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Santa Fe Trail (1940) was a Historical - Biographical Film directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Hal B. Wallis and Robert Fellows.

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Free Streaming in July on the CMH Channel at Best Classics Ever ? Santa Fe Trail, And Then There Were None, Penny Serenade and More

By Annmarie Gatti on Jul 5, 2020 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Classic Movie Hub’s July picks for our CMH-Curated BCE ChannelMore than 40 Titles Streaming Free All Month Long! As we announced last month, we are thrilled?to have?partnered?with?Best Classics Ever (BCE), a mega streaming channel dedicated to classic films and TV shows! And, we are prou... Read full article


Santa Fe Trail – Olivia de Havilland Blogathon

By Rhonda0731 on Jul 3, 2016 From Smitten Kitten Vintage

My entry for this blogathon is one of my favorite films of Olivia’s, Santa Fe Trail, that may?be as prominent as some of her other films. I am not a huge fan of Westerns, but I do have a few that strike my fancy, and Santa Fe Trail is one of them. Another pairing with Errol Flynn, this film is... Read full article


Santa Fe Trail: A Viewer's Guide

By Amanda Garrett on Oct 13, 2015 From Old Hollywood Films

Cavalry officers George Custer (Ronald Reagan, third from left) and J.E.B. Stuart (Errol Flynn, fourth from left) form a lifelong friendship in Santa Fe Trail (1940). Santa Fe Trail (1940) is one of the most unusual old Hollywood Westerns. It's billed as an exciting action-adventure starring the ... Read full article


Santa Fe Trail (1940)

By Beatrice on May 24, 2014 From Flickers in Time

?Santa Fe Trail Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Robert Buckner 1940/USA Warner Bros. First viewing/Netflix rental This is an OK Western with an excellent supporting performance by Raymond Massey. The main setting for the story is in “Bloody” Kansas just prior to the Civil War whe... Read full article


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John Brown: I have given you fair warning. You can keep your heads or lose 'em as you wish.


Jeb Stuart: Haven't you got any heart at all?
Kit Carson Holliday: Yes, I have and it's going to stay right where it is. I don't know a thing about you Jeb Stuart. My brother thinks you're wonderful, but then he was dropped on his head when he was a baby.


'Kit Carson' Holliday:Jeb, I'm frightened. That boy is crippled for life. And that man on the train, he died for a principle. A man killed for a principle. One of them is wrong, but which one?


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Shown at some engagements with Warner Bros.' new Vitasound audio process. Often incorrectly called a stereophonic process, Vitasound actually combined a standard, variable width monophonic soundtrack with a second, variable width control track, located between the soundtrack and the sprocket holes, that increased loudness for certain scenes by switching on additional amplifiers and speakers.
Raymond Massey starred as John Brown again in Seven Angry Men, the main story of which is also the trial and hanging of the abolitionist.
The song, "Benny Havens, Oh!" (sung by the soldiers at the farewell party at Fort Leavenworth) is a song from West Point. Benny Havens ran a public house near by West Point Military Academy. The writing of the song in his establishment by a Lieutenant O'Brien is commemorated in a mural in the Benny Havens Room of the West Point Army Mess.
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