In Ford's most painterly film, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Wayne gives perhaps his finest performance as an aging cavalry officer in his last days of service. Due to Ford's initial skepticism of ...
In 1949, The Andrews Sisters and John Wayne released a song and film, respectively, titled "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," though ...
Hoch, who drew inspiration for much of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon's imagery from Frederic Remington's cowboy paintings and sculptures, bagged the Best Cinematography Oscar for the film in 1950.