A Distant Trumpet (1964)
Directed by Raoul Walsh · Cinematography by William H. Clothier
Approved117 min138 frames
Western
From Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Horgan's epic novel of Indians and Indian-fighters
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What is A Distant Trumpet about?
In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona, where he meets commanding officer Teddy Mainwarring's wife Kitty, whom he later rescues from an Indian attack.
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What does the cinematography of A Distant Trumpet look like?
Across 138 sampled frames, A Distant Trumpet builds its coverage from medium shots (50% of the sample), with wide compositions (34%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer William H. Clothier keeps 83% of it in hard-edged, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 60% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1800s.
What is the color palette of A Distant Trumpet?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of A Distant Trumpet (1964) are #322f2c, #cab490, #524f4a, #514638, #d6d2c8, #968975 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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