Friday, January 6, 2012

Belle Starr (1941)


Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Irving Cummings
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Southern spitfire Gene Tierney joins up with Rebels lead by Randolph Scott in Reconstruction-era Missouri. It's sort of like Gone With the Wind in a western setting. There is even a "Mammy" character, here played by Louise Beavers. Unfortunately the film turns melodramatic as Tierney and Scott fall in love, only to be separated by rogues within the ranks of the Rebels. A predictable tragic ending follows. Still, the 21-year-old Tierney is radiant in Technicolor.

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