rio bravo

howard hawkes - rio bravo - 1959

classic drone series
sound, sound design, music in film
(univers du western)

 opening sequence with dean martin looking for a drink in the cantina
unusual edits in the music plus changes in the mood of the music accentuate
the action and violence
in contrast to the editing of the picture, which is pretty standard, except for
the drawing and firing of the pistol by joe burdette (screen captures)

certainly one of the most striking and inventive opening sequences in film history
the first dialogue is at 4.45 into the film

(for more unusual editing in a fight scene : see the bar fight with bogart in
nicholas ray's in a lonely place - 1950)


music - dimitri tiomkin,
dean martin, ricky nelson, walter brennan - my rifle my pony and me, cindy, rio bravo
(see dean martin bear family box set return to me)
sound - robert b. lee (the treasure of the sierra madre, the big sleep)

(number 11 of 500 detailing westerns)

univers du western - red river

howard hawks - red river, 1948

john wayne - thomas dunson

montgomery clift - matthew garth

walter brennan - 'groot' nadine

john ireland - cherry valance

noah beery jr. - buster mcgee

hank worden - simms reeves

chief yowlachie - quo

harry carey jr. - dan latimer

harry carey - mr. melville

(rain)

(century trees)

cinematography - russell harlan

(other films shot by russell harlan)

- to kill a mockingbird, 1962 (d. robert mulligan)
- day of the outlaw, 1959 (d. andré de toth)
- rio bravo, 1959 (d. howard hawks)
- witness for the prosecution, 1957 (d. billy wilder)
- lust for life, 1956 (d. vincente minnelli)

music - dimitri tiomkin
(includes the song red river valley - aka cowboy love song)
editing - christian nyby

(number 1 of 500 for a planned series detailing westerns)