Fox Western Classics (Rawhide / The Gunfighter / Garden of Evil)
by Henry Hathaway, Henry King
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Actor: Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck, Tyrone PowerDirector: Henry Hathaway, Henry King
Brand: Fox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 272 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Fox Western Classics (Rawhide / The Gunfighter / Garden of Evil)
DVD Review: Western Classics Vol 2
Summary: 4 Stars
Good package for the hardcore western fans out there. No special material but good packaging and a fair value.DVD Review: One of a kind
Summary: 5 Stars
The Gunfighter was probably the best real life Western made, I don't know if Gregory Peck ever really appreciated what he did in this movie. As for the other two, I threw them away, a cheap price to pay for one good movie. Garden of Evil? The evil was in letting Gary Cooper walk mindlessly through his part,with no plot, no surprises, and no interest. This must have been the end of his career, and maybe an obligation to the Company. Rawhide ? It would rub one raw to face boredom that this thing brings to your living room, nothing unexpected, nothing intelligent in this script. BUT AGAIN,'' THE GUNFIGHTER'' WAS WORTH IT ! !DVD Review: The Gunfighter = Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
The Gunfighter sure is the beef in this collection and went straight to my all-time top western favorites. Rawhide was also enjoyable, as it was nice too see Tyrone Power in a slightly different role than usual and also young Jack Elam having a rather big role. Personally I didn't like very much about Garden of Evil, but it too has its fans and was worth watching looking nonetheless.
My personal ratings for the films would be: The Gunfighter 5/5, Rawhide 3/5 and Garden of Evil 2/5. High quality of this release and the greatness of The Gunfighter with $12.49 still makes it a 5-star purchase.
DVD Review: Should be "The Susan Hayward" Western Collection
Summary: 5 Stars
The 3 movies are classics of the genre. However, Susan Hayward is the leading lady in two (RAWHIDE and GARDEN OF EVIL). There is also a nice bonus feature tribute "Susan Hayward--Straight Shooter". And that she was! I thought I reviewed this when it came out, but I was too busy with my writing (novels).
THE GUNFIGHTER is a superior western and I can say no more about this near perfect gem.
GARDEN OF EVIL, is the technicolor extravaganza of the three, but a bit too allegorical, but Hayward is stunning in technicolor and wide screen. RAWHIDE completely deviates from standard western fare, making it the standout of the three.
RAWHIDE deals with Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward being held hostage at a stagecoach way station, by a motley crew of prison escapees. The close ups from the hole being dug through the wall by the two leads are amazing. This is not your typical "shoot 'em up" western. The supporting cast is perfect. Hugh Marlow is wonderful as the intellectual leader of the outlaws and a young Jack Elam steals the show as the horny outlaw lusting after Hayward (and who wouldn't). The fine character actor Edgar Buchanan, is seen all too briefly before he meets his demise. One of the best of the genre despite the fact the two leads do not have explosive chemistry, but their acting is first rate. This fine movie was filmed in the famous Lonesome Pines where many a western was made. My one objection to the movie is the score. RAWHIDE utilizes an earlier FOX film BRIGHAM YOUNG, FRONTIERSMAN as it's theme. When the popular Clint Eastwood TV series of the same name was released, the movie's title was changed to DESPERATE SIEGE for several years.
THE GARDEN OF EVIL which also stars Hayward and Marlow in smaller roll, leans too heavily on the good vs evil motive of the human spirit. This has a tendency to bog this near classic western down from its often times exciting plot line. Hayward struggles with a poorly written character, but manages to always capture your attention. Filmed on location in Mexico along with Bernard Herrmann's haunting score, this movie could have been much more than it is. Richard Widmark excellent, Cooper who is showing his age, is too wooden, and Cameron Mitchell is just right in this flawed but near perfect film. During filming, Mitchell made a pass at Hayward, she clawed his face with her fingernails, this holding up shooting several days while Mitchell healed.
Both RAWHIDE and GARDEN OF EVIL made their DVD debuts and they are long overdue. This collection is very eclectic and one of the most interesting box sets released. Three fine and totally unique films in one package from FOX. Miss Hayward was queen of FOX when these films were made, and the camera loves her or studio head Zanuck, ensured it did for his leading lady. It wouldn't have taken much effort in this reviewer's opinion. Susan Hayward was a rare commodity in Hollywood--she not only possessed brains and was strikingly beautiful--she had talent contributing some of the most vivid portrayals on celluloid.
DVD Review: A Bargain - NO FILLER!
Summary: 5 Stars
Waiting for years to get my hands on RAWHIDE, I could not have been more delighted with a boxed set of movies. RAWHIDE, along side of RED RIVER and THE SEARCHERS, is one of my all-time favorite Westerns, although, as others here have noted, it owes some of its atmosphere to the conventions of Film Noir. It's a gorgeous black and white film -- the longshots of "Wyoming" give me the feeling of being inside of an Ansel Adams photograph. Susan Hayward is her feisty, gorgeous self, Tyrone Power is at his dark, brooding best, and rest of the cast is superb, too, particularly Hugh Marlowe, who gives an unusual, nuanced performance as one of the villains.
I had never seen THE GUNFIGHTER, but had heard for years about how good it is. It lived up to my expectations. A thoughtful, adult film, with Gregory Peck in one of his best roles.
The big surprise was GARDEN OF EVIL, which rises above a so-so script to deliver a suspenseful adventure. Again with Susan Hayward as one of the leads, and Hugh Marlowe (in a small role), this one pairs her with Gary Cooper, looking appropriately rugged and worn. The real star of this film, though, is the scenery, shot in widescreen Technicolor. Some of the locations in Mexico are simply breathtaking, but so is some of the great matt painting, used in one of the more harrowing high desert scenes, involving horses and a crumbling rock "bridge." The only criticism I have of this film would be about the same for any movie of this type where Hollywood tried to portray Native Americans. In this film, especially, they are nothing more than stick figures providing a sense of danger and moving targets for gunfire. Nevertheless, this is one spectacular picture.
Nice to get a set of three movies for one film, which is not available separately, and end up, for a change, satisfied with the entire package!
Description of Fox Western Classics (Rawhide / The Gunfighter / Garden of Evil)
Disc 1: Garden of Evil (1954) Feature Film Disc 2: The Gunfighter (1951) Feature Film Disc 3: Rawhide (1951) Feature FilmOne of these three new-to-DVD Westerns is a universally esteemed classic, well worth the price of the set. But in happy fact, the whole package delivers the goods: sturdy genre entertainment from the Western's peak decade, the 1950s; solid Fox studio craftsmanship in every department; and breathtakingly crisp restorations that make you feel you've been time-warped back to a loge seat in your Bijou of choice on opening day. Henry King's The Gunfighter (1950) is the crown jewel--the film that deserves the credit (often awarded to High Noon) for ushering in the "adult Western," the '50s subgenre that emphasized psychological intensity over action and spectacle. Gregory Peck (topping his acclaimed performance in King's WWII drama Twelve O'Clock High) is excellent as Jimmy Ringo, a notorious shootist grown middle-aged and mortally weary of having to defend his legend. His trail takes him to a frontier town where an old comrade (the great Millard Mitchell) now serves as marshal, and where Ringo's estranged wife and the son he has never seen also reside, under an assumed name. Over one night and one day, Ringo dares to dream of a normal life. But there are avengers not far behind, and other threats yet to be counted. Although hailed by critics, The Gunfighter lost money for Fox; studio head Darryl F. Zanuck blamed the soup-strainer mustache--a stroke of period realism--director King ordered Peck to grow for the role. Well, a little red ink is a small price to pay for a masterpiece. Incidentally, the impeccable black-and-white cinematography is by three-time Oscar-winner Arthur Miller, capping a career that reached back to The Perils of Pauline.
The 1951 Rawhide (no relation to the later TV series) is a trim, satisfying Henry Hathaway picture that blends the leathery trappings of the Western with the claustrophobic atmosphere and intensity of a noir suspense film. At a remote swing station for the transcontinental stagecoach, several no-goods aim to help themselves to a gold shipment. But the next coach isn't carrying gold, so the intruders hold the stationmasters (Tyrone Power and Edgar Buchanan) and some stranded passengers captive while they wait. Power and Susan Hayward handle the heroics without larger-than-life posturing; Dean Jagger, Hugh Marlowe, and George Tobias relish the rare opportunity to play villainous or ambiguous types; and Jack Elam is, well, Jack Elam, reliably oozing viciousness from every pore. Screenwriter Dudley Nichols knew the territory, having scripted John Ford's Stagecoach thirteen years earlier. Hathaway also directed Garden of Evil (1954), Fox's first Western in the new CinemaScope process. (Very wiiiiide CinemaScope--the DVD preserves the 2.55:1 format, which was later modified to 2.35:1.) The story involves several fortune-seeking Americanos accidentally thrown together in Mexico and enlisted to help rescue a fellow countryman injured at his remote gold mine. Much of the film unreels as a journey Western exploring tensions among the strangers, especially those inspired by dreaming of gold and the man's redheaded wife (Susan Hayward). The dialogue reaches for profundity and comes up short, but Richard Widmark as a self-designated "poet" and Gary Cooper as a retired lawman give satisfaction as they one-up each other. The movie's distinction lies in Hathaway's no-sweat adaptation to the widescreen format, the awe-inspiring Mexican settings--a deserted village, a valley of black sand, a mountain town buried under volcanic ash--and the only music score ever composed for a feature Western by Bernard Herrmann.
Herrmann is just about the only thing the four commentators on Garden of Evil talk about (there's also a separate "making of" featurette). Nobody does commentary on The Gunfighter or Rawhide, but the disc for the former includes a featurette on master cameraman Arthur Miller, while a Rawhide addendum highlights the oft-used movie location of Lone Pine, Calif., and another pays tribute to gutsy leading lady Susan Hayward. Talking heads include some half-dozen film historians (e.g., David Biographical Dictionary of Film Thomson) plus Henry Hathaway's son and Gary Cooper's daughter. --Richard T. Jameson
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