Drums Along the Mohawk

I don’t think there are enough movies about the American Revolution. They’re sprinkled throughout the century of movies here and there, but they are kind of rare occurrences. It was a pleasant surprise, then, to learn the John Ford had made one about some action on the New York frontier. It was an even more pleasant surprise to discover this hidden film was actually quite good.

Ford’s first film in color (the existing print is an Eastman duplicate of the Technicolor original, making it fa...