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The Covered Wagon (1923)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1923 Wide

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James Cruze revived the western genre and presented audiences with the first western epic in the spectacular 1923 film The Covered Wagon, chronicling the largest wagon train to ever cross the valley of the Platte River. The film takes place in 1848, when two wagon trains -- one led by Jesse Wingate (Charles Ogle), the other by Will Banion (J. Warren Kerrigan) -- as they travel from Kansas City, over the Oregon Trail, to destinations in California and Oregon. As the wagons make their way over the

Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.

Western, Drama, Romance

Directed By: James Cruze

Written By: Jack Cunningham, Emerson Hough

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1923 Wide

Paramount Pictures

Cast

J. Warren Kerrigan
Will Bonion
Lois Wilson
Molly Wingate
Ernest Torrence
William Jackson
Charles Ogle
Mr. Wingate
Alan Hale
Sam Woodhull
Ethel Wales
Mrs. Wingate
Tully Marshall
Jim Bridger
Guy Oliver
Kit Carson
John Fox
Jed Wingate

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Impressive but stodgy silent Western

December 17, 2004 Comment

Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

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