The Iron Horse

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Western film silent film

The Iron Horse is a 1924 silent Western film directed by John Ford that dramatizes the building of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Iron Horse canonical	2
Iron Horse	1
The Iron Horse (1924 film)	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Western film ⓘ silent film ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depicts	Central Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Pacific Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
director	John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	silent era ⓘ
filmingLocation	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	Western ⓘ historical drama ⓘ
hasAlternativeVersion	shorter general release cut ⓘ
hasFilmFormat	35 mm ⓘ
hasNotableDirector	John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableScene	dramatization of the Golden Spike ceremony ⓘ
hasRunningTime	approximately 133 minutes (general release version) ⓘ approximately 150 minutes (roadshow version) ⓘ
hasTheme	American expansion ⓘ Manifest Destiny NERFINISHED ⓘ technological progress ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin	nickname for steam locomotives ⓘ
influenced	later Western epics ⓘ
language	Silent ⓘ
musicBy	accompanied by live or compiled scores (varies by exhibition) ⓘ
narrativeFocus	building of the first transcontinental railroad ⓘ
partOf	John Ford filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrays	Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ Native Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ railroad workers ⓘ
portraysConflict	competition between railroad companies ⓘ tensions between settlers and Native Americans ⓘ
premiereYear	1924 ⓘ
producer	Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	important early work of John Ford ⓘ
releaseYear	1924 ⓘ
setInCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
setInPeriod	19th century ⓘ
subject	First Transcontinental Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ construction of railroads ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	1860s United States ⓘ
usesIntertitles	English intertitles ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Kenyon → notableWork → The Iron Horse ⓘ

Julien Josephson → notableWork → The Iron Horse ⓘ

Frank Campeau → notableWork → The Iron Horse ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Iron Horse (1924 film)

Dale Robertson → notableWork → The Iron Horse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Horse