by king vidor and starring joseph cotten. Garrett, and ben hecht, based on the 1944 novel by niven busch. Duel in the sun passed 2h 9min drama, romance, western 12 september 1947 mexico beautiful halfbreed pearl chavez becomes the ward of her dead fathers first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad. Duel in the sunjennifer jones and joseph cotten in duel in the sun 1946, directed by king vidor.
The film calls it a helena duel, named after the texas town where this opening sequence takes. Lionel barrymore, gregory peck, joseph cotten, jennifer jones. Selznick was attempting to top his success with gone with the wind, and though it did make quite a lot of money, duel never matched the level of public and critical adulation of his previous film. Selznick, based on a novel of the same name by niven busch. The earps battle the clantons at the ok corral in tombstone, arizona. Selznick, which tells the story of a mestiza halfnative american girl who goes to live with her anglo relatives, becoming involved in prejudice and forbidden love. Duel in the sun is a 1946 film about a sexuallycharged halfbreed woman who becomes the point of contention between two brothers who were cain and abel opposites one brutish and one refined directed by king vidor. Duel in the sun, a book about dick beardsley, alberto salazar, and the 1982 boston marathon. And considering that this is widely recognized as his feature debut, thats even more impressive.
Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Duel in the sun was filmed in tucson in united states of america. I normally enjoy overtures, but here it seemed selfaggrandizing and grating. Flawlessly cast the film daily with a bevy of film legends, including jennifer jones, gregory peck, joseph cotten, lionel barrymore and lillian gish, this. After selznick sold abandoned properties to rko and twentieth centuryfox, united artists, which had agreed to release duel in the sun, objected that he had broken his contract with the company and refused to distribute the film, according to a december 2, 1946 hollywood reporter report. My man godfrey full movie william powell carole lombard tcc ai color duration. In the second scene, a train under a full head of steam jumps the tracks and plows down an embankment. King vidors oscarnominated erotic western, starring gregory peck and jennifer jones march 31, 2007 by emanuellevy featuring sex in large doses, david o.
Duel in the sun 1946 was branded lust in the dust at the time of its release. Pearl chavez jennifer jones is a mestiza halfwhite, halfnative american girl who is orphaned after her father kills her mother after he caught her with a lover. As the tensions mount, a troop of mounted cavalry, about 100 strong, ride onto the set, filmed on location judging by the saguarros and ocatillos in arizona. Appropriately nicknamed lust in the dust, duel in the sun is a wacky, grandiose melodrama, famous for its sexual innuendo. The narration by an uncredited but instantly recognizable voice of orson welles would have been unnecessary had selznick and his coscreenplay adapter written the film better. I saw duel on its first release in the uk, as a support film. In this film, jennifer jones stars as halfbreed pearl chavez, whom everyone has tagged as a. Selznick who failed in his desire to make it the western equivalent of his earlier civil war epic gone with the wind. Orphaned halfbreed pearl chavez jennifer jones comes to spanish bit, a ponderosalike cattle ranch run by despotic mccandless lionel barrymore. Selznick was desperate to recreate the national excitement that gone with the wind 1939 had enjoyed, and he also wanted a spectacular showcase for jennifer jones, his future wife. Please stop releasing original 3strip technicolor movies that have not been given the utmost consideration and restoration. Selznick, which tells the story of a mestiza halfnative american girl who goes to live with her white relatives, becoming involved in prejudice and f. Duel in the sun film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Duel in the sun the familiar western formula reaches its highest commercialization in duel in sun.
Filming locations 22 filming dates 1 filming locations. Duel in the sun was first shown on american television during a special abc sunday evening showing. Tucson mountain park, tucson, arizona, usa final duel 4 of 4 found this interesting interesting. Duel is probably the most literal example of nightmare fuel i have ever seen. I dont recall the main feature, but i remember rushing out of the cinema to check the name of the director of this tightly directed thriller on the poster. As violent as the windswept prairie beautiful halfbreed pearl chavez becomes the ward of her dead fathers first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad. Despite the tv movie limitations, steven spielberg has managed to convey an illogical yet completely visceral thriller better than most filmmakers today. It is raw, sexladen, western pulp fiction, told in 102030 style. The tv movie was not long enough for theatrical release, so universal had spielberg spend two days filming several new scenes, turning duel into a 90minute film. Duel in the jungle is a 1954 british independent adventure film combining the detective film with the jungle adventure genres directed by george marshall and starring dana andrews, jeanne crain and david farrar. When the attendant slams the hood closed, the sun has moved across the sky to the west and the car is no longer in a shadow cast by the building. Beautifully filmed, overheated, uneven, and in many ways troubling, duel in the sun may be little talked about outside of discussions of martin scorsese its the first film he ever saw, but its well worth seeing. Pearl chavez, as portrayed by jennifer jones, is no scarlett ohara and the book is no texas version of gone with the wind.
Selznick, which tells the story of a mestiza halfnative american girl who goes to live with her white relatives, becoming involved in prejudice and forbidden love. Duel in the sun is a 1946 american psychological western film directed by king vidor, produced and written by david o. The 1977 open championship in golf, which saw an epic duel between tom watson and jack nicklaus. Duel in the sun nicknamed lust in the dust is a 1946 american psychological western film directed by king vidor, produced and written by david o.
The gunfighter a short film by eric kissack narrated by nick offerman. Duel in the sun is a film directed by king vidor with jennifer jones, gregory peck, joseph cotten, lionel barrymore, year. The director, king vidor, must have nearly lost his mind dealing with this film. Selznicks pretension to make a film comparable with gone with the wind is quite absurd. Train filming locations were near tucson, arizona and cooperstown, california on the sierra railroad. The western was begun in 1944 and completed 20 months later. Martin scorsese has stated that this was the first film he ever saw and holds it in high regard. Duel in the sun 1946 the best movies in cinematic history. Two men have chosen to fight to the death using the exact same method shown in michael jackson s beat it video. Buy duel in the sun movie posters from movie poster shop.
The film, set in texas in the 1880s, opens with a prologue spoken by the doom laden voice of orson welles and a fadein on a mountain in the shape of a face. Selznick was desperate to re create the national excitement that gone with the wind 1939. With this film, producer selznick attempted to recreate the success of gone with the wind. Duel in the sun is a 1946 technicolor western film directed by king vidor and produced and written by david o. Duel in the sun movie posters from movie poster shop. The story has been unceremoniously criticized as lust in the dust but actually, its quite compelling with great performances from gregory peck and jennifer jones, with joseph cotten and lionel. The movie was filmed in wildwood regional park in thousand oaks, california. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. The film, with its focus on mutual sexual obsession at a time when that couldnt be filmed. Duel in the sun is a 1946 technicolor epic western film directed by king vidor, produced and written by david o. Duel in the sun 1946 hd gregory peck jennifer jones. When weaver first pulls his car into the gas station, the sun is in the east and the building is casting a shadow completely over the car. The movie stars jennifer jones, joseph cotten, gregory peck, lillian gish and lionel barrymore. Duel in the sun trailer directed by king vidor and starring joseph cotten, gregory peck, lionel barrymore, herbert marshall, walter huston.
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