I fanciulli del west

I fanciulli del west (1930)

Way Out West

Stanlio e Ollio devono portare a Marie il testamento del padre che la rende proprietaria di una miniera d'oro. I nostri due eroi devono fare i conti con Mickey, perfido padrone di un saloon, che spaccia la propria moglie per la ragazza.

Data di uscita
1930-08-02
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (9)
Durata
1 h 11 min
Generi
Western, Commedia, Dramma
Regista
Fred Niblo

Cast

Curiosità

Way Out West is a 1930 American pre-Code western parody film, directed by Fred Niblo. The film stars William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, and Ralph Bushman. It tells the story of Windy, a con man who cheats a group of cowboys out of their money. When they discover his cheating and learn that he has been robbed, they force him to work on a ranch until he has paid his debt. The film is notable for its homoerotic overtones and gay in-jokes.

Background and production

In February 1930, MGM announced that the film would be directed by Niblo, with Haines starring as a "swashbuckling cow-puncher" in a romantic Western comedy. The film was initially titled Easy Going, and was changed to Way Out West in May 1930. The film was made on a budget of $413,000, one of the more expensive films Haines made, and it profited $84,000, making it one of the less profitable of his films of the period.

Harry Rapf, who was uncredited, was a producer on the project. The theme song for the film was called "Singing a Song to the Stars", with lyrics by Howard Johnson, and music by Joseph Meyer. According to Haines, in the scene where the cowboys decide to hang him, it almost ended in disaster as the horse bolted and he really was hanging there by his neck for several seconds.

The movie was shot on location in New Mexico, and was the first feature length comedy made in the state. Film locations included a cattle ranch near Fort Pueblo, and Laguna Pueblo and Acoma Pueblo in northern New Mexico. In the scenes filmed at the pueblos, the actors and crew would have to climb steep ladders in order to reach the filming location.

Another location was near Gallup, where the actors and the entire crew had to wear gas-masks when they were shooting a scene during an actual sand storm, that is featured in the film. Members of the Hopi Tribe, who had never seen a motion picture, appeared as extras.

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