They Died With Their Boots On (Film 1941) 01 - Garryowen (bar)

They Died With Their Boots On (Film) 1941 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Died_With_Their_Boots_On They Died with Their Boots On is a 1941 western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Despite being rife with historical inaccuracies, the film was one of the top-grossing films of the year, being the last of eight Flynn-de Havilland collaborations. Plot The film follows the life of George Armstrong Custer (Errol Flynn) from attending West Point, wooing of Elizabeth Bacon (Olivia de Havilland) who becomes his loving wife, the American Civil War, and the Battle of Little Big Horn. In the film, the battle is blamed on unscrupulous corporations and politicians craving the land of Crazy Horse (Anthony Quinn) and his people. Custer is portrayed as a fun-loving, dashing figure who chooses honor and glory over money and corruption. Though his "Last Stand" is probably treated as more significant and dramatic than it may have actually been, Custer (Flynn) follows through on his promise to teach his men "to endure and die with their boots on." In the movie's version of Custer's story, a few corrupt white politicians goad the Western tribes into war, threatening the survival of all white settlers in the West. Custer and his men give their lives at Little Bighorn to delay the Indians and prevent this slaughter. A letter left behind by Custer absolves the Indians of all responsibility. Cast Errol Flynn as George Armstrong Custer Olivia de Havilland as Elizabeth Bacon Custer Arthur Kennedy as Ned Sharp Charley Grapewin as California Joe Gene Lockhart as Samuel Bacon Anthony Quinn as Crazy Horse Stanley Ridges as Maj. Romulus Taipe John Litel as Gen. Phil Sheridan Walter Hampden as William Sharp Sydney Greenstreet as Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott Regis Toomey as Fitzhugh Lee Hattie McDaniel as Callie G.P. Huntley Lt. "Queen's Own" Butler (as George P. Huntley Jr.) Frank Wilcox Capt. Webb Joe Sawyer Sgt. Doolittle (as Joseph Sawyer) Minor Watson Sen. Smith Historical inaccuracies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Died_With_Their_Boots_On#Historical_inaccuracies "Custer's Last Stand" sequence Only 16 of the extras were Sioux Indians. The rest of the Native American army were Fillipino extras. Knowing the scene would be dangerous, Anthony Quinn ordered a hearse on the day of shooting as a joke. Two extras did die during the filming of the sequence. One untrained rider died in a fall from his horse, reportedly while drunk. Music The score was composed by Max Steiner. He adapted George Armstrong Custer's favorite song, "Garryowen", into the score. Custer first heard the song from Irish soldiers. In the film, he hears it from an English soldier instead. This connection is apocryphal. In March 2008 a band formed using They Died with Their Boots On as the name. Trivia The character of "Queen's Own" Butler, while English, is essentially a composite of two real-life officers who were from other parts of the British Empire: Canadian William W. "Queen's Own" Cooke, and Irishman Myles Keogh, who is linked to an apocryphal account of introducing the song "Garryowen" to the 7th Cavalry. Custer's hounds are named Cleopatra, Hannibal, Caesar, and Antony. Funny phrases/quotes "His name is Mudd!" (1820s slang used to call someone stupid or doltish) "Now look sharp!" (a play on the name Sharp, Custer's fictional antagonist) "Judas priest, what's that?" (commonization of exclamation "Jesus Christ!") "He's got more gold braid on him then a French admiral!" (reaction to Custer's (Erroll Flynn's) dashing uniform)