[1960]
DIRECTED BY: Henry Hathaway
RELEASE DATE: 09.05.2005
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This rousing comedy-adventure set in the Alaskan gold rush finds buddies Sam (John Wayne) and George (Stewart Granger) hitting the mother lode in Nome. George then asks Sam to fetch his sweetheart Jennie from Seattle. But when Sam discovers that she has married someone else, he concocts a plan to bring George a new love, inviting a beautiful dancer (Capucine) to be Jennie's replacement. Even though North To Alaska is a rousing western, it was a dramatic change for John Wayne as an actor. More famous for throwing punches than punch lines, he was given a chance to show his lighter side and play for laughs.
Years after the production was first shown in public, the producers of the film admitted that, in the scene were Capucine is trying to laugh, she was actually tickled on her feet and that her laughs and pleas for mercy were entirely genuine.
Richard Fleischer was originally hired to direct the picture. He accepted, but when he asked to see the script he was informed that one hadn't been written yet. Also, after talking with Capucine, he thought she was all wrong for the role of the prostitute--he didn't think she was sexy or earthy enough to convince anyone that she was a hooker--and he informed producer Charles K. Feldman of his conclusion and asked that she be replaced. Unfortunately for Fleischer, Feldman and Capucine were living together at the time, and he had already promised her the role. So Capucine got the part, and Fleischer got the boot. He was replaced by Henry Hathaway.
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