"They Died With Their Boots On" to play at theater movie originally premiered

Tonight at 8 pm. "They died with their boots on" will be shown at the River Raisin Center for the Performing Arts. According to David Ingall, assistant director of the Monroe County Historical Museum, the movie premiered at this same theater back in 1941.


Happy Historian note: American History magazine, February 2008 issue: Interesting read by Louis Kraft on Custer: The Truth Behind the Silver Screen Myth. He says: "In They Died With Their Boots On, Errol Flynn's Custer reflects the true essence of the controversial American legend in spite of the film's seriously flawed history."

Another interesting read in same issue: Autie & Libbie by Jeffry D. Wert. "George Custer's zealous pursuit of Elizabeth Bacon may have resembled a cavalry charge, but their 13-year marriage became a love story for the ages."