33-416: Fort Apache may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Fort Apache (film) , a 1948 John Ford film starring John Wayne Fort Apache, The Bronx (film) , a 1981 crime drama film starring Paul Newman Fort Apache Napoli , a 2009 Italian film Fort Apache Studios , an American music recording studio Fort Apache, a fictional location in
66-459: A gentleman worthy of her. When Thursday is forced to deal with unrest among the Apache, led by Cochise , he ignores York's advice to treat the tribes with honor and to remedy problems on the reservation of malnutrition, alcoholism and decay caused by corrupt Apache agent Silas Meacham. Thursday's by-the-book rigidity prevents him from dealing with Meacham effectively, protecting him as an agent of
99-474: A Yellow Ribbon She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is a 1949 American Technicolor Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne . It is the second film in Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", along with Fort Apache (1948) and Rio Grande (1950). With a budget of $ 1.6 million, the film was one of the most expensive Westerns made up to that time. It was a major hit for RKO . The film is named after " She Wore
132-642: A Yellow Ribbon ", a song popular with the U.S. military . The film was shot on location in Monument Valley utilizing large areas of the Navajo reservation along the Arizona - Utah state border. Ford and cinematographer Winton C. Hoch based much of the film's imagery on the paintings and sculptures of Frederic Remington . Hoch won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color in 1950 . It
165-461: A character over twenty years older than he was at the time. Reportedly, Wayne's 1948 performance in Red River changed Ford's mind, causing him to exclaim, "I didn't know the big son of a bitch could act!" Ford realized Wayne had grown considerably as an actor, and was now capable of playing the character he envisaged for this film. When shooting was completed, Ford presented Wayne with a cake with
198-559: A charge would be suicidal. Thursday relieves York and orders him to stay back with Lt. O'Rourke and protect the supply train, replacing him with Captain Sam Collingwood. There is both charity and sage behind Thursday's seeming sleights, as he knows his command will wiped out...including Captain Collingwood and Sgt. O'Rourke. He cannot savage his beloved Philadelphia by killing off her intended husband too, and knows that of all
231-447: A member of Mexico's Golden Age of Movies. The film recorded a profit of $ 445,000 (equivalent to $ 4,510,000 in 2023 ). The film is recognized by American Film Institute in its 2008 AFI's 10 Top 10 : Nominated Western film. Fort Apache is commonly ranked among the most significant films of the "cowboy/western" genre, including: Additionally, the principal actors were ranked (for this and their other films): She Wore
264-606: A neighbourhood of Ciudadela near the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina "Fort Apache, The Bronx", a former nickname of NYPD's 41st Precinct located in the South Bronx Fort Apache playground, and like-named railway station on the Strand miniature Railway, in the Strand leisure Park at Gads Hill, Gillingham, Medway, England ME7 2RW United Kingdom (51.39475, 0.56618) Palace of the Public Ministry of
297-510: A risky stratagem to avoid a bloody war by stampeding the renegades' horses out of their camp, forcing them to return to their reservation ... on foot, trailed at a discreet distance by Lt. Cohill's troop of cavalry. Brittles is recalled to duty as Chief of Scouts with the rank of Lt. Colonel —a U.S. War Department order endorsed, he is pleased to see, by Gens. Phil Sheridan and William Tecumseh Sherman , and by President Ulysses S. Grant . Olivia and Lt. Cohill become engaged. The film ends with
330-487: A room full of Eastern correspondents. When asked if he has seen the famous painting depicting "Thursday's Charge", with the Apache massed brazenly in rows in war paint and feather bonnets awaiting Cavalry lances, he hews strictly to the fable crafted to cover Thursday's vainglorious and suicidal destruction of his command. Lying through his teeth (but not to himself) he says it is completely accurate. He then waxes on how those who died that day will never be forgotten as long as
363-490: A valiant charge. A West Point graduate with unconcealed ambition, he regards the assignment as distasteful, unwarranted, and a serious derailment of his career. His arrogance and overbearing egocentrism not only pervades his command but extends to his attitude towards the native Indians, whom he treats with condescension and complete disregard. Accompanying widower Thursday is his daughter, Philadelphia. She becomes attracted to newly minted Second Lieutenant Michael O'Rourke,
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#1732780046437396-455: Is a 1948 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda . The film was the first of the director's "Cavalry Trilogy" and was followed by She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950), both also starring Wayne. The screenplay was inspired by James Warner Bellah 's short story "Massacre" (1947). The historical sources for "Massacre" have been attributed both to George Armstrong Custer and
429-614: Is his chief scout, Sgt. Tyree, a one-time Confederate captain of cavalry; his first sergeant, Quincannon; and Maj. Allshard, Brittles's long-time friend and commanding officer. After apparently failing in both missions, Brittles returns with the troop to Fort Starke to retire. His lieutenants continue the mission in the field, joined by Brittles after "quitting the post and the Army". Unwilling to see more lives needlessly taken, Brittles takes it upon himself to try to make peace with his old friend Chief Pony That Walks. When that too fails, he devises
462-524: Is the acting commander at Fort Apache , an isolated U.S. cavalry post on the Arizona frontier. York commanded his own regiment during the Civil War and had learned the ways of the Apache. To universal surprise and disappointment, the regiment is given instead to Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday, a highly arrogant, acidic and abrasive martinet who had been brevetted a general during the Civil War for
495-603: The Battle of Little Bighorn and to the Fetterman Fight . The film was one of the first to present an authentic and sympathetic view of Native Americans . In his review of the DVD release of Fort Apache in 2012, The New York Times movie critic Dave Kehr called it "one of the great achievements of classical American cinema, a film of immense complexity that never fails to reveal new shadings with each viewing" and "among
528-638: The American Society of Cinematographers over the filming of this scene. The story of Hoch's refusal to shoot in this thunderstorm has often been repeated, but actor Harry Carey, Jr. , who was on the set, contests it. He says Ford had finished shooting for the day, but when the picturesque storm brewed he asked Hoch if they could shoot in the declining light. Hoch answered, "It's awfully dark, Jack. I'll shoot it. I just can't promise anything". Ford then instructed, "Winnie, open her up [the camera lens] and let's go for it. If it doesn't turn out, I'll take
561-572: The Battle of the Little Big Horn , and prevent a new frontier war . Brittles' task is complicated by a second order: to deliver his commanding officer's wife and niece, Abby Allshard and Olivia Dandridge, to an eastbound stage . His troop officers, 1st Lt. Flint Cohill and 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell, vie for the affections of Olivia while uneasily anticipating the retirement of their captain and mentor. Assisting Capt. Brittles with his mission
594-481: The State of Rio Grande do Sul, also known as Fort Apache Other uses [ edit ] Fort Apache (hostile place) , a metaphorical term for a place providing shelter from hostile action See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Fort Apache Battle of Fort Apache , 1881 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
627-600: The TV series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Fort Apache ( book ) , a 1976 memoir by Tom Walker Return to Fort Apache ( book ) , a 2011 memoir by Tom Walker Places [ edit ] Fort Apache Historic Park , the former fort and school Fort Apache Indian Reservation , Arizona, U.S. Fort Apache, Arizona , an unincorporated community in Navajo County, Arizona, U.S. Fuerte Apache ,
660-547: The United States government despite his personal contempt for the man and his ways. Thursday then squanders an opportunity for peace with high-handed belligerence, and is openly disrespectful of Cochise to his face. Using York, who has an honorable friendship with Cochise, as a cat's paw, Thursday tricks the Apache warriors back from Mexico into U.S. territory. Eager for glory and recognition, he plunges headlong into an obvious ambush despite York's urgent warnings that such
693-409: The blacksmith; Fred Libby as Corporal Kumrein; and Rudy Bowman as Private Smith. Among Rynders' associates is veteran character actor Paul Fix (Harry Carey, Jr.'s father-in-law) in a small uncredited role. Director Ford initially was uncertain whom to cast in the lead role. However, he knew that he did not want John Wayne for the part—considering, among other factors, that Wayne would be playing
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#1732780046437726-423: The cameras as the weather worsened only for Ford to order him to keep shooting. Hoch argued that there was not enough natural light for the scene and, more importantly, the cameras could become potential lightning rods if the storm swept over them. Ford ignored Hoch's complaints; completing the scene as the thunderstorm rolled in, soaking the cast and crew. Hoch later had filed a letter of complaint against Ford with
759-769: The first 'pro-Indian' Westerns" in its portrayal of indigenous Americans with "sympathy and respect". The film was awarded the Best Director and Best Cinematography awards by the Locarno International Film Festival of Locarno, Switzerland . Screenwriter Frank S. Nugent was nominated for best screenplay by the Writers Guild of America . After the American Civil War , highly respected veteran Captain Kirby York
792-538: The fort itself and the renegade Apache agent's trading post were filmed at the Corriganville Movie Ranch , a former Simi Hills movie ranch that is now a regional park in the Simi Valley of Southern California . At the time of filming, Shirley Temple and John Agar were married in real life. Dick Foran sang the 1869 song "Sweet Genevieve" written by Henry Tucker. Pedro Armendariz was
825-495: The message, "You're an actor now". The role also became one of Wayne's favorite performances. Wayne himself felt that his Academy Award nomination for Best Actor of 1949 should have been for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon instead of Sands of Iwo Jima . The cast and crew lived in relatively primitive conditions in Monument Valley. Most slept in dirt-floor cabins that only had communal cold-water drum showers. The film
858-454: The officers York is best qualified to lead upon his death. Wounded and separated from his men, he borrows York's horse to return to the doomed survivors and lead them to their last. Cochise spares York and soldiers who did not participate in the battle, in respect for York and to send a message to all who witnessed the slaughter, and the gesture, should understand. Several years later, regimental commander Lieutenant Colonel Kirby York entertains
891-780: The rap". Winnie complied, saying, "Fair enough, Jack". This was the second John Ford movie filmed in Technicolor , after Drums Along the Mohawk (1939). A theater poster featured the male lead wearing a yellow neckerchief with his uniform and a yellow banner (with proportions and shape evocative of a stylish ribbon) behind him, that also looped some 270 degrees around the female lead's shoulders. A 1958 unsuccessful television pilot written by James Warner Bellah titled Command starred Everett Sloane as Captain Brittles and Ben Cooper as Lt Cohill. She Wore A Yellow Ribbon earned
924-561: The regiment lives, and that he has an arduous campaign ahead to bring in Geronimo. After briefly introducing his adjutant, Lt. O'Rourke, now married to Philadelphia, and calling their young son - Michael Thursday York O'Rourke - the "best soldier in the outfit", he mounts his horse and leads the regiment off after the Apaches. Some exteriors for the film's location shooting were shot in Monument Valley , Utah . The exteriors involving
957-516: The son of highly regarded Sergeant Major Michael O'Rourke, the post's ranking non-commissioned officer . The elder O'Rourke had been a major in the Irish Brigade during the Civil War and won the Medal of Honor , entitling his son to enter West Point and be commissioned an officer. However, the class-conscious Thursday forbids his daughter to see someone whom he does not consider an equal and
990-473: The title Fort Apache . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Apache&oldid=1234780243 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fort Apache (film) Fort Apache
1023-451: The troop of cavalry trotting down the road on patrol. Director John Ford's older brother Francis appears in only one scene as Connolly, the barman. Ford kept Francis on wages "for eight weeks even through Francis could have completed his scenes in less than a week". Other uncredited cast members include: Irving Pichel as narrator (voice), Harry Woods as Karl Rynders, the sutler; Cliff Lyons as Trooper Cliff; Mickey Simpson as Wagner,
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1056-531: Was also nominated as 1950's Best Written American Western (which the Writers Guild of America awarded to Yellow Sky ). On the verge of his retirement in August, 1876 at Fort Starke, a small Frontier Army post, aging cavalry veteran Nathan Cutting Brittles is given one last mission: to deal with a breakout by the Cheyenne and Arapaho from their reservation following the defeat of George Armstrong Custer at
1089-405: Was completed ahead of schedule and under budget. Although the film's cinematographer, Winton Hoch, won an Academy Award for his work, filming was not a smooth creative process because of conflicts with Ford. Ironically one of the most iconic scenes from the film was created during a dispute. As a line of cavalry rode through the desert, a real thunderstorm grew on the horizon. Hoch began to pack up
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