"with George Montgomery, ""Cheyenne Autumn"" (1964), featuring Richard Widmark, James Stewart and Edward G. Robinson and directed by John Ford and ""Wyatt Earp"" (1994) with Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman. In the 1939 film ""Dodge City"" the fictional lawman Wade Hatton, played by Errol Flynn, was modeled on Earp. In the television series ""Smallville"", Metropolis is said to be southwest of Dodge City with Smallville, ""Superman"" / Clark Kent's childhood and adolescent residence, located west of Wichita. More recently, Dodge City served as a setting for the 2005 multi-platform video game ""Gun"". Numerous figures of the American Old West lived"
"serious doubts about her career at Warner Bros. Some film scholars consider 1939 to be the high point of the golden age of Classical Hollywood, producing classics in many genres, including the Western. Warner Bros. produced Michael Curtiz's sprawling Technicolor adventure ""Dodge City"", Flynn and deHavilland's first Western film. Set during the American Civil War, the film is about a Texas trailblazer who witnesses the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City, Kansas, and becomes sheriff to clean up the town. DeHavilland played Abbie Irving, whose initial hostility towards Flynn's character Wade Hatton is transformed by events, and the two fall in"
"in his autobiography of what he termed Cabot's ""betrayal."" Cabot died in 1972 at the Motion Picture Country Home at Woodland Hills, California from lung cancer and was buried in his hometown of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot (born Étienne de Pelissier Bujac Jr., April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll in ""King Kong"" (1933) and for his roles in films such as ""The Last of the Mohicans"" (1936), Fritz Lang's ""Fury"" (1936) and the western ""Dodge City"" (1939). He was also known as one of ""Wayne's Regulars"","
"Council of Los Angeles, California. Lundigan married Rena Morgan, and they had a daughter, Anastasia. Lundigan died of apparent heart failure on December 20, 1975, at Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California. William Lundigan William Lundigan (June 12, 1914 – December 20, 1975) was an American film actor. His more than 125 films include ""Dodge City"" (1939), ""The Fighting 69th"" (1940), ""The Sea Hawk"" (1940), ""Santa Fe Trail"" (1940), ""Dishonored Lady"" (1947), ""Pinky"" (1949), ""Love Nest"" (1951) with Marilyn Monroe, ""The House on Telegraph Hill"" (1951), ""I'd Climb the Highest Mountain"" (1951) and ""Inferno"" (1953). Growing up in Syracuse, New"
"Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot (born Étienne de Pelissier Bujac Jr., April 20, 1904 – May 3, 1972) was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll in ""King Kong"" (1933) and for his roles in films such as ""The Last of the Mohicans"" (1936), Fritz Lang's ""Fury"" (1936) and the western ""Dodge City"" (1939). He was also known as one of ""Wayne's Regulars"", appearing in a number of John Wayne films beginning with ""Angel and the Badman"" (1947). Cabot was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico to a prominent local lawyer, Major Étienne de Pelissier Bujac, Sr. and Julia Armandine"
"loveby now a proven formula for their on-screen relationships. Curtiz's action sequences, Sol Polito's cinematography, Max Steiner's expansive film score, and perhaps the ""definitive saloon brawl in movie history"" all contributed to the film's success. ""Variety"" described the film as ""a lusty western, packed with action"". For deHavilland, playing yet one more supporting love interest in a limited role, ""Dodge City"" represented the emotional low point of her career to that point. She later said, ""I was in such a depressed state that I could hardly remember my lines."" In a letter to a colleague dated November 18, 1938, film"
"Guinn ""Big Boy"" Williams Guinn Terrell Williams Jr. (April 26, 1899 – June 6, 1962) was an American actor who appeared in memorable westerns such as ""Dodge City"" (1939), ""Santa Fe Trail"" (1940), and ""The Comancheros"" (1961). He was nicknamed ""Big Boy"" as he was 6' 2"" and had a muscular build from years of working on ranches and playing semi-pro and professional baseball. His father, Guinn Williams (1871-1948), a Democratic congressman, represented the 13th Texas Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1922 to 1932. When Williams Jr. returned from World War I as an Army"
"Dude Cowboy Dude Cowboy is a 1941 American western film. David Howard directed the film (his final one) and Morton Grant wrote the screenplay. The film stars Tim Holt as Terry McVey, Eddie Kane as Gordon West, Marjorie Reynolds as Barbara Adams, Byron Foulger as Frank Adams, Louise Currie as Gail Sargent, Eddie Dew as French, Helen Holmes as Aunt Althea Carter, Lloyd Ingraham as Pop Stebbins, Eddie Kane as Gordon West, and Tom London as the Silver City Sheriff. Filming began 25 April 1941. Federal agent, Terry McVey (Tim Holt), who goes undercover as a cowboy staying at the"
"William Lundigan William Lundigan (June 12, 1914 – December 20, 1975) was an American film actor. His more than 125 films include ""Dodge City"" (1939), ""The Fighting 69th"" (1940), ""The Sea Hawk"" (1940), ""Santa Fe Trail"" (1940), ""Dishonored Lady"" (1947), ""Pinky"" (1949), ""Love Nest"" (1951) with Marilyn Monroe, ""The House on Telegraph Hill"" (1951), ""I'd Climb the Highest Mountain"" (1951) and ""Inferno"" (1953). Growing up in Syracuse, New York, Lundigan was the oldest of four sons. His father, Michael F. Lundigan, owned a shoe store (at which Lundigan worked) in the same building as a local radio station, WFBL. Becoming"
"in Dodge City during its period as a frontier cowtown. These included, most notably, lawmen Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson as well as gunfighter Doc Holliday. Other notable natives and residents have included Vaudeville actor and comedian Eddie Foy Sr., wrestler Sputnik Monroe, and actor Dennis Hopper. Dodge City, Kansas Dodge City is the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States, named after nearby Fort Dodge. The city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier town of the Old West. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,340. Fort Mann was the"
"Vigilantes of Dodge City Vigilantes of Dodge City is a 1944 American film directed by Howard Bretherton starring Wild Bill Elliott in the role of Red Ryder and costarring as Little Beaver, actor ""(Bobby)"" Robert Blake. It was the fifth of twenty-three Red Ryder feature films that would be produced by Republic Pictures. The picture was shot on the studio’s back lot along with outdoor locations at Iverson Ranch, 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Luther Jennings ""(LeRoy Mason)"" seeks to take over the Ryder freight lines run by Red Ryder’s Aunt, the Duchess ""(Alice Fleming)"". His gang"
"epic-inspiring scores ""about empire building and progress"" like ""Dodge City"" (1939), ""The Oklahoma Kid"" (1939), and ""The Adventures of Mark Twain"" (1944). ""Dodge City"", starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, is a good example of Steiner's handling of typical scenes of the Western genre. Steiner used a ""lifting, loping melody"" which reflected the movement and sounds of wagons, horses and cattle. Steiner showed a love for combining Westerns and romance, as he did in ""They Died with Their Boots On"" (1941), also starring Flynn and de Havilland. Considered his greatest Western is ""The Searchers"" (1956). Although his contract ended"
"heroine for being where she was doing what she did as a saloon entertainer. The Carson City Kid The Carson City Kid is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane starring Roy Rogers, George ""Gabby"" Hayes, and Bob Steele. Roy Rogers (Roy Rogers, and not playing ""himself"" but playing a character named Roy Rogers), posing as The Carson City Kid, is seeking vengeance on Morgan Reynolds, the man who killed his brother. To find Reynolds in the gold towns, he systematically stops stagecoaches and goes through the mail, hoping to find letters addressed to Reynolds and thus learn"
"The Carson City Kid The Carson City Kid is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane starring Roy Rogers, George ""Gabby"" Hayes, and Bob Steele. Roy Rogers (Roy Rogers, and not playing ""himself"" but playing a character named Roy Rogers), posing as The Carson City Kid, is seeking vengeance on Morgan Reynolds, the man who killed his brother. To find Reynolds in the gold towns, he systematically stops stagecoaches and goes through the mail, hoping to find letters addressed to Reynolds and thus learn his whereabouts. Thus ""The Kid"" earns the reputation of a stagecoach robber, although he"
"Dodge City Gang The Dodge City Gang were a group of Kansas gunfighters and gamblers who dominated the political and economic life of Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1879 and early 1880. This came at a time when Las Vegas was booming and was thought to be the future metropolis of New Mexico. As with many a boomtown, it attracted a number of opportunists and outlaws. The gang was composed largely of fighters from the recent Railroad Wars of Raton, New Mexico, and Royal Gorge, Colorado. These included John Joshua Webb, ""Dirty"" Dave Rudabaugh, and Mysterious Dave Mather. The gang"
"Ford's casting Ricardo Montalbán and Gilbert Roland. The film was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by William H. Clothier, whose work was nominated for an Academy Award. Gilbert Roland earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The original version was 158 minutes, Ford's longest work. Warner Bros. later decided to edit the ""Dodge City"" sequence out of the film, reducing the running time to 145 minutes, although it was shown in theaters during the film's initial release. This sequence features James Stewart as Wyatt Earp and Arthur Kennedy as Doc Holliday. Some critics have argued that this"
"Wool and Mohair Company, and the Bankers Association (all of which coincided both in his native Texas and adopted California). Throughout his life Williams was active both in community affairs and the Methodist churches of Decatur, Texas, San Angelo, Texas, and Los Angeles, California. Williams died unexpectedly of uremic poisoning on June 6, 1962, aged 63. Guinn ""Big Boy"" Williams Guinn Terrell Williams Jr. (April 26, 1899 – June 6, 1962) was an American actor who appeared in memorable westerns such as ""Dodge City"" (1939), ""Santa Fe Trail"" (1940), and ""The Comancheros"" (1961). He was nicknamed ""Big Boy"" as he"
"and Behave"" (1938), ""Comet Over Broadway"" (1939), ""The Oklahoma Kid"" (1939), and ""You Can't Get Away with Murder"" (1939). Bucker had a big hit with ""Dodge City"" (1939) starring Errol Flynn, based on his original screenplay. He was credited on ""Angels Wash Their Faces"" (1939), and ""Espionage Agent"" (1939) was based on his story. Bucker wrote a follow up to ""Dodge City"", ""Virginia City"" (1940) with Flynn, and worked on the script for ""My Love Came Back"" (1940). Bucker received acclaim for a biopic, ""Knute Rockne All American"" (1940). He did a third Western for Flynn, ""Santa Fe Trail"" (1940)"
"Dunne and Dorothy Lamour; ""The Fighting 69th"" with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien; ""They Drive By Night"" with George Raft and Humphrey Bogart; ""Manpower"" with Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, and George Raft; ""Virginia City"" with Errol Flynn, Randolph Scott, and Humphrey Bogart; and as the cantankerous Sgt. McGee in the 1943 movie ""This Is the Army"" with Irving Berlin. He also co-starred with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in the successful western film ""Dodge City"" (1939) where he played the slightly dimwitted but likeable and comical Rusty Hart, sidekick to Flynn's character, Sheriff Wade Hatton. Hale co-starred with"
"of the action scenes; British stuntman Alf Joint who doubled for Burton in such sequences as the fight on top of the cable car; award-winning conductor and composer Ron Goodwin, who wrote the film score; and future Oscar-nominee Arthur Ibbetson, who worked on its cinematography. The film is noted for the phrase ""Broadsword calling Danny Boy"", spoken by Richard Burton several times throughout. The phrase is frequently used by Richard Burton impressionists. In the winter of 1943–44, U.S. Army Brigadier General George Carnaby (Robert Beatty), a chief planner for the Western Front, is captured by the Germans. He is taken"
"town together. The Marshal of Mesa City The Marshal of Mesa City is a 1939 American western film directed by David Howard from a screenplay by Jack Lait Jr.. Although no story credit was given, this film bears a striking similarity to the 1935 western, ""The Arizonian"", whose screenplay and story were written by Academy Award winner Dudley Nichols, and some sources state that this film was a remake of the earlier picture. Both were produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, and ""The Marshal of Mesa City"" was released on November 3, 1939. The film stars George O'Brien and"
"Don Taylor (American actor and director) Donald Richie Taylor (December 13, 1920 – December 29, 1998) was an American actor and film director. He co-starred in 1940s and 1950s classics, including the 1948 film noir ""The Naked City"", ""Battleground"", ""Father of the Bride"", ""Father's Little Dividend"" and ""Stalag 17"". He later turned to directing films such as ""Escape from the Planet of the Apes"" (1971), ""Tom Sawyer"" (1973), and """" (1978). The son of Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Taylor, he was born Donald Ritchie Taylor in Freeport, Pennsylvania, on December 13, 1920. (Another source says that he was born ""in"
"Big City (1937 film) Big City is a 1937 American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy. The film was also released as ""Skyscraper Wilderness"". Joe Benton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife Anna (Luise Rainer) are suspected of starting a taxi war. Although innocent, they are blamed for everything that has happened and the officials demand that Anna be deported from the United States. While trying to prove their innocence, the couple feels forced to hide. The film also casts a number of popular sports figures including Jack Dempsey, James J. Jeffries, Jim Thorpe,"
"Silver Bar Dude Ranch to investigate the disappearance of Frank Adams (Byron Foulger), a noted engraver, which is possibly connected to a counterfeit money case. Dude Cowboy Dude Cowboy is a 1941 American western film. David Howard directed the film (his final one) and Morton Grant wrote the screenplay. The film stars Tim Holt as Terry McVey, Eddie Kane as Gordon West, Marjorie Reynolds as Barbara Adams, Byron Foulger as Frank Adams, Louise Currie as Gail Sargent, Eddie Dew as French, Helen Holmes as Aunt Althea Carter, Lloyd Ingraham as Pop Stebbins, Eddie Kane as Gordon West, and Tom London"
"day Wildwood Regional Park. The action of the film starts with Colonel Dodge (Henry O'Neill) arriving on the first train and subsequently opening the new railroad line that links Dodge City with the rest of the world. A few years later, Dodge City has turned into the ""longhorn cattle center of the world and wide-open Babylon of the American frontier, packed with settlers, thieves and gunmen—the town that knew no ethics but cash and killing"". In particular, it is Jeff Surrett (Bruce Cabot) and his gang who kill, steal, cheat and, generally, control life in Dodge City without ever being"
"Corrigan, and Max Terhune; an uncredited role in Michael Curtiz' 1939 western, ""Dodge City"", starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland; as a politician in Orson Welles' 1941 classic, ""Citizen Kane""; as a taxi driver in the 1943 Howard Hawks' romantic comedy, ""Ball of Fire"" (1942), starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck; again as a cab driver in the 1943 biopic, ""The Pride of the Yankees"", starring Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright; and the 1944 biography ""The Adventures of Mark Twain"", starring Fredric March and Alexis Smith. Sayles had a small role of an elevator operator in the 1944 film,"
"Dallas (film) Dallas is a 1950 American Western Technicolor film directed by Stuart Heisler, and starring Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Barbara Payton, and Raymond Massey. The film is set in the title city during the Reconstruction Era of the United States. Blayde Hollister (Gary Cooper) is a former Confederate out to revenge himself on a group of carpetbaggers who murdered his family and destroyed their home in Georgia. With the help of his friend Wild Bill Hickok (Reed Hadley), Hollister's death is faked and he accompanies and swaps identities with Federal Marshal Martin Weatherby (Leif Erickson). Martin is an inexperienced"
"dude from the East using the position of Marshal to impress his fiancée Tonia (Ruth Roman), whose Mexican family is being terrorised by the same gang that murdered Reb's family and terrorised Georgia. Hollister posing as the dude Martin protects both men and lets them get closer to the carpetbaggers. According to Warner Bros' accounts, the film earned $2,765,000 domestically and $1,725,000 foreign. Dallas (film) Dallas is a 1950 American Western Technicolor film directed by Stuart Heisler, and starring Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Barbara Payton, and Raymond Massey. The film is set in the title city during the Reconstruction Era"
"The Dude Goes West The Dude Goes West is a 1948 film starring Eddie Albert and Gale Storm from King Brothers Productions. It was directed by Kurt Neumann and released by Monogram Pictures. The movie was originally known as ""Tombstone"". A gunsmith and a marksman, Daniel Bone closes up his Brooklyn, New York business and travels west, where he feels he belongs. On a train, he encounters passenger Liza Crockett, then sees her purse being stolen by a man Dan confronts, disarms and throws off the train. The man turns out to be a notorious outlaw, the Pecos Kid, who"
"City for Conquest City for Conquest is a 1940 American drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, and Arthur Kennedy. The picture is based on the novel of the same name by Aben Kandel. The supporting cast features Anthony Quinn, Elia Kazan, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh, Frank Craven and Lee Patrick. James Cagney plays a truck driver named Danny Kenny who was once a New York City Golden Gloves boxing champion. To help put his brother Eddie (Arthur Kennedy) through music school, Danny starts to box professionally under the name of Young Samson. He quickly"
"his first Western, ""Dodge City"" (1939), with Curtiz and de Havilland. Flynn was reunited with Davis, Curtiz, and de Havilland in ""The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex"" (1939), playing Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. Flynn's relationship with Davis during filming was quarrelsome; Davis allegedly slapped him across the face far harder than necessary during one scene. Flynn attributed her anger to unrequited romantic interest, but according to others, Davis resented sharing equal billing with a man she considered incapable of playing any role beyond a dashing adventurer. ""He himself openly said, 'I don't know really anything about acting,'"""
"Diggstown Diggstown, also known as Midnight Sting, is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Michael Ritchie, and stars James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr., Bruce Dern, Heather Graham, Oliver Platt and Randall ""Tex"" Cobb. Gabriel Caine (James Woods), a con man, is released from prison in Winfield, Georgia and immediately gets to work on his next scam. Caine and his partner, Fitz (Oliver Platt), travel to a small town not far from the prison: Diggstown, a city obsessed with boxing. A mean-spirited man named John Gillon (Bruce Dern) owns almost all of Diggstown. He is feared by many but"
"map, memorizes it and burns it. He falls in love with Liza and leads her to the gold. When the outlaws ambush them, their new Indian friends ride to their rescue. The Dude Goes West The Dude Goes West is a 1948 film starring Eddie Albert and Gale Storm from King Brothers Productions. It was directed by Kurt Neumann and released by Monogram Pictures. The movie was originally known as ""Tombstone"". A gunsmith and a marksman, Daniel Bone closes up his Brooklyn, New York business and travels west, where he feels he belongs. On a train, he encounters passenger Liza"