I went to California in January and bought two DVDs for little money at Moe's Books in Berkeley. Both titles are worthy classics, in chronological order: "Santa Fe Trail" (1940) and "The Longest Day" (1962). I forgot these movies in California and happily they were mailed to me here in New York, and they arrived today. I am featuring 4 scenes (4-7) from "Santa Fe Trail" (1940) here for general purposes. It is a good movie with an impressive cast: Errol Flynn (1909-1959), Raymond Massey (1896-1983) [I strongly advise all to watch his performance as Abraham Farlan in the surreal "A Matter of Life and Death" (1946)] as the abolitionist John Brown, Olivia de Havilland (b. 1916) [the only surviving star from "Gone With The Wind" (1939)], and yes, the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) [who plays the young George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) of Little Big Horn (1876) fame], and Alan Hale (1892-1950). The movie tells the story (albeit with many factual problems) of cavalry soldiers fighting John Brown's anti-slavery insurgency in the Kansas territory in the period before the American Civil War.
And then for impact, a song. "John Brown's Body"
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