Sergeant Rutledge
An old west spin on To Kill A Mockingbird, John Ford’s 1960 horse opera broke new ground as the first “mainstream” western to star a black actor. Set in the early 1880s, Woody Strode plays an African-American soldier on trial for the rape and murder of a white girl. Jeffrey Hunter is his embattled commander and counselor. The film was far from a box office success but has gained a different kind of stature over the years.
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About Michael Schlesinger
Michael Schlesinger was widely acknowledged as the dean of classic film distributors, having worked for more than 25 years at MGM, Paramount and Sony, keeping hundreds of vintage movies in theatrical release (and later DVD), and instigating the restoration of many more, including the completion of Orson Welles' 1942 documentary It's All True some 50 years later. Behind the camera, he wrote and produced the American version of Godzilla 2000, co-produced such Larry Blamire parodies as The Lost Skeleton Returns Again and Dark and Stormy Night, and has written, produced and directed several short films featuring the faux-1930s comedy team of Biffle and Shooster. No power on Earth would have ever convinced him that It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World was not the Greatest. Movie. Ever. Sadly, Michael passed away on the morning of January 9, 2025.