‘Ever read this book?” Henry Fonda asks as he faces the camera in an unusual trailer for the 1943 film “The Ox-Bow Incident.” “A lot of people have. And they found that it was one of the most vivid, powerful stories they have ever come across.”In this preview, Fonda isn’t wearing the cowboy costume he wears in the movie. He’s dressed in a light-colored 1940s suit with wide lapels and a pocket handkerchief. He stands next to a bookshelf and gazes reverently down at the copy of Walter Van Tilburg Clark’s novel—published only...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 21, 2020 14:37 UTC