"One of Daves' classics is Broken Arrow. Released 75 years ago to commercial and critical success, the film represented a turning point in Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans, according to the new book Broken Arrow (University of New Mexico Press) by film scholar and author Angela Aleiss. Broken Arrow also is receiving the big screen treatment Saturday and Sunday at the Stanford Theatre, as part of the Palo Alto theater's fall film series on classic Hollywood Westerns."
"You won't find Hollywood director Delmer Daves, a 1927 graduate of Stanford University, included on some lists of great American movie directors. Daves, who died in 1977, was a studio director, someone the bosses could rely on to produce solid, entertaining work in a range of genres, from war films to noir to glossy melodramas like A Summer Place. But in recent years, Daves' name has appeared alongside John Ford, Howard Hawks, Clint Eastwood and the Coen Brothers as a filmmaker known for creating groundbreaking, enduring, classic Westerns."
Delmer Daves was a reliable studio director who worked across genres and later gained recognition for creating enduring Westerns. Broken Arrow, released 75 years ago to commercial and critical success, followed the friendship between Cochise and Tom Jeffords as a model for tolerance and peaceful coexistence. The film resisted conventional stereotypes by portraying Native Americans sympathetically rather than as savage attackers. The movie emphasized that whites must reexamine prejudices and learn about Native American culture. The film's release coincided with growing momentum in the Civil Rights Movement. Broken Arrow is receiving a theatrical screening at the Stanford Theatre as part of a classic Western series.
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