November 23, 2014 — SO bad I couldn’t stop watching! – recycled tons of wonderful Drums Along the Mohawk, 1939, outdoor footage. Stuck in between were dull, bland sound stage scenes … One wagon train scene was like an excursion in Disneyland with animatronic Indians standing in groups in the trees along the trail …
“An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper’s daughter, his fiancé newly arrived from the east, and the Indian Chief’s daughter.” … Guess who’s who?
Strong in the wilderness … Rita Gam, Onida … with stylish leather trousers … Sidney Lumet‘s first wife … The exotic Rita is really Rita McKay from Pittsburgh …
Could that be? … Yes, it is … Mae Clarke (grapefruited in the face by Cagney) … Minikah… Onida’s (Rita Gam’s) mother …
Aargh! … The closing song leaves MUCH to be desired …. “Love plays the strings of my banjo … Ba-ba-ba-ba-bum” … “Ba-ba-ba-ba-bum” is the refrain, heard over and over … This isn’t Tex Ritter singing High Noon’s “Do Not Forsake Me O My Darlin’,” 1952 … If you’ve a hankerin’, Mohawk is on YouTube … Fast forward to the end for the song …
Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert … Drums Along the Mohawk, 1939 … They’re smiling now, but they won’t be, once they learn about all the outdoor action scenes that ended up in Mohawk …
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