Wyatt Earp in Hollywood

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

Education, History

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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My Darling Clementine is considered the greatest Wyatt Earp film of all time. It also just so happens to be the least accurate, despite legendary director John Ford having known Wyatt personally. Contrary to popular belief – and Ford’s own claims - this film was NOT based on Earp’s own account of his days in Tombstone, but rather an earlier film whose director also knew the now famous lawman. I say now famous because Wyatt wasn’t exactly what you would call a household name prior to the 20th century. His time in Dodge City - as well as his actions in Tombstone - certainly garnered Earp a reputation in certain circles. However, his introduction to the nation at large wouldn’t be as a lawman at all, but rather as the corrupt boxing referee who threw the fight for heavyweight champion of the world; a fiasco that saw Wyatt turn to Hollywood in an effort to redeem his sullied reputation. More true tales from the wild and woolly west! https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest David Lambert Art Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/davidlambertart David Lambert Original Thread on Wyatt & Hollywood - https://twitter.com/davidlambertart/status/1440606380860186629 David Lambert archives on the Wrong Reel Podcast - https://wrongreel.com/tag/david-lambert/ Wyatt on the Set by Allen Barra - https://truewestmagazine.com/article/wyatt-on-the-set/ The Fix by Garner A. Palenske - https://truewestmagazine.com/article/the-fix/ William S. Hart & Wyatt Earp Correspondence - https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hart-earpletters.htm Scurrilous LA Times article from 1922 - https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hart-earpletters.htm Alan Dwan & The Rise & Decline of the Hollywood Studios - https://www.amazon.com/Allan-Dwan-Decline-Hollywood-Studios-ebook/dp/B00C7C2EDK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28EADZ4B8LD93&keywords=allan+dwan+and+the+rise+and+decline+of+the+hollywood+studios&qid=1672673971&sprefix=allan+dwan+and+the+ris%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-1 Helldorado – Bringing the Law to the Mesquite by William M. Breakenridge - https://www.amazon.com/Helldorado-Bringing-Mesquite-William-Breakenridge/dp/0803261004 Wyatt Earp Frontier Marshal by Stuart Lake - https://www.amazon.com/Wyatt-Earp-Frontier-Stuart-Lake/dp/0671885375 Law and Order (1932) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRFPBVG65LU The Half Breed (1916) - https://www.cinematheque.fr/henri/film/32090-the-half-breed-allan-dwan-1916/ Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Patreon for bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/wildwestextra Become a YouTube Paid Member for bonus content! https://www.youtube.com/c/WildWestExtravaganza Listen to Texas History Lessons for Texas History! https://www.texashistorylessons.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	47 years. That's how much time passed between Wyatt Earp leaving Arizona and his death.
0:06.5	Nearly five decades spanning from 1882 to 1929, and yet we don't hear too much about it.
0:13.0	Granted, the first 35 years of Earp's life were chock full of excitement.
0:17.3	From the rough cow towns of Wichita and Dodge City to the boom towns of Deadwood and Tombstone,
0:22.4	toss in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, the storied Vendetta ride, and friendships with other
0:27.4	Old West legends, guys like Doc Holiday, Luke Short and Bat Masterson, and you've got one hell
0:32.6	of a fascinating story. But what about the rest of Wyatt Earp's time on earth? I mean, 47 years is a lifetime.
0:39.9	On the last episode, we had some fun discussing the movie Tombstone, the whole Huckleberry,
0:44.3	hucklebearer debate. But you do remember how that movie ends, right? Wyatt joins Josephine in Denver,
0:49.8	and they start dancing in the snow, while Robert Mitcham's voice nicely sums everything up.
0:55.0	Wyatt and Josephine embarked on a series of adventures. Up or down, thin or flush,
1:00.0	and 47 years they never left each other's side. Wight Earp died in Los Angeles in 1929. Among the
1:06.9	Paul Bears at his funeral were early movie stars William S. Hart and Tom Mix.
1:11.6	Tom Mix wept.
1:13.6	Now I know the movie is called Tombstone, so it's only natural to focus on that part of Wyatt's life.
1:18.6	But what about Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp?
1:21.6	While they at least hint to Earp's adventures in Alaska, the rest of his life is also quickly summed up at the very end, in text form across
1:28.7	the screen.
1:30.0	Wyatt died in 1929, Josephine followed 15 years later, and their ashes are buried together
1:35.3	in Colma, California.
1:37.2	Roll credits.
1:38.2	The casual fan of Westerns could be led to believe that other than falling in love
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