John Wayne: Screen Legend Collection [3 Discs]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Travel with the Duke from the WWII era to the end of his legendary career as you watch these classics. He stars in Reap the Wild Wind (1942/124 min/NR), The Spoilers (Marlene Dietrich. 1942/88 min/NR), The War Wagon (Kirk Douglas. 1967/101 min/NR), Hellfighters (1968/122 min/G) and Rooster Cogburn (Katharine Hepburn. 1975/108 min/PG). 3 DVDs. Color-b&w/fullscreen & widescreen.

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 3
• Subtitle: Fre
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
• Screen: Pan and Scan
• Audio: DDM2.0

AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Nominated Best Black and White Art Direction - 1942 (Russell A. Gausman, Edward Ray Robinson, John B. Goodman, Jack Otterson)
•     Nominated Best Color Art Direction - 1942 (Roland Anderson, Hans Dreier, George Sawley)
•     Nominated Best Color Cinematography - 1942 (Victor Milner, William Skall)
•     Nominated Best Special Effects - 1942 (Gordon Jennings, William L. Pereira, Farciot Edouart, Louis Mesenkop)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       John Wayne - Chance Buckman
       John Wayne - Capt. Jack Stuart
       Anthony Zerbe - Breed
       Margaret Lindsay - Helen Chester
       Jay C. Flippen - Jack Lomax
       Bruce Cabot - Frank Pierce
       Edward Faulkner - George Harris
       Barbara Stuart - Irene Foster
       Bruce Dern - Hammond
       Gene Evans - Hoag
       Frances Fong - Madame Loo
       Alberto Morin - Gen.Lopez
       Alan Caillou - Harry York
       Ann McCrea - Felicia
       Drew Demarest - Galloway
       Frank McGrath - Bartender
       Chuck Roberson - Brown
       Lane Chandler - Sam
       Davison Clark - Judge Marvin
       Marco Antonio - Wild Horse
       Frank M. Thomas - Dr. Jepson
       Milburn Stone - Lt. Farragut
       Ben Carter - Chinkapin
       Al Bridge - Cutler man in barrel room

• Director:

  Cecil B. DeMille, Ray Enright, Burt Kennedy, Andrew V. McLaglen, Stuart Millar

• Producer:

  Cecil B. DeMille, Frank Lloyd, Marvin Schwartz, Andrew V. McLaglen, Robert Arthur, Hal B. Wallis

• Screenwriter:

  Jeannie Macpherson, Alan LeMay, Jesse Lasky, Jr., Charles Bennett

• Book Author:

  Thelma Strabel

• Screenwriter:

  Tom Reed, Lawrence Hazard

• Book Author:

  Rex Beach

• Screenwriter:

  Clair Huffaker

• Book Author:

  Clair Huffaker

• Screenwriter:

  Martha Hyer, Martin Julien

• Book Author:

  Charles Portis

• Cinematographer:

  Victor Milner, William Skall, Milton Krasner, William H. Clothier, Vincent Saizis, Harry Stradling, Jr.

• Composer (Music Score):

  Victor Young

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Charles Previn

• Composer (Music Score):

  Hans Salter, Dimitri Tiomkin

• Songwriter:

  Dimitri Tiomkin

• Composer (Music Score):

  Ned Washington

• Songwriter:

  Ned Washington

• Composer (Music Score):

  Leonard Rosenman, Laurence Rosenthal

• Editor:

  Anne Bauchens, Clarence Kolster, Harry Gerstad, Folmar Blangsted, Robert Swink

• Production Designer:

  Roland Anderson

• Art Director:

  Hans Dreier, John B. Goodman, Jack Otterson, Alfred Sweeney, Frank Arrigo, Alexander Golitzen, Preston Ames

• Associate Producer:

  William Pine, Lee Marcus, Paul Nathan

• Executive Producer:

  Buddy G. DeSylva

• Set Designer:

  Russell A. Gausman, Edward Ray Robinson, Ray Moyer, James S. Redd, John McCarthy, George R. Nelson

• Costume Designer:

  Natalie Visart, Vera West, Oscar Rodriguez, Edith Head, Luster Bayless

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Louis Mesenkop, Waldon O. Watson, John R. Carter, Leonard Peterson

• Makeup:

  David Grayson, Bud Westmore

• Special Effects:

  Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, William L. Pereira, Dewey Wrigley, Fred Knoth, Whitney McMahon, Herman Townsley, Jack McMasters

• First Assistant Director:

  Al Jennings, Terry Morse, Jr., Pepi Lenzi

• Consultant/advisor:

  Red Adair, Boots Hansen, Coots Matthews

• Singer:

  Ed Ames

• Coordinator:

  Jerry Gatlin

• Stunts:

  Eddie Parker, Hal Needham

• Production Manager:

  Joseph C. Behm

• Second Unit Director:

  Michael Moore

REVIEWS:

• A really ripping yarn, Reap the Wild Wind may be mindless entertainment, but it is entertainment. Those seeking anything resembling deep thought or an in-depth approach to subject matter should definitely pass Reap by, for it's about nothing other than trying to create something light for the masses. It would be even better if director Cecil B. DeMille had arranged to spread the excitement out a little more evenly. As it is, Reap starts out well, but turns sluggish when it gets into its courtroom theatrics, before revving into high gear for its smash-up finale. The special effects get a lot of credit here, and while they are not going to fool those raised on computer-generated effects, they're still impressive and do their job well. The giant squid, though not really realistic, is still well worth the wait. The Technicolor photography is also a delight, an orgy of oversaturated colors that feels like a paintbox turned upside down. The screenplay is perfunctory at best, but it does provide for the necessary set pieces. Reap is also worth catching to see John Wayne in a not-so-good-guy role (Although he is ultimately heroic) and for Paulette Goddard's interesting "This is what my Scarlett O'Hara would have been like" performance. Ray Milland does well as the third point of the triangle, and Raymond Massey is a doozy of an over-the-top villain. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi
• The Spoilers is a real corker of an Old West adventure-cum-romance, Alaskan style. Just about everything comes together the way it's supposed to in Spoilers, and does so in a lean 88 minutes that never feels rushed. Director Ray Enright uses that temporal economy to its best advantage; Spoilers moves at a quick but not nervy pace, taking just enough time here and there to slow down for a lovely moment with Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne or to linger for just a second on a particularly amusing grimace on Harry Carey's face. It establishes the world of the Alaskan gold rush with a few well-placed, concise lines and some shots of an elaborately clad Dietrich navigating the muddy streets via a few well-placed two-by-fours; nothing is belabored, simply shown and established so that the film can then move forward. Enright is helped in all of this by a cast that couldn't be bettered. Dietrich is heavenly, less morose than she's sometimes forced to be, a happier and more hopeful presence; even when pigheadedly letting her pride get in the way of her eventual reunion with John Wayne, her melancholy is less tragic than is often the case. For his part, Wayne displays a magnificent chemistry with her, and it brings out some of his most surprising line readings -- always natural and correct, yet somehow a bit unexpected. And as the third side of the romantic triangle, Randolph Scott is a wonderful heel. Spoilers had excitement, adventure, romance, comedy -- in short, it's a hell of a lot of fun. ~ Craig Butler, Rovi