California (1947) | |
| Director(s) | John Farrow |
| Producer(s) | John Farrow |
| Top Genres | Romance, Western |
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California (1947) was a Romance - Western Film directed by John Farrow and produced by John Farrow.
SYNOPSIS
A Western about the American migration to California in 1848 and the quest for gold and statehood. An army deserter joins the migration to California, hoping for prosperity. He becomes entangled with a tough woman gambler, and the two team up with an equally tough miner in the war for statehood against a former slave trader whose nefarious goal is to make California his own personal territory.
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BlogHub Articles:
From Chicago to California: The Wagon Train of “Westward the Women”
By Stephen Reginald on Aug 26, 2026 From Classic Movie ManFrom Chicago to California: The Wagon Train of “Westward the Women” Directed by William A. Wellman, Westward the Women opens in 1851 with California rancher Roy Whitman hiring veteran trail guide Buck Wyatt (Robert Taylor) to lead 139 women from Chicago across the harsh American wil... Read full article
Western RoundUp: California Gold Country Western Locations
By Laura Grieve on Jun 5, 2026 From Classic Movie Hub BlogCalifornia Gold Country Western Locations From Iverson Ranch to Lone Pine, Moab to Kanab, Corriganville to Pioneertown, I love visiting Western movie locations! This spring a road trip took us to California?s ?Gold Country.? St. James, Sonora We spent a day in the little towns of Sonor... Read full article
Book Interview: Hitchcock?s California ? Vista Visions from the Camera Eye
By Devon Powell on Mar 1, 2020 From Hitchcock MasterPublisher: Middlebrow Books Release Date: July 01, 2020 Robert Jones “Hitchcock?s California: Vista Visions from the Camera Eye” celebrates (and re-creates) images that evoke scenes from many of the great director?s most famous films?including Notorious, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psyc... Read full article
California Fires Are Burning Hollywood History
By Lara on Nov 10, 2018 From BacklotsImage of the Woolsey Fire in Los Angeles, courtesy of ABC7 New York As I write this post, I’m looking out the window into a haze of smoke, blowing down to the Bay Area from the Camp Fire in Chico. California is fighting several severe wildfires right now, and as of this writing, the entire cit... Read full article
Small Town Theaters: A Gem in the Wine Country, the Sebastiani Theatre in Sonoma, California
By The Lady Eve on Mar 8, 2018 From Lady Eve's Reel LifeOpened in 1934, the Sebastiani Screens Current and Classic Films On a recent trek into the wine country, we took some time to cruise Sonoma Plaza in the town's center, an area now lined with restaurants, specialty shops and food and wine sellers. Amazingly, in the midst of all this modern-era com... Read full article
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Quotes from
Whitey: There's sure lot of building going on around here.
Pokey: A church, new houses, a school... I tell ya what, it's getting so civilized they'll soon tell you where to spit.
Booth Pennock: You know, Trumbo, if ever you grow up, you'll learn that a woman is like a poker game. What you take in one hand you drop in the next.
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Facts about
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onJanuary 30, 1950 with Ray Milland reprising his film role.
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