Westember Day 7: Fort Apache (1948)

 

Today's western is Fort Apache (1948), the first film in John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy.

One of Ford's best films (in my opinion) it's the first of his westerns to take a critical look at white/Indian relations. I love it for Ford's sentimental look at cavalry life.

Tomorrow we look at the emergence of television as the genre entered the 1950's...