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Frontier Marshal
Frontier Marshal may refer to: * ''Frontier Marshal'' (1934 film), an American western starring George O'Brien * ''Frontier Marshal'' (1939 film), an American western starring Randolph Scott * '' Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal'', a 1931 novel by Stuart N. Lake; basis for both films {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontier Marshal (1934 Film)
''Frontier Marshal'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring George O'Brien. Produced by Fox Film and Sol M. Wurtzel, the film is the first based on Stuart N. Lake's enormously popular but largely fictitious "biography" of Wyatt Earp, '' Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal''. A second version of the film, also produced by Wurtzel, was made in 1939, and a third interpretation by John Ford entitled ''My Darling Clementine'' was released in 1946. He supposedly wrote the book with Earp's input, and it portrays Earp as a fearless lawman. But before the first movie was released, his widow Josephine Earp sued 20th Century Fox for $50,000 in an attempt to keep them from making the film. She said it was an "unauthorized portrayal" of Wyatt Earp. She succeeded in getting Earp's name completely excised from the movie. His character was renamed "Michael Wyatt," and the movie was released as ''Frontier Marshal''. Plot Wandering lawman Michael Wyatt ride ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontier Marshal (1939 Film)
''Frontier Marshal'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Randolph Scott as Wyatt Earp. The film is the second produced by Sol M. Wurtzel based on Stuart N. Lake's biography of Earp '' Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal'' (later found to be largely fictionalized). An earlier version was Wurtzel's '' Frontier Marshal'', filmed in 1934. The film was remade by John Ford in 1946 as ''My Darling Clementine'', including whole scenes reshot from the 1939 film. ''Frontier Marshal'' costars Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero as " Doc Halliday" (the name was changed for the film from the original "Holliday" because of fear of a lawsuit from Holliday's family), John Carradine and Lon Chaney, Jr. Ward Bond appears as the town marshal; Bond was also in the 1934 version, and later appears as Morgan Earp in Ford's film. Eddie Foy, Jr. plays the large supporting role of his father, entertainer Eddie Foy, in this as well as three other feature films. Plot In Tombstone, Ari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
