If we consider this was made in1936, it is actually quite well done.
Not once did I get the impression the characters were "acting".
It is set in 1775 just before the revolutionary war breaks out.
This had several plots going in it, Daniel Boone took on the responsibility for relocating a group of settlers moving from North Carolina which was fairly well settled into the wilderness of Kentuckee.
Ironically there is a white man who has come to live with the native people and he prophetically tells them they have to stop the white settlers or they will steadily push them further and further west,
There is another man competing with Daniel for the affection of the heroine. After being embarrassed by Daniel for not doing a job that resulted in the deaths of others and jilted by the fair maiden he makes his way back to North Carolina and derives a plan to claim all the land the settlers have worked so hard to settle on. For two years they worked exceedingly hard to build a secure community in the wilderness and he plans to take it from them by legal trickery.
The white renegade is played exceptionally well by John Carradine. His voice, his posture ooze evil most convincingly. He repeatedly inspires the native people to attack and he almost does our hero in once his men manage to capture Daniel. I won't tell how he is rescued because I don't want to ruin the surprise. I actually got well into the movie about half way through when the characters began to develop and we got a good depiction of what life might have been like back then.
I actually enjoyed this movie and I think you will too if you finish it. I fear a great many people who need special effects and computerized images will be bored with it. Hopefully those people will turn it off after a few minutes and not bother to comment.
If you appreciate the early cinemas I'm certain you will enjoy this one. It is one of the better early movies I have seen.
Ironically there is a white man who has come to live with the native people and he prophetically tells them they have to stop the white settlers or they will steadily push them further and further west,
There is another man competing with Daniel for the affection of the heroine. After being embarrassed by Daniel for not doing a job that resulted in the deaths of others and jilted by the fair maiden he makes his way back to North Carolina and derives a plan to claim all the land the settlers have worked so hard to settle on. For two years they worked exceedingly hard to build a secure community in the wilderness and he plans to take it from them by legal trickery.
The white renegade is played exceptionally well by John Carradine. His voice, his posture ooze evil most convincingly. He repeatedly inspires the native people to attack and he almost does our hero in once his men manage to capture Daniel. I won't tell how he is rescued because I don't want to ruin the surprise. I actually got well into the movie about half way through when the characters began to develop and we got a good depiction of what life might have been like back then.
I actually enjoyed this movie and I think you will too if you finish it. I fear a great many people who need special effects and computerized images will be bored with it. Hopefully those people will turn it off after a few minutes and not bother to comment.
If you appreciate the early cinemas I'm certain you will enjoy this one. It is one of the better early movies I have seen.