The Covered Wagon (1923 film)
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The Covered Wagon (1923 film) is a landmark silent Western epic that dramatizes 19th-century pioneers’ arduous journey along the Oregon Trail and helped establish the large-scale Hollywood Western.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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Western film ⓘ black-and-white film ⓘ epic film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Emerson Hough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Covered Wagon (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Karl Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | James Cruze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| era | silent era ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | on-location shooting in the American West ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
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historical drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmPosterArtist | Paramount Pictures art department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
considered a landmark Western film
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helped popularize Western genre in mainstream cinema ⓘ |
| helpedEstablish | large-scale Hollywood Western ⓘ |
| historicalDepictionOf | westward expansion of the United States ⓘ |
| includedIn | early Hollywood Western canon ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
pioneer migration
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wagon trains ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hugo Riesenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | American West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of wagon train life
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influence on later Western epics ⓘ large-scale location shooting ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ |
| portrays | Oregon Trail migration ⓘ |
| producer | James Cruze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Famous Players–Lasky Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1923-03-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 98 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jack Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Oregon Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starred |
Alan Hale Sr.
NERFINISHED
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Charles Ogle NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Torrence NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Warren Kerrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lois Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Tully Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
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