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The Big Trees is a 1952 Western film starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Felix E. Feist. It was Kirk Douglas's final film for Warner Brothers, a film he did for free in exchange for the studio agreeing to release him from his long-term contract.[2]
The Big Trees
Kirk douglas big trees04.jpg
Directed by
Felix E. Feist
Produced by
Louis F. Edelman
Screenplay by
John Twist and James R. Webb
Story by
Kenneth Earl
Starring
Kirk Douglas
Eve Miller
Patrice Wymore
Edgar Buchanan
John Archer
Alan Hale Jr.
Roy Roberts
Charles Meredith
Harry Cording
Ellen Corby
Music by
Heinz Roemheld
Cinematography
Bert Glennon
Edited by
Clarence Kolster
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date
February 5, 1952 (New York City)
[1]
Running time
90 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
File:The Big Trees, 1952.ogvPlay media
The Big Trees
The film has fallen into the public domain.[3][better source needed] Douglas plays a greedy timber baron who seeks to exploit the Sequoia forest, while facing the protest of the Quaker colonists.
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In 1900, lumberman Jim Fallon (Kirk Douglas) greedily eyes the big sequoia redwood trees in the virgin region of northern California. The land is already settled by, among others, a religious group led by Elder Bixby (Charles Meredith) who have a religious relationship with the redwoods and refuse to log them, using smaller trees for lumber. Jim becomes infatuated with Bixby's daughter, Alicia (Eve Miller), though that does not change his plan to cheat the homesteaders. When Jim's right-hand man, Yukon Burns (Edgar Buchanan) finds out, he changes sides and leads the locals in resisting Jim. The locals combat Jim's loggers with a sympathetic judge with Jim fighting back by using Federal laws.
Elder Bixby is killed when a big sequoia tree is chopped down by Jim's men and falls on his cabin. Jim's desperate attempt to rescue Alicia's father saves him from being convicted of murder. Meanwhile, timber rival Cleve Gregg (Harry Cording) appears on the scene, making it a three-way fight. Gregg and his partner Frenchy LeCroix (John Archer) try to assassinate Jim, but end up killing Yukon instead. Jim has a dramatic change of heart and leads the settlers in defeating Gregg and Frenchy. Afterwards, Jim marries Alicia and settles down.
１９００年、ウィスコンシン州のとある町。
材木で財を成したジムは、さらにビジネスを発展させるため、
アメリカ杉から何千本もの材木を切り出そうと考えていた。
その候補の森として、クェーカー教の聖地に目をつけた彼は、
シスターたちが反対するのを押し切って、
大木を切り倒す計画を進めていくが・・・。
時期的、内容的に広い意味で西部劇に当たるのかな。
とにかくカーク・ダグラスが出て、この内容で未公開だったとは。
美しい風景に、スケールの大きなアクションシーン。
特に終盤の貨車の暴走とダム爆破シーンは目を見張るものがある。
カーク・ダグラスが土壇場まで悪役だったからか、
派手なドンパチを売りとする西部劇とはちょっと違う、
外れたジャンルで損をしてきたのか・・・。
ま、今日的に脚本をしっかり練れば、
環境問題をテーマにした、もっと面白い作品になったかも。
説教臭い映画もなんだし、娯楽作として観れば十分楽しめた。
総天然色で３８０円はお値打ちだ（笑）。
「ザ・ビッグ・ツリー」（ＰＤクラシック）
８９分／カラー／モノラル／４：３スタンダードサイズ
原題：THE BIG TREES
米：ワーナー・ブラザーズ映画作品
製作年：１９５２
監督：フェリックス・Ｅ・フェイスト
脚本：ジョン・ツイスト／ジェームズ・Ｒ・ウェップ
音楽：ハインツ・ロームヘルド
出演：カーク・ダグラス／イヴ・ミラー／エドガー・ブキャナン／ジョン・アーチャー
Cast
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Kirk Douglas & Patrice Wymore.
Read in another language
Watch this page
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The Big Trees is a 1952 Western film starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Felix E. Feist. It was Kirk Douglas's final film for Warner Brothers, a film he did for free in exchange for the studio agreeing to release him from his long-term contract.[2]
Kirk douglas big trees04.jpg
Directed by
Felix E. Feist
Produced by
Louis F. Edelman
Screenplay by
John Twist and James R. Webb
Story by
Kenneth Earl
Starring
Kirk Douglas
Eve Miller
Patrice Wymore
Edgar Buchanan
John Archer
Alan Hale Jr.
Roy Roberts
Charles Meredith
Harry Cording
Ellen Corby
Music by
Heinz Roemheld
Cinematography
Bert Glennon
Edited by
Clarence Kolster
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date
February 5, 1952 (New York City)
[1]
Running time
90 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
File:The Big Trees, 1952.ogvPlay media
The Big Trees
The film has fallen into the public domain.[3][better source needed] Douglas plays a greedy timber baron who seeks to exploit the Sequoia forest, while facing the protest of the Quaker colonists.
Edit
In 1900, lumberman Jim Fallon (Kirk Douglas) greedily eyes the big sequoia redwood trees in the virgin region of northern California. The land is already settled by, among others, a religious group led by Elder Bixby (Charles Meredith) who have a religious relationship with the redwoods and refuse to log them, using smaller trees for lumber. Jim becomes infatuated with Bixby's daughter, Alicia (Eve Miller), though that does not change his plan to cheat the homesteaders. When Jim's right-hand man, Yukon Burns (Edgar Buchanan) finds out, he changes sides and leads the locals in resisting Jim. The locals combat Jim's loggers with a sympathetic judge with Jim fighting back by using Federal laws.
１９００年、ウィスコンシン州のとある町。
材木で財を成したジムは、さらにビジネスを発展させるため、
アメリカ杉から何千本もの材木を切り出そうと考えていた。
その候補の森として、クェーカー教の聖地に目をつけた彼は、
シスターたちが反対するのを押し切って、
大木を切り倒す計画を進めていくが・・・。
時期的、内容的に広い意味で西部劇に当たるのかな。
とにかくカーク・ダグラスが出て、この内容で未公開だったとは。
美しい風景に、スケールの大きなアクションシーン。
特に終盤の貨車の暴走とダム爆破シーンは目を見張るものがある。
カーク・ダグラスが土壇場まで悪役だったからか、
派手なドンパチを売りとする西部劇とはちょっと違う、
外れたジャンルで損をしてきたのか・・・。
ま、今日的に脚本をしっかり練れば、
環境問題をテーマにした、もっと面白い作品になったかも。
説教臭い映画もなんだし、娯楽作として観れば十分楽しめた。
総天然色で３８０円はお値打ちだ（笑）。
「ザ・ビッグ・ツリー」（ＰＤクラシック）
８９分／カラー／モノラル／４：３スタンダードサイズ
原題：THE BIG TREES
米：ワーナー・ブラザーズ映画作品
製作年：１９５２
監督：フェリックス・Ｅ・フェイスト
脚本：ジョン・ツイスト／ジェームズ・Ｒ・ウェップ
音楽：ハインツ・ロームヘルド
出演：カーク・ダグラス／イヴ・ミラー／エドガー・ブキャナン／ジョン・アーチャー
Cast
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Kirk Douglas & Patrice Wymore.
Kirk Douglas as Jim Fallon
Eve Miller as Sister Alicia Chadwick
Patrice Wymore as Daisy Fisher
Edgar Buchanan as Yukon Burns
John Archer as "Frenchy" LeCroix
Alan Hale, Jr. as "Tiny"
Roy Roberts as Judge Crenshaw
Charles Meredith as Elder Bixby
Harry Cording as Cleve Gregg
Ellen Corby as Sister Blackburn
Duke Watson as Mr. Murdoch
Lane Chandler as Brother Dorn
Elizabeth Slifer as Sister Wallace
Lilian Bond as Daisy's girl
Michael McHale as Mr Keller (an accountant)
William Challee as Brother Williams
Students from Humboldt State University played members of the Quaker congregation and members of its choir.[2]
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