OK Corral - Take 3

Tonight we watched our third version of the story of the gunfight at the O.K. corral, specifically 1946's "My Darling Clementine." This is the version with Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp, and Victor Mature as, our hero, Doc Holliday. By far, the least historically accurate of the three, and the least violent. Valuable screen time that could have been used for shootouts and hijinks was instead spent on a square dance. I enjoyed it for its quaintness, but it did the worst job telling the story. Too much focus on the love interests, and not enough time on the feud.

Faithful readers may be wondering if we have developed some weird fetish for this story. Actually what's going on is that the next book our Book Club will be reading is "Doc" by Mary Doria Russell. This is a retelling of the story of Doc Holliday. So we thought it would be interesting to bone up on the popular legend of this man before reading the book. Three movies later, we're ready to go.

I rate "My Darling Clementine" at 2 Boos.