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Directed By
John Ford
Written By:
Dudley Nichols
Cast:
Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler, Dorothy Appleby, Frank Baker, Chief John Big Tree, Ted Billings, Yakima Canutt, Nora Cecil, Steve Clemente, Francis Ford, Robert Homans, William Hopper, Si Jenks, Florence Lake, Theodore Lorch, Chris-Pin Martin, Jim Mason, Merrill McCormick, J.P. McGowan, Jack Pennick, Joe Rickson, Harry Tenbrook, Hank Worden
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Stagecoach (1939)
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A Star is born
John Wayne had 171 screen appearances starting in 1926. he got his first starring role four years later in The Big Trail, but it was nine years after that that he really came into the hearts of America as The Ringo Kid in Stagecoach.
He burst onto the screen twirling a rifle and never left our hearts. He was such a friendly outlaw here that the sheriff reluctantly arrested him. His co-star, Claire Trevor, who had been nominated for an Oscar a year earlier for dead End, played a prostitute that was struck by his gentlemanly persona. Never had she been called a "lady," and she loved it.
Ringo was the standard by which western heroes are measured. Yes, he wants to settle down and get that farm and marry a good woman, but there is business to finish first.
Wayne will draw on the soulful speech and body language he displayed here in many films to follow. He knew that America liked that and he gave them what they liked.
As we remember this great John Ford film that won an Oscar for Doc Boone (Thomas Mitchell), we fondly celebrate The Duke's 100th anniversary this month.
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