Duel in the Sun
Emotions . . . As Violent As The Wind-Swept Prairie !
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Production
Budget
$8 000 000
Revenue
$20 408 163
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Operator
Composer
Artist
J. McMillan Johnson
Audition
Editing
Short description
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
What's left behind the scenes
- While filming the scene where her character crawls over rocks, actress Jennifer Jones (1919-2009) scraped her skin everywhere possible.
- During the filming of the scene where her character crawls over the rocks, actress Jennifer Jones (1919-2009) scraped her skin everywhere she possibly could.
- David O. Selznick (1902-1965) initially thought everything would be like the production of 'Gone with the Wind' (1939) by Victor Fleming (1889-1949), George Cukor (1899-1983), and Sam Wood (1883-1949)—a high-profile project where money was no object, and that is exactly how it turned out. Constant filming delays—many caused by Selznick himself constantly interfering in the process and repeatedly hiring and firing directors (seven in total, including Selznick himself)—along with an agonizingly long editing period (as the film originally ran for 26 hours), drove production costs up to an unheard-of $6 million for the time, plus another $2 million in marketing expenses. The film eventually paid off, but it marked the beginning of the decline of Selznick's career.
- The full version of the film has a runtime of 144 minutes.
- David O. Selznick (1902-1965) initially thought everything would be as it was when working on “Gone with the Wind” (1939) by Victor Fleming (1889-1949), George Cukor (1899-1983) and Sam Wood (1883-1949) – that it would be a grand project with no expense spared, and it eventually turned out that way. Constant delays in filming – many of which were caused by Selznick constantly interfering with the production process and frequently hiring and firing directors (there were seven in total, including Selznick himself) – as well as a painfully long editing period (as the film initially ran for 26 hours) drove up the production costs to an unprecedented $6 million for the time, plus another $2 million for marketing. The film eventually recouped its costs, but marked the beginning of the decline of Selznick's career.
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