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In film Westerns: Grammar, usage, clarification. I reviewed just one paragraph.
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==In popular culture== |
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The song |
The song is often used in [[Western (genre)|Western]] films, on soundtracks and sung by characters. It was one of director [[John Ford]]'s favorite hymns, and he featured it in many of his most famous films. The melody is used satirically in ''[[Stagecoach (1939 film)|Stagecoach]]'' (1939), underscoring the early scene in which [[Claire Trevor]]'s character, Dallas, is run out of town “by the ladies of the Law and Order League.” It also appears in Ford's ''[[Tobacco Road (film)|Tobacco Road]]'' (1941), ''[[My Darling Clementine]]'' (1946), ''[[3 Godfathers|Three Godfathers]]'' (1948), ''[[Wagon Master]]'' (1950), twice in ''[[The Searchers (film)|The Searchers]]'' (1956), and ''[[7 Women]]'' (1966). |
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The song is also heard in [[Gene Fowler, Jr.]]'s ''[[The Oregon Trail (1959 film)|The Oregon Trail]]'' (1959) and in [[Elliot Silverstein]]'s ''[[Cat Ballou]]'' (1965). It was used in the [[Sam Peckinpah]] films ''[[Major Dundee]]'' (1965) and also ''[[The Wild Bunch]]'' (1969) where it was employed as ironic counterpoint during an onscreen massacre. It was similarly put to use in such dark, late-period Westerns as 1968's ''[[Hang 'Em High]]'' and 1972's ''[[Jeremiah Johnson (film)|Jeremiah Johnson]]''.Silva, Robert. {{cite web |url=http://blogs.amctv.com/future-of-classic/2009/01/hang-em-high-hymn.php |title=AMC - Blogs - Future of Classic - in John Ford's West, a Methodist Hymn Starts Somber, then Inspires Sarcasm |accessdate=2009-02-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116185636/http://blogs.amctv.com/future-of-classic/2009/01/hang-em-high-hymn.php |archivedate=2009-01-16 }} Future of Classic, 2009-01-10. Retrieved on 2009-02-02 |
The song is also heard in [[Gene Fowler, Jr.]]'s ''[[The Oregon Trail (1959 film)|The Oregon Trail]]'' (1959) and in [[Elliot Silverstein]]'s ''[[Cat Ballou]]'' (1965). It was used in the [[Sam Peckinpah]] films ''[[Major Dundee]]'' (1965) and also ''[[The Wild Bunch]]'' (1969) where it was employed as ironic counterpoint during an onscreen massacre. It was similarly put to use in such dark, late-period Westerns as 1968's ''[[Hang 'Em High]]'' and 1972's ''[[Jeremiah Johnson (film)|Jeremiah Johnson]]''.Silva, Robert. {{cite web |url=http://blogs.amctv.com/future-of-classic/2009/01/hang-em-high-hymn.php |title=AMC - Blogs - Future of Classic - in John Ford's West, a Methodist Hymn Starts Somber, then Inspires Sarcasm |accessdate=2009-02-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116185636/http://blogs.amctv.com/future-of-classic/2009/01/hang-em-high-hymn.php |archivedate=2009-01-16 }} Future of Classic, 2009-01-10. Retrieved on 2009-02-02 |
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