Jesse James Digital Life VHS

Jesse James
starring: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Henry Hull
directed by: Irving Cummings, Henry King

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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5013037814880
Format: NTSC
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 minutes
Sales Rank: 19827
Theatrical Release Date: January 27, 1939

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No studio was better than Darryl Zanuck's 20th Century-Fox at dishing out lovingly textured Americana, of which this movie is a prime example. The outlaw gets canonized as an American Robin Hood, an honest farmer who, with post-Civil War Missouri overrun by corrupt agents of the Railroad, had no choice but to start robbing banks and trains to achieve a measure of social justice the System wouldn't provide. Tyrone Power as Jesse is quietly out-acted by Fox's emerging star Henry Fonda as brother Frank. The supporting cast is solid--Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Brian Donlevy, John Carradine (as Bob Ford), Jane Darwell, Donald Meek--but the liveliest thing in the movie is Henry Hull, playing a newspaperman whose editorials invariably prescribe that whomever he's denouncing be 'taken out and shot like dawgs.' Fonda, Hull, and Carradine re-created their roles the following year in The Return of Frank James. --Richard T. Jameson

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- Jesse revisited
Jesse James was both outlaw and idol. He reacted in a way many would have liked to when wronged. Many have played the role of Jesse James, this classic remains one of the best. It is a must for any historical/western collector. With Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda and Randolph Scott playing the key characters you are in for a real treat in a movie you will watch over and over.

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- Very Good Classic Western
This 70-year old Western classic has a strong cast featuring great acting by Henry Fonda and Tyrone Power as the James brothers. The movie is quite entertaining particularly considering its age. It is slightly marred however by some annoying overacting by Nancy Kelly as the forever babbling, sobbing Zee and publisher Major Cobb played by Henry Hull with his corny, repetitious "Roy, take an editorial.." routine, put in to add some humor to the tale I guess. Fortunately, the strong opening sequences showing evil, ruthless railroad men pressuring helpless farmers like the James family to sell their land because they were standing in the way of progress support strong movie themes of sympathy and revenge that have you going along with Frank and Jessie to the end.

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- great early technicolor western
1939 is considered by many critics and film conniseurs to be the most definitive year for films. some of the greatest films ever produced were released in 1939. the list is myriad, and for westerns this film is definitely included in that list.

even though this is a somewhat fictionalized account of the exploits of the James boys (Frank and Jesse), some of the events depicted are true. however, more fiction is depicted here than truth making this only entertaining western fare; but what entertainment it is. the story is so expertly told that it compels the viewer to become inevitable advocates for the James brothers cause. truly great filmmaking.

as for the DVD, to some degree i must debunk the reviews regarding the alleged poor transfer of this film to DVD. please do not allow those negative reviews to deter you from purchasing this film if it is of interest to you. several factors must ... Read More

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- A highly romanticized account of the infamous desperado...
Splendid in his first Western and his first Technicolor movie, Power portrayed Jesse James as a sympathetic hero and the most charming bank robber of the Old West...

Teamed with Henry Fonda, and stalwart Randolph Scott, Henry King came with a Western classic, considered as one the best Jesse James of the series...

The film opens in Pineville with hothead Jesse and temperate Frank as a couple of Missouri brothers who, embittered by the ruthless tactics of a railroad agent, got a warrant and had to skip out, hiding out until Major Rufus Cobb (Henry Hull) can get the governor to give them a fair trial ... But the railroad's got too much at stake to let two farmer boys bollix things up...

After they had thrown Barshee (Brian Donlevy), the brutal railroad representative off the farm of their widowed mother (Jane Darwell) when she refused to sign over her property, Jesse and Frank ... Read More

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