Destry Rides Again on DVD, Comedy, Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart

Destry Rides Again, Kent, the unscrupulous boss of Bottleneck has Sheriff Keogh killed when he asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game that gives Kent a stranglehold over the local cattle rangers. The mayor, who is in cahoots with Kent appoints the town drunk, Washington Dimsdale, as the new sheriff assuming that he’ll be easy to control. But what the mayor doesn’t know is that Dimsdale was a deputy under famous lawman, Tom Destry, and is able to call upon the equally formidable Tom Destry Jr to be his deputy. Featuring a career reviving performance from Marlene Dietrich as bar singer Frenchie, which could well have been the inspiration for Madeline Kahn’s “Blazing Saddles” character, Lili Von Schtupp.

STARS: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer

95 min | Comedy, Western | 1939 | Color

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Destry Rides Again. . . this is what they mean.

I’m intrigued by the voting on this movie as I can’t imagine any scale on which it wouldn’t get top marks. Where exactly does it drop the ball? Cast – inspired; performances – stellar; script – faultless; direction – millimetre perfect; score – find me one better, (“See what the boys in the back room will have” has gone into the language).
Is it because it’s not an arthouse movie? Or because of the dangerous idea that restraint, cool and smarts are more effective weapons than playground bully tactics?
As far as I am concerned, if you want to know how to put a movie together, you can start here. 10/10 is the only possible mark for a masterpiece.

Pure gold from the golden age

Quite simply one of the best Hollywood Studio movies ever made. A pure delight from start to finish with every H’wd cliche lovingly brought indelibly to life and light. Stewart is superb, the cast of character actors delightful – especially Billy Gilbert, Charles Winninger, Samuel Hinds, and Mischa Auer. And the deliciously wicked Dietrich as Frenchy – is as good as it gets in Hollywood. Strong story points, snappy dialogue, good production, genuinely touching moments, great songs, the best fight scene in pictures (between the dames), and an endearing concept of brains (or brave intentions) over brawn. But the palm d’or goes to the fast paced direction of George Marshall for making a film which never fails its clear-eyed material.

Silver River