The Outlaw (1943) | |
| Director(s) | Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | Howard Hughes |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western |
| Top Topics | Wild West |
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The Outlaw Overview:
The Outlaw (1943) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Howard Hawks and Howard Hughes and produced by Howard Hughes.
SYNOPSIS
An odd amalgam of sublime potential and fascinatingly silly result, this is now remembered mostly for one of the most famous ballyhoo campaigns ever executed for a movie. Huston and Mitchell were capable of delivering memorable performances, Toland was Orson Welles's preferred cinematographer, and Hawks a more than competent director. Unfortunately, they were no match for mogul Hughes's obsession with busty new starlet Russell and a pulpy, virtually fact-free storyline having something to do with Billy the Kid. Release was delayed for years as Hughes plastered the countryside with posters featuring a sultry Russell as he built a story of censorship and licentiousness that successfully reeled in the suckers.
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BlogHub Articles:
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Clint Eastwood's The Outlaw Josey Wales
By Rick29 on Mar 2, 2020 From Classic Film & TV CafeWhile Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992) racked up the critical accolades, I still maintain that the best Eastwood-directed Western is The Outlaw Josey Wales. Made 15 years earlier, Josey Wales is an unflinching portrait of a man coping with the loss of his family as the U.S. tries to heal from the ... Read full article
Day of the Outlaw (1959)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 3, 2019 From 4 Star FilmsFilmed in Central Oregon on the eve of winter, Day of The Outlaw displays gorgeously fluffy photography as the snow covers the ground. With the leading?part anchored by Robert Ryan, I could not but help recall his portrayal in Nicholas Ray’s On Dangerous Ground (1951), another project that mad... Read full article
Mae West as the Outlaw: My Little Chickadee
By Judy on Nov 17, 2018 From Cary Grant Won't Eat YouWhen asked what outlaw I wanted to feature for the Classic Movie Blog Association’s Outlaws blogathon, I immediately thought of Mae West’s character in My LIttle Chickadee. I know Mae West’s siren ways and bumpy pairing with W.C. Fields are more frequently associated with the film,... Read full article
Mae West as the Outlaw: My Little Chickadee
By Judy on Nov 17, 2018 From Cary Grant Won't Eat YouWhen asked what outlaw I wanted to feature for the Classic Movie Blog Association’s Outlaws blogathon, I immediately thought of Mae West’s character in My LIttle Chickadee. I know Mae West’s siren ways and bumpy pairing with W.C. Fields are more frequently associated with the film,... Read full article
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Quotes from
Townsman: Doc Holliday just got off the stagecoach! Do you want me and some of the boys to come along with you?
Pat Garrett: Why do ask that?
Townsman: Well, I certainly wouldn't want to fool around with him if I were alone.
Pat Garrett: I don't blame you, but I ain't gonna make no trouble for Doc Holliday. He's my best friend!
Doc Holliday: Well, Billy, I guess this is it. Men are pretty much like children after all. Have you ever seen two kids wrestling in the yard? They push and they tussle and maybe they look like they're fighting... but they're not. They're really friends and everything is fun. Then pretty soon they play a little too rough. One of them gets mad. And in the end, somebody always gets hurt. So for you and me, this is where somebody gets hurt. But when it's over, and however it turns out, son, no hard feelings.
Doc Holliday: Cattle don't graze after sheep.
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Facts about
Arthur Loft is credited as "Swanson" in studio records, but that role was played by Edward Peil Sr., and Loft was not seen in the movie. Modern sources also list the following actors (with their character names) as cast members: Nina Quartero (Chita), Frank Darien (Shorty), Carl Stockdale (Minister), Ed Brady (Deputy), Dick Elliott (Salesman) and John Sheehan (Salesman). None of these actors were identifiable in the movie, but may have been in sequences which were cut. Some of these characters may have been in a coach, which is seen coming to town in extreme long-shot.
In his book "Hollywood", Garson Kanin wrote that one day in New York, he and George S. Kaufman were walking down Broadway and counted five billboards with an alluring picture of Jane Russell advertising this film, prompting Kaufman to remark: "They ought to call it 'A Sale of Two Titties'".
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