I really enjoyed this version of a famous Old West Outlaw. Many kids fantasized about being him while playing Kid Games. But here’s a Version for you to watch and enjoy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James_(1939_film)
A railroad representative named Barshee forces farmers to give up the land the railroad is going to go through, giving them $1 per acre (much less than fair price) for it. When they come to Jesse’s home, Barshee is told by Jesse that his mother Mrs Samuels is the farm’s owner.
Barshee repeatedly tries to force her into selling, until her other son Frank James gets involved. Frank fights and easily beats Barshee, but Jesse shoots Barshee in the hand, in self-defence. When arrest warrants are issued for Frank and Jesse, Major A. Rufus Cobb, an editor in nearby Liberty, Missouri and uncle of Zerelda (Zee) Cobb, Jesse’s lover, quickly comes to tell them to leave.
Frank and Jesse learn that Barshee is responsible for the death of their mother and Jesse kills him in revenge. This begins Frank and Jesse’s career as outlaws. They are pursued relentlessly by the unscrupulous railway boss, McCoy. Three years later, with a $5,000 reward on his head, Jesse marries Zee and turns himself in, at her insistence, having been promised a light sentence by Marshall Will Wright. But McCoy manages to manipulate the situation through his connections, by having the judge dismissed pre-trial, and installing a new judge, who is likely to favour McCoy’s recommendation of imposing the death penalty for Jesse.
Frank breaks Jesse out of jail, and the James gang continue their life of crime. Eventually Zee leaves him, taking their son Jesse Jr. with her. Years later, following an unsuccessful robbery, a wounded Jesse returns home and Zee joins him in the belief that they will escape to California. Meanwhile, Bob Ford, an old member of the James gang, together with his brother Charlie Ford, contact Jesse, claiming that Frank sent them to ask Jesse to participate in their next robbery. They assert that the job will earn them all a large sum of money for very little risk. Jesse nevertheless refuses the Ford brothers’ offer, and the brothers exit the house. However, sensing an opportunity to claim the generous reward for Jesse’s death, Bob Ford sneaks back inside, and shoots Jesse in the back, thereby killing him.
Jesse James is a 1939 American Western film directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly and Randolph Scott. Written by Nunnally Johnson, the film is loosely based on the life of Jesse James, the outlaw from whom the film derives its name. The supporting cast features Henry Hull, John Carradine, Brian Donlevy, Jane Darwell and Lon Chaney, Jr..
| Jesse James | |
|---|---|
| Jesse James movie poster | |
| Directed by | Henry King |
| Written by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck Nunnally Johnson |
| Starring | Tyrone Power Henry Fonda Nancy Kelly Randolph Scott |
| Cinematography | George Barnes W. Howard Greene |
| Edited by | Barbara McLean |
| Music by | Louis Silvers |
| Production company | 20th Century Fox |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date | January 27, 1939 |
| Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.6 million |
| Box office | $2,335,000 (rentals)[1] |
The American Humane Association began to oversee filmmaking after a horse died when it was driven off a cliff on set. It has been described by the British Channel 4 website as being “notorious for its historical inaccuracy.”[2]
The Real Jessie James-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James
Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla, and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised in the “Little Dixie” area of western Missouri, James and his family maintained strong Southern sympathies. He and his brother Frank James joined pro-Confederate guerrillas known as “bushwhackers” operating in Missouri and Kansas during the American Civil War. As followers of William Quantrill and “Bloody Bill” Anderson, they were accused of committing atrocities against Union soldiers and civilian abolitionists, including the Centralia Massacre in 1864.
| Jesse James | |
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| James c. 1882 | |
| Born | September 5, 1847 Near Kearney, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | April 3, 1882 (aged 34) St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. 39.757813°N 94.844087°W |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound to the head |
| Years active | 1866–1882 |
| Spouse(s) | Zerelda Mimms(m. 1874; |
| Children | 4, including Jesse |
| Parents | Robert S. James (father)Zerelda Cole James (mother) |
| Relatives | Frank James (brother) Zerelda Mimms (cousin) Wood Hite (cousin) |
After the war, as members of various gangs of outlaws, Jesse and Frank robbed banks, stagecoaches, and trains across the Midwest, gaining national fame and often popular sympathy despite the brutality of their crimes. The James brothers were most active as members of their own gang from about 1866 until 1876, when as a result of their attempted robbery of a bank in Northfield, Minnesota, several members of the gang were captured or killed. They continued in crime for several years afterward, recruiting new members, but came under increasing pressure from law enforcement seeking to bring them to justice. On April 3, 1882, Jesse James was shot and killed by Robert Ford, a new recruit to the gang who hoped to collect a reward on James’s head and a promised amnesty for his previous crimes. Already a celebrity in life, James became a legendary figure of the Wild West after his death.
Despite popular portrayals of James as an embodiment of Robin Hood, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, this is a case of romantic revisionism since there is absolutely no evidence that he or his gang shared any loot from their robberies with anyone outside their network.[1] Scholars and historians have characterized James as one of many criminals inspired by the regional insurgencies of ex-Confederates following the Civil War, rather than as a manifestation of alleged economic justice or of frontier lawlessness.[2] James continues to be one of the most famous figures from the era, and his life has been dramatized and memorialized numerous times.
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