The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
by Henry Hathaway
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Actor: Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda, Sylvia SidneyDirector: Henry Hathaway
Brand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-07-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
Movie Review: Technicolor is the Icing on the Cake
Summary: 5 Stars
A few years back I picked up a VHS edition of this 1936 and was pleasantly surprised at the reasonably good image quality including the color photography. Personally, I'm not much of a fan of these "back woods" Hatfield/McCoy type stories but I found myself making an exception for TRAIL. I've ordered the dvd version and I'm hoping it offers enhanced video over my old VHS version. Universal issued TRAIL's unofficial follow up film, 1941's SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS, a couple of years ago in a John Wayne dvd set. Another Technicolor tale of the back woods, the image quality was stunning so I'm anticipating the same thing with TRAIL. Too bad there's no bonus material (as far as I can tell) with information on the hardships of making early Technicolor films. It was a royal pain working under very hot lights and the Technicolor company insisted that all shots had to be color coordinated - certain colors simply could not be in the same frame with other colors! Some actresses complained about the way they looked in color - Carole Lombard said that she looked "funny" in color while Claudette Colbert refused to appear in another Technicolor film after 1939's DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK. Viewing DRUMS today, it's a mystery what Colbert's objections were.
For those who don't know, Technicolor films like TRAIL were filmed using a special camera that ran three rolls of film simultaneously and a prism behind the lens split the image into three, one for each strip that registered blue, red and yellow. In the photo lab, each of the three rolls were run through to make one print and the three primary color dyes blended to produce the secondary colors such as green and orange. That's why Technicolor films are so vivid to the point of being somewhat unrealistic. The world would be a better place if we could see it in Technicolor. At any rate, kudos to Universal for issuing TRAIL and I'm hoping they've done right by this film otherwise there will be a real feud from film collectors!
Summary of The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
Screen legends Henry Fonda and Fred MacMurray star in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine - one of the first films ever to be filmed outdoors in glorious Technicolor®! Deep in the undeveloped backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains, two young men are caught in the midst of an ancient and bitter feud between two families and fighting for the romantic attention of a beautiful woman (Sylvia Sidney). One of the most breathtaking movies ever to hit the silver screen, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is an exciting melodrama and a landmark cinematic achievement that continues to captivate audiences today.Similar DVD Movies
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