Untamed

Pan & Scan shame
This was an exciting film in CinemaScope and another re-pairing of Susan Hayward & Tyrone Power. And once again, the Fox Cinema Archives is releasing this in the horrible Pan & Scan version. This ruins the scope of the movie and is not worth having. Shame! Shame! Shame! I'm very disappointed.

It's Widescreen
I just received my copy of Untamed and pleased to tell you it's widescreen (not anamorphic) with A Stereo soundtrack. The Film is a bit faded. The soundtrack sounds great, the opening of the film starts with the hunting horns going back and forth between the speakers. I'm so glad I took a chance and ordered it anyway. The African scenery is spectacular. date of review is 06/20/2013 Untamed

Sweeping Franz Waxman score in CinemaScope epic.
This Gone With The Wind-style romance of a fiery Irish redhead who survives many tribulations in 19th Century South Africa is one of Susan Hayward's better period movies of the '50's. (In fact, compared to THE CONQUEROR, it's akin to CITIZEN KANE). Re-teamed with Tyrone Power, who had starred with her in RAWHIDE, Susan Hayward applies her considerable histrionic talent and intelligence to a somewhat enigmatic and unlikeable character, gaining sympathy which a lesser actress would not be able to elicit.
Able support is provided by Agnes Moorehead ( who never gave an uninteresting performance) and Richard Egan. UNTAMED is another CinemaScope Opus which showed the movie-going public location vistas of Africa on the wider canvas which temporarily revitalized Hollywood in the mid-'50's.
The best feature of this movie is Franz Waxman's great score (available on CD from Film Score Monthly), which should be heard in stereo. This release will be in Wide Screen (2.55:1,...

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