Arizona (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Wesley Ruggles |
| Producer(s) | Wesley Ruggles |
| Top Genres | Film Adaptation, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Civil War, Romance (Drama) |
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Arizona (1940) was a Western - Film Adaptation Film directed by Wesley Ruggles and produced by Wesley Ruggles.
SYNOPSIS
Arthur has the right spirit for a woman struggling to settle in the lawless frontier of 1860s Arizona. She dallies with Holden, but then gets down to business despite Indian attack and shady dealings.
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Academy Awards 1940 --- Ceremony Number 13 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Lionel Banks, Robert Peterson | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Victor Young | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
Cinematic Sundays: 'The Arizona Kid'
By carole_and_co on Aug 12, 2018 From Carole & Co.Among Carole Lombard movies, "The Arizona Kid" occupies a unique status. It's her last film for Fox, where her film career had effectively begun half a decade earlier before it was halted following an auto accident; it's her final western; and it marks the last time she portrayed a "heavy," or antag... Read full article
Raising Arizona (1987, Joel Coen)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 22, 2018 From The Stop ButtonHalfway through Raising Arizona is this breathtaking chase sequence. Until this point in the film, while there?s been a lot of phenomenal direction, it?s all been brief. Raising Arizona starts in summary, with lead Nicolas Cage narrating, and it doesn?t start slowing down the narrative pace until ju... Read full article
Watching 1939: Arizona Legion
on Mar 8, 2018 From Comet Over HollywoodIn 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them.?As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, tha... Read full article
Out and About - Presenting HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM in Arizona
on Oct 16, 2017 From GlamAmorOctober started with me giving a talk on the HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM in Tucson, Arizona for the Invisible Theatre's annual fundraiser. The Invisible Theatre has been a cultural institution for nearly 50 years and one of its talented leaders, Susan Claassen, is also the star of the incredible one-... Read full article
Dining with Mr. Price: Paella in Arizona
By Summer Reeves on Feb 12, 2016 From Serendipitous AnachronismsDining with Mr. Price: Paella in Arizona 12 Friday Feb 2016 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1950s, 1960s, Biopic, Cinema, Cooking, Crime, Dining With Mr. Price, Romance ≈ Leave a comment TagsCooking, Creepy True Story, Crime, Drama, Romance, Vin... Read full article
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Quotes from
Phoebe Titus: When?
Peter Muncie: Sundown.
Phoebe Titus: Well, sundown is a good time to leave. Indians don't hanker much for night fightin'.
Peter Muncie: I figure it sounds crazy to most people... going to California just to see it. But there's a gallivanted bug in my blood and that's the way I am.
Judge Bogardus: Now, the prisoner at the bar, the charge against you is that you up and blowed the head plumb off of Gus Modesko. In consequence of which said shooting said Gus is deader than blazes. Are you guilty or not guilty?
Joe Briggs: Well, Judge, I don't reckon I could say not guilty when everybody seen me do it.
Judge Bogardus: Now what in tunket made you act like that, Joe?
Joe Briggs: Drinking. Just drinking.
Judge Bogardus: Well the verdict of this here tribunal is that Joe Briggs is fined five dollars for disturbing the peace. The court is hereby adjourned to Lazarus Ward's Bar where said fine will duly be disposed of.
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Facts about
The set still stands outside Tucson Arizona and is an active studio and Old West theme park called Old Tucson. Since it was built in 1939, Old Tucson has served as the set for many famous Westerns such as Rio Bravo and Tombstone. Little House on the Prairie also used the studios.
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