Silver City (1951)

Director:

Byron Haskin

Writers:

Frank Gruber, Luke Short (story)

Stars:

Edmond O'Brien, Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Arlen

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Edmond O'Brien	...	Larkin Moffatt
Yvonne De Carlo	...	Candace Surrency
Richard Arlen	...	Charles Storrs
Barry Fitzgerald	...	R.R. Jarboe
Gladys George	...	Mrs. Barber
Kasey Rogers	...	Josephine (as Laura Elliott)
Edgar Buchanan	...	Dutch Surrency
Michael Moore	...	Bill Taff
John Dierkes	...	Arnie

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

hit with a rock | brawl | hired gun | punched in the face | kiss | 

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 December 1951 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Cidade da Prata

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Greed And Jealousy

Silver City is a slightly more complex tale of the west than is usual with the sins of greed and jealousy working overtime here.

Hard to believe but little elfin Barry Fitzgerald is one of the villains in this film. Barry plays a miserly silver mine owner who has leased one of his played out mines to Edgar Buchanan and his daughter Yvonne DeCarlo. That is Barry thought it was played out, but Edmond O'Brien has found a rich new vein and Fitzgerald is frozen out. Not if he can help it though.

Jealousy is what Kasey Rogers arouses in men. She's got her husband Richard Arlen who represents a big eastern mining concern all hot and bothered over here flirtations. One of those flirtations has been with O'Brien who used to work for Arlen. He's blackballed O'Brien from getting work with most outfits and O'Brien is picking up chump change from wherever he can.

Now how these two plot elements combine is for you to watch Silver City and learn. But I assure you the recipe delivers a good performance cake. I was most impressed with Fitzgerald in this one. The only other time I recall he essayed villainy on the screen was in And Then There Were None and we don't know he's the bad guy until the very very end. Also note Michael Moore in this cast, not the documentary maker, but an actor who sports a mean and sadistic disposition as another of Fitzgerald's cronies.

That most noted of color cinematographers Ray Rennahan does some nice work here, but Silver City could use a restoration. Check it out and see what I mean.