Английская Википедия:Hudson's Bay (film)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Use american english Шаблон:Infobox film Hudson's Bay is a 1941 American adventure historical western film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Paul Muni and Gene Tierney. Produced and distributed by 20th Century-Fox, the film is about a pair of French-Canadian explorers whose findings lead to the formation of the Hudson's Bay Company.
In Canada, the film was heavily promoted by the Hudson's Bay Company through its retail stores.[1]
Plot
A trapper, Pierre Esprit Radisson, and his friend, nicknamed "Gooseberry," hope to open a trading post in the Hudson's Bay region of northeastern Canada in the year 1667.
They meet the jailed Lord Edward Crewe, a nobleman from England who has been banished from that country by Charles II of England. They manage to free Edward, who funds their expedition, beginning in Montreal, designed to further free trade with the Indians and make Canada a more united land.
Barbara Hall is the sweetheart of Edward and her brother, Gerald, is thrust upon them after the explorers travel to England to seek the king's favor. Prince Rupert helps get Edward back in the king's good graces. Charles II is open to the idea of a trading post, provided he is personally brought 400,000 pelts.
Gerald creates trouble in Canada as soon as the new Fort Charles trading post is established. His actions incite violence among the Indian natives, who demand he be punished. Over the king's objections and to Barbara's horror, Radisson and his associates permit Gerald to be sentenced to death by a firing squad.
But once the gravity of her brother's misdeeds become clear to her, and with the flourishing of the Hudson's Bay trading post, Barbara forgives her love Edward while his partners Radisson and Gooseberry celebrate their success.
Cast
- Paul Muni as Pierre Esprit Radisson
- Gene Tierney as Barbara Hall
- Laird Cregar as Gooseberry
- John Sutton as Lord Edward Crewe
- Virginia Field as Nell Gwyn
- Vincent Price as Charles II
- Nigel Bruce as Prince Rupert
- Morton Lowry as Gerald Hall
- Robert Greig as Sir Robert
- Chief Thundercloud as Orimha
- Frederick Worlock as English Governor
- Florence Bates as Duchess
- Montagu Love as Marquis d'Argenson - Governor
- Ian Wolfe as Mayor
- Chief John Big Tree as Chief
- Jody Gilbert as Germaine
Reception
George MacDonald Fraser wrote in 1988, "Hudson's Bay paid the penalty for being ahead of its time; critics found it boring, and one described it as 'a cock-eyed history lesson' which, overall, it certainly is not." MacDonald goes on to say of Vincent Price in the role of the King, "Here was an actor who looked reasonably like Old Rowley, and combined the languid style with the athletic presence - one could imagine Price walking ten miles a day for the fun of it as King Charles did."[2]
Box office
The film earned a profit of $88,500.[3]
References
External links
Шаблон:Irving Pichel Шаблон:Darryl F. Zanuck
- ↑ Google Books
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- Английская Википедия
- 1941 films
- 1940s historical drama films
- 1941 adventure films
- American adventure films
- American Western (genre) films
- 1941 Western (genre) films
- 20th Century Fox films
- American historical drama films
- American black-and-white films
- Films scored by Alfred Newman
- Drama films based on actual events
- Films directed by Irving Pichel
- Films set in 1667
- Films set in the 1670s
- Films set in Canada
- Films produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
- Films with screenplays by Lamar Trotti
- 1941 drama films
- Cultural depictions of Charles II of England
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Cultural depictions of Nell Gwyn
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s American films
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