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Thank you Henry. I think you are being far too kind to Owen Thursday, I would have described him as something else (which I won't say here). As to your comment that he didn't listen to his more experienced fellow officer, that type never do - they are far too self important, I know - I've met a few of them. Looking forward to your review of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.

"I don't see the men, only the flags"... (I quote from memory) what a great phrase.

Fort Apache more or less re-situates Custer's Last Stand in Arizona rather than Montana. Early in the film Henry Fonda expresses his envy of other army regiments deployed elsewhere on the frontier with an arrogance that foreshadows the outcome of his mission. "We here have little chance for glory or advancement while some of our brother officers are leading their well-publicized campaigns against the great Indian nations..." Colonel Thursday knows so little about his assignment in contrast to Captain York it raises questions about the competency of the war department. Thursday would have better served riding a desk in Washington DC than riding herd on the desert in a futile act of stupidity. It's almost as if he was sent to the frontier by someone who expected him to get himself killed chasing glory. The Battle of Little Bighorn, aka Custer's Last Stand, was previously adapted to film in 1941 under the title, They Died with Their Boots On, with Errol Flynn as Custer. That film features several iconic scenes of cavalry charges involving hundreds of troopers. But where that film wallows in its action, Fort Apache draws out the drama of the story in a far more coherent fashion. Professional historians are aware of the blind spots in history and rely on a variety of methods to obtain the best approximations of events regardless of conflicting testimonies or absent survivors. Hollywood scriptwriters on the other hand work to achieve other artistic ends, sometimes didactic, sometimes emotive, sometimes both, sometimes neither beyond the aspiration to fill movie theaters with paying customers. John Ford always includes hints in his films indicating that they are dramas, legends not histories. Shirley Temple was a highly successful child star whose image as an archetype for young girls quickly became embedded in the larger culture outstripping her reality as a person and an actor. Fort Apache was one of the last films she made before retiring from acting. In real life, she was married to John Agar, Lieutenant O'Rourke, and they welcomed her first child that same year. Salvador Dalí made her the subject of a painting at one point and a mocktail was named after her. She also inspired Andy Warhol’s pop art images of Marilyn Monroe. In later decades she went into politics and served as the United States Ambassador to Ghana in the 1970s and the United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the fall of communism in the late 1980s. The movies that made her a star in the 1930s include Bright Eyes (1934), Little Miss Marker (1934), The Little Colonel (1935), Curly Top (1935), Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), Wee Willie Winkie (1937), and Heidi (1937). John Agar, Lieutenant O'Rourke, appeared in several more John Wayne films including She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Sands of Iwo Jima (1950). He also appeared in the top notch Westerns, Along the Great Divide (1951) and The Lonesome Trail (1955). But his career began to decline in the fifties leaving him to star in various creature feature movies, Revenge of the Creature (1955), Tarantula (1955), and The Mole People (1956). Despite welcoming a child with Shirley Temple the year Fort Apache was released, their marriage soon fell apart and they divorced.

I just realized something, rewatching this movie with you: I can now see a clearly cinematically indicated connection between 'Rosebud' and what seems to be his longing for his youth that I hadn't caught before. When he first meets Susan Alexander, when she has the toothache and he gets covered in mud, he says he's in her neighborhood (which of course is much lower down the social scale than his, so he would not be there for no reason) because he's 'in search of his youth." He was on his way to 'The Western Manhattan Warehouse', to 'take a look at' his mother's things." Undoubtedly, that's where he must have collected his sled with the name 'Rosebud' on it. It's amazing what you can miss if you're not attentive. It was subtle, but there it was.

I wrote a long post. And upon editing it, I got an recovery error? And lost it all. This....arrrrgh!

Brilliant reaction. Also in my top 10 favorite Westerns because in Ford's vision it's full of historical irony about what occurred vs. what is related over time to promote some sort of American pride that is often false. And the filmmaking is spectacular in how it displays a massive conflict with intimate relations of family and duty that are also in conflict. Shirley Temple who played Philadelphia. Is also wonderful in Ford's Wee Willie Winkie (1937) which you should see having very similar themes

"This Lt. O'Rourke - are you by chance related?" "Not by chance, sir, by blood. He's my son." "I see. How did he happen to get into West Point?" "It happened by presidential appointment, sir." "Are you a former officer, O'Rourke?" "During the war, I was a major in the 69th New York regiment... The Irish Brigade, sir." "Still, it's been my impression that presidential appointments were restricted to sons of holders of the Medal of Honor." "That is my impression, too, sir. Will that be all, sir?" Fun Fact: Theatrical movie debut of John Agar. The Rest Of The Story Fact: The portrait of Henry Fonda as Thursday still exists in 2023 and is in the private collection of a Western historian. Budget Buster Fact: The film's original budget was $2.8 million, and for their work, Shirley Temple, John Wayne and Henry Fonda were each paid $100,000, while Victor McLaglen received $75,000. Historical Fact: The plot was loosely based on the famous 1876 battle known as "Custer's Last Stand" at the Little Big Horn River in Montana, with Thursday (Henry Fonda) as George Armstrong Custer (whose birthday was Dec. 5, 1839--a Thursday), and substituted Apaches for the Sioux. The cover-up by the survivors and the military of Thursday's blunder is in line with the cover-up of Custer's mistakes and deliberate disobedience of orders at Little Big Horn. Location Location Fact: The fort, built for this production, stood for years. It was reused in dozens of productions, most notably the TV series The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin (1954). It was located at the Corriganville Movie Ranch in Simi Valley, CA. Today it is possible to visit this location, as it is now administered as a City Park in Simi Valley. Battle sequences were shot on the Arizona side of Monument Valley, since insurance rates for stunt performers were lower there than on the Utah side. The Duke Fact: The cast member who had the hardest time with John Ford was John Agar, making his film debut. Whether it was because Agar was newly married to Ford's beloved Shirley Temple or because he wanted to test him, the director rode him mercilessly, calling him "Mr. Temple" in front of everyone, criticizing the way he delivered lines, chastising him for his lack of expert horsemanship. One day Agar stormed off, vowing to quit the picture, but John Wayne took him aside and helped him with some of the more difficult aspects of his job. John Agar never forgot the generous and patient help John Wayne gave him as an inexperienced young actor in this production. "I would go to hell and back for Duke." he later said. They worked on five more films together.

This movie had changes to the story in which it had Alice (who had a different name in the book) staying single and devoting her life to serving others. But in the book, she married and had a large family. That's why Scrooge didn't seek her out.

After Michael's jaw was severely fractured, he started having sinus problems, which is why he had to use a handkerchief for over a year. And the bruise on his face lasted for a long time due to severity of the injury. He ended up having a surgery done, Fredo mentioned it on Michael's arrival in Vegas.

I miss her so much. Yeah, I know it's para social, but watching movies "with her" got me through some hard times. Wish I could say hey somehow

Not a single mention of some of the most beautiful cinematography ever in a Hollywood film or any other--what was this guy looking at?!

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According to Kris Kringle’s longtime doctor, this sweet old gentleman has “a delusion for good. He only wants to be friendly and helpful.” There are just enough coincidences for a little girl to believe Kris is Santa Claus, because we’ve been told children need faith and make-believe - “intangibles” which adults need too. Fred and Doris are never depicted actually believing the old man is a mythological figure with magical powers.

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Not historically accurate, but a great story and great cinematography. Walter Brennan deserves special mention because he was more often cast as a kind of comic relief character, but in this film he shines as a villain.

Tags are either slang for license plates or can be used to refer to the stickers you put on your plates every year to show you have paid the registration fee.

"Mac, you ever been in love?" "No, I've been a bartender all my life." Fun Fact: The movie was featured in the TV series M*A*S*H (1972) episode Movie Tonight (1977). Parody Suggestion Fact: Walter Brennan later lampooned his own Old Man Clanton portrayal in Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969), which I highly recommend. Historical Fact: John Ford, who in his youth had known the real Wyatt Earp, claimed the way the OK Corral gunfight was staged in this film was the way it was explained to him by Earp himself, with a few exceptions. Ford met Earp through Harry Carey. Location Location Fact: John Ford wanted to shoot in Monument Valley, UT, which had proven to be the perfect site for Stagecoach (1939) and would quickly become his favorite location and the landscape most closely associated with his vision of the Old West. The real town of Tombstone, AZ, however, lies at the southern end of the state, closer to the Arizona-Mexico border. So he had a set for the complete town built at a cost of $250,000. Ford also chose Monument Valley because he wanted to bring some business to the economically depressed Navajo community there.

This is one of my favorite westerns so you better be nice to it!! (ha ha)

You need to watch in the good old summertime which is a remake of this

Cool. The showdown between the Earps and the Clantons is the stuff of legend. The story was told in feature films seven times over sixty years, starting with Law and Order (1932), and including Frontier Marshal (1939), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), and Tombstone (1993). My Darling Clementine (1946) takes liberties with plot points to heighten the drama. Ford's alterations might make more sense in hindsight of watching another Ford film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). Tim Holt appeared in dozens upon dozens of Westerns during his career, filming as many as five movies a year for several consecutive years. His first major role came in Stella Dallas (1937), in support of Barbara Stanwyck. But one of his most memorable roles is starring opposite Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). Ward Bond, aka Morgan Earp, also appeared in dozens upon dozens of films during his career, typically playing a tough guy character, a cowboy, a police officer, or a soldier. He enjoyed his first major roles in Escape by Night (1937) and Born to Be Wild (1938) and often appeared in roles supporting John Wayne. He appeared in several more notable films during his career including The Shepherd of the Hills (1941), Tobacco Road (1941), Sergeant York (1941), They Were Expendable (1945), Canyon Passage (1946), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Hondo (1953), Johnny Guitar (1954), Pillars of the Sky (1956), The Searchers (1956), and Rio Bravo (1959).

Shootout at the OK corral was a real event. Tombstone is now a tourist town with the main street preserved. I even watched a shoot-out on the main street for the tourists.

I think Doc had Tb and it was common for people with that to go out west were the air was dry and hot. His case must of been terminal so he was basically trying to get himself killed.

In my top 10 favorite Westerns. The Clantons being complete psychopaths of the Old West regretted nothing simply because it is not ever in their nature to regret. Doc and Clem knew each other in the East and were both from more well to do families, but when Doc discovered he had tuberculosis he became reckless with a devil may care death wish and what better place to practice it than the pretty much lawless Old West. I prefer this cut to the release cut, but 20th Century Fox producer Darryl F. Zanuck wanted it cut down and music added in certain scenes and even added a moment that Ford really objected to. I mean the release print is excellent but Ford's preview cut is just that extra something that makes it feel more Ford and less Hollywood factory. Anyway, absolutely excellent reaction as usual. Thanks for going on this Ford journey. Can't wait for the next. Is The Grapes of Wrath on your docket?

You have to check out THE QUIET MAN (1952)

Henry Fonda was so damned good.

One of the good ones.

Those scenes in the rain were beautifully done.

Charters and Cauldicot, the very English unflappable cricket fans were so well received as comedy relief characters that they got several spin off films of their own. But then the whole film was setting up the self image with war coming. There were awful things happening in Europe. The only thing was for the British to stick together, we saw what happened to the one not willing to stand up to the beastly foreigner.

When he's eating dinner in the restaurant (3:57), he orders more bread. The waiter says "ha-penny extra" (a half-pence or 1:480 of a Pound), so he refuses. [The Closed Caption creator didn't know what a ha-penny was.] So Scrooge is not a GREEDY rich man in the spendthrift sense. He's a miser. Lives in constant fear of going without. And to be sure that that doesn't happen, he hoards, and therefore... goes without.

Unjustifiably overlooked Hitchcock movie. Better than a lot of the better known ones.

This movie's okay but none of the later versions hold a candle to the original version from the 1960s.

I, like many others, think this is the best Scrooge character ever played by any actor, even to this day. Alistair Sim wasn't a well known actor by today's standards but he made this character of Scrooge appear so real and honestly brutal that when you go back to the first argument Scrooge has with Crachit about taking off Christmas day, you can see Cratchet flinch when Scrooge throws his scarf around his own neck because his scarf literally slaps Crachit in the face. I wonder to this day if that was just happenstance or did they want to create that kind of indignance in Scrooge's character for the audience to witness. If so, it was well done. By the way, you can watch a colorized version of this movie which I prefer because they did a great job of colorizing it.

I love this movie! This was a great reaction! And merry Christmas!:D

As a lifelong fan of the original animated TV special, I was skeptical of a live-action remake. But the cast, the costumes, the craziness of this movie naturally won me over. Great reaction to this fun classic holiday favorite! Happy Holidays to you and those you cherish, Henry! ❄🎊🎉✨❄

I LOVE The Grinch so much, the scene when his heart grows ALWAYS has me crying and laughing 🥲 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! 🎄

Mercedes Ruehl got an Oscar for this. Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Amanda Plummer all absolutely outstanding in this beautiful fairy tale. Fav film of all time

"You're the... the..." "...the... the... THE GRINCH?!" Merry Christmas! ✝️ 🙏 🎄 🎁 Fun Fact: Theatrical movie debut of Q'orianka Kilcher and Eva Burkley. Music Enthusiast Fact: Taylor Momsen has left acting and is focused on her heavy metal band: The Pretty Reckless. What Script Fact: When the Grinch pulls the sheet off of the table, all of the silverware was scripted to fall off. Jim Carrey pulled the sheet off so well that he improvised and went back to push the silverware off. Many of the Grinch's lines were ad-libbed by Jim Carrey. Make-Up Shenanigans Fact: According to Rick Baker, the prosthetic make-up Jim Carrey wore took about two hours to apply and one hour to remove. Jim Carrey revealed in The Graham Norton Show that he felt so confined and uncomfortable in the latex skin that he sought counselling from a CIA agent who taught him torture-resistance techniques. Producer and director Ron Howard was so thankful for Jim Carrey putting up with the uncomfortable hours to apply his make-up that during filming he put on the Grinch suit with full make-up and directed one day with the suit on. He intended this to be a show of appreciation to Carrey. However, when Carrey saw Howard in a full Grinch outfit he believed he was a stunt double who "looked nothing like him" and was angered. The Whoville set was built mostly on the backlot of Universal Studios behind the Bates Motel. During a breaks in filming, Jim Carrey surprised and scared tourists on the Universal Backlot Tour by running out of the hotel wearing a dress and brandishing a knife. Nobody recognized him and the tour guide at Universal Studios will tell you the story when you pass by the hotel on the Backlot Tour.

I believe another reason the Grinch hates Christmas is because he feels that everyone merely focuses on the presents and materialistic things. This is not the kind of Christmas he wants to be part of. He lost faith in Christmas and he hates the Whos for shunning him just because he's "different". It's no wonder he grew up bitter and angry. In the end, the Whos finally showed him that "Christmas still came" even with the lack of presents. This helped the Grinch to realize that Christmas is more than just presents after all.

Sadly the subtitles are often very inaccurate

I love this version so much! I would've never knew about this whole story if it wasn't for my school that taught me this whole thing! Literally 1 of my fav movies, btw for your next Christmas movie reaction can you watch Home Alone it can be any part lol I'm new btw 🫶 (btw my b-day was last weekend so it would be nice if you said happy birthday or smth)

I can't believe it took this long for a reactor to watch this version. Thanks!

You must remember that in Dickens' time, it was not possible for poor people to educate themselves and get better jobs, because the Victorian British class system set up social barriers that kept people stuck in whatever social class they were born into. Both wealth and poverty were generational, passed down from parent to child over centuries. A person could easily slip down, like Dickens' father, but it was almost impossible to rise up. If rich people didn't donate to pay for schools in poor communities, there would be no way for poor people even to learn to read as children, let alone get higher education or career training. Even with such education, a person could only rise so high. It would be the difference between the Cratchit family or Mrs. Dilbur versus literally starving. That's why Dickens emphasized charity and compassion so much in this story. He was arguing that charity and caring for others around us are moral duties. "Mankind was my business! Their common welfare was my business!"

Thank you for this excellent reaction.👍 I wish you a very Merry Christmas.

Yes ... this is the version that rises above all others. A very nice review.

Hi Henry, glad to see someone covering reactions to the classics, especially Hitchcock’s films! I noticed that there are still a few missing from your list. It would be amazing if you could plan to review some of his later works, like TORN CURTAIN (1966) and TOPAZ (1969). Both are incredibly suspenseful and happen to be some of my personal favorites. Looking forward to your thoughts on them! Best wishes!

When Fann ran through Scrooge at 7:37, that was pretty painful to see.

Best version, agreed. And I hadn't seen it before, so I watched the movie before this video. Cool double special effect when Scrooge and the spirit of Christmas past witnesses Fan visiting young Scrooge. The spirit is transparent but Scrooge is not, and Fan walks through the solid looking man. And I enjoyed the overacting by Michael Hordern (Jacob Marley) as a ghost, but not when playing the living Marley. Also, Scrooge seems more sad and afraid from the start of the movie rather than just an evil greedy man like in several other adaptations. Great reaction and review, Henry. You look cute in your costume, but don't wear it when visiting Sweden. We eat reindeer here. 😋 Merry Christmas and a happy new year! 🎉✨🎆

I agree this is the best version.