About this episode

This episode discusses the 1946 box office champion film Duel in the Sun, directed by King Vidor.

The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features the box-office champion, King Vidor’s Duel in the Sun. Directed by King Vidor and starring Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Lillian Gish and Lionel Barrymore, Duel in the Sun was producer David O. Selznick’s effort to match his success and acclaim with Gone With the Wind. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bosley Crowther in The New York Times ( https://www.nytimes.com/1947/05/08/archives/duel-in-the-sun-selznicks-lavish-western-that-stars-jennifer-jones.html ), William Brogdon in Variety ( https://variety.com/1945/film/reviews/duel-in-the-sun-1117790601/ ), and Edwin Schallert in the Los Angeles Times. Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear You can find Jason on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/ , on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/ You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/ , on Facebook at…

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Hosts: Jason Harris, Josh Bell

Topics covered

• 1946 films
• box office
• film history
• Duel in the Sun
• movie reviews
• Hollywood

Keywords

• Duel in the Sun
• 1946
• King Vidor
• film reviews
• box office champion
• Hollywood history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times, Variety, Los Angeles Times

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