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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Director: John Ford Cast: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson

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  • DVD Release Date: 05/22/2007
  • Original Release: 1949
  • Rating: Rated G
  • Sales Rank: 5,872

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John Ford home movies; Theatrical trailer; Languages: English & Français; Subtitles: English, Français, Español & Português (feature film only)

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Disc #1 -- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1. Credits [1:40]
2. Six Days Left [4:28]
3. The Mark of Cheyenne [3:02]
4. Half a Picnic [2:52]
5. Beloved Dead [4:46]
6. Put it in Writing [2:30]
7. Olivia's Ribbon [3:32]
8. Outward Bound [3:34]
9. Changing Partners [1:49]
10. Changing Routes [3:14]
11. Educated Guessing [4:13]
12. Arapaho Encounter [4:39]
13. Tyree's Cheyenne Encounter [2:23]
14. Quayne's Close Call [3:53]
15. Stormy Spat [1:37]
16. Mission Failure [5:07]
17. Words Over the Dead [1:51]
18. Fighting Mad [2:49]
19. Armed and Dangerous [4:10]
20. Strategic Deployment [3:53]
21. A Kiss for the Brave [3:42]
22. The Old Soldier [3:58]
23. Final Morning [2:46]
24. Lest We Forget [4:12]
25. Quincannon's Toast [5:48]
26. Four Hours Left [3:56]
27. Too Old for War [3:59]
28. Surprise Attack [3:22]
29. News for the Retiree [2:34]
30. Making his Report [2:22]
31. Coda [:38]

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Editorial Reviews

The second of John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy," She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is the only one of the three to be lensed in Technicolor. In an Oscar-calibre performance, 42-year old John Wayne plays sixtyish Cavalry Captain Nathan Brittles. In his last days before his compulsory retirement, Brittles must face the possibility of a full-scale attack from the Arapahos, fomented by the recent defeat of Custer and by double-dealing Indian agents. After a series of minor victories and major frustrations, Brittles decides to ride into the Arapaho camp, there to smoke a pipe of peace with his old friend, Chief Pony That Walks (Chief John Big Tree). Before he leaves, he is presented with his retirement present by his troops: a pocket watch, with the inscription "Lest We Forget"(Wayne's playing of this scene, barely holding back tears as he adjusts his spectacles to read the inscription, is one of his finest moments on film). Brittles is able to forestall an Indian attack, just in time for his official retirement. The film really ends here, but there are two more potential climaxes before the words THE END dissolve into view. The patchiness of the Frank Nugent/Lawrence Stallings screenplay (attributal to the fact that it is adapted from two different short stories) prevents She Wore a Yellow Ribbon from reaching the same lofty heights as the Ford/Wayne collaborations Fort Apache (1947) and Rio Grande (1949). The gratuitous offscreen narration of Irving Pichel is also rather distracting. Even so, Wayne's flawless performance, coupled with the supporting contributions of Ford's stock company (John Agar, Harry Carey Jr., Victor McLaglen et al) and the Academy Award-winning photography by Winston C. Hoch, automatically elevates She Wore a Yellow Ribbon to classic status. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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OUTSTANDING TRANSFER OF FORD/WAYNE CLASSICby Anonymous

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August 09, 2004: ?She Wore A Yellow Ribbon' is one of those glorious John Ford westerns that make a fable of history so galvanic that it becomes history by proxy. The film stars John Wayne as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles - a widower preparing to retire from service at an outpost with the United States cavalry. Into this mix comes the luscious Olivia Dandridge (Joanne Dru), the contested prize to be won by a pair of viral dandies in search of a bride. Like Ford?s best westerns, this one has more melodrama than action, seemingly incorporating the western motif as mere background for a series of breathtakingly beautiful vistas filled with galloping horses, wide open spaces and the stunning and romantically stoic towers of Monument Valley. My hat off to the good people at Warner Home Video. This is a truly amazing looking DVD and one that should definitely be on every film buffs wish list to own. Colors are fully saturated, well balanced and incredibly life like. Contrast levels are on pitch as are black levels. There is a hint of edge enhancement and pixelization but really - it's just a hint. Chips, scratches and imperfections inherent in the original camera negative are kept to a bare, bare minimum. The audio is mono, as originally presented, but extremely well balanced, with low to non-existent background hiss in most scenes. There are NO extras, but highly recommended!

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John Ford Stock Company at its best.by Anonymous

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August 13, 2002: Traditional western. Nobody did/does them better than John Ford, John Wayne and the supporting cast that features more than a few familiar faces.

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