Stagecoach, the locations movie making locations plus. Regarded by many as the best western ever made, stagecoach shot john wayne to stardom and elevated the prestige of a genre that had hitherto been considered a bmovie province. Johnny cash portrays marshal curly wilcox and waylon jennings plays the gambler, hatfield. Stagecoach monument valley in the movies pictures cbs. Jul 17, 2019 john fords final completed project was a documentary on the most decorated u. The great american west of john ford is a look back at the career of sixtime academy award winning director john ford 18941973 as told by john wayne, jimmy stewart, and henry fonda both. Gouldings lodge, a hotel in monument valley, is often visited by fans of the duke, and the proprietors offer a large selection of john wayne dvds for guests.
On the stagecoach to cheyenne, a mixed group of passengers must work together to survive the arduous journey and the indian attacks. Monument valley, stagecoach top 10 iconic movie locations. Scenes from stagecoach, including a sequence introducing john waynes character the ringo kid, blended shots of monument valley with shots filmed on the. When the stagecoach stops to pick up john wayne, it is at the iverson movie ranch. In 1880, a motley group of passengers takes the stagecoach from tonto, arizona to lordsburg, new mexico via dangerous apache territory. Filming locations 24 production dates 1 filming locations. Film legend john wayne, one of the most popular actors of the 20th century, died 37 years ago today. There is nothing new i can add about stagecoach that hasnt been said by thousands of others. But, striking as it is, monument valley is only a part of stagecoach. Stagecoach was the first of many westerns that ford shot using monument valley, in the american southwest on the arizonautah border, as a location, many of which also starred john wayne. Mar 26, 2020 john wayne was a breakout star in stagecoach, partly filmed in colorado. For ford, it was a return after some years to a genre about which his ideas had grownthe genre in which he would. John wayne simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The majority of visiting tourists are from foreign countries and very familiar with the american southwest.
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. John fords stagecoach made the thenunknown john wayne. The john ford feature film stagecoach was filmed at several locations. May 18, 2010 ford filmed several of his westerns, including stagecoach and she wore a yellow ribbon, which both starred wayne, in the valley. American actor, director, and producer john wayne 1907 1979 began working on films as an extra, prop man and stuntman, mainly for the fox film corporation. Wayne had done a hundred bwesterns before that and still wasnt a big star, but stagecoach made him famous overnight. With annmargret, alex cord, red buttons, mike connors. Stagecoach is a film in which two great careers were renewed. Wayne s introduction in the film is the best ever on screen.
The film established monument valley, on the arizonautah border, as an icon of the american old west, although, of the passengers, only john wayne actually. May 21, 2017 in the meantime, you can get reacquainted with some old movie favorites and meet some new ones, as more than 100 movies were filmed in kanab and the surrounding areas. The landscape of monument valley 92,000 acres filled with colossal sandstone formations straddling the arizona. Willie nelson portrays famous gunslinger and dentist doc holliday. Movies filmed in sedona, arizona saddles and spurs.
Westerns icon john wayne made his fame and fortune, but he clearly also left. The camera is out of focus when it draws in on wayne then comes back into focusa mistake,but left in by fordoutstanding. The stagecoach arrives at the first relay station on the lower iverson, near the garden of the gods, at the iverson movie ranch. Westerns icon john wayne made his fame and fortune, but he clearly also left a mark and perhaps a piece of his heart in arizona. It elevated john fords already high reputation to a higher level and made the thenunknown john wayne into an overnight star. Stagecoach 1939 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The young john wayne a reluctant center of both the downfall and the rise of hollywoods most important artistic contribution to the silver screen in the way of the wild west cinematography.
How many of these movies filmed in kanab, utah have you seen. Featured player john waynes rawboned, naturalistic charisma. Voice actor claire trevor, john wayne notes this is the soundtrack not just the musical score, but the complete audio soundtrack to the film stagecoach. John waynes wronged ringo is, of course, the innocent hero. Where was the 1966 version of stagecoach filmed answers. Wayne newton sings stagecoach to cheyenne lee pockriss and paul vance.
For example, the gunsmoke tv series used a set in johnson canyon between the 1950s1970s. With rumors in the air of a possible apache attack, a motley group of travelers in a small new mexico town board the overland stage bound for lordsburg. With john wayne, claire trevor, andy devine, john carradine. Philip french on the topicality of the 1939 film stagecoach. He frequently worked in minor roles with director john ford and when raoul walsh suggested him for the lead in the big trail 1930, an epic western shot in an early widescreen process called fox grandeur, ford vouched for him. When the stagecoach stops to pick up john wayne, it is at the iverson movie ranch in chatsworth. John fords decision to film parts of stagecoach on location in monument valley, utah and arizona, launched a legacy that included nine moviesfive with leading man john wayneand the creation of the most iconic film location in western cinema history. The screenplay by dudley nichols is an adaptation of the stage to lordsburg, a 1937 short story by ernest haycox.
John ford made john wayne a household name by casting wyne in the lead in this film. For ford, it was a return after some years to a genre about which his ideas had grownthe genre in which he would make many of his greatest films. John wayne may 26, 1907 june 11, 1979 was an academy awardwinning, american movie actor. The foundations mission is to bring courage, strength, and grit to the fight against cancer.
Actor john wayne received his first leading film role in the big trail 1930. Apart from other john ford westerns, you can the famed mesas and buttes in easy rider, electra glide in blue, back to the future iii and transformers. The john wayne cancer foundation was founded in 1985 in honor of john wayne, after his family granted the use of his name and limited funding for the continued fight against cancer. The john ford classic that won two academy awardsr and made john wayne a star. On the stagecoach to cheyenne, a mixed group of passengers must work together to. 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. Stagecoach 1939 official trailer john wayne, john ford. One of director john fords defining movies, it also elevated john wayne to stardom. Stagecoach is a 1966 american film, directed by gordon douglas between july and september 1965, as a color remake of the academy awardwinning john ford 1939 classic blackandwhite western stagecoach. John wayne as ethan edwards in john fords classic western, the searchers 1956. The 1939 film stagecoach remains a tale for our times philip french. Stagecoach 1939 official trailer john wayne, john ford western movie hd a group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated.
A film most with an ounce of movieinterest have seen. Although many other movies have been filmed in the area, tourists consider monument valley belonging to only one hollywood actor, john wayne. When the stagecoach departs from encino, aka tonto, it enters monument valley. Stagecoach was john fords first western in over a decade and despite the studios initial unwillingness for the director to make a western this movie became a defining work in film history reinvigorating the genre and introducing us to the pairing of ford and wayne as well as the beautiful location of monument valley. John wayne, claire trevor stagecoach the greatest western. Unlike the original version which listed its ten leading players in order of importance, the major stars are billed in alphabetical order. Im horrified to have to report this, john, but your girlfriends claim is only slightly exaggerated. How the west was won monument valley in the movies. The film follows a group of strangers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous apache territory stagecoach was the first of many westerns that. Wayne in stagecoach 1939 john ford and bert glennon in stagecoach. Alex cord wondered if he could fill john waynes boots in.
Another movie set, located in paria canyon, was used in the clint eastwood classic. The film opens as a stagecoach is set to make the perilous journey from. The river crossing is the kern river, near to kernville, 40 miles east of bakersfield, california. Iconic and genre defining, john fords legendary 1939 western stagecoach is also fondly remembered as the first collaboration between ford and his regular star player john wayne beginning a partnership that would produce well over thirty movies including such favorites as the searchers, rio grande and she wore a yellow ribbon. Alex cord sits atop the stage with the cast of the 1966 version of. Stagecoach is not only responsible for creating the heroic, rugged, selfreliant wayne persona, it also is arguably the. Though filmed in 1970, it wasnt released until 1976. Heres why john wayne loved arizona and adopted it as his own. Cord actually bears a closer resemblance to tom tyler, who played the ringo kids gunslinging nemesis, luke plummer, in the john ford film. Stagecoach, american western film, released in 1939, that is a classic of the genre, widely considered to be the first adult western. John wayne was a breakout star in stagecoach, partly filmed in colorado.
Of the 220 persons who worked on the conqueror on location in utah in 1955, 91 had contracted cancer as of the early 1980s and 46 died of it, including stars john wayne, susan hayward, and agnes moorehead, and director dick powell. Working with john ford, he got his next big break in stagecoach 1939. This movie with the title, stagecoach had been produced by director, john ford on 1939 soon after casting john wayne who had taken a chance of movie star, western movie since then. Although he had appeared before in many films, as an extra, a stuntman and then an actor in b films, this was john waynes first starring role in. Nov 01, 2017 heres why john wayne loved arizona and adopted it as his own. Over the course of a halfcentury, he appeared in nearly 250 movies, but the film that made john wayne a star was stagecoach 1939, directed by john ford. Stagecoach is a 1939 american western film directed by john ford and starring claire trevor and john wayne in his breakthrough role. Stagecoach is a 1986 american madefortelevision western action drama film and a remake of the classic 1939 film stagecoach starring kris kristofferson as the ringo kid, the role originally played by john wayne. In stagecoach the director skillfully blended shots of monument valley with shots filmed at iverson movie ranch in chatsworth, california, and other locations. Wayne and ford would have a legendary collaboration on a dozen more films, some of the most highly regarded movies in film history. Stagecoach, released in 1939, made blist actor john wayne a major star. Jul 12, 2018 wayne had done a hundred bwesterns before that and still wasnt a big star, but stagecoach made him famous overnight. With willie nelson, kris kristofferson, johnny cash, waylon jennings. Stagecoach 1939 film ultimate pop culture wiki fandom.
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