Key Cast: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, George O’Brien, Arthur Shields, Michael Dugan, Chief John Big Tree
Rating: Not Rated
Genre(s): Western
Film Type: Color
"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"
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"She Wore
a
Yellow Ribbon"
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John Wayne and stars in this famous western movie directed by John Ford.
Beautifully shot in Monument Valley, Utah, "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is about a cavalry captain serving his last week in the military - a week that takes an unexpected turn.
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Description
John Wayne stars in “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” as a cavalry officer serving his final week before retiring from the only job he has ever known.
While anticipating his retirement, Captain Brittles gets assigned to take the major’s niece Olivia (Joanne Dru) to the stage line at Sudros Well. The niece becomes a source of trouble because two men in the cavalry, Lieutenants Cohill and Pennell become romantically interested in her and start competing for her affection.
However, the trip to Sudros Well is derailed when Captain Brittles finds out that warring Indians are headed toward the same place that they’re going.
His last week on the frontier is not turning out the way that Captain Brittles expected.
“She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” was filmed in John Ford’s favorite outdoor location, Monument Valley, Utah. The landscape shots in this film are outstanding. Cinematographer, Winton Hoch, won an Academy Award for his filming of this movie.
Interesting Facts
• “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” is one of three films that director John Ford made that are called his “Cavalry Trilogy” because all of these movies revolve around the cavalry. The other two cavalry trilogy films are
“Fort Apache” and “Rio Grande.” Of the three cavalry films that John Ford made, “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” was the only one made in color.
• John Ford spent over a million dollars making “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” which was a lot of money for a western movie at the time. However, “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” turned out to be an enormous box office success making the investment a good one. Today, this movie is considered a western classic.
• The song "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is still to this day the official anthem of the United States Cavalry/Armor.
• Extensive makeup was used to make John Wayne look 20 years older for his role in “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.”
Awards
• “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” won an Academy Award for Best Color Cinematography (Winton C. Hoch)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Movie DVD
Buy "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" on DVD
"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is one of three cavalry
movies made by famed director John Ford.
John Wayne stars in this film as a seasoned captain
who is serving his last week in the military. Instead
of being a quiet week, it turns into one full of
headaches.
Beautifully shot in Monument Valley, Utah,
cinematographer
Winton C. Hoch won an
Academy Award for his work on this film.
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for purchase info.
John Wayne - John Ford Film Collection
The "John Wayne - John Ford Film Collection"
You can get "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" in the
John Wayne - John Ford Film Collection which
has eight specially selected movies starring
John Wayne and directed by John Ford.
