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Binding: DVDEAN: 0701399003534 Format: Silent, NTSC Label: Unknown Video Manufacturer: Unknown Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Unknown Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 22, 2004 Running Time: 78 minutes Studio: Unknown Video Theatrical Release Date: July 29, 1919 Editorial Review: Description: Not your typical western, this is a tale of the wagon trains that rolled west through scorching deserts and hostile Indian territory. It's got a twist: there's a murderer in this wagon train, and it's up to expedition leader William S. Hart to find him! There's a great sequence here in which Hart coerces a confession from the killer. Think of the climactic scenes of "Greed", add a dash of frontier justice, and you'll get the idea. And the movie only builds from there... the wagon train hasn't even met the Indians yet! This is just the kind of film that made Hart the leading western hero of the World War I era. Here he's rugged and tough, and there's barely a trace of the weepily over-sensitive persona that would diminish later films like "Wild Bill Hickok." Practically all of "Wagon Tracks" takes place on location, giving it a gruelingly authentic feel never found in your typical horse opera. Organ score by Bob Vaughn. Supplemental material: It's the very first king of the cinematic western, G.M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson, in "Naked Hands" (1918). The film was actually produced by Essanay in late 1915 as "Humanity," but was held back from release. Anderson took it with him when he left the company, and released it himself a couple of years later. Eventually, the feature-length "Humanity" was condensed into this two-reel version called "Naked Hands." Anderson again stars as Broncho Billy (more or less), a gold prospector who strikes it rich but loses his wife to another man. When she dies, and that man is responsible, Billy vows to take the guy apart with his naked hands... and does exactly that, in a surprisingly vicious fight scene! Average Rating:
 Rating: - More than just Cowboys and IndiansThis is quite a good DVD featuring the silent era's two greatest Western stars: William S Hart in the feature film, "Wagon Tracks" and G M Anderson, the first real Western star in a 2-reeler called "Naked Hands". Both are powerful dramas with superb acting performances by both Anderson and Hart, and together they make this DVD great viewing. G M Anderson became famous as 'Broncho Billy' in a staggering 350+ 1 and 2 reel films from the early 1900s to 1916, when William S Hart took over the reigns ... Read More |
