Stagecoach (1939) is a cinematic masterpiece that transcends the Western genre. Directed by John Ford, the film is a riveting tale of survival, redemption, and unexpected love set against the backdrop ...
Were it not for the efforts of Enos “Yakima” Canutt (1895-1986), John Ford’s “Stagecoach” (1939) might be less than what it is — that is to say, a masterwork of American cinema — and would not be on ...
Lovers of the American Western don’t want to miss the upcoming screening of the Academy Award-winning 1939 black-and-white film, “Stagecoach!” It’s the story of a group of strangers traveling through ...
Discover What’s Streaming On: Stagecoach, the John Ford-directed western that elevated the genre and unveiled John Wayne as the quintessential American icon, turned 80 this year, and the Criterion ...
John Wayne and John Ford collaborated on my classic Westerns but the one that made Duke a star was 1939’s Stagecoach. The 1880-set story followed a group of strangers riding through dangerous Apache ...
I harbor no nostalgia for John Wayne the man. The actor, however, was unsurpassed at embodying the greatest of American ideals: That the manifestly imperfect United States aspired to be, and strove to ...
John Ford's landmark Western revolves around an assorted group of colorful passengers aboard the Overland stagecoach bound for Lordsburg, New Mexico, in the 1880s. An alcoholic philosophizer (Thomas ...
Though 1939 saw the release of the most classic films in history, only one can be credited with saving an entire genre: John Ford's masterpiece. At the time, Westerns were seldom the subject of ...
Tens of millions of Americans are hunkered down nationwide, besieged by what President Donald Trump calls an “invisible enemy.” Here’s a suggestion for anyone who’s bored or desperate to escape the 24 ...