The Apache here are violent, yes, but the film makes it clear that they had good reasons to be violent. And while they cast a Jewish actor from New York as Cochise, the film does treat the Apache sympathetically-and the white settlers much less sympathetically. (It wasn’t the only Apache War of the 19th Century.) James Stewart plays Tom Jeffords, who was a scout and a prospector who help negotiate a peace treaty with Cochise, played by Jeff Chandler. The film is a highly-fictionalized recounting of the negotiations that ended the Apache War of the late 1860s/early 1870s.

After watching several Westerns that treat the Indians as violent, unthinking savages, I wanted to see if Hollywood could do a better job in 1950.

Normally I don’t do any movie stuff on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, but I did want to say that I did watch Broken Arrow in anticipation of the BCB Winter Western Classic, which will start next week.īroken Arrow is best known as perhaps the first Western from a major US studio that portrayed the Native Americans sympathetically. I’ve decided to go quiet tonight with this gorgeous video from pianist/vocalist Diana Krall singing “Autumn in New York.” Feel free to skip ahead to the end if you’d like. Here’s the part about the music and movies. We got a pretty good bell curve on the votes, with 31 percent giving it a “3”, thirty percent giving it a “2” and 26 percent saying that it would be a “4.” Last night, I asked you how excited you were if the Cubs were to sign free agent first baseman Rhys Hoskins. The late-nighters are encouraged to get the party started, but everyone else is invited to join in as you wake up the next morning and into the afternoon. Bring your own beverage.īCB After Dark is the place for you to talk baseball, music, movies, or anything else you need to get off your chest, as long as it is within the rules of the site. There are still a few good tables available near the back. If you need to check something, let us know. We’ve got some hot talk and cool music waiting for you. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad.

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