John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie & Charles Coburn in "Three Faces West" (1940)
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The "We the People" radio program is devoting a broadcast to the story of refugee doctors, driven from their homeland and looking for positions in the doctor-less towns of America when Dr. Karl Braun (Charles Coburn) one of the physicians, relates the tale of how he and his daughter, Leni 'Lenchen' Braun (Sigrid Gurie) were driven from their homeland in Vienna.
As a result of the broadcast, father and daughter are summoned to the town of Asheville Forks, North Dakota by John Phillips (John Wayne), the leader of the farmers' organization there. They arrive in the midst of a dust storm, and Leni, distressed by the hardships she has suffered and by the death of her fiancé, Dr. Eric Von Scherer (Roland Varno), wants to leave the town immediately. Her father, however, insists on staying to aid the ailing and impoverished farmers who must helplessly watch as their fortunes are blown away by the wind.
Leni soon adapts to the farm community, and love comes to her and John. Soon afterward, word arrives from Eric that he is alive and coming to America, and Leni, out of gratitude, agrees to meet him in San Francisco and marry him.
John's troubles mount as a dust storm devastates the land, and he convinces the farmers to follow him to a new home in Oregon. Along the way a troublemaker, Clem Higgins (Trevor Bardette), attempts to agitate the farmers to venture to California instead, but John, after a bout of disillusionment, rallies the farmers on to Oregon.
Meanwhile, in San Francisco, Leni and her father are shocked to learn that Eric has joined forces with the Nazis, and father and daughter leave Eric to rejoin John in Oregon.
A 1940 American Black & White neo-western drama film (a/k/a "Doctors Don't Tell" and "The Refugee") directed by Bernard Vorhaus, produced by Sol C. Siegel, written by F. Hugh Herbert, Joseph Moncure March and Samuel Ornitz, cinematography by John Alton, starring John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie, Charles Coburn, Spencer Charters, Helen MacKellar, Roland Varno, Sonny Bupp, Wade Boteler, Trevor Bardette, Russell Simpson, Charles Waldron, and Wendell Niles. Released by Republic Pictures.
Charles Coburn diddn't make his first film until he was 56 and continued into his eighties, he also won and Oscar and was nominated for two more.
Wendell Niles, the "man on the street" reporter after the big dust storm, was a real radio announcer. He worked on many shows of the golden-age of radio including "The Burns and Allen Show."
Douglas Evans, shown as the master of ceremonies for the radio show "We The People," was a radio announcer in real life. He worked for KFI (Los Angeles) in the 1930s.
"We The People" was a real radio show that ran on the CBS blue network (originating on WABC, New York) from circa 1937 to circa 1949. The sponsor was Calumet Baking Powder. The show was created by Phillips Lord (of "Gangbusters" fame) to give "a half-hour to the people of this country so we can hear their experiences." The radio program shown in this movie is essentially the same as in real life--real people spoke at the microphone telling their own stories.
The film, mainly set in North Dakota was one of a handful of overtly anti-Nazi films produced by Hollywood before American entry into World War II. Isolationists and Nazi sympathizers condemned other Hollywood movies for being pro-British "propaganda" or for "glorifying war", however this was deliberately crafted to celebrate the pioneer spirit of America, and the determination of Americans to survive the dust bowl, and contrasted these values with the evils of Nazism, thus preventing isolationists and Nazi sympathizers from being able to criticize the film as they had criticized other anti-Nazi films during this period.
This film is definitely about the message, and it has two. There is the message about tyranny and the sacrifices that may be necessary by those who oppose it, and also that of the community and working together to overcome adversity.
Both the director and one of the scriptwriters (one of the Hollywood Ten) were later blacklisted.
Before America's entry into the war, few films were made explicitly criticizing the German or Italian regimes. After 1939 the British contingent in Hollywood, Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" (1940), Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" (1940), Korda's "That Hamilton Woman" (1941), took up the cause, but their efforts were not appreciated by the influential isolationist movement.
Writing in the Journal of Austrian-American History, Jacqueline Vansant has argued that the film "takes a bold stand on contemporary issues through its Austrian-American romance."
The Oklahoma dust bowl is the setting for this early 20th century John Wayne neo-western. This remarkable picture is reminiscent more of the Warners Brothers films of the era than something Republic Pictures might have put out. It offers Wayne fans a more introspective character, different than one he usually portrays. Downbeat but inspiring. Well worth a watch.
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If only there was that same love and honor today.
Charles Coburn, one of the greatest character actors of the 20th century. He had a wonderful talent of bringing each of his film roles to life by his delightful and realistic performances. Here he plays the genial older doctor and when he’s on the screen he’s a scene stealer.
@wendybutler1681
5 күн бұрын
Always a favorite. He brings a sense of mischief to each role.
@merewynyard5813
5 күн бұрын
Always wondered who that actor was, but never bothered to find out, until now..yes he's good that Mr Coburn😮
@rickgaston7118
3 күн бұрын
Yes , very much so
@nessiesearcher
Күн бұрын
He also played with John Wayne in a marvelous little picture Trouble Along the Way. He plays pool in that one too.
@geoffm9944
Күн бұрын
@@nessiesearcher Another great supporting role for Charles Coburn was in the movie ‘Impact,’ where he played the genial Irish/American Lieutenant Quincy. Once again, he displayed his usual old world charm and lilting Irish accent as the softly spoken detective. The role of Quincy was perfect for Coburn who seemed to capture the attention of the audience when on screen.
Charles Coburn was a versatile actor. One of the best and most memorable....
I'm MT farmer, my grandparents and one great grandparent, homesteaded in early 1900's survived the dust bowl, the world wars, the depression, and stuck with it. I'm retired now, and my boys didn't want to farm. Well, nothing lasts forever in this life, I still have the land, and my heart is with the folks who stayed on through the tough times back in ND. I had never seen this movie, it brought tears to my eyes for those who stayed on the land. Just a little different perspective I guess.
First time I have ever seen this movie or even knew of it. Great movie. John Wayne as good as he always is. Thanks for the upload. Joe S
This plot goes beyond almost anything Hollywood dreamt of at the time. It is extraordinary.
John Wayne is my all time favorite actor. I have seen every movie he ever made, but, I had forgotten about this one. Thank you for posting it, it is a lovely movie. And I always enjoy any movie the great Charles Coburn is in.
@wendybutler1681
5 күн бұрын
So handsome as a young man and such a gifted actor. I had never seen this one before. What a treat! I live about 40 miles SW of the end of the Oregon Trail.
So many themes-overall,the endurance of love of country and one another.Thank you.
Every note is like a kiss. Hearing my wife talk to me. Holy mackeral, a John Wayne movie unseen by me. Will wonders never cease. Thank you.
@1861Anna
6 күн бұрын
Same here!!! Love it!!!
@1861Anna
6 күн бұрын
PS gardengnome...now THAT'S a great handle!!!'
@gardengnome3249
6 күн бұрын
@@1861Anna thank you my son gave it to me because I grow stuff he likes to eat.
Excellent film! Lots to learn about the Dust Bowl years.
Wow~ a John Wayne movie I hadn't seen before!
Great movie..thanks for the upload.
This film is a moral triumph, for its day or any other.
❤❤❤❤❤❤es hermosa!!!....cada diálogo profundo...las ambientaciones...las actuaciones...el gran John... maravilloso film... thanks
Sigrid Gurie was the sister to the Norwegian Commando Knut Haukelid who was on the famous sabotage raid on the German heavy water plant at Rjukan, Norway.
After "Stagecoach", John Wayne proved he had box office power enough to top-billed in full-length features. He made several of these at Republic before WW II began. This was an effort to build support for the European war which the US would be drawn into shortly.
A good movie that raised my spirits.
Very nice...thanks for the upload.
Currently residing in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Farm country. Orchards, Vineyards, every fruit and veggie you can think of. About 15 miles W of Salem. Small town. Paradise. IF you can fiind housing, that is.
Republic Pictures was well-known for its "B" movie product which usually filled the bottom halves of double bills. But this movie has some "A" movie substance. Very,very good.
@merewynyard5813
3 күн бұрын
There's a lot of movies around today with a C - or not even a Rating!!
Thank you for sharing this film with us. Classic John Wayne and Charles Coburn, the olde veterinarian, the preacher and the main bad seed also familiar and instrumental to the timbre and philosophy of the time and film.❤🎉😊
Doc can shoot some stick! Love that game.
20 years after this film was made the actor playing the doctor fathered his last child, at age 83. He died a year later.
Period films like this and others such as "Grapes of Wrath" demonstrate that before WW2, this country was closer to the 19th century, both culturally, experientially, and ethnically, than after the war was over. I was born in 1952. My father served in the Navy during the war. I always sensed this before I fully understood it. And the grandparents. We are quickly losing all knowledge and practice of our old American ways. This is not just because of generational progression, it has been plotted by our enemies, who have been as clever as we have been kind.
😃Thank you 🥰👍
It held my attention all the way thru.😇😇😇
Great John Wayne. I hadn't seen this one.
It’s pleasing to see and hear the Bible quoted
So glad to see a wonderful ending. Very good movie.
Great movie
Excellent ❤
…like to figure out what that ole car was… Love that car… Gosh…, it’s a Lincoln…
Nice film !!
Good movie. The end was rushed. Another 10-15 minutes would have made it better.
Excellent film esp considering time made. John so handsome. History lesson of US. The Midsest dust bowl did caus many to migrate out of necessity.
Yay! They're pronouncing Oregon correctly!
Hmmmm , wonder where they found feed for all those horses and mules .
So they cut down the trees in Oregon. 😂 And created the Oregon dust bowl. 😂
@wendybutler1681
5 күн бұрын
The only dust in Oregon is in the high desert in Eastern Oregon. Everywhere else it's pollen. SO MUCH POLLEN. Achooooo!
Buen film...pero si podrían pasarla en español...gracias...Henrry Graterol Barquisimeto...Venezuela ..gracias..
surperb
Why in the world can't Podcasts be like?
He seethe-eth as only to breathe-eth.
Coursing people to stay
It's funny, the line about 2,000 miles, not a soldier,, no borders, both Canada and the USA in particular have lost this, it seems only Australia has this now. There is no where else where there is freedom now.
The priest is Israel hands from the return to treasure island
John Wayne was a Hollywood character. The man who portrayed him was named Marion. John Wayne's lines, his swagger, his toughness, were all part of the character written by Hollywood for Marion to act out. There's nothing real about "John Wayne" or the roles that character played in the movies.
666 Indeed
Dust bowl was from 1930-1936. This is another nicey, nicey government movie, with mandatory love story. 🍞 🎪 Buy war bonds was a thing then. Now it's just worse corruption and print more money.
@wendybutler1681
5 күн бұрын
Must you rain on everynody's parade? We just watched a very well made movie. We leave the politics of our era out of it.
Provokers
This movie is an insult to those that suffered So Greatly during this terrible time in America! 1500 miles in old worn out cars and they didn't show one break down or tire rupture! Not even feasible! ,If you want to see a glimmer of the real story watch "Grapes of Wrath"! The ending with ALL new equipment and money for building materials when most that left didn't have 10 dollars amongst the whole family. Terrible untruth!
@redtobertshateshandles
6 күн бұрын
Yeah, but they were the ones who followed the other guy!! Didn't you pay attention??
wartime propaganda