''Deerslayer'' is a 1943 American Western film. It is based on the 1841 novel ''

The Deerslayer ''The Deerslayer, or The First War-Path'' was James Fenimore Cooper's fifth and last novel published in 1841 in his '' Leatherstocking Tales''. Its 1740–1745 time period makes it the first installment chronologically and in the lifetime of t ...

'' by

James Fenimore Cooper James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought h ...

. It stars Bruce Kellogg and Jean Parker, and was directed by

Lew Landers Lew Landers (born Louis Friedlander, January 2, 1901 – December 16, 1962) was an American independent film and television director. Biography Born as Louis Friedlander in New York City, Lew Landers began his movie career as an actor. In 1914, ...

Plot

Cast

* Jean Parker as Judith Hutter * Bruce Kellogg as Deerslayer *

Larry Parks Samuel Lawrence Klusman Parks (December 13, 1914 – April 13, 1975) was an American stage and film actor. His career arced from bit player and supporting roles to top billing, before it virtually ended when he admitted to having been a memb ...

as Jingo-Good *

Yvonne De Carlo Margaret Yvonne Middleton (September 1, 1922January 8, 2007), known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film star and sex symbol in the 1940s a ...

as Wah-Tah * Warren Ashe as Harry March * Wanda McKay as Hetty

Production

The film was the first, and only, film written and produced by film reviewer P. S. Harrison, founder of the film journal ''

Harrison's Reports ''Harrison's Reports'' was a New York City–based motion picture trade journal published weekly from 1919 to 1962. The typical issue was four letter-size pages sent to subscribers under a second-class mail permit. Its founder, editor and publish ...

''. Filming began in June 1943. It was the first notable film role for

who was borrowed from Paramount Studios. "She later wrote, "There have been several movie versions of ''The Deerslayer'' and this was probably the least memorable, but at the time I was thrilled to be in it."

Reception

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'' opined, "Harrison draws a complete blank as a producer-scenarist." Harrison's publication ''Harrison's Reports'' published their first review acknowledged not to have been written by Harrison. It was written by Abram F. Myers.

References

External links

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