She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

The second installment of John Ford's famous cavalry trilogy (which also includes Fort Apache and Rio Grande), this meditative Western continues the director's fascination with history's obliteration of the past. It features one of John Wayne's more sensitive performances as Capt. Nathan Brittles, a stern yet sentimental war horse who has difficulty preparing for his impending military retirement. All things considered, he refuses to leave before fulfilling his obligation to the local Indian tribe. It's a film about honor and duty as well as loneliness and mortality. And Oscar-winner Winton C. Hoch beautifully photographs it in Remington-like Technicolor tones (you've never seen such stunning cloud-covered skies). The combination of melancholy and farce (Victor McLaglen makes a perfect court jester) evokes comparisons to Shakespeare. Best of all, the scene in which Wayne fights back tears when receiving a gold watch from his troops is unforgettably bittersweet. If you view the whole trilogy, it actually makes sense to save this for last. --Bill Desowitz

Genre: Drama, Western
Stars: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson
Production: Turner Home Entertainment
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
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NOT RATED
Year:
1949
104
3,069 Views

Sgt. Tyree:
That ain't my department, sir.

Abby Allshard:
How did "Marching Through Georgia" take the idea of "Old Iron Pants" riding with him?

Major Mac Allshard, Commanding Officer Fort Starke:
Under protest, my dear.

Captain Nathan Brittles:
Under WRITTEN protest, Abby, of course. It's always my pleasure to escort "Old Iron Pants". Well, as long as you're going along with us, I guess we'll have...

Captain Nathan Brittles:
Abby, that is the dad-blastedest outfit I ever did see. Quincannon's old britches.

Captain Nathan Brittles:
You got a breath on you like a hot mince pie.

Top Sergeant Quincannon:
Ah, Captain darlin'. As you well know I took "the pledge" after Chapultepec.

Captain Nathan Brittles:
And Bull Run, and Gettysburg, and Shiloh, and St. Patrick's Day, and Fourth of July!

Captain Nathan Brittles:
Were you ever scared, "Captain" Tyree?

Sgt. Tyree:
Yes, sir. Up to and includin' now.

Sgt. Hochbaue:
You're out of uniform, Quincannon.

Top Sergeant Quincannon:
Oh, I am, am I? Well, I'm in the proper uniform... the uniform of a retired gentleman.

Narrator:
...the army wasn't through with Nathan Brittles and sent a rider after him. That was Tyree's department.

Olivia Dandridge:
I'm sorry I made such a fool of myself at the gate this morning.

Captain Nathan Brittles:
You made a fool out of a couple of young lieutenants. That's never against Army regulations.

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