Drums in the Deep South (1951)

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  • DRUMS IN THE DEEP SOUTH


    DIRECTED BY WILLIAM CAMERON MENZIES
    PRODUCED BY FRANK KING/ MAURICE KING
    KING BROTHERS PRODUCTIONS
    RKO RADIO PICTURES


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    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Best friends Clay Clayburn and Will Denning graduate from West Point
    only to soon find themselves fighting on opposite sides of the Civil War.
    When the two men meet each other in combat, neither knows it as each is in an artillery position
    hundreds of yards from the other. However, the love of Clay's life,
    Kathy Summers, does know and tries desperately to save her two good friends from killing each other.
    Written by Alfred Jingle


    Full Cast
    James Craig ... Maj. Clay Clayburn
    Barbara Payton ... Kathy Summers
    Guy Madison ... Maj. Will Denning
    Barton MacLane ... Sgt. Mac McCardle
    Robert Osterloh ... Sgt. Harper
    Tom Fadden ... Purdy
    Robert Easton ... Jerry
    Louis Jean Heydt ... Col. House
    Craig Stevens ... Col. Braxton Summers
    Taylor Holmes ... Albert Monroe
    Lewis Martin ... Gen. Johnston
    Peter Brocco ... Union Corporal
    Dan White ... Corp. Jennings
    Robert Clarke ... Union Officer (uncredited)
    Kenne Duncan ... Union Officer (uncredited)
    Roy Gordon ... Lt. Col. Fitzgerald (uncredited)
    James Griffith ... Union Officer Reporting to Denning (uncredited)
    Myron Healey ... Union Lieutenant (uncredited)
    Todd Karns ... Union Captain (uncredited)
    Norman Leavitt ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Frank Marlowe ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Tom Monroe ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Billy Nelson ... Union Sergeant (uncredited)
    Steve Pendleton ... Capt. Travis (uncredited)
    Denver Pyle ... Union Soldier Breaking Window (uncredited)
    Mickey Simpson ... Jim Burns, Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
    Ray Walker ... Union Officer (uncredited)
    Guy Wilkerson ... Confederate Sentry (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Philip Yordan (screenplay) and
    Sidney Harmon (screenplay)
    Hollister Noble (story)


    Original Music
    Dimitri Tiomkin


    Cinematography
    Lionel Lindon


    Trivia
    The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright
    resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could
    duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film.
    Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely
    (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality,
    having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Tuolumne County, California, USA


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Drums in the Deep South is an American Civil War war film
    designed and directed by William Cameron
    Menzies, produced by independent company King Brothers Productions,
    filmed in SuperCineColor and released by RKO Pictures in September 1951.



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    Interesting Menzies visual reading of script.
    16 September 2002 | by rsoonsa (Mountain Mesa, California)


    William Cameron Menzies is perhaps the best production designer in American motion picture history (Gone With the Wind, et alia) and his work as director applies the design principles which he espoused, such as with this film, including a prime emphasis upon cinema as a graphic art, a visual rather than literal interpretation of a script, filling that metaphysical space between scenario and direction with an artist's point of view, while avoiding a potentially incorrect objective sensibility. The narrative tells of a pair of best friends and West Point classmates, Georgian Clay Clayburn (James Craig) and Yankee Will Denning (Guy Madison) who are wearing officers' coats of opposing artillery units during the War Between The States, and of the inevitable military engagement between them, featuring a most dramatic segment involving the difficult placement of Confederate cannons atop a mountain overlooking Union rail supply lines, shot with Menzies' intriguing pictorial effects and unique camera angles. An independent King Brothers production under the aegis of RKO, DRUMS IN THE DEEP SOUTH is not replete with good performances, although Craig is solid as is his custom, while Barbara Payton, as Clayburn's lover, tries hard and is at the pinnacle of her short-lived beauty, with Dimitri Tiomkin's lush score properly evocative for this generally prescriptive film.

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().



  • iv'e seen this film about 10 years ago,not a great film but then again the picture was of poor quality,



  • It is. Its a story of a Yank Captain on the march and two Reb Artillery Crews who are bent on stopping them. Barton MacLane is the Confederate Artillery Sergeant and Guy Madison is the Yank Captain. This movie is released on DvD--but is a public domain movie--so sadly--it aint restored.

    Es Ist Verboten Mit Gefangenen In Einzelhaft Zu Sprechen..

  • iv'e seen this film about 10 years ago,not a great film but then again the picture was of poor quality,



    Fully agree-its not an epic great movie-but not bad. There are a few "recognizable faces" in it that keeps it from getting slow.


    I MIGHT still have a copy of it on VHS that I taped probably around 20 years ago--and it was from WTBS (forerunner of TCM--in a way) and it was probably the best copy you will ever find of it.

    Es Ist Verboten Mit Gefangenen In Einzelhaft Zu Sprechen..

  • Forgot to mention--the DvD box shown in Keiths first post--is the DvD released by Alpha Video--that is the place to NEVER order from as their stuff is the worst on the market. I found another source sometime ago and will see if I can find it again? Their is also region 0--just like Alpha Video) but will be slightly better than Alphas release.

    Es Ist Verboten Mit Gefangenen In Einzelhaft Zu Sprechen..