Henry Fonda THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (1943) still, original shaving two day beard vintage theatrical, 8x10 sparkling quality and rich details.
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This photograph is a real photo chemical created picture (vintage, from the Hollywood studio release) and not a copy or reproduction.
DESCRIPTION:
“The Ox-Bow Incident, the classic 1943 William A. Wellman anti-lynching cowboy western ("Shocking - as the lash of a whip across your face!"; "It'll chill your blood with terror... and make it boil with fury!"; "It took nerve to make it! You'll need nerve to 'take it'!"; "Tough! True! Terrifying!"; based on the novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark; about a group of men deciding whether or not to lynch three suspected murderers and cattle rustlers; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Jane Darwell, Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan, Frank Conroy, Paul E. Burns, George Meeker, Almira Sessions, and Harry Davenport. Note that in the book that this film is based on, the protagonists voted to lynch the criminals in a different fashion, and the contents of Dana Andrews' letter are never revealed.”
CONDITION:
This original vintage 8” x 10” still photograph is in EXCELLENT condition, with scuffing, edge bumps, the, small dents and patina (hand dirt) keeping it from being perfect. RICH SHARP DETAIL WITH SINGLE HAIR DETAILS! (SEE PIX FOR MORE DETAILS.) Finally, this is a vintage original. (This is NOT a cheap digital dupe, a re-release or copy, it is a real vintage photograph made by the original studio the same year of the release of the film.)
SHIPPING:
Domestic shipping would be USPS Ground Advantage (includes $100 insurance) and well packed in plastic, with several layers of cardboard support/protection and delivery tracking. USE THE BUY-IT-NOW AND I WILL UPGRADE TO PRIORITY SHIPPING AT NO EXTRA CHARGE! The USPS has removed FIRST CLASS from eBay’s postage label system. (Darn it!) International shipping depends on the location, and the package would weigh close to a half a pound with even more extra ridge packing.
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BACKGROUND:
“Great Westerns, like all genre films worth their salt, are meticulously structured, and they feature a pretty short list of archetypal characters. It's accepted wisdom that "the lone gunman" and "the stranger with a secret" belong to the Old West, but such conceits are often co-opted to drive other kinds of pictures. Taxi Driver (1976) and Star Wars (1977), for instance, are direct descendants of John Ford's masterpiece, The Searchers (1956), and scores of tough-cop movies feature nothing more than gunslingers who prowl the town cleaning up corruption, just like the mustached sheriff did all those years ago. You can sense the frontier in them, even if it's sometimes drenched in neon. William Wellman's claustrophobic Western, The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), on the other hand, seems to have inspired Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama, 12 Angry Men (1957)! Henry Fonda stars as a man who rides into an unfamiliar town and ends up witnessing an exceptionally ugly incident. When a rancher has apparently been murdered by a cattle rustler, a lynch mob sets out to seek "justice." When two suspects (Anthony Quinn and Dana Andrews) are gathered, the men swear that they're innocent. But mob rule, led by a sadistic Army officer (Frank Conroy), prevails. A lynching does, in fact, take place, but the reading of a letter at the end of the film establishes whether the now-dead men were murderers. This story is played out in claustrophobic detail, with the various mob members coming to terms with their actions in such an intense situation...just as the conflicted jurors do in 12 Angry Men. It takes a lot of chutzpa to shoot an almost completely inert Western, and Wellman had to do a lot of convincing to get The Ox-Bow Incident off the ground. The director had wanted to adapt Walter Van Tilburg Clark's novel for the screen for years and he harangued Fox production head Darryl Zanuck until the mogul finally caved in. Wellman pointed out that he had successfully delivered social messages in the past, in such well-received films as The Public Enemy (1931) and A Star Is Born (1937). But Zanuck was concerned that the American public wasn't ready for a film that centered on lynching. Zanuck relented when Wellman happily agreed that he would also direct two far-less adventurous pictures for the producer- Thunder Birds (1942) and Buffalo Bill (1944). Actually, Wellman had discussed making The Ox-Bow Incident in 1940, with producer Harold Hurley. But Hurley had a completely different sort of film in mind, one that would revolve around Mae West as a saloon hostess! When Hurley left Paramount, he sold Ox-bow's rights to Wellman for $6,500. "I bought the property from Harold Hurley," he later said, "after he had gotten into some sort of beef with the big boys and was relieved of his job...then I went to all the producers for whom I had worked and got turned down. Zanuck was the only one with the guts to do an out-of-the-ordinary story for the prestige, rather than the dough." Some viewers had trouble with the fact that, although the last half of The Ox-Bow Incident is set outdoors, it obviously takes place on a soundstage. The mountains in the background, for instance, are clearly of the painted variety. Luckily, the intense performances ¬ and Wellman's reliance on close-ups of his actors' faces ¬ distract us from this obvious flaw, and the film remains a powerful viewing experience. Directed by: William A. Wellman Producer: Lamar Trotti Screenplay: Lamar Trotti (based on the novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark) Cinematography: Arthur Miller Editing: Allen McNeil Set Design: Thomas Little and Frank E. Hughes Costume Design: Earl Luick Makeup: Guy Pearce Cast: Henry Fonda (Gil Carter), Dana Andrews (Donald Martin), Mary Beth Hughes (Rose Mapen), Anthony Quinn (Juan Martinez), William Eythe (Gerald Tetley), Harry Morgan (Art Croft), Jane Darwell (Ma Grier), Matt Briggs (Judge Daniel Tyler), Harry Davenport (Arthur Davies), Frank Conroy (Maj. Tetley), Marc Lawrence (Farnley), Victor Kilian (Darby). B&W-76m.”