Man of the Forest (1933 film)

1933 film by Henry Hathaway

Man of the Forest

Theatrical poster with Carey and Beery

Directed by| Henry Hathaway
Written by| Jack Cunningham (writer)
Zane Grey (novel)
Harold Shumate (writer)
Produced by| Harold Hurley (producer)
Starring| Randolph Scott
Verna Hillie
Harry Carey
Noah Beery Sr.
Buster Crabbe
Cinematography| Ben F. Reynolds
Edited by| Jack Dung
Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release date

* August 25, 1933 (1933-08-25)

Running time

| 62 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Man of the Forest is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway, based upon a novel by Zane Grey, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Randolph Scott and Verna Hillie.[1] The supporting cast features Harry Carey, Noah Beery Sr., Barton MacLane, Buster Crabbe and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. The film is also known as Challenge of the Frontier (American reissue title).

Hathaway directed much of the same cast (Scott, Beery, Carey and Crabbe) that same year in another Zane Grey story, The Thundering Herd, and also Scott, Beery and Crabbe in To the Last Man, yet another Zane Grey story that year.

## Plot

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A young lady is captured by a band of outlaws led by Clint Beasley. Brett Dale figures out their plan and rescues her.

## Cast

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Noah Beery Sr. battles Harry Carey in Man of the Forest Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, Noah Beery Sr., Randolph Scott and Verna Hillie in Henry Hathaway's Man of the Forest (1933)

* Randolph Scott as Brett Dale
* Verna Hillie as Alice Gaynor
* Harry Carey as Jim Gaynor
* Noah Beery Sr. as Clint Beasley
* Barton MacLane as Mulvey
* Buster Crabbe as Yegg
* Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Big Casino
* Vince Barnett as Little Casino
* Blanche Friderici as Mrs. Peg Forney
* Tempe Pigott as Madame
* Tom Kennedy as Sheriff Blake

## Restoration

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A 35mm print of the film exists and was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 2015.

## 1926 version

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This film is a remake of a 1926 version of the same name starring Jack Holt in the role subsequently portrayed by Randolph Scott. Scott's hair was darkened and he wore a moustache in order to more closely match stock footage of Holt playing the part. Warner Oland played Noah Beery's role of Clint Beasley in the earlier film.

## References

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1. ^ Man of the Forest AllMovie entry

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Man of the Forest.

* Man of the Forest at IMDb
* Man of the Forest is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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Films directed by Henry Hathaway

* Heritage of the Desert (1932)
* Wild Horse Mesa (1932)
* The Thundering Herd (1933)
* Under the Tonto Rim (1933)
* Sunset Pass (1933)
* Man of the Forest (1933)
* To the Last Man (1933)
* Come On Marines! (1934)
* The Witching Hour (1934)
* The Last Round-Up (1934)
* Now and Forever (1934)
* The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
* Peter Ibbetson (1935)
* I Loved a Soldier (1936)
* The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
* Go West, Young Man (1936)
* Souls at Sea (1937)
* Spawn of the North (1938)
* The Real Glory (1939)
* Johnny Apollo (1940)
* Brigham Young (1940)
* The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
* Sundown (1941)
* Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
* China Girl (1942)
* Home in Indiana (1944)
* Wing and a Prayer (1944)
* Nob Hill (1945)
* The House on 92nd Street (1945)
* The Dark Corner (1946)
* 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
* Kiss of Death (1947)
* Call Northside 777 (1948)
* Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
* The Black Rose (1950)
* You're in the Navy Now (1951)
* Fourteen Hours (1951)
* Rawhide (1951)
* The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
* Diplomatic Courier (1952)
* O. Henry's Full House (1952)
* Niagara (1953)
* White Witch Doctor (1953)
* Prince Valiant (1954)
* Garden of Evil (1954)
* The Racers (1955)
* The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
* 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
* Legend of the Lost (1957)
* From Hell to Texas (1958)
* Woman Obsessed (1959)
* Seven Thieves (1960)
* North to Alaska (1960)
* How the West Was Won (1962)
* Circus World (1964)
* The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
* Nevada Smith (1966)
* The Last Safari (1967)
* 5 Card Stud (1968)
* True Grit (1969)
* Raid on Rommel (1971)
* Shoot Out (1971)
* Hangup (1974)

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