This became the pilot for the broken arrow television series, starring lupton and michael ansara, which began on september 25, 1956 and ran through the 1958 season, with reruns lasting through the summer of 1960. The films main themes include the theft of two american nuclear weapons, the attempts of u. The superlative drama, which focuses on the growing conflict between apaches and white settlers, featured notable performances by james stewart, as a former soldier who falls in love with an apache debra paget, and jeff chandler, as cochise. Location shooting for the film was done during a sixweek period near the apache white river reservation and in the coconino national forest in arizona, as well. The first of these to be filmed was broken arrow, although it was the second to be released. Broken arrow 1950 for a decade, the white settlers and the apaches have been engaged in a bloody war with no peaceful end in sight. Broken arrow 1950 letterboxd social film discovery. Broken arrow, dvd, full frame, subtitled, dubbed, sensormatic, westerns, 024543436799. Heres the complete list of westerns filmed in sedona. Robbie robertson broken arrow art thanks to alexandra344.
Where was the movie broken arrow filmed utah or arizona. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects. Rent broken arrow 1950 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Broken arrow is a western series which ran on abctv in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on tuesdays at 9 p. It was directed by delmer daves and starred jimmy stewart and jeff chandler. The desert sequences were shot in the mojave desert near barstow, california, and in coconino county near page, arizona. When the first issue of sedona monthly was published in 2003, it included a story about the filming of 1950s broken arrow in red rock country. I know that having a jew from new york jeff chandler play cochise is not the most enlightened thing a film studio could have done, however, in most other. For the traditional action buff, this will certainly be a good time, but to those, wanting some original aspect to their story, youll.
Making friends on the broken arrow trail, sedona, az. Rent broken arrow 1950 starring james stewart and jeff chandler on dvd and bluray. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. Joe mcneill, the articles author and the magazines creative director, had no idea what he started with the brief story.
According to publicity for broken arrow, the film was shot in the locations where the story actually took place, and 375 apache indians appeared in the film. The broken arrow trail, per my guide book, was part of the area where the 1950 james stewart movie broken arrow was filmed. Shot in technicolor, it was directed by delmer daves and starred james stewart as tom jeffords and jeff. Filmed in 1949 but released after stewarts next western, winchester 73 1950. Although not usually thought of as a western star, stewart made many westerns and they comprise a. With james stewart, jeff chandler, debra paget, basil ruysdael. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. James stewarts character seemed to dislike native americans at first based on false information, but. Broken arrow is a 1996 american action thriller film directed by john woo, written by graham yost, and starring john travolta, christian slater, and samantha mathis. From broken arrow james stewart, debra paget to desert fury lizbeth scott, john hodiak, burt lancaster, these films showed the strength of the women. Winchester 73 was filmed after, but released prior to broken arrow. It was miscatalogued, but i was eventually sent the right one. See the full list of broken arrow cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
Shot in technicolor, it was directed by delmer daves and starred james stewart as tom jeffords and jeff chandler as cochise. First, i was sent john woos broken arrow by the library, even after placing a hold on the one directed by delmer daves. This being a 1950 film miscegenation was frowned upon by the production code, you can guess what happens to her. Broken arrow 1950 james stewart john wayne message board. Noteworthy as the first hollywood movie to depict a relationship between a white character and a. Broken arrow, directed by the hong kong cult favorite john woo, is his bigbudget hollywood debut, after his more modestly priced first u. Do you have any new or corrected filming details to add. You wouldnt think any 1950s western would be at all appropriate to watch during indigenous peoplesnative american heritage month, but let me introduce you to a film flawed as it is which was years ahead of its time, that of broken arrow. Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items. Broken arrow 1996 was filmed mostly in utah, california and montana. Laut movie city wurde dieser film im jahre 1950 freigegeben. Grandmaster william cheung pressure point striking seminar day 1 duration. Cochise, of course, was a real person, but so was tom jeffords.
Broken arrow is a western technicolor film released in 1950. Screenwriter albert maltz did not receive a credit when the film. Broken arrow 1950 film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Slomljena strijela je americki vestern film snimljen 1950. Author elliott arnold was the story editor of the television series. Tom jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and apaches in arizona territory. Nonetheless, broken arrow stands the test of time far more successfully than the later, politically correct dances with wolves. In 1956, broken arrow was adapted into a tv series starring john lupton as jeffords and michael ansara as cochise. The film was shot around sedona, arizona, which has been the location for countless hollywood movies because of the dramatic landscape. Indian scout tom jeffords james stewart is sent out to stem the war between the whites and apaches in the late 1870s. Broken arrow wasnt the first western to express sympathy for the indian side in the frontier wars devils doorway came out earlier in 1950 and filed a more scathing brief on the indians behalf, but it was davess picture that had a decisive impact on popular consciousness and effectively amended the ground rules of the genre. This site is for research, and is not meant to infringe on the rights of the owners of this motion picture.
Broken arrowjames stewart right, debra paget centre, and jeff chandler standing, left in broken arrow 1950, directed by delmer. Broken arrow 1950 cinema, filmed, hollywood, drama. A better movie for the facts was geronimo, which came out around 15 years ago, but i like this one too, especially the beautiful sedona scenery. 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. The film is based on these historical figures but fictionalizes their story in dramatized form. Protagonist, ciji lik tumaci james stewart, je tom jeffords, postanski sluzbenik koji svojom hrabroscu stice postovanje, a potom prijateljstvo cochisea. It starred james stewart, as exsoldier tom jeffords, who was attempting to make peace with the chief of the broken arrow 1950 cinema, filmed, hollywood, drama movies box office, action, comedies, horrors, romance, fantasy, thrillers. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. Broken arrow approved 1h 33min drama, romance, western august 1950 usa tom jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and apaches in arizona territory. Broken arrow is fun, but i wanted the film to really be more.
Repeat episodes were shown by abc on sunday afternoons during the 195960 tv season and in an early evening timeslot sunday evenings from april to september 1960. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. For an example of what this situation would look like, watch the movie, we were soldiers featuring mel gibson, or just go to youtube and type in broken arrow we were soldiers. Normally this is a heavy traffic trail but i didnt see anyone else for almost the full hike up to chicken point. Some filming took place in and around the mountain areas of glen canyon national recreation area in kane county, utah. In 1956, broken arrow was adapted into a tv series starring john lupton as. Directed by 1 writing credits 3 cast 41 produced by 1 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 art direction by 2 set decoration by 2 costume design by 1 makeup department 2 production management. It was directed by delmer daves and starred james stewart as tom jeffords and. The 1950s movie broken arrow james stewart along with jeff chandler starred in this movie. Jeff chandler was under contract to universalinternational at the time.
When broken arrow was close to heading out to the world in 1950, it became known that it was scheduled to play forthwith at our primary theatre, the orpheum. Location shooting for the film was done during a sixweek period near the apache white river reservation and in the coconino national forest in arizona, as well as in lone pine, ca. It was nominated for three academy awards, and won a golden globe award for best film promoting international understanding. Broken arrow full movie james stewart we removed and why duration. A list of american films released in 1950 fred astaire hosted the 23rd academy awards ceremony on march 29, 1951, held at the rko pantages theatre in hollywood. Read the full synopsis of broken arrow, 1950, directed by delmer daves, with james stewart, jeff chandler, debra paget, at turner classic movies. Broken arrow full frame, subtitled, dubbed, sensormatic on. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Western movies filmed in sedona i sedona monthly magazine. The winner of the best motion picture category was twentieth centuryfoxs all about eve the other four nominated pictures were born yesterday, father of the bride, king solomons mines and sunset boulevard.
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