| 词条 | North West Mounted Police (film) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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}} | based on = {{based on|The Royal Canadian Mounted Police|R. C. Fetherstonhaugh}} | narrator = Cecil B. DeMille | starring = {{Plainlist|
}} | music = Victor Young | cinematography = {{Plainlist|
}} | editing = Anne Bauchens | studio = Paramount Pictures | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1940|10|21|Canada|1940|10|22|USA}} | runtime = 125 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} North West Mounted Police is a 1940 American adventure film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll. Written by Alan Le May, Jesse Lasky Jr., and C. Gardner Sullivan, and based on the 1938 novel The Royal Canadian Mounted Police by R. C. Fetherstonhaugh, the film is about a Texas Ranger who joins forces with the North-West Mounted Police to put down a rebellion in the north-west prairies of Canada. The supporting cast features Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, Robert Preston, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr. and George Bancroft. Regis Toomey, Richard Denning, Rod Cameron, and Robert Ryan make brief appearances in the film playing small roles. North West Mounted Police was DeMille's first film in Technicolor. The film premiered on October 21, 1940 in Regina, Saskatchewan, and was released in the United States on October 22, 1940 by Paramount Pictures. The film received an Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Anne Bauchens).[1][2]{{#tag:ref|The north-west region that is featured in the film would later become the Province of Saskatchewan.[3]|group=N}} PlotTexas Ranger Dusty Rivers (Gary Cooper) is sent to Canada during the 1880s in pursuit of outlaw Jacques Corbeau (George Bancroft), arriving in the midst of the Riel Rebellion. Dusty meets nurse April Logan (Madeleine Carroll) and is attracted to her, causing rivalry with another suitor, Canadian MountieSergeant Jim Brett (Preston Foster). Meanwhile, April's brother, Mountie Ronnie Logan (Robert Preston), is madly in love with Corbeau's daughter, Louvette (Paulette Goddard), feelings which are fully reciprocated, despite them being on opposite sides. Louvette learns that the rebels plan to attack a lookout post manned by Ronnie and then ambush a Mounties column which is trying to seize an abandoned store of ammunition which would be invaluable to the rebels. By crushing the column, the rebels will demonstrate to wavering Indian forces that the rebellion is worth joining. To keep Ronnie safely out of the ambush, of which he is unaware, Louvette persuades him to leave his post for an hour, and then has him confined by Indians. Dusty helps the Mounties to mount a rearguard action against the ambushers. Sergeant Jim then leads a small detachment from the fort to the Indian camp where he persuades them to allow him to arrest Corbeau. Dusty tracks down Louvette's hideout and convinces Ronnie to surrender to face a desertion charge, but Ronnie is killed in a case of mistaken identity. Afterwards, Dusty accepts April’s decision to stay with Jim and returns to Texas. CastAs appearing in North West Mounted Police, (main roles and screen credits identified):[4] {{div col}}
ProductionDue to budget restrictions, North West Mounted Police was filmed at sound stages at the Paramount lot as well as on location in Oregon and California, even though the film was based on a real life incident in Saskatchewan, Canada.[5] Principal photography began on March 9, 1940. Although Gary Cooper stars, the lead role was originally given to Joel McCrea, on contract at that time, but Cooper traded roles so that McCrea could star in Foreign Correspondent (1940).[6] DeMille narrated portions of the story, a practice he followed in all of his Technicolor films.[7]{{#tag:ref|DeMille was unable to complete the narration for the 1958 version of The Buccaneer, in which he, visibly frail at the time due to an ultimately terminal illness, appeared only in the prologue.[7]|group=N}} ReceptionCritical responseIn homage to the historical region portrayed in North West Mounted Police, the world premiere for the film took place on October 21, 1940, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.[8] The film became Paramount's biggest box-office hit of 1940 and garnered some favourable contemporary reviews from critics, as well.[5] Variety noted: "... scripters weave a story which has its exciting moments, a reasonable and convincing romance ..."[9] Later reviews were much less complimentary. Leonard Maltin called it "DeMille at his most ridiculous ... [a] superficial tale of Texas Ranger searching for fugitive in Canada. Much of outdoor action filmed on obviously indoor sets."[10] North West Mounted Police was listed in the 1978 book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (1978). Awards and nominations
Notes1. ^Meyer 1998, p. 146. 2. ^"The Legacy of the NWMP Today: The RCMP in Popular Culture." virtualmuseum.ca. Retrieved: 24 September 2010. 3. ^Martin and Porter 1997, p. 1312. 4. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032850/ "Credits: North West Mounted Police (1940)."] IMDb. Retrieved: August 31, 2013. 5. ^1 McGee, Scott. "Articles: North West Mounted Police." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: August 31, 2013. 6. ^Arce 1980, p. 146. 7. ^1 Birchard 2004, p. 302. 8. ^"Overview: North West Mounted Police." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: August 31, 2013. 9. ^[https://variety.com/1939/film/reviews/north-west-mounted-police-1117793589/ "Review: North West Mounted Police."] Variety, December 31, 1939. 10. ^Maltin, Leonard. "Leonard Maltin Movie Review: North West Mounted Police." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: August 31, 2013. 11. ^"The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners." oscars.org. Retrieved: December 8, 2011. References{{Reflist|30em}}Bibliography{{Refbegin}}
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