Belle Starr (film)

Belle Starr
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Irving Cummings
Produced by	Kenneth Macgowan
Screenplay by	Lamar Trotti
Story by	Niven Busch Cameron Rogers
Starring	Randolph Scott Gene Tierney Dana Andrews Shepperd Strudwick
Music by	Alfred Newman
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer Ray Rennahan
Edited by	Frederick Wilson
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	September 12, 1941 (1941-09-12) (USA)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Belle Starr is a 1941 American drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, and Shepperd Strudwick. Written by Lamar Trotti and based on a story by Niven Busch and Cameron Rogers, it was produced by Kenneth Macgowan for 20th Century Fox, and shot in Technicolor.^[1]

The film is very loosely based on the life of 19th-century American outlaw Belle Starr. It was the second film and the first sound film to portray Starr on the screen, and its success led to many more such portrayals, although she was fairly obscure during her lifetime.

Plot

After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr (Randolph Scott), Belle Shirley (Gene Tierney) vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation among the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.

Cast

Gene Tierney as Miss Belle / Belle Starr
Randolph Scott as Sam Starr
Dana Andrews as Maj. Thomas Crail
Shepperd Strudwick as Ed Shirley
Elizabeth Patterson as Sarah
Chill Wills as Blue Duck
Louise Beavers as Mammy Lou
Olin Howland as Jasper Trench
Paul E. Burns as Sergeant
Joe Sawyer as John Cole
Joe Downing as Jim Cole
Howard C. Hickman as Colonel Thornton)
Charles Trowbridge as Colonel Bright
James Flavin as Sergeant

References

↑ "Belle Starr (1941)". The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2014.

External links

Belle Starr at the Internet Movie Database
Belle Starr at the TCM Movie Database
Belle Starr at AllMovie
Belle Starr at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by Irving Cummings

Flesh and Blood (1922)
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
The Port of Missing Girls (1928)
Romance of the Underworld (1928)
In Old Arizona (1929)
Behind That Curtain (1929)
Not Quite Decent (1929)
A Holy Terror (1931)
The Cisco Kid (1931)
Attorney for the Defense (1932)
Man Hunt (1933)
I Believed in You (1934)
Grand Canary (1934)
The White Parade (1934)
Curly Top (1935)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Girls' Dormitory (1936)
White Hunter (1936)
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Just Around the Corner (1938)
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Lillian Russell (1940)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
That Night in Rio (1941)
Belle Starr (1941)
Louisiana Purchase (1941)
My Gal Sal (1942)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
The Impatient Years (1944)
The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Double Dynamite (1951)

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