Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 5, 2021 5:36:14 GMT
From cinema's earliest days the mounted wild-west chase scene has always added a thrilling dimension to any frontier drama.
Salomy Jane (1914) is the only surviving feature length film of the California Motion Picture Corporation. Filmed on location amongst California's spectacular Redwood forests, the film features a number of exciting chase scenes. In particular of note is the vigilante posse chasing down dastardly Red Pete.
Having briefly eluded the quick-to-lynch mob Red Pete dismounts above a 100 foot drop down to the Russian River .
Here Pete is replaced by Jack Holt in his screen debut who spectacularly tumbles the full length into the water below...
Jesse James (1939) Dir. Henry King. In a dramatic scene towards the end of the film, Frank and Jesse James are being chased by a posse. Their only way out is to jump from a cliff into a lake with their horses, one of the horses drowned as a result. The incident drew a great deal of attention from the public and anger against the filmmakers. In 1940 The American Humane Association Film Unit was established in response and thus “No Animals Were Harmed” in this picture was born!
Salomy Jane (1914) is the only surviving feature length film of the California Motion Picture Corporation. Filmed on location amongst California's spectacular Redwood forests, the film features a number of exciting chase scenes. In particular of note is the vigilante posse chasing down dastardly Red Pete.
Having briefly eluded the quick-to-lynch mob Red Pete dismounts above a 100 foot drop down to the Russian River .
Here Pete is replaced by Jack Holt in his screen debut who spectacularly tumbles the full length into the water below...
Jesse James (1939) Dir. Henry King. In a dramatic scene towards the end of the film, Frank and Jesse James are being chased by a posse. Their only way out is to jump from a cliff into a lake with their horses, one of the horses drowned as a result. The incident drew a great deal of attention from the public and anger against the filmmakers. In 1940 The American Humane Association Film Unit was established in response and thus “No Animals Were Harmed” in this picture was born!
