med ▁Gold w yn ▁decided ▁he ▁h ated ▁the ▁song ▁and ▁requested ▁the ▁composer ▁write ▁a ▁title ▁song ▁instead . ▁Lo esser ▁later ▁rec yc led ▁the ▁t une ▁and ▁included ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁score ▁of ▁Gu ys ▁and ▁D oll s . ▁ ▁After ▁two ▁months ▁of ▁cha otic ▁film ing , ▁the ▁production ▁shut ▁down . ▁The ▁cast ▁and ▁crew ▁was ▁re ass emble d ▁several ▁weeks ▁later ▁and ▁discovered ▁Re is ▁had ▁been ▁replaced ▁by ▁Nicholas ▁Ray ▁without ▁explanation . ▁On ▁the ▁first ▁night ▁of ▁shooting , ▁it ▁began ▁to ▁rain , ▁and ▁it ▁continued ▁to ▁rain ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁weeks , ▁making ▁exterior ▁film ing ▁impossible . ▁Every one ▁returned ▁to ▁Hollywood , ▁and ▁a ▁week ▁later ▁they ▁were ▁called ▁back ▁when ▁the ▁weather ▁finally ▁cleared . ▁Ult imately , ▁there ▁was ▁little ▁Ray ▁could ▁do ▁to ▁salv age ▁the ▁film , ▁and ▁Re is ▁alone ▁received ▁screen ▁credit ▁as ▁director . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁The ▁rev iewer ▁for ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁observed , ▁" There ▁is ▁much ▁fe ud in ', ▁f uss in ' ▁and ▁lov in ' ▁in ▁this ▁p ict orial ly ▁hand some ▁recre ation ▁of ▁the ▁fab ul ous ▁en m ity ▁between ▁the ▁Hat fields ▁and ▁the ▁Mc Co ys , ▁but ▁the ▁characters ▁lack ▁the ▁stat ure ▁of ▁true ▁persons . ▁The ▁famous ▁mountain ▁families ▁have ▁been ▁s ati riz ed ▁and ▁dist orted ▁in ▁j okes ▁and ▁com ic ▁stri ps ▁for ▁so ▁many ▁years ▁now ▁that