{"id":33592,"date":"2023-08-21T06:01:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33592"},"modified":"2023-10-17T07:44:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T11:44:19","slug":"shane-1953-directed-by-george-stevens-starring-alan-ladd-jean-arthur-van-heflin-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33592","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Shane&#8221; (1953) directed by George Stevens, starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur &#038; Van Heflin \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z082123zview_shane.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"768\" \/><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Shane <\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">(1953)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>George Stevens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>A. B. Guthrie Jr., Jack Sher <\/strong>based on\u00a0<strong> Shane<\/strong> by<strong> Jack Schaefer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin<\/strong><strong>, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan,<br \/>\nElisha Cook Jr., Douglas Spencer, John Dierkes, Ellen Corby, Edith Evanson <\/strong>and <strong>Leonard Strong<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:\u00a0<em> There never was a man like SHANE. There never was a motion picture like SHANE.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shane (Ladd), a gunfighter hoping to escape his past, befriends Joe Starrett (Heflin), his wife Marian (Arthur) and their young son Joey (De Wilde) when he stops for water at their small farm.\u00a0 When Joe invites Shane to stay on, Shane sees the possibility of a quieter life.\u00a0 But when Rufus Ryker&#8217;s men show up trying to run Starrett off, Shane knows that his gunfighter days aren&#8217;t over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shane was nominated for six <em>Academy Awards<\/em>: <em>Best Picture; Best Actor in a Supporting Role<\/em> (Palance); <em>Best Actor in a Supporting Role<\/em> (De Wilde); <em>Best Director; Best Writing Screenplay<\/em>; and won for <em>Best Cinematography,<\/em> <em>Color<\/em> (Loyal Griggs).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Shane<\/em> is a classic western.\u00a0 Everything came together to make it so.\u00a0 George Stevens&#8217; direction, coupled with a first rate story, and top notch cast make for a film deserving the accolades and love it&#8217;s received.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Shane<\/em> is Alan Ladd&#8217;s best film and it reinvigorated his career.\u00a0 It is Jean Arthur&#8217;s final feature film.\u00a0 She came out of retirement to make it as a favor to director George Stevens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit; text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Shane<\/strong><\/em> (1953) rates 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z082123zview_shane2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shane (1953) Director: George Stevens Screenplay: A. 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