Review of This Woman Is Mine

I give this film high marks for historical accuracy, aside from the inclusion of fictional Julie Morgan(Carol Bruce), as a stowaway. Clearly, writer Gilbert Gabriel carefully investigated the historical details of this expedition. In 1811, fur king John Jacob Astor sends an expedition to Oregon by ship, to bring back furs obtained from the Native Americans or trapped by the crew. In addition, they built a fort: presumably the historic Fort Astoria, by the mouth of the Columbia River. All 5 of the main male characters were given names identical to, or nearly so, to their historic counterparts. The incident where Carol and French voyageur Ovide( John Carrol) are late to return to the ship, prompting Captain Thorn(Walter Brennan) to talk of sailing without them, is based on a real incident involving 8 men. As in the film, Robert Stevens(Franchot Tone) did threaten Thorn if he carried out his intension to maroon these men. The name of the ship: Tonquin is the same as the real ship, and, as the historical ship, it was destroyed during a melee with Native Americans who had boarded the ship to trade. However, I doubt it was destroyed in the same spectacular manner. ....So, how did Julie end up a stowaway on a ship exploring a wilderness? Her recent boyfriend , Ovide, had told her the ship was going to France. She had visions of singing in cafes in Paris, as she had done in NYC. She was mighty angry with Ovide when she discovered the truth. Their relationship during the voyage continued to have it's ups and downs. Later, Stevens began to show some interest in her, and the two men had a ruckus over her at one point......Carrol made a charismatic boisterous leader of the French voyageurs aboard, rather similar to the performance of Paul Muni, who played famed trapper Pierre Radisson in "Hudson Bay", which was released the same year. I wonder if one copied the performance of the other? Walter Brennan did a great job in his pivotal role as Captain Thorn, who was very strict in maintaining his authority, taking no favorites......See the film at YouTube.