Fight in the mountains
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Fight in the mountains |
| Original title | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1936 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Henry Hathaway |
| script |
Grover Jones Horace McCoy Harvey F. Thew |
| music |
Gérard Carbonara Hugo Friedhofer |
| camera |
Robert C. Bruce W. Howard Greene |
| cut | Robert Bischoff |
| occupation | |
| |
Battle in the Mountains is a 1936 American drama based on the novel of the same name by John Fox Jr.
action
The warring families Falin and Tolliver live in the mountains of Kentucky. The reason for their family feud, which has lasted for generations, has now been forgotten. The engineer Jack Hale wants to exploit the coal deposits in the mountains. This requires a railway line that is also to be laid across the land of the Tollivers. Hale visits the Tollivers and finds his nephew Dave, who is visiting, who has gangrene. Dave, who is about to marry his cousin June, is healed by Hale. But June shows more interest in the trained engineer.
When the head of the family, Judd Tolliver, learns that the railway line should also cross the land of the Falins, he refuses to sign the contract. But the promised financial support for the suffering family leads him to sign the contract. June keeps visiting Hale with her little brother Buddy, for whom Hale is a role model. Hale encourages June to begin training. She accompanies him to Gaptown.
Dave believes Hale's business endeavors are just an alibi for messing with June. He follows the two armed, but he is disturbed in his plan to kill Hale by the Falins who are currently in Gaptown. Hale fends off Dave's attack and then fights the Falins, while Dave escapes from town with June. June refuses to return home. Hale sends her to his sister in Louisville.
Dave leaves the Tollivers that winter when Buddy learns the alphabet from Hale. The Falins attempt a dynamite attack on a railway bridge on the way to the Tollivers coal mine, where Buddy is killed. The now trained June comes to her brother's funeral. Hale confesses his love for her, but when June learns that he does not want to participate in the campaign of revenge against the Falins, she withdraws from him. Dave came to the funeral too. He goes to the Falins unarmed. Buck Falin asks his forgiveness for the boy's accidental death. But Wade Falin wants revenge on Dave for the earlier murder of his brother and shoots him in the back. Buck injures Wade and then brings Dave home. Dave tells his uncle that he fell on his own gun and one shot went off. Before Dave dies, the two heads of family make peace. Now June Hale can marry.
criticism
The lexicon of international films described the film as a “homeland melodrama with Western elements, sentimental and edgy at the same time. One of the first color sound films that was made on the original locations. "
Frank S. Nugent of the New York Times found the film far from perfect, both as a film in itself and as an example of the new 3-color process. Nevertheless, the coloring and the rather unusual performance make it a valuable and outstanding film. Fred Stone's performance is particularly highlighted.
The Variety praised Henry Hathaway, who follows the novel exactly and precisely stages the reticence and gruffness of the residents.
Awards
In 1937 , the song A Melody from the Sky by Louis Alter and Sidney D. Mitchell was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Song category.
The film received an honorable mention at the Venice International Film Festival .
background
The film premiered on February 19, 1936 in New York. In Germany it first appeared on February 6, 1985 as part of a TV premiere in the third program of the WDR .
The production company Paramount Pictures had the film shot using Technicolor's newly developed 3-color process . The film is the first color film that was shot largely outside the studio.
The film is one of over 700 films made by the studio between 1929 and 1949, the television rights of which were sold to Universal Pictures in 1958 .
The novel, published in 1908, had previously been filmed three times in silent films, in 1914 by Frank L. Dear, in 1916 by Cecil B. DeMille and in 1923 by Charles Maigne.
Web links
- Fight in the mountains in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fight in the mountains. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film Service , accessed February 13, 2011 .
- ↑ Critique of the New York Times (Eng.)
- ↑ criticism of Variety (Engl.) ( Memento of 2 May 2013 Web archive archive.today )