See One of the Most Influential Pictures Ever Made, Which Virtually No One Alive Today Has Even Heard of: James Cruze’s The Covered Wagon (1923), Presented at WEJB/NSU in Its Complete Length, Free, and Without Commercial Interruption

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The Covered Wagon | Award-Winning | Classic Cowboy Movie | Romance | Western

Classic Western Movie: The Covered Wagon - Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon.

On their quest, the pilgrims will experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and indian attack.

The Covered Wagon (1923)

Director: James Cruze
Writers: Emerson Hough (novel), Jack Cunningham (adaptation)
Stars: J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Alan Hale
Genre: Adventure, Romance, Western
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: 16 March 1923 (USA)
Duration: 98 min.
Filming Location: Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

Storyline: Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon. On their quest the pilgrims will experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and indian attack. To complicate matters further, a love triangle develops, as pretty Molly must chose between Sam, a brute, and Will, the dashing captain of the other caravan. Can Will overcome the skeleton in his closet and win Molly’s heart?

Other Complete, Silent Classics Available at WEJB/NSU:

C.B. DeMille’s The Squaw Man (1914);

D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915);

D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Through the Ages (1916);

Charlie Chaplin’s Shoulder Arms (1918);

Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920);

Buster Keaton's One Week (1920);

F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1921);

John Ford’s The Iron Horse (1924);

Buster Keaton’s The General (1926); and

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger (1927).