Belle starr simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. W e last encountered belle starr in the appealing form of jane russell in allan dwans 1948 oater montana belle, but youd hardly recognize the lady in irving cummingss more ambitious 1941 epic. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. The daily film renter and moving picture news, november 20, 1941 includes a beautiful colour picture of gene tierney, one of the great screen beauties, from belle starr, captioned a great screen personality soars to stardom as the fury with a gun, backed with a poster style advertisement for the film, comprising eight stills, of which four feature gene tierney, also randolph scott. She marries confederate guerilla leader, sam starr, and they continue activities against exploiters, until she is shot riding to alert sam to a trap. Gene tierney in the 1941 film sundown op105 gene tierney as zia in a publicity photo from the 1941 united artists film sundown.
Originally mary pickford was to play the role but declined it when she discovered the role called for bare legs. His many other movie credits include belle starr 1941, the love of edgar allan poe 1942, dr. The next year would prove to be a very busy one for gene, as she appeared in the shanghai gesture 1941, sundown 1941, tobacco road 1941 and belle starr 1941. Nov 20, 2015 the film was shot in color so it had a good budget for 1941, at the iverson ranch in chatsworth, california, at 87 minutes. Original 20th century fox complete set of 16 lobby cards 11x14 for the mel brooks. Actress gene tierney in a scene from the movie belle starr get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Whether he was the soldier, gangster, detective, hero or villain, he was unmistakably memorable in his performances at least in the ones ive seen so far. Myra belle shirleys compelling love for two men forces her to take up the life of an outlaw and she becomes the legendary belle starr. After the civil war, union troops catch belle shirley gene tierney, a southern belle, harboring the wanted confederate guerrilla fighter sam starr randolph scott. Another movie still taken in front of sphinx rock above is from underground rustlers.
Belle starr 1941 cast and crew after the civil war, union troops catch belle shirley gene tierney, a southern belle, harboring the wanted confederate guerrilla fighter sam starr randolph scott. Belle starr was born myra belle shirley, february 5, 1848, at carthage, missouri, and her father was judge john shirley, former kentuckian, who operated a hoteltavern in carthage as well as a blacksmith and livery stable business. I may have seen it before on tv but i dont remember it. Belle starr is the story of a famous southern female outlaw, as seen through the lens of a hollywood that was still reeling from the mammoth success of gone with the wind. Belle starr 1941 hudsons bay 1941 tobacco road 1941. American actress gene tierney in the title role of belle. After her familys mansion is burned down by yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader captain sam starr scott belle shirley tierney vows to take revenge. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. But theyll quickly discover that the shanghai gesture is so much more than tierney. Belle starr is a deeply dishonest film not in the sense that it is less than faithful to historical fact, which in hollywood is, at most, a venial sin, but in the sense that it contributes to a dishonest narrative of american history which seeks to excuse, even to justify, the cruelty and racism of the past. Her first role as barbara hall in hudsons bay 1941 would be the sendoff vehicle for her career. Her father was a missouri hog farmer and her mother distantly related to the hatfields of feuding fame. American actress gene tierney in the title role of belle starr, directed by irving cummings, 1941.
Born john shepperd, he was a durable performer of film, television and stage. For a much more interesting depiction of belle starr on film, see pamela reed in walter hills the long riders 1980. This is a list of movies produced andor distributed by the u. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Belle starr the bandit queen the setting is the civil war, and its aftermath. Belle starr has returned from time in prison only to face a hail of bullets, along with rescue by hoppy and the bar 20 gang. Losing a game of poker with larry blackie eastman, belle starr martinelli is offered a final game to retrieve her lost money if shell put up her body for the pot. Belle starr 1979 was the first novel of american author and editor speer morgan. Many of the people who care about and enjoy older films like the shanghai gesture will no doubt pickup the film because of gene tierney the biggest star in the cast. Buy belle starr movie posters from movie poster shop. Nov 30, 2008 after watching the tall target last night, tonight i decided to stay in the civil war era by watching belle starr, also known as belle starr.
Starr hews very closely to the known facts of her outlaw career, but the 1941 model, a twentieth centuryfox production, has a distinctive archetypal parentage. Belle starr approved 1h 27min western 12 september 1941 usa at the end of the civil war, an embittered southern belle joins forces with a confederate guerrilla leader to raid union towns. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Jul 27, 2009 myra belle shirleys compelling love for two men forces her to take up the life of an outlaw and she becomes the legendary belle starr. Wyethone of the early significant female characters in the west. Its a shame that this book is out of print, as it is a very brave autobiography by a remarkable woman. Hold that ghost 1941 24030 movieart original film posters. He began his film career in the title character role in the film joaquin murrieta 1938, followed by flight command 1940. The film is not exactly up to historic standards, though it is true that starr was from missouri, was an expert sharp shooter, and eventually married sam starr her second marriage, having already become an outlaw when married to her first husband. He was in the first feature film, or film of any length, as a member of the three stooges along with larry and moe in the 1930 fox film soup to nuts. Belle starr marys almost ancestor wild women of the.
Although the real belle starr was ugly as a mud fence, she has been played on film not only by the. A bed stood in one corner, and with a few chairs, the cabin was complete. Folded theaterused fair condition 20th century fox original italian 79x55 poster for the irving cummings directed film belle starr 1941 starring. Am going you will release it on dvd or put it back on schedule.
Whenever randolph scott is associated with a project, you know it will be a decent western. Isabel jewell july 19, 1907 april 5, 1972 was an american actress most active in the 1930s and early 1940s. After her success in mans genesis, mae marsh appeared in numerous films and found success in griffiths landmark film birth of a nation 1915 which also. After her familys mansion is burned down by yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader captain sam starr, belle. There was a scene where outlaw randolph scott teaches belle to shoot. Cavalry horses, they discover that the leader of the rustlers is the infamous belle starr, the most. Belle starr also known as belle starr, the bandit queengene tierney.
The song is actually reminising about the old days when you went to town to see a saturday western that likely stared the likes of randolph scott or john wayne. At the end of the civil war, southern beauty belle shirley, indignant at the way yankees treat the southerners, marries confederate guerrilla leader sam starr and continues to raid union towns. Our photographs are high quality reproductions, in mint condition, professionally printed on beautiful lustre finish photographic paper. Gene tierney as zia in a publicity photo from the 1941 united artists film sundown. Belle starr 1941 original theatrical print recreation youtube. At the end of the civil war, an embittered southern belle joins forces with a confederate. Is the name and line in a very popular statler brothers song.
For the movies of those two companies, see list of pre1940 fox films and list of 20th century pictures films. She is also a front for the outlaws, who are led by. In addition to a number of works inspired by belles life, including the 1941 film belle star, starring gene tierney, a noted biography on the western icon was written by glenn shirley belle star and her times. Belle starr 1941 rarefilmm the cave of forgotten films. The unsolved murder of belle starr is the basis for the douglas c. Gene tierney, the star of friday nights movie rings on her fingers, plays belle, a missourian who refuses to accept that the south has lost the civil war. This is a complete filmography of betty grable, an american actress, dancer, and singer. Gene tierney in the 1941 film sundown 8x10 photo op. Belle starr net worth, spouse, children, height, weight. Belle langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. I have seen belle star on tv some time back, loved the movie, so i started a search for a copy to buy and found there were none.
I think it is great fun to see the film crew and their equipment on the set in the garden of the gods. Gene tierney as miss bellebelle starr in a publicity photo from the 1941 twentieth century fox film belle starr. American outlaw who robbed stagecoaches with her husband and harbored known bad guys, including jesse adam and the younger siblings, as. The company was founded on may 31, 1935 as a merger between fox film corporation and 20th century pictures. Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. Gene tierney and louise beavers in belle starr 1941 gene tierney in belle starr 1941. Belle s bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation amongst the locals as well as the love of starr himself.
Belle starr is a 1941 american western film directed by irving cummings and starring randolph scott, gene tierney, dana andrews, and shepperd strudwick. The legend of belle starr 1979 was a historical novel by stoney hardcastle. Belle starr dvd region 1 playable in north america the us, canada, mexico, etc. View a list of all the feature films sorted by popularity. Very few women of that day had traveled any more, and still she was. Celebrity gene tierney described her in the 1941 film, belle starr. A veteran supporting cast gives their all for the cause, or is that causes. The real belle starr 1848 89, shown right, born myra maybelle shirley and usually known as may, was not a rich southern belle and she was certainly no beauty. There is no known photograph of her, despite some of the things you will see on the internet. And here, belle starr spent the remainder of her life. However, in 1955 in the far horizons, donna reed played her. Tierney does fine opposite an uninspired randolph scott as the fiery belle starr. Deze western is eigenlijk alleen interessant ivm een gene tierney in fullcolour. Hopalong cassidy collection the movie database tmdb.
Complete belle starr biography wiki updated in 2018. Full coloured western movie green grass of wyoming 1948 green grass of wyoming is a 1948 american western drama film directed by louis king starring. Read this faq about determining if something is pd. After watching the tall target last night, tonight i decided to stay in the civil war era by watching belle starr, also known as belle starr. This is, by far, the worst transfer of a movie i have ever seen. Wood engraving in the national police gazette 1886 may 22, p. How a southern girl became a legendary western outlaw by allison meier april 3, 20 copy link facebook twitter reddit flipboard pocket.
Daily film renter 1941 edition with gene tierney online. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when sam starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving belle to wonder if he really cares about the southern cause. The other night i watched an early gene tierney movie, belle starr, where she played a highly romanticized and glamorized version of the infamous old west outlaw. Nov 12, 2016 at the end of the civil war, southern beauty belle shirley, indignant at the way yankees treat the southerners, marries confederate guerrilla leader sam starr and continues to raid union towns.
The first of any member of the three stooges to marry, he wed gertrude frank on march 15, 1925. The noted belle starr is arrested on the border of indian territory and being released on bail vanishes on horseback. Lovely and feisty gene tierney loses her southern plantation at the end of the civil war when her former beau, a union major dana andrews, burns it down as punishment for harboring sam starr randolph scott a confederate guerrilla. Her story was popularized in dime novels beginning in 1889 and in films beginning in 1928. We truly want you to be completely satisfied with each and every purchase. Gene tierney, one of the most stunninglooking actresses to come out of the hollywood studio system, had a bright and privileged start in life, and made many highqualityand a handful of true classicmotion pictures, but her middle life was beset by tragedy, divorce and mental illness. Belle starr 1941 starring randolph scott, gene tierney and dana andrews. Belle starr marys almost ancestor june 7, 1886, dallas morning news, p. Belle starr belle starr 1941 hudsons bay barbara hall 1940 the return of frank james eleanor stone 1940.
List of 20th century studios movies simple english. Looking precisely nothing like the real belle, gene. After a spy film with elisabeth bergner, paris calling 1941, he was in a hugely popular war film at fox with john payne and maureen ohara, to the shores of tripoli 1942. How green was my valley won best picture at the academy awards. Gallery of 12 movie poster and cover images for belle starr 1941. All films featuring the character hopalong cassidy, played by actor william boyd.
In 1941, scott also costarred with a young gene tierney in another western, belle starr. Belle starr 1941 belle starr the bandit queen nonusa format, pal. The mighty barnum 1934 the affairs of cellini 1934 bulldog drummond strikes back 1934 our daily bread 1934. Later that year she appeared in the return of frank james 1940. As a result, belle bears absolutely no resemblance to the historical truth hardly a surprise from hollywood, but worth repeating nonetheless. As a major contract star for 20th centuryfox during the 1940s and 1950s, she starred in a succession of musicals and romantic comedies grable began her career in 1929 at age twelve, after which she was fired from a contract when it was learned she signed up under false identification.
Some of her most famous films were ceiling zero, marked woman, a tale of two cities, and gone with the wind. The attitude to black americans the film adopts is pretty offensive to us nowadays and has probably helped to keep the movie off the tv schedules. Her scenes with andrews have far more electricity and pick the film s pacing up midway through. However, the best relationship in the film is the one that exists between belle starr and major thomas grail, the yankee commander and childhood chum who must bring her to justice in spite of his deep love for her. Belle starr 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Belle starr irving cummings, 1941 510 an outlaw western which has elements of gone with the wind. When matt and his assistant frankie investigate the theft of a herd of u. His many other movie credits include belle starr 1941, the love of. Written by lamar trotti and based on a story by niven busch and cameron rogers, it was produced by kenneth macgowan for 20th century fox, and shot in technicolor.
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