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Wyler Catches Fire: Hell’s Heroes — 20 Comments

  1. Jim, thanks again for your superb contribution to the Wyler blogathon (also, in advance, for the contributions to come). I also use a service called ClassicFlix which does have "Hell's Heroes" and other Wyler titles not available from Netflix. It's a small outfit and apparently they don't have a lot of copies of some titles so there is often a wait, which can sometimes be considerable, to get them. They also have many other titles of interest to fans of classic film that you can't get from Netflix. There's a link to their selection of Wyler films on the Wyler blogathon page at The Movie Projector.

  2. A fascinating read! I'm unfamiliar with the film personally, but have read about it and it's many incarnations over the years. You really bring Wyler's version to vivid life what with all the backstory, and my favorite, that marvelous anecdote about the filming of the scene with the rifle. Amazing how a well-written piece on a film can get one re-thinking seeing a movie that once held little interest. Thanks!

  3. Thank you for posting this very interesting piece – lots of great info on a film I've never seen (yet). I look forward to the rest of your series.

  4. Jim, I haven't seen this version of the THREE GODFATHERS, but thoroughly enjoyed your well-researched (and illustrated) article. Well done!

  5. Thanks, all! Filmboy, you'll find Hell's Heroes well worth your time; it was certainly an eye-opener for me. It also offers a hint of what Wyler's work was like in those early silent westerns for Universal, most of which are probably lost.

    R.D., if Hell's Heroes is in your Netflix queue, don't hold your breath. For reasons known only to themselves, Netflix doesn't offer any titles from the Warner Archive, and that's the only source for this one. I urge you to consider buying the double feature; it's well worth the price for a Wyler enthusiast like you, especially since you admire the '36 remake (which, in its MGM way, is almost as good as Wyler's picture).