Texas
by George Marshall
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Actor: Claire Trevor, Edgar Buchanan, George Bancroft, Glenn Ford, William HoldenDirector: George Marshall
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Texas
DVD Review: it took a while for me to catch on
Summary: 4 Stars
It took a while for me to catch on, but there's a deliberate and persistent goofiness about this movie that I ended up enjoying a lot. Witness, for example, the cows running through the room where the sheriff's taking a bath during the big chase scene at the end. That goofiness is interesting, too, because this movie, like a number of other westerns (The Virginian, The Texas Rangers, The Plainsman, Bend in the River, Law and Jake Wade, Man of the West, the Jake Spoon story in Lonesome Dove) is about two companions, one of whom grows up and accepts responsibility, the other of whom remains boyish, fun-loving, irresponsible and goofy. Danny (William Holden) to Tod (Glenn Ford): "You fell on one side of the fence, and I fell on the other." It seems to me like the movie fell on Danny's side.DVD Review: ......"THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU"......YEE-HAW!!!!
Summary: 3 Stars
Not a bad film at all; in fact, a good western yarn at that...fun seeing Holden and Ford kickoff their Hollywood careers as two Texas roustabouts raising caine...they had a real life friendship throughout their cinematic bonding which millions of their fans are grateful for, me included...too bad we have to age...youth, those were the days, but that's life...get this DVD, you'll enjoy it...1941 saw two [2] mega-stars, who are on their way up and entertain you as Texas cowboys/wranglers of yore....SSGT CHRIS SARNO-USMC FMFDVD Review: Fun early Glenn Ford/William Holden western
Summary: 4 Stars
Two young drifters, Ted Ramsey (Glenn Ford) and Dan Thomas (William Holden,) find fame and fortune, romance and adventure, in the cattle rich state of Texas.
At least Texas has cattle, gold on the hoof, if the ranchers can only find a way to get them to market. The rest of the post-war (1866) country is experiencing famine and starvation, and it's a fur piece to the stockyards and railways of Abilene. Fur and dangerous. The trail is lousy with cattle rustlers. Our heroes, Ford and Holden, are a couple of personable saddle tramps who start out together, are separated early, inadvertently thrown back together a short time later. Texas may be a big state, but it's a small world. Unfortunately for their friendship, but essential to the plot, before they reune one becomes involved with the good, decent, upright ranchers while the other has through in with a scurrilous, cattle-thieving, rough bunch of prairie thugs. Add a pretty young rancher's daughter (Clair Trevor as `Mike' King) and you've got yourself a movie.
TEXAS opens with a long, long, looong scene that - until you realize this is a western-COMEDY - is, frankly, pretty tough to endure. We're in Abilene with Dan and Tod (wonder how many people in 1941 even recognized Ford and Holden before they stepped forward out of the crowd scene?) There's a prize-fight, two bare-knuckle pros, winner-take-all. Stop me if you've heard this one - one of the fighters has a disabling injury upon entering the ring, and one of our cash-strapped buddies decides... okay, everyone from Abbot & Costello to Laurel & Hardy have played this tune. It's a staple of buddy films, and when handled right hilarity ensues. In here things kind of, well, miss the beat. George Marshall directed, and his credits include a number of comfortably amusing, rather that side-splittingly hilarious, action movies. The list includes `Destry Rides Again,' `The Ghost Breakers,' and `Papa's Delicate Condition.' The comedy in TEXAS is blunt, laconic, and for those who don't see the humor in a herd of cattle walking through a room in which a man is taking a bath in a metal tub, or a skinny Bill Holden duking it out for 35 rounds (!), not to everyone's taste.
Still, TEXAS is an easygoing showcase vehicle for a couple of promising young stars, the underrated Clair Trevor adds spice, and the always welcome Edgar Buchanan chews up a big chunk of time as the somewhat grimy and seedy town dentist. Could have done without the running gag of building scenes around his checking out a feller's bicuspid - nasty looking dental equipment back then. Despite its faults I enjoyed TEXAS quite a bit. Ford and Holden are very young and pretty raw, and it was interesting to see them in their first starring vehicle. The plot wasn't gripping, but it was familiar and comfortable. Fans of the stars, or of old B-westerns, should get a kick out of it.
DVD Review: A mildly amusing stampede of cattle & cliches.
Summary: 3 Stars
What can I say? You'd expect George Marshall's 1941 western "Texas" to be great with stars like William Holden, Glenn Ford, and the lovely Claire Trevor. Despite some amusing dialogue and the sincere performances of the cast, the ridiculous cliches and contrived ending sink this potential classic into flawed western obscurity. Still, it gives you a chance to see Glenn Ford and William Holden while they were very young and relatively new in Hollywood.
William Holden and Glenn Ford play two ex-Confederate soldiers who in 1866 head for Texas in search of finding a decent income. After they become somewhat involved in a stagecoach robbery, they split up and go very different paths, with Ford finding work on a farm for Claire Trevor's father, and Holden joining a gang of cattle thieves. Glenn becomes a hero after safely delivering and selling 7,000 cattle, while Holden's reputation as an outlaw worsens after a couple of shootings.
By the time Ford and Holden see each other again, they are both falling for Claire Trevor. Trouble results from the dangerous but oh so predictable love triangle, and Trevor ends up with...well I'll let you guess. "Texas" has some great scenes of dialogue (particularly between Trevor and Holden) but the unconvincing ending is so disappointing that I don't think the movie is worth watching more than once, and certainly not worth owning.
DVD Review: An Okay Western By Two Western Greats
Summary: 3 Stars
Texas is not in the league with many of Glenn Ford's and William Holden's great western films. Their other Western together, The Man From Colorado, is much better in every way, but this is not a horrible movie.
Ford and Holden play two ex-Confederate soldier who head west to seek their fortune. They initially plot to rob a stagecoach. Things go awry and they split up. When they reunite, Holden has become a seasoned robber and Ford is running a successful ranch. The inevitable conflict ensuses.
Claire Trevor, who was in The Desperadoes with Ford, Edgar Buchanan (who's in both the Desperadoes and The Man From Colorado) provide solid support. This movie feels artificial and forced in places, but goes a ways on the strength of its cast.
Description of Texas
In this rip-roaring blend of action thrills and humor William Holden (The Man From Colorado) and Glenn Ford (The Desperadoes The Violent Men) star as Dan Thomas and Tod Ramsey two saddle bums whose dream of making their fortune in the Lone Star state has gone seriously awry. So when the rough-and-tumble drifters witness a stagecoach holdup they decide to rob the robbers and go their separate ways. By the time they meet again however the two friends discover that they re not only in love with the same woman (Claire Trevor The Stranger Wore A Gun) but on opposite sides of the law as well. Filled with bare-knuckle brawls necktie parties cattle drives and shoot- em-ups TEXAS is a "fast moving and quite entertaining" (The Motion Picture Guide) epic Western adventure.System Requirements:Running Time: 93 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?WESTERN/MISC. Rating:?NR UPC:?043396073470 Manufacturer No:?07347General DVDs
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