Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust
ID |
FBW001311 Fiction |
Country / Year |
USA, 1941 |
Original Title |
Sergeant York |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Burbank, CA / New York, NY |
Staff |
Producer: Jesse L. Lasky, Hal B. Wallis; Director, var: Reaves Eason (2nd unit director); Script: Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch, John Houston, John Huston; Based on: Sam K. Cowan (based on "War Diary of Sergeant York" and "Sergeant York and His People"), Tom Skeyhill (based on "Sergeant York - Last of the Long Hunters by Tom Skeyhill"); Camera: Arthur Edeson (war sequences), Sol Polito; Camera, var: Arthur Edeson (Battle sequences photographed); Still photograpy: Sol Polito; Editing: William Holmes; Sound recording: Oliver S. Garretson; Art direction: John Hughes; Technical consultant: Donoho Hall, Paul Walters, William Yetter, Sr.; Set decoration: Fred MacLean; Makeup: Perc Westmore; Music: Max Steiner; Musical direction: Leo F. Forbstein; Orchestration: Hugo Friedhofer |
Cast |
Gary Cooper (Alvin C. York); Walter Brennan (Pastor Rosier Pile); Joan Leslie (Gracie Williams); George Tobias (Michael T. "Pusher" Ross); Stanley Ridges (Maj. Buxton); Margaret Wycherly (Mother York); Ward Bond (Ike Botkin); Noah Beery, Jr. (Buck Lipscomb); June Lockhart (Rose York); Dickie Moore (George York); Clem Bevans (Zeke); Howard da Silva (Lem); Charles Trowbridge (Cordell Hull); Harvey Stephens (Capt. Danforth); David Bruce (Bert E. Thomas); Carl Esmond (German Major); Joe Sawyer (Sgt. Early); Pat Flaherty (Sgt. Harry Parsons); Robert Porterfield (Zeb Andrews); Erville Alderson (Nate Tompkins); Joseph Girard (Gen. Pershing); Frank Wilcox (Sergeant); Don Douglas (Capt. Tillman); Lane Chandler (Cpl. Savage); Frank Marlowe (Beardsley); Jack Pennick (Cpl. Cutting); James Anderson (Eb); Guy Wilkerson (Tom Carver); Tully Marshall (Uncle Lige); Lee White (Luke, the Target Keeper); Jane Isbell (Gracie's Sister); Frank Orth (Drummer); Arthur Aylesworth (Marty, Bartender); Rita La Roy (Saloon Girl); Lucia Carroll (Saloon Girl); Kay Sutton (Saloon Girl); Elisha Cook, Jr. (Piano Player); William Haade (Card Player); Jody Gilbert (Fat Woman); Victor Kilian (Andrews); Frank Faylen (Gunnery Spotter); Murray Alper (Gunnery Spotter); Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton (Scorer); Charles Drake (Scorer); Theodore von Eltz (Prison Camp Commander); Roland Drew (Officer); Russell Hicks (General); Jean Del Val (Marshal Foch); Selmer Jackson (Gen. Duncan); Creighton Hale (AP Man); George Irving (Harrison); Edward Keane (Oscar of the Waldorf); Gig Young (Soldier); Walter Sande (Sergeant); Charles Middleton (Farmer); Frank McGlynn, Sr. (Farmer); Si Janks; Clyde Cook (New York Spokesman); Douglas Wood (New York Spokesman); Si Jenks; Ray Teal; Kit Guard |
Length |
3676 m / 134'21'' |
Format |
35mm/sw/1:1,37 |
Abstract |
WWI hero Alvin C. York, who single-handedly captured 132 German soldiers during the Meuse-Argonne offensive and became one of America's most decorated, most beloved heroes. The film opens in 1916, as York gets drunk after disturbing a church session with a shooting match. One day York meets the pretty young Gracie Williams and fells in love with her. York tells his love that he will get some fertile land to prove that he's worthy of marrying her. York goes to Nate Tompkins to buy land. He labors day and night for paying the land, but at the time he has all the money he needs, the double dealing farmer tells him that he has sold the land to his rival. Afterwards York rides through a thunderstorm, to Nate's home to kill him, but lightning strikes and knocks him from his horse and strucks his rifle and split it. Surely this is a sign from the Lord. He does penance for his murderous thoughts. He puts away his gun and keeps a Bible as his constant companion. When war engulfs America, the pacifistic York refuses to enlist, believing that all killing is evil. Finally York has to enter the Army and comes to believe that though he is against killing, he must serve his country. York races up a ridge along the side of the German machine-gun nests, killing 20 men and capturing the rest - a total of 132. Finally York returns and drives home with Gracie. She leads him to their beautiful new house and a barn and York states that: "The Lord sure do move in mysterious ways." |
Subject Terms |
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Holdings |
- Kinemathek Hamburg, Hamburg |
Bibliography |
- , in: Motion Picture Herald (New York, NY), Vol. 144, Nr. 1, 05.07.1941 |