Deerslayer_(1943_film)

<i>Deerslayer</i> (1943 film)

Deerslayer (1943 film)

1943 film by Lew Landers

Deerslayer is a 1943 American Western film. It is based on the 1841 novel The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper. It stars Bruce Kellogg and Jean Parker, and was directed by Lew Landers.[1]

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Plot

Cast

Production

The film was the first, and only, film written and produced by film reviewer P. S. Harrison, founder of the film journal Harrison's Reports.[2]

Filming began in June 1943.[3]

It was the first notable film role for Yvonne De Carlo who was borrowed from Paramount Studios. "She later wrote, "There have been several movie versions of The Deerslayer and this was probably the least memorable, but at the time I was thrilled to be in it."[4]

Reception

Variety opined, "Harrison draws a complete blank as a producer-scenarist."[2]

Harrison's publication Harrison's Reports published their first review acknowledged not to have been written by Harrison. It was written by Abram F. Myers.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Deerslayer", Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 11, Iss. 121, (Jan 1, 1944): 55.
  2. [2]
    "Film Reviews: Deerslayer". Variety. November 10, 1943. p. 35. Retrieved June 15, 2019 – via Archive.org.
  3. [3]
    "DRAMA AND FILM" Los Angeles Times 8 June 1943: 15.
  4. [4]
    De Carlo, Yvonne; Warren, Doug (1987). Yvonne : an autobiography. St Martins Press. p. 78.
  5. [5]
    ""Deerslayer" with Bruce Kellogg and Jean Parker". Harrison's Reports. November 13, 1943. p. 184. Retrieved June 15, 2019 – via Archive.org.


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