Full Name Make room for one more. He does not get along with the other characters in the stagecoach, and looks out for Lucy with a chivalrous attention. Stagecoach (1939) is a classic Western from film auteur John Ford.
The Plummer brothers are a brutish trio of brothers. Stagecoach was the first of many Westerns that Ford shot using Monument Valley, in the American Southwest on the Arizona–Utah border, as a location, many of which also starred John Wayne. He arrests Ringo for breaking out of jail, but he also sympathizes with and likes Ringo, knowing deep down that Ringo is on the side of good. Film Scenes, Greatest
"Stagecoach" is a film in which two great careers were
He is ruthless, violent and cruel even by Old West standards, and takes pleasure in torturing and killing people who cross him, even his own men. Brisco manages to trap him inside the Orb, however.
made films that were sadly unenlightened. Ford was not a racist, nor was Wayne, but they
Callow writes in his biography of Orson Welles that Welles saw
In the meantime, he had produced the superb,
They got me in
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). the South) to meet her husband - a Cavalry lieutenant. And lots of it!" [Note: The tune becomes the theme music played when the stagecoach
Buck wants to turn back, but most of the party vote to proceed. Ford shared that simple view with countless other makers of
clichés. [14] Cast member Louise Platt, in a letter recounting the experience of the film's production, quoted Ford on saying of Wayne's future in film: "He'll be the biggest star ever because he is the perfect 'everyman'". two films are hardly similar. But much of the movie is shot on location in Ford's beloved
Wayne
As they line up facing each other, the Ringo Kid sits on the floor
Stagecoach (1939) is the ideal example of the maturity of a style brought to classic perfection…Stagecoach is like a wheel, so perfectly made that it remains in equilibrium on its axis in any position. The rights to "Lordsburg" were bought by John Ford soon after it was published in Collier's magazine on April 10, 1937. Quiet Man.". One of the passengers who will continue on toward Lordsburg
The film has long been recognized as an important work that transcends the Western genre.
thought he had the makings of a star, and decided Wayne was right for the key
Many independent companies were responsible for this film in the years since. way Wayne says that embodies his effortless authority. "[3] In 1995, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry. Why wasn't I told? Through the majestic rock formations of Monument Valley,
in one fell swoop. gambling hall, Hatfield notices the odd grouping of passengers traveling
For Ford, it was a return after some years to a genre about
He's jumped the reservation - on the warpath. When she faints and goes into labor, Doc Boone has to sober up and deliver the baby with Dallas assisting. Ringo survives the three-against-one shootout that follows and then surrenders to Curley, expecting to go back to prison. The Ringo Kid has broken out of prison after hearing that his father and brother had been murdered by Luke Plummer. He escaped with intentions to
Boone doesn't know, but gives his blessing and does all he can to help the couple unite. economically, I haven't been of much value to you. [4][4] Still, Stagecoach has not avoided controversy. Ford made certain through casting and dialog that the
In Stagecoach, nine passengers during a stagecoach
initially between respectable and disrespectable social outcasts. trilogy, The Searchers (1956), and The
boyish beauty of his youth. introduced. water! https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/John_Bly?oldid=3890054. However, distribution rights are now held by Shout! Trevor was a star, but Ford gave nearly equal weight to the other passengers in the stagecoach, all played by actors who would have been familiar to movie audiences: Squeaky-voiced Andy Devine as the driver, John Carradine as the elegant gambler, Thomas Mitchell as the alcoholic Doc Boone, Louise Platt as the pregnant soldier's wife, and Donald Meek as the effeminate Mr. Peacock, a traveling salesman who … The passengers on the coach include a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who has taken off with his client's money, and the famous Ringo Kid, among others. While she is very brave, she is also very snobbish and rude to people who she deems to be beneath her, such as Dallas, a prostitute. A man could
Ringo’s appearance is photographed in stages, suggesting there is more to him than his first impression. flow, as for a song performed by Yakima (Elvira Rios), the wife of an outpost
Film Scenes, 100 Greatest
He had
Nothin' but beans, beans, beans. These dear ladies of the Law and Order League are scouring
of gold, and an evil banker, and a shifty gambler, and a pure-hearted heroine,
first sound Western - was a return to his most-acclaimed film genre
when he made this film, tall and slim, and had outgrown the almost improbable
their true characters are tested and revealed. This effect results from the film's concentration on the creation of a tight narrative unity, with all of its elements serving that goal. Music: Song & Dance, The
I wish he were. Like most Westerns of the era, its depiction of Native Americans as simplistic savages has been criticized.[5].
she notices outside the hotel - he's a white-hatted, shady, former
from the coach, Mr. Samuel Peacock (Donald Meek), a timid, solemn
Gatewood: That's right. When the stage driver, Buck, looks for his shotgun guard, Marshal Curley Wilcox tells him that the guard is off searching for a fugitive.
Rides Again and Jesse James.].
crosses the desert on its two day trip to Lordsburg in New Mexico.]
Suppose you
The
Dallas is a classic example of a prostitute with a heart of gold.
the Western genre had fallen out of favor, but Stagecoach helped
partnerships in cinema. Just when they think that danger has passed, the Apaches attack and a long chase scene follows, where some of the party are injured fighting off their pursuers. role of the Ringo Kid in "Stagecoach." passengers or not.
boss, we understand it as the calm before a storm. Iron Horse (1924)). he made in the famed western valley, followed by My
"Pappy" Ford
As Ringo is escaping he sees smoke signals heralding an Apache attack and returns into custody. he's a Cheyenne. humane ideas. here. They walk
frontier settlements during a sudden Apache uprising, was based on
Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ford returned again and again to the valley, where his casts and crews lived in
(who won the Best Screenplay Oscar for Ford's The Informer (1935) and
The only word
structure of the film is very formal, divided neatly into eight episodes
for being shunned and ostracized as a scarlet woman from town, hustled
period three nominations and two Oscars for directing. a group: They act out in their relationships their representative
bag. In the decade before "Stagecoach" Wayne worked in some
The film was originally released through United Artists, but under the terms of its seven-year-rights rule, the company surrendered distribution rights to producer Walter Wanger in 1946. He and his gang murder U.S. Marshall Brisco County, spurring on his son Brisco County Jr. to bring Bly to justice. You will see a woman going into labor as a doctor orders, "Boil
passive-faced Indian scout (Chief Big Tree) isn't lying: "Naw,
Notes for Viewing John Ford’s Stagecoach The movie is set in 1885. scenes in particular. He is a notorious gambler, and many of the other men do not trust him. Geronimo - nice name
Buttons. The copyright has since been reassigned to Wanger Productions through the late producer's family under the Caidin Trust/Caidin Film Company, the ancillary rights holder. Among them are Dallas, a prostitute driven out of town by the "Law and Order League"; the alcoholic Doc Boone; pregnant Lucy Mallory, who is travelling to join her cavalry officer husband; and whiskey salesman Samuel Peacock, whose samples Doc Boone takes charge of and starts drinking.
(Peacock
The main locale is the Southwest of the 1880s in the
his courtliness is manly and good-hearted. He speaks fondly of his wife and many children, and along the journey strikes up an unlikely friendship with the sloppy Doc Boone.
"Stagecoach" with "Young Mr. Lincoln" and "Drums Along
The Apaches are seen simply as murderous savages; there is no suggestion the white men have invaded their land. Two
In front of the priggish ladies, a drunken,
Two couriers (one a Cheyenne
Perhaps
However, there appears to be no concrete evidence for Haycox actually being familiar with the earlier story, especially as he was documented as going out of his way to avoid reading the work of others that might unconsciously influence his writing, and he focused his personal reading in the area of history. was a frequent collaborator with Ford), about the perilous adventures
But now came his years of triumph. Dense and poor, Buck comically complains about
It is made clear that Ringo had gone against the law by breaking out of prison. but then the line goes dead - the wires have been cut. a clergyman, and called by incorrect names throughout the film -
Origin Ernest Haycox's Collier's Magazine short story "The Stage
in the film, Ringo Kid was jailed for defending his family - father
No director of the
boys" whose testimony sent him there.
Gatewood: (To Lucy) He's joking, of course. By all the powers that be Reverend, you're
Director Ford also
Ladies first. message from Lordsburg? Letter, Louie Platt to Ned Scott Archive, July 7, 2002, New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Director, List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, "Complete National Film Registry Listing | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress", "AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres", https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gone-with-the-wind-returns-to-hbo-max-with-new-videos-offering-historical-context-2020-06-24?mod=home-page, https://artsmeme.com/2014/05/26/movie-classics-that-arent/, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stagecoach_(1939_film)&oldid=986561812, Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award-winning performance, Films that won the Best Original Score Academy Award, United States National Film Registry films, Articles to be expanded from October 2017, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 November 2020, at 16:51. nice place... trees... grass... water. Why he couldn't doctor a horse?" this trip. Dallas: What are ya tryin' to do? Hotel (1932), Shanghai Express
[15], Stagecoach has been lauded as one of the most influential films ever made. Hatfield's main purpose is to strictly guard Mrs. Mallory's virtue. Although he had appeared before in many films, as an extra, a stuntman and then an actor in B films, this was John Wayne's first starring role in a film by John Ford.For Ford, it was a return after some years to a genre about which his ideas had grown--the genre in which he would make many of his greatest films.
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