My Darling Clementine (1946) | |
| Director(s) | John Ford |
| Producer(s) | Samuel G. Engel |
| Top Genres | Drama, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Brothers, Gunfighters, Outlaws, Revenge |
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My Darling Clementine Overview:
My Darling Clementine (1946) was a Drama - Western Film directed by John Ford and produced by Samuel G. Engel.
The film was based on the biography Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal written by Stuart N. Lake 1931.
SYNOPSIS
Fonda plays Wyatt Earp in Ford's celebrated telling of the gunfight at the OK Corral. Mature is a solid Doc Holliday, the cultured Bostonian turned gunfighter. Ford includes long, nostalgic passages that with loving detail evoke daily life in the West, as much the theme of the film as Fonda's quest for his brother's killers and the inevitable showdown at the conclusion. One of Ford's best.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
.My Darling Clementine was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1991.
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John Ford’s “My Darling Clementine” and myth of the American West
By Stephen Reginald on Jul 17, 2020 From Classic Movie ManJohn Ford’s “My Darling Clementine” and myth of the American West My Darling Clementine (1946) is an American western film directed by John Ford, starring Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, and Victor Mature. Many critics consider it one of the best westerns ever made. The movie tak... Read full article
Review: My Darling Clementine (1946)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 15, 2019 From 4 Star FilmsThe first time I ever saw My Darling Clementine I couldn’t get over how unimpressive it seemed. If nothing else it certainly didn’t give off any self-aware sense of its own importance. There was nothing that struck me as outright epic and monumental. And yet this western has been a heral... Read full article
My Darling Clementine (1946)
By Beatrice on Jan 12, 2015 From Flickers in TimeMy Darling Clementine Directed by John Ford Written by Samuel G. Engel and Winston Miller from a story by Sam Hellman based on a book by Stuart N. Lake 1945/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #204 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die If you are not look... Read full article
Criterion: My Darling Clementine
By Aaron West on Oct 19, 2014 From Criterion BluesOct 19 Posted by aaronwest MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, JOHN FORD, 1946 The best genre films are those that touch on deeper themes, and John Ford was an expert at using the Western as a way of examining his present. My Darling Clementine is considered by many to be among the best of his films, and I?ve s... Read full article
Criterion: My Darling Clementine
By Aaron West on Oct 19, 2014 From Criterion BluesOct 19 Posted by aaronwest MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, JOHN FORD, 1946 The best genre films are those that touch on deeper themes, and John Ford was an expert at using the Western as a way of examining his present. My Darling Clementine is considered by many to be among the best of his films, and I?ve s... Read full article
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Quotes from
Clementine Carter: I love your town in the morning, Marshal. The air is so clean and clear... the scent of the desert flower.
Wyatt Earp: That's me... barber.
[as Wyatt is leaving the hotel after taking the marshal's job, he meets Clanton and his sons]
Wyatt Earp: I'm the fella with the trail herd, remember?
Old Man Clanton: Oh, sure, I remember you.
Wyatt Earp: You was right. I didn't get very far with 'em. They was rustled this evening.
Old Man Clanton: That so? Well, that's too bad.
[Wyatt starts out the door]
Old Man Clanton: I guess you'll be headin' for California, huh?
Wyatt Earp: No, I figured on stickin' around awhile. Got myself a job.
Old Man Clanton: Cowpunching?
Wyatt Earp: Marshalin'.
Old Man Clanton: Marshalln'? In Tombstone?
[laughs]
Old Man Clanton: Well... good luck to ya, Mister...?
Wyatt Earp: Earp. Wyatt Earp.
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Facts about
An alternate "preview" version of this film exists. In the 1970s, 20th Century Fox donated some film to the UCLA Film Archives. In 1994, it was discovered that the UCLA print was different from the one being shown on TV. It was about 8 minutes longer with minor variations throughout and a slightly different ending. Both this archival 103 or 104 minute version and the 97 minute release version are included on the Fox DVD released on January 6, 2004.
According to Henry Fonda in 1976 Darryl F. Zanuck's first choice for Doc Holliday was James Stewart but he was overruled by John Ford who didn't believe Stewart could do the part.
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