The Virginia Man (1929)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The man from Virginia |
| Original title | The Virginian |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1929 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Victor Fleming |
| script | Howard Estabrook |
| production |
BP Schulberg Louis D. Lighton |
| music | Karl Hajos |
| camera |
Edward Cronjager J. Roy Hunt |
| cut | William Shea |
| occupation | |
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The Virginia Man is a 1929 American western directed by Victor Fleming and starring Gary Cooper and Walter Huston .
action
The Virginier is the foreman on a ranch near Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Years later he reunites with his childhood friend Steve. In the town's saloon, he offers Steve a ranch job. Both are talking to a barmaid when Trampas interferes and for the first time clashes with the Virginier.
A short time later, the teacher Molly Wood from Vermont arrives at the train station. She meets the Virginian who saves her from a cow that has run away. Steve is also interested in her. Both vie for her favor. She finally decides on the Virginian.
Although the Virginian and Steve get along well, Steve comes more and more under the influence of trampas. The Virginian warns him that this cannot go well. In fact, he catches him stealing cattle and has to hang him and his cronies. He sees the real culprit in Trampas, who forced him to do this.
Molly is appalled by his hard-heartedness and leaves him. When he is shot in the back by trampas, she returns to nurse him back to health. Both recognize their love for one another and decide to get married.
On their wedding day, Trampas returns to the city and demands that the Virginier leave the city by sunset. Molly, who fears for his life, tries to persuade him to leave, but he decides to fight. There is a shootout in which Trampas loses his life. Molly and the Virginier leave town to start a new future together.
Reviews
“Early western based on a novel by Owen Wister that has been filmed several times; one of the first sound films and an important contribution to the genre. "
background
Howard Estabrook's script was based on the novel The Virginian by Owen Wister and a stage adaptation by Kirk La Shelle. The material was made into a film by Cecil B. DeMille in 1914 . A second silent film version appeared in 1923. Further, even if only loosely adaptation of the novel was until 1971 one in 1962 television series produced, the original also Virginian in the German language under the title meant and The Virginian became known .
It was the first sound film by director Victor Fleming and lead actor Gary Cooper , who established himself with this role in Hollywood and rose to star . Gary Cooper spoke to If you want to call me that, smile! one of the most famous movie quotes in movie history. Randolph Scott , who was from Virginia himself and appeared in a minor supporting role, helped Gary Cooper with the correct pronunciation of the Virginia dialect.
The Paramount film was released in 1930 as Trampas - Der Viehdieb in Austrian cinemas. In the 1981 TV version broadcast as The Man from Virginia , Gary Cooper got the voice of Hartmut Reck .
literature
- Joe Hembus : The Western Lexicon - Extended new edition by Benjamin Hembus - 1567 films from 1894 to today . Heyne Film Library No. 32/207, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag Munich, original edition 1995, ISBN 3-453-08121-8 .
Web links
- The man from Virginia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Virginian on zauberspiegel-online.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The man from Virginia. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .