Those born after the 40s tend to assume that life must have been seen in blackandwhite then because most photographs from that. What virginias major cities looked like in the 1940s may shock you. Promoted as a followup to the popular 1939 western dodge city which, indeed, was left wide open for a sequel in its closing scenes, virginia city bears only surface resemblance to the earlier film. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters.
Buena vista lexington, buena vista rockbridge county, virginia city directory title varies f234 l6 a18 main. On march 16, 1940, errol flynn arrived in town for the premiere of his new movie virginia city. Errol flynn, miriam hopkins, randolph scott, humphrey bogart, frank mchugh, alan hale, guinn williams, john litel director. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1940 movies 1940. Virginia city 1940 movie clip i didnt like your face. Flynn had great success with his playing in westerns which baffled and intrigued the actor no end and prompted him, on occasion, to refer to himself as the rich mans roy rogers.
Virginia city 1940 download in hd and dvdscr fo free leave a reply when the stage reaches virginia city, julia gives bradford the slip and heads off to warn captain vance irby randolph scott the former prison commander now managing the goldsmuggling operationthat bradford is in town. After the movie premiere, zimmer operated the venue as a museum until 1960. Virginia city is a big, sprawling western, filled with action, humor, and star quality. Union officer kerry bradford escapes from confederate prison and is set to virginia city in nevada. A winchester movie house displays confederate flags on february 12, 1940.
John murrell humphrey bogart and his band of outlaws want to get their hands on the gold. Virginia city 1940 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. See details virginia city1940errol flynn, miriam hopkins, randolph scott humphrey bogart. Buy virginia city movie posters from movie poster shop. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. High resolution movie poster image for virginia city 1940. Virginia city is directed by michael curtiz and written by robert buckner. Overview of virginia city, 1940, directed by michael curtiz, with errol flynn, miriam hopkins, randolph scott, at turner classic movies. Its the kind of movie they used to show around these parts every afternoon at 4 oclock on dialing for dollars george allen was the local host, helping to spark my interest in classic films past, a flame which still burns bright today, two hours of pure entertainment, with squarejawed errol flynn. Virginia city 1940 is not only a classic warner western but is a classic errol flynn western as well. Virginia city, from 1940, was errol flynns second time in the span of a year making a western, a genre he hated, and his third consecutive film under director michael curtiz their eighth overall, a director he hated, and who hated him in return.
With errol flynn, miriam hopkins, randolph scott, humphrey bogart. A confederate sympathizer and a mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way. This was owing to the fact that errol flynn, miriam hopkins, and others from the cast had been scheduled to. Music is by max steiner and cinematography by sol polito. In his second western, errol flynn reteams with dodge city director michael curtiz to play an undercover union officer determined to stop a goldladen train rolling to dixie.
Indeed, the only discerning links between the two pictures are the western setting and the presence in the cast of errol flynn, frank mchugh, alan hale and. On top of that, on the way to virginia city, kerry and julia meet, complicating everything. It stars errol flynn, randolph scott, miriam hopkins, humphrey bogart, alan hale and guinn williams. Virginia city 1940 near the end of the civil war, julia hayne miriam hopkins travels to libby prison to convince cmdr. On their way there, flynn falls in love with a woman miriam hopkins who turns out to. Via robert buckners efficient screenplay, union agents bradford, swenson and marblehead errol flynn, alan hale, guinn williams meet upjohn frank mchugh, mustachioed humphrey bogart introduces himself, confederate spy julia miriam hopkins remains under cover, in virginia. A union officer races to intercept a shipment of five million dollars in gold from reaching the confederacy. Virginia city is a film directed by michael curtiz with errol flynn, miriam hopkins, randolph scott, humphrey bogart, year. Gallery of 34 movie poster and cover images for virginia city 1940.
You can watch virginia city online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. Jefferson davis is treated in a reverent manner similar to lincoln in a lot of civil war movies. Arthur rothstein, 19151985, photographer public domain wikimedia commons although 75 years had passed since the end of the civil war, sentiments still ran high in the south, including virginia. Union officer kerry bradford errol flynn escapes from confederate prison and is set to virginia city in nevada. Watch virginia city 1940 online free and download virginia city free online. Michael curtiz directs 1940s virginia city, a tale of the richest, roughest town on the face of the earth. Indeed, the only discerning links between the two pictures are the western setting and the presence in the cast of errol flynn, frank mchugh, alan hale and guinn big boy williams. A triangle of trouble between the yankees errol flynn, the confederates. The image measures 2000 3000 pixels and is 634 kilobytes large. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Story is a loose working of actual events that happened in december 1864 at the tail end of the american civil war. Starring errol flynn, miriam hopkins, randolph scott, and humphrey bogart. Vance irby randolph scott to help transport gold from virginia city to. Starring errol flynn, miriam hopkins, randolph scott, humphrey bogart, frank mchugh, alan hale, guinn big boy williams, dickie jones cinematography sol polito art direction ted smith film editor george amy.
Flynn and his compatriots alan hale and guinn big boy williams escape from captivity and head by stagecoach to virginia city, nevada, where they intend to secretly interrupt the conveyance of silver to the confederate army. Promoted as a followup to the popular 1939 western which, indeed, was left wide open for a sequel in its closing scenes, virginia city bears only surface resemblance to the earlier film. Virginia city by michael curtiz errol flynn, miriam. Like casablanca, this movie is set during a war, takes place in a divided, tense city, concerns a longago. The movies cast and crew, along with attending media outlets, gathered at the opera house for a live nbc broadcast of flynn auctioning off historic piper memorabilia. Concieved as a followup to the 1939 western dodge city, errol flynn, humphrey bogart and randolph scott face off over a fortune in gold bound for the confederacy from virginia city. Virginia city 1940 film posters vintage, old movie. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison vance irby randolph. The gold is available if someone can smuggle it from a town far west of all the fighting.
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