Susannah of the Mounties

1939
PG
1h 19m

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Randolph Scott, Shirley Temple, and Margaret Lockwood in Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

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Susannah, an orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West, is saved by a Mountie and his girlfriend, despite further attacks from the Indian chief.Susannah, an orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West, is saved by a Mountie and his girlfriend, despite further attacks from the Indian chief.Susannah, an orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West, is saved by a Mountie and his girlfriend, despite further attacks from the Indian chief.

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Trivia
The Blackfoot tribe gave Shirley Temple the Indian name Bright Shining Star.

Goofs
During the Indian raid on the Mountie fort, the Blackfeet led by Wolf Pelt enter the compound by unbarring the wooden crossbar on the outside of the door. The crossbar should have been on the inside.

Quotes
Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague: Listen, Sue, you and I are going to have a little talk. There never was anything to be afraid of that can't be cured by one little word. Do you know what that word is? Courage. It can beat the toughest situation that ever happened. You see, when you're afraid of things, the more you think of them, the bigger they get. But if you just throw your head back and say, 'I won't be scared of anything anymore,' then you're not.
Susannah Sheldon: Aren't you ever afraid of anything?
Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague: Well, let's put it this way. Whenever I meet up with something I'm not quite sure of, I decide first thing that everything's going to be all right. Whatever it is, I'm going to lick it. And usually, it does come out all right.

Alternate versions
Also available in a computer colorized version.

Connections
Referenced in Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (1974)

Soundtracks
In the Gloaming
(1877) (uncredited)
Music by Annie Fortescue Harrison
Lyrics by Meta Orred
Sung a cappella by soldiers in Supt. Standing's home

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7/10

The Other Northwest Frontier

Shirley Temple is the only survivor of a raid on a wagon train. Randolph Scott rescues her, and takes her back to the Mounties. There she is placed in the charge of Scott's orderly, J. Farrell MacDonald. She soon makes friends with Martin Good Rider, and does her futile best to spoil Scott's courtship of Margaret Lockwood.

Scott's detachment of Mounties is present to guard the building of the Canadian Pacific, and keep the treaty with the local Indians. When a local Indian persists in stealing a man's horses and then trying to sell them back to him, the man threatens him with the entire British army. Can Shirley Temple stop the war and save MacDonald's toupee.

This strikes me as an attempt to recapitulate the success of WEE WILLIE WINKIE. While it's certain pleasant enough, and cameraman Arthur C. Miller gets some lovely shots of Indians against a blank sky, the formula looks a little tired, despite the splendid Technicolor and several members of the Blackfeet tribe hired to play Indians -- it's true enough that Maurice Moscovitch and Victor Jory play the Indians with the most lines, but the rest are genuine enough.