Stagecoach (1939) | |
| Director(s) | John Ford |
| Producer(s) | John Ford (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Action), Wild West |
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Stagecoach Overview:
Stagecoach (1939) was a Western - Black-and-white Film directed by John Ford and produced by John Ford.
The film was based on the short story The Stage to Lordsburg written by Ernest Haycox published in Collier's in Apr 1937.
Stagecoach was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1995.
Academy Awards 1939 --- Ceremony Number 12 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actor | Thomas Mitchell | Won |
| Best Art Direction | Alexander Toluboff | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Bert Glennon | Nominated |
| Best Director | John Ford | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken | Won |
| Best Picture | Walter Wanger (production company) | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
Stagecoach: An Appreciation
By Amanda Garrett on May 15, 2018 From Old Hollywood FilmsClaire Trevor and John Wayne in the classic Western Stagecoach (1939). This article is part of The Classic Comfort Movie Blogathon hosted by Classic Film & TV Cafe. "What I remember is the time John Wayne killed three people with a carbine while falling to the dusty street in Stagecoach," ... Read full article
DOUBLE BILL #7: Stagecoach (1939) and The Searchers (1956)
By Carol Martinheira on Oct 10, 2017 From The Old Hollywood GardenDOUBLE BILL #7: Stagecoach (1939) and The Searchers (1956) On October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 By CarolIn Uncategorized John Ford and John Wayne. One of cinema?s greatest and most celebrated director-actor partnerships. They made dozens of films together and they were ... Read full article
Great Films of 1939: "Stagecoach" April 16 at the Daystar Center
By Stephen Reginald on Mar 23, 2016 From Classic Movie ManGreat Films of 1939: "Stagecoach" April 16 at the Daystar Center Preston Sturges series: Stagecoach Where: The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street, Chicago, IL When: April 16, 2016 Time: 6:45 p.m. Hosted by Stephen Reginald Stagecoach (1939) changed the western film genre fo... Read full article
The Essential Films of 1939: Stagecoach
By Amanda Garrett on Nov 10, 2014 From Old Hollywood FilmsThe Film: Stagecoach, considered by many critics to be the first serious Western film. The Director: John Ford. The Stars: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Thomas Mitchell, John Carradine, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Louise Platt, Andy Devine and George Bancroft. Source Material: The short s... Read full article
Stagecoach
By Joey on Mar 12, 2014 From Wolffianclassicmoviesdigesthttps://www.facebook.com/Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest “Stagecoach” is a film in which two great careers ?as john Wayne in his first staring role even trough he had stared as a stunt-man in b-movies for years before,it is return of??Ford, it was a return after some years to a genre about w... Read full article
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Quotes from
[Mrs. Mallory, a passenger, has just given birth]
Buck: Hey, Curly, do you think I oughta charge Mrs. Mallory's baby half fare?
Dr. Josiah Boone: Seems to me I knew your family, Henry. Didn't I fix your arm once when you, oh, bumped off a horse?
Ringo Kid: Are you Doc Boone?
Dr. Josiah Boone: I certainly am. Ah, let's see... I'd just been honorably discharged from the Union Army after the War of the Rebellion.
Hatfield: You mean the War for the Southern Confederacy, sir.
Dr. Josiah Boone: I mean nothing of the kind, sir!
Ringo Kid: That was my kid brother broke his arm. You did a good job, Doc, even if you was drunk.
Dr. Josiah Boone: Thank you, son. Professional compliments are always pleasing. What happened to that boy whose arm I fixed?
Ringo Kid: He was murdered.
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Facts about
John Wayne's salary was considerably less than all of his co-stars', apart from John Carradine.
It's believed by many that the famous line "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do," widely attributed to a John Wayne Western character, is spoken by Wayne in this film, however, it isn't. His character, The Ringo Kid, instead says "There are some things a man just can't run away from," when asked why he intends to stay and avenge his family's murders rather than try to escape to Mexico.
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