Fort Ti
| Fort Ti | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | William Castle |
| Screenplay by | Robert E. Kent |
| Story by | Robert E. Kent |
| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
| Starring | George Montgomery Joan Vohs |
| Cinematography | Lester H. White, Lothrop B. Worth |
| Edited by | William A. Lyon |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.6 million |
Fort Ti is a 1953 American 3-D Western film directed by William Castle, and starring George Montgomery and Joan Vohs. Written by Robert E. Kent, the film is the first Western to be released in 3-D and the first 3-D feature to be released in Technicolor by a major studio.[1][2] Fort Ti was distributed by Columbia Pictures in the United States.[3]
The film is set in 1759 at Fort Ticonderoga during the French and Indian War.[4]
Premise
[edit]As war is raging across 18th-century colonial America, a band of famed native fighters join British forces for an assault on a French stronghold.
Cast
[edit]- George Montgomery as Capt. Jedediah Horn
- Joan Vohs as Fortune Mallory
- Irving Bacon as Sgt. Monday Wash
- James Seay as Mark Chesney
- Ben Astar as François Leroy
- Phyllis Fowler as Running Otter
- Howard Petrie as Maj. Robert Rogers
- Cicely Browne as Bess Chesney
- Lester Matthews as Lord Jeffery Amherst
- George Leigh as Capt. Delecroix
- Louis Merrill as Raoul de Moreau
- Rusty Hamer as Jed's nephew (uncredited)
Production
[edit]William Castle says Sam Katzman was inspired to make the film by the success of Bwana Devil. Castle says he "decided to throw every goddamn thing I could think of at the camera" in the movie.[5]
3-D supervision was by M.L. Gunzburg, creator of the Natural Vision 3-D system that had initiated the 3-D boom, previously used on Bwana Devil and House of Wax.[6] The film was shot at Columbia Studios and on location in Utah and Southern California.[7]
Box office
[edit]Fort Ti earned an estimated $2.6 million domestically during its first year of release.[8]
Legacy
[edit]In 1982, Fort Ti became the first 3-D film to be broadcast on television in the United Kingdom. The following year, it became the first 3-D film to be broadcast on television in the United States and Australia along with the Three Stooges 3-D short Pardon My Backfire.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Zarzynski, Joseph W. (July 18, 2013). "Fort Ticonderoga: It Plays a Role in Movie History". lakegeorgemirrormagazine.com. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ^ "Fort Ti: Movie Details". afi.com. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ^ Martin, Len D. (1991). Columbia Checklist: The Feature Films, Serials, Cartoons, and Short Subjects of Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1922-1988. McFarland. p. 110. ISBN 0-899-50556-2.
- ^ Pitts, Michael R. (2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films (2 ed.). McFarland. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-786-46372-5.
- ^ Castle, William (1976). Step right up! : ... I'm gonna scare the pants off America. Putnam. p. 124.
- ^ The 1953 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures. Vol. 35. J.W. Alicoat. 1953. p. 145.
- ^ Hayes, R. M. (1998). 3-D Movies: A History and Filmography of Stereoscopic Cinema. McFarland. p. 206. ISBN 0-786-40578-3.
- ^ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1953", Variety, January 13, 1954
External links
[edit]- Fort Ti at IMDb
- Fort Ti at the TCM Movie Database
- Fort Ti at American Film Institute
- Review of film at Variety