ascend to power in 1933 and hitler and his national socialist german worker party and which of course we all know a the nazi and tighten their grip on the country more and more a the time go by . early in their rough shod trampling of the german people and they call any and all artist and newspaper men and film maker into their nazi hq in order that the may be inform of just what the newly declare third reich ( aka empire ) expect of them . when the master director from the german cinema silent impressionist and expressionist era and mr. fritz lang and be call in to meet with herr goebels while he listen attentively and say nothing . immediately after leave the minister of propaganda office and herr lang go directly to the train station and take a passenger directly to paris . not even go back to his residence and fritz lang do not return to germany ( at least not until many year later . he remain in france while eventually immigrate to the united state of america . mr. lang go right to work in america while create a variety of most enjoyable and solid and substantially literate upper echelon movie for many a year . include in this smörgåsbord of title be today lucky subject and western union ( 20th century fox and 1941 ) . typically a film about the old west and pioneer day need both quality as well a quantity of cast . western union qualify on both requisite . we be treat to a fine array of star talent as well a a support cast which make just about every minute and each scene a delight to our sens . head up the playbill be robert young and randolph scott and dean jagger and virginia gilmore . others prominently display be folk like john carradine ( play not a vampire or other scary guy and but a physician ) and george slim summerville ( veteran character actor and silent film veteran and graduate of mack sennett keystone comedy ) and chill will ( always dependable support player and former singer in the avalon boy ) and burly bad guy barton maclane . add to this mix and we have name like russell hick and victor killian and minor watson and george chandler and addison richards and irving bacon and james flavin and francis ford and frank mcgrath and kermit maynard ( ken maynard bro ) . prominent in those american indian feature be represent chief big tree and chief thundercloud and mr. jay silverheels . also feature be that one great representative of the aboriginal people of north america be that great and singularly impressive and memorable example of the red man and the louisiana native and iron eye cody ( born espera decorti of sicilian immigrant parent ) . the filming of the fine outdoor scene be do on location in arizona and utah and render in the high grade of technigolour available . ( there be no monument valley while but then and that the province of mr. john ford . ) in some respect this film be a far more amazing accomplishment than we might think while for it take a sort of pulp magazine story and adapt it to the taste and idiom of the pre war america of the late thirty and early forty . all of this be do by a german born director who be only have be in hollywood and america for the short length of time . in it final analysis and western union and while it may not be the most historically accurate example of the western genre while we just do not care . it score in all of the necessary category need for a great night at the movie . so and who really care about little detail such a accuracy . we give mr. lang and 20th century fox a rating of . note represent we just saw a special on pbs station wttw and here in chicago that be all about all of the film actor and director and other artisan whom the nazi rise to power cause to take refuge in america and hollywood . ( it seem that movie folk and scientist be the big export for germany at this particular time while be that the scientist who build the atomic bomb and as well a the future nasa people and come from europe at this time . ) poodle schnitz .