Winners of the Wilderness (1927) Poster

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A rarity showed up in bad condition
AlsExGal9 November 2019
For those interested,Tim McCoy and a young Joan Crawford star. Film is set in North America, in 1755, during the French and Indian War. McCoy is some sort of British scout; Crawford is a daughter of a French general, and complications ensue, including an Indian attack that must have been impressive looking in 1927, but in the print I saw, was a challenge just to tell who was who(m).

Crawford wears a blonde wig and white clothing for the first twenty minutes, and is almost totally washed out as a result. She changes back to brunette twenty some minutes in for the rest of the film. I can't criticize anything but the quality of the print. If you want to see this rarity and it turns up, don't delay; if I thought this was an easily available film, I would have quit watching after a minute or so .

I'm not rating this one because the bad quality of the print I saw completely overwhelms any good features the film might have had.
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Late Silent Curio
robluvthebeach25 November 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Early Joan Crawford War Drama (silent) with the French-Indian war as a backdrop. Joan is the love interest for Tim McCoy but definitely takes a back seat to the drama that unfolds between the French, Indian and English populations who are at war with each other and will fight to the death. Tim McCoy is a stalwart actor, more accustomed to westerns, and with the same kind of approach as he was in the battle scenes. Somewhat historically accurate, but took certain situations and make them rife for drama. Joan pleading to be saved and not having her lover killed and wanting to sacrifice herself. The copy I saw online, was pretty choppy, but nonetheless an interesting curio, complete with powdered wigs in many scenes since this was pre- revolutionary war. The Native American characters were actually portrayed somewhat sympathetically and by actual native Americans. Jean Arthur has a bit part but I could not recognize her in the print I reviewed. This is a good antique for those interested in seeing the French-Indian war depicted. For Joan Crawford fans, it was hard to recognize at first, for her mannerisms are quite demure in this film.
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