Arizona (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Wesley Ruggles |
| Producer(s) | Wesley Ruggles |
| Top Genres | Film Adaptation, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Civil War, Romance (Drama) |
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Arizona (1940) was a Western - Film Adaptation Film directed by Wesley Ruggles and produced by Wesley Ruggles.
SYNOPSIS
Arthur has the right spirit for a woman struggling to settle in the lawless frontier of 1860s Arizona. She dallies with Holden, but then gets down to business despite Indian attack and shady dealings.
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Academy Awards 1940 --- Ceremony Number 13 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Lionel Banks, Robert Peterson | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Victor Young | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
Cinematic Sundays: 'The Arizona Kid'
By carole_and_co on Aug 12, 2018 From Carole & Co.Among Carole Lombard movies, "The Arizona Kid" occupies a unique status. It's her last film for Fox, where her film career had effectively begun half a decade earlier before it was halted following an auto accident; it's her final western; and it marks the last time she portrayed a "heavy," or antag... Read full article
Raising Arizona (1987, Joel Coen)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 22, 2018 From The Stop ButtonHalfway through Raising Arizona is this breathtaking chase sequence. Until this point in the film, while there?s been a lot of phenomenal direction, it?s all been brief. Raising Arizona starts in summary, with lead Nicolas Cage narrating, and it doesn?t start slowing down the narrative pace until ju... Read full article
Watching 1939: Arizona Legion
on Mar 8, 2018 From Comet Over HollywoodIn 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them.?As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, tha... Read full article
Out and About - Presenting HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM in Arizona
on Oct 16, 2017 From GlamAmorOctober started with me giving a talk on the HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM in Tucson, Arizona for the Invisible Theatre's annual fundraiser. The Invisible Theatre has been a cultural institution for nearly 50 years and one of its talented leaders, Susan Claassen, is also the star of the incredible one-... Read full article
Dining with Mr. Price: Paella in Arizona
By Summer Reeves on Feb 12, 2016 From Serendipitous AnachronismsDining with Mr. Price: Paella in Arizona 12 Friday Feb 2016 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1950s, 1960s, Biopic, Cinema, Cooking, Crime, Dining With Mr. Price, Romance ≈ Leave a comment TagsCooking, Creepy True Story, Crime, Drama, Romance, Vin... Read full article
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Quotes from
Peter Muncie: Around about. Is there still something you don't like about me?
Phoebe Titus: No, it's not that. If there wasn't something I didn't like about a man, I couldn't stand the sight of him.
Peter Muncie: Gosh almighty. I'm quittin' the Army to settle down with you and the first thing you do is send me off for a honeymoon with 500 cows.
Phoebe Titus: Mr. Oury, am I hearing you right? Are you talking about giving Arizona back to the Indians?
Grant Oury: That's one way of saying it, Phoebe.
Judge Bogardus: Like Oury says, it's better to leave what we built here than get our bones picked clean by buzzards.
Phoebe Titus: What did you ever build?
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Facts about
In 1940, when this film was released, Jean Arthur was forty years old and her "love Interest", William Holden was only twenty-two.
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