High Noon Movie Vs Movie

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The differences and movie techniques in the movie High Noon compared to the short story “Tin Star” made the movie better and more interesting. One difference is Mrs.Ramirez she isn’t in the story at all. However she is in many scenes in the movie. Mrs.Ramirez gets in a fight with her husband and he thinks that she is unloyal. This reveals that she was once friends with Mr.Kean. In another scene she has a talk with Mrs.Kean and she says that Mr.Kean is Mrs.Kean’s man not hers. She also lives in a hotel and towards the end of the story she decides to leave town on the noon train. I believe the scriptwriter Carl Foreman and the director Fred Zinnemann added her to the movie High Noon to create more drama and to see more things from a woman’s point of view. This makes it better because women who watch the movie may find it more interesting. …show more content…

On their wedding day people in town get news that Frank Miller is coming back to twom. Mr.Kean explains this to his wife and says he doesn’t if he will survive. Mrs.Kean is very upset about this and says she doesn't want to wait until noon to see if she will be a wife or a widow. This isn’t in the story “Tin Star” because Mrs.Kean is already dead and he visits her grave site. Therefore the grave site scene is taken out and the marriage scene and other scenes that involve Mrs.Kean are added in. I think the scriptwriter and the director made this choice to add more drama and so people could see things from Mrs .Kean’s point of

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