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Judge Priest / Fox Film presents ; directed by John Ford ; screen play, Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: Spanish Publisher: [Hollywood, CA] : Fox Film Corporation, [1934]Distributor: [Los Angeles, CA] : [Cinetel Films]Copyright date: ©1934Description: 1 online resource (2 video files (77 min. each)) : sound, black and whiteContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Other title:
  • Spanish title: Juez Priest
  • Also known as: Irvin S. Cobb's "Judge Priest"
Uniform titles:
  • Judge Priest (Motion picture : 1934)
Genre/Form: Online resources: Production credits:
  • Producer, Sol M. Wurtzel; photography, George Schneiderman; music, Cyril J. Mockridge.
Cast: Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall, David Landau, Stepin Fetchit.Summary: An episodic meditation on life and politics in a small Kentucky town still marked in 1890 by memories of the Civil War. Will Rogers loosely inhabits the role of Judge Priest who defies class and racial barriers and shames the community into an awareness of its intolerance. This portrayal of an imperfect but good rural communty is lent a certain depth by nostalgia for a lost pre-Civil War past. Populist sentiment prevails over the due processes of law.
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Based on Irvin S. Cobb's character Judge Priest.

Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall, David Landau, Stepin Fetchit.

Producer, Sol M. Wurtzel; photography, George Schneiderman; music, Cyril J. Mockridge.

An episodic meditation on life and politics in a small Kentucky town still marked in 1890 by memories of the Civil War. Will Rogers loosely inhabits the role of Judge Priest who defies class and racial barriers and shames the community into an awareness of its intolerance. This portrayal of an imperfect but good rural communty is lent a certain depth by nostalgia for a lost pre-Civil War past. Populist sentiment prevails over the due processes of law.

In English or Spanish; with optional Spanish subtitles.

Online resource; title from opening/closing credits (Digitalia Film Library, viewed August 9, 2015)

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