Frontier Marshal (1934 film)

Frontier Marshal
Directed by	Lewis Seiler
Produced by	Sol M. Wurtzel
Written by	Stuart Anthony; William M. Conselman
Based on	Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal; 1931 novel; by Stuart N. Lake
Starring	George O'Brien; Irene Bentley; Alan Edwards
Cinematography	Robert H. Planck
Edited by	W. Donn Hayes
Distributed by	Fox Film
Release date	January 19, 1934 (U.S.);
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Frontier Marshal is a 1934 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring George O'Brien. Produced by Fox Film and Sol M. Wurtzel, the film is the first based on Stuart N. Lake's enormously popular but largely fictitious "biography" of Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal. A second version of the film, also produced by Wurtzel, was made in 1939, and a third interpretation by John Ford entitled My Darling Clementine was released in 1946.

He supposedly wrote the book with Earp's input,i[1] and it portrays Earp as a fearless lawman. But before the first movie was released, his widow Josephine Earp sued 20th Century Fox for $50,000 in an attempt to keep them from making the film. She said it was an "unauthorized portrayal" of Wyatt Earp. She succeeded in getting Earp's name completely excised from the movie.[2] His character was renamed "Michael Wyatt," and the movie was released as Frontier Marshal.[3]

Plot

Wandering lawman Michael Wyatt rides into a lawless town and runs into conflict with the local boss, Doc Warren.

Cast

George O'Brien as Michael Wyatt
Irene Bentley as Mary Reid
George E. Stone as David 'Abe' Ruskin
Alan Edwards as Doc Warren
Ruth Gillette as Queenie LaVerne
Berton Churchill as Ben 'Hiram' Melton
Frank Conroy as George 'Oscar' Reid
Ward Bond as Ben Murchison
Edward LeSaint as Judge Walters
Russell Simpson as Editor Pickett

Production

Actor Ward Bond appears in three films based on the Wyatt Earp story and Lake's spurious book: this film, the 1939 version and John Ford's My Darling Clementine, playing different roles in all three.

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References

"Earp, Wyatt". Encyclopædia Britannica (2007). Archived from the original on 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
Faragher, John Mack (1996). Carnes, Marck C. (ed.). Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies. The Tale of Wyatt Earp: Seven Films". New York: Heny Holt.
Hutton, Paul (1995). "Showdown at the Hollywood Corral, Wyatt Earp and the Movies". Montana: The Magazine of Western History (Summer 1995).

External links

Frontier Marshal on IMDb
Frontier Marshal at AllMovie

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[1] "Earp, Wyatt". Encyclopædia Britannica (2007). Archived from the original on 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2007-08-30.

[Faragher-2] Faragher, John Mack (1996). Carnes, Marck C. (ed.). Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies. The Tale of Wyatt Earp: Seven Films". New York: Heny Holt.

[hutton-3] Hutton, Paul (1995). "Showdown at the Hollywood Corral, Wyatt Earp and the Movies". Montana: The Magazine of Western History (Summer 1995).