Five original stan rogers albums, fully remastered. Oct 18, 2017 chant claire chamber choir performs northwest passage by stan rogers at its december 2016 concert at the irish cultural heritage center in milwaukee, wisconsin. Rangers rendezvous with major rogers during a scouting mission. Northwest passage is the opening song off of the 1981 album of the same name. Northwest passage is a book about the explorers who venture into the northwest passage in canada. Along the mohawk 1939, based on the best selling novel of the same name by. Apr, 2020 although rogers fought for the british, most of his rangers became patriots. Northwest passage is one of the most brutal and realistic epics of. Northwest passage originally titled an unfinished conversation. Told through the eyes of primary character langdon towne, much of the novel follows the exploits and character of robert rogers, the leader of rogers rangers, who were a colonial force fighting with the british during the french and indian war. Northwest passage 1940 movie clip those red helions. His books sold well at the time and we have to remember that in viewing northwest passage we are seeing a fictional story rather than the real story of rogers rangers.
Call it a historical pastiche of life prior to the american revolution. War song yankee doodle dandy, had turned out to be rather more complex. The life and music of stan rogers is a wonderful collection of stories, memories, and facts on stans career and the people in his life. James drew his inspiration for his book from the song northwest passage, written by canadian singer stan rogers. Told through the eyes of primary character langdon towne, much of the novel follows the exploits and character of robert rogers, the leader of rogers rangers, who were a colonial force fighting with the british during the french and indian war structurally, northwest passage is divided into halves. Northwest passage book irogers rangers is the 1940 adventure score by. Northwest passage book irogers rangers kenneth robertss novel northwest passage chronicles the exploits of major robert rogers 17311795, who during the french and indian war raised and commanded an independent unit of lightinfantry soldiers attached to the british army known as rogers rangers.
Northwest passage 1940 by king vidor is blighted by its racism. Northwest passage book i rogers rangers 1940 movie. Ebenezer webster of east kingston, future father of statesman daniel webster, is among the rangers portrayed in the book version of northwest passage by kenneth roberts. The book structure itself uses the song, northwest passage by stan rogers and repeats the lines from the chorus throughout the book. Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage and make a. Stanley allison stan rogers november 29, 1949 june 2, 1983 was a canadian folk musician and songwriter.
Westward from the davis strait tis there twas said to lie. Listen free to stan rogers northwest passage northwest passage, the field behind the plow and more. Northwest passage 1940 king vidor, jack conway, spencer. The berry tree by saul chaplin, sung by sheb wooley. Gory details as major rogers spencer tracy tells his rangers, with extra testimony from crofton addison richards, why they need to kill some indians, on the shores of lake champlain in northwest passage, 1940. Often employing techniques eschewed by the british regulars, the unit was. I threw it all away to seek a northwest passage at the call of many men, to find there but the road back home again. This was supposed to be the sequel, and indeed its own title card announces it as northwest passage book i rogers rangers.
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage and make a northwest passage to the sea. Northwest passage by stan rogers, chant claire chamber. Northwest passage is a 12 x 9 hardcover childrens book that is illustrated by matt james. Links go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy posters from buy this poster from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from. For example, the idiot, a sea shanty, about going west to find work in the refineries. It was based on the first part of kenneth robertss 1937 novel of the same name. Sep 01, 20 winner of the governor generals literary award for childrens illustration. Awardwinning artist matt james takes the iconic song northwest passage by legendary canadian songwriter and singer stan rogers and tells the dramatic story of the search for the elusive route through the arctic ocean to the pacific, which for hundreds of years and once again today, nations, explorers and commercial. A brief history of the units that took part in the raid on saint francis in october 1759.
The song compares the voyages of the first european explorers in canada to rogerss own touring as a musician. John stark of manchester, rogers trusted lieutenant, became a key general in the revolution. Northwest passage by stan rogers on amazon music unlimited. Robert rogers was born to ulsterscots settlers, james and mary mcfatridge rogers on 7 november 1731 in methuen, a small town in northeastern massachusetts. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Listen to your favorite songs from northwest passage by stan rogers now. It turned out he was an indian aficionado, too, with the french and indian war 17541763 being one of his specialties. At that time, the town served as a staging point for scotsirish settlers bound for the wilderness of new hampshire. Screenplay by laurence stallings, talbot jennings, based on the novel by kenneth roberts. Its a stirring song to say the least, especially with stan rogers.
The song compares the voyages of the first european explorers in canada to rogers s own touring as a musician. Northwest passage book i rogers rangers original title. Northwest passage herbert stothart film score monthly. Northwest passage was one of my favorites as a teen, but i hadnt give it a thought in more than twoscore. The classic mantra, still chanted by historians who should know better, is that. Battle maps museums regiments books competitions mhm book awards. But northwest passage is a marvelous example of how to make an interesting historical film. We didnt record any activity between now and 1 week ago. How then am i so different from the first men through this way. The picture is based on a novel by kenneth roberts titled northwest passage 1937. Author kenneth rogers wrote a monumental novel with remarkable attention to detail.
Northwest passage book 1 rogers rangers charlie 20110205 this is a great movie based on an historical novel of an exciting true life event of the french and indian war. Despite the films largely unexamined belief in manifest destiny, its depiction of rogers as an inspiring leader of men is a tourdeforce for tracy, who must keep hope alive against incredible odds, and despite unstated personal fears and agonies. Le grand passage northwest passage book i rogers rangers. Northwest passage 1940 movie clip abenaki tomahawks. Rogers rangers, the green berets of colonial america, are recognized as one of the finest fighting forces the world has ever known. These greenclad frontiersmen served as the eyes and ears of the british army during the french and indian war, and played an integral role in englands conquest of new france. With spencer tracy, robert young, walter brennan, ruth hussey. Northwest passage recounts the adventures of rogers rangers, an 18th. Northwest passage by stan rogers goodreads share book.
Winner of the governor generals literary award for childrens illustration. After going north on lake champlain to a point where the. View the tcmdb entry for northwest passage book irogers rangers 1940. The picture is based on a novel by kenneth roberts titled northwest passage. Book irogers rangers, american adventure film, released in 1940, that deals with events of the french and indian war, a theme rarely explored in film. Northwest passage by kenneth roberts, first edition.
Northwest passage by stan rogers album, canadian maritime. The idea for this paper came to me while i was watching the northwest passage, book 1 rogers rangers, a metrogoldwynmayer picture. Northwest passage book irogers rangers 1940 overview. The amazing thing about northwest passage is that stan rogers is able to capture the modern experience with styles from a hundred or more years ago. In february 2020, the film was shown at the 70th berlin international film festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to king vidors career. Northwest passage is a 1940 technicolor film, starring spencer tracy, robert young, walter brennan, ruth hussey, and others. Stan rogers northwest passage lyrics genius lyrics. Stan rogers was noted for his rich, baritone voice and his finelycrafted, traditionalsounding songs which were frequently inspired by canadian history and the daily lives of working people, especially those from the fishing villages of the maritime provinces and, later, the farms.
Northwest passage book irogers rangers at the american film institute catalog northwest passage on. When the movie project was green lighted, this was supposed to be the first of possibly several movies. Ah, for just one time i would take the northwest passage to find the hand of franklin reaching for the beaufort sea. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. Nov 18, 2015 the making of northwest passage movie duration. Northwest passage book irogers rangers is the 1940 adventure score by herbert stothart, mgms premier composer in the 1930s and 40s, presented in nearly complete form from the monaural optical film masters, with a few otherwise lost cues added from the films musicandeffects track. Northwest passage by kenneth roberts, first edition abebooks. Overview of northwest passage book i rogers rangers, 1940, directed by king vidor, with spencer tracy, robert young, walter brennan, at turner classic movies. Northwest passage is an historical novel by kenneth roberts, published in 1937.
Chris gudgeon is a celebrated author from victoria, british columbia. One warm line the legacy of stan rogers special edition dvd, includes a newlyenhancedversion of the original film with neverbeforeseen special features. Northwest passage 1940 king vidor, jack conway, spencer tracy, robert young, walter brennan march 24, 2019 based on the kenneth roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join rogers rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the french and indian war. At that we are only seeing part of that book, nothing at all about a search for a land route across north america.
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