Week 2

 

They Died With Their Boots On (1941)

 

This feature film takes romantic liberties with the career and marriage of the infamous General George Custer. Released just after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Raoul Walsh's They Died With Their Boots On was a box office sensation. Three men are said to have died during the filming of the final cavalry charge.

 

 

 

Lectures

Play media comment. They Died With Their Boots On (1941) Introductory Lecture (10:45) Transcript Download Transcript

Play media comment. They Died With Their Boots On (1941) Notes on Western Stereotypes (9:31) Transcript Download Transcript

 

Films

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	They Died with their Boots On (1941) Links to an external site.		A Good Day to Die (1996) Links to an external site.

 

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Required Readings

• "Movie Review: At the Strand Links to an external site."  by T.M.P., published November 21, 1941, in The New York Times
  
  

•  The Battle of the Little Bighorn 1876 Links to an external site. from eyewitnesstohistory.com
  
  

• How The Battle of Little BigHorn Was Won Links to an external site.  by Thomas Powers, published November 2010 in Smithsonian.com
   
  

 

Other Readings

• Custer's Soulmate or Intelligent and Gorgeous? Links to an external site.
  
  

•  George Armstrong Custer: Westpoint's Worst Cadet  Links to an external site.  

 

  

                                                                                                  
              

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